Mathias Biilmann

CEO at Netlify

🎤 From DX to AX | Mathias is the CEO and co-founder of Netlify, leading the fastest growing platform for modern web development. He introduced agent experience (AX) for the AI era and coined Jamstack, a movement he led that reshaped modern web development. Today, Matt is pioneering an agent-friendly web, helping developers adapt to the changes that AI brings. A builder at heart, he's also constantly working to improve web architecture, champion DX, and empower developers to shape the future.

Sara Tandowsky

CEO @ Gitbook

Previous COO at Framer before becoming COO at GitBook where Sara became CEO in march 2023, leading its mission to reinvent documentation with AI-powered tools and collaborative knowledge platforms.

Scott Chacon

Co-Founder at Github

Scott Chacon is the co-founder of GitHub; now co-founder of GitButler, a next generation version control client, based in Berlin. Scott helped grow GitHub from 4 cofounders to 450 employees over 8 years, eventually being acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion. Scott is also the author of Pro Git, published by Apress and found online at git-scm.com. In unrelated news, he holds a WSET Level 3 certification in Wines and Spirits and owns a dog rescue outside of Berlin.

Ryan Dahl

Creator of Node.js

Creator of the Node.js JavaScript runtime as well as the Deno JavaScript/TypeScript runtime.

Ingrid Tappin

Founder & CEO @ Diverse Leaders in Tech

Ingrid Tappin, CEO and Founder of Diverse Leaders in Tech (DLiT), is dedicated to setting the standard for DEI excellence in European tech. She leads the first community-driven DEI platform in the Netherlands through DLiT. Her organization employs a data-led approach, peer-to-peer learning solutions, and a robust DEI partner network to help companies attract, retain, and harness the innovation power of diverse teams, all supported by scalable tech solutions. Ingrid Tappin’s commitment to social impact is evident in her efforts to foster inclusive workplaces that not only recognize but also leverage the benefits of diversity. Her work ensures that DEI initiatives are not just theoretical but practical and impactful, driving real change within organizations. Join us at the DEI Stage and Diversity & Inclusion Lounge to gain valuable insights from Ingrid Tappin and learn how to transform your organization’s approach to diversity and inclusion. This event promises to be a pivotal moment for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the tech industry.

Wei Hu

Senior Vice President of Research and Development @Oracle USA

Wei Hu is the Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Oracle. He leads the development of mission-critical database capabilities as well Blockchain, Kubernetes, Microservices, and Globally Distributed Databases. Mr. Hu has B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has been with Oracle since 1998, holds more than 40 patents, and is the author and co-author of several books and papers.

Daniel Thompson-Yvetot

Author @Tauri

Daniel Thompson-Yvetot is an open-source champion, most renowned for the Tauri Framework that he co-founded. He wrote the first book in Europe about the Cyber Resilience Act (Manufacturing European Software). As an active member of the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group, he is at the forefront of discussing and disseminating the impacts that the CRA and PLD will have on all of us. He lives in Malta.

Minko Gechev

Angular Core Team @ Google

Awarded by Google and the President of the Republic of Bulgaria for impactful and influential open source projects and publications. The first laureate awarded in two categories in the contest "John Atanasoff" of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Srini Srinivasan

Founder @ Aerospike

Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Aerospike. When it comes to databases, Srini Srinivasan is one of the recognized pioneers of Silicon Valley. He has two decades of experience designing, developing and operating high scale infrastructures. He also has over a dozen patents in database, web, mobile and distributed systems technologies. Srini co-founded Aerospike to solve the scaling problems he experienced with Oracle databases while he was Senior Director of Engineering at Yahoo. Srini has a B.Tech, Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Bob van Luijt

CEO & Co-Founder @Weaviate

Bob van Luijt is a technology entrepreneur, technologist, and new media artist from the Netherlands. He is the co-founder of Weaviate and the chairman of the Creative Software Foundation. In March 2016 Van Luijt started the open source vector search engine Weaviate. He has published and lectured about (open-source) software business models and the positioning of broadly applicable infrastructure software (e.g., databases and search engines). During a presentation for TEDxUniversiteitVanAmsterdam he shared his ideas about how the evolvement of language impacts ideas in software development.

Talita Gregory

Software Engineer II @Spotify

Talita Gregory is a Software Engineer located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her current role at Spotify focuses on developing Backstage Plugins that address various aspects of Spotify performance, crashes, and many others aspects.              Alongside her professional endeavors, Talita is deeply committed to assisting others. She offers mentorship to aspiring developers as they navigate their journey into the industry, actively contributes to open-source projects, and provides technical support to non-profit organizations globally. Talita's passion lies in empowering individuals and making a positive impact within the software development community.

Steve Sewell

CEO @Builder.io

Steve is the Co-founder and CEO of Builder.io and the creator of the Mitosis open-source project.