LeadDev Berlin 2026

Two days for engineering leaders, back at the Estrel in Neukölln. The 2026 programme is organised around what AI adoption is doing to engineering organisations: measuring and proving results, managing leadership expectations that have run ahead of reality, high-stakes calls on org structure and tooling, and holding stretched teams together through it. Speakers include Laura Tacho (Senior Principal Technologist, AWS), Darragh Curran (CTO, Fin), Bhavana Hindupur (Staff Software Engineer, Meta), Mathieu Bastian (Principal AI Engineer, GetYourGuide), Becki Wordsworth (CTO, Meela) and Jasmine James Fuller (Senior Engineering Manager, Block). Alongside the talks: free 80-minute workshops, table talks, speaker office hours and coaching. Standard tickets €1,599 plus VAT, sold in waves; group rates from €1,199. The free DirectorPlus add-on is limited to Heads of, Directors, VPs and CTOs. Why go: one of the few rooms where engineering managers compare notes on AI mandates with people who have had to deliver them. Best for EMs, directors and CTOs rather than individual contributors.