cto summit
BEYOND THE HYPE
The event for CTOs, VPs & Directors of Engineering and Software Engineering Leaders
Event essentials
100+
CTOs and Software Engineering Leaders
20
Speakers and Moderators
15
Roundtables & Peer-level working groups
BUILD SMARTER. BUILD SAFER
Curated events designed for mobile devs and engineering leaders.
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BUILD SMARTER.
Exchange real-world insights and learnings. Get solutions to the challenges you face.
Build your peer-level network.
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LEARN FROM THE BEST
Keynote speaker
Lena Reinhard
Former VP Engineering, SaaS founder, CEO | Leadership & Executive Coach, Mentor, Facilitator, Advisor, Speaker, Moderator
Here and ready for the great beyond: A conversation among friends
EXPERT VOICES
Meet the moderators
Alex Di Mango
CTO at reev
Lena Reinhard
VP Engineering, leadership coach, facilitator, artist
Alisa Reznik
Alisa Reznik, COO & Executive Advisor at Leadify
Andreea Lungulescu
Founder and Principal Talent Expert
Anna Varosyan
VP of Engineering/Deputy CTO at Affinidi
Bernhard Spielmann
Product & Tech Executive
Carl-Gustaf Harroch
Founder/Managing Director - Novoda
Claus Höfele
Claus Höfele, Engineering Leader + Co-Founder, Build & Lead: Tech Leaders Berlin
Hans Reinl
AI-Native Systems Architect & Engineering Advisor, Founder of N+One
Ilya Sakharov
Executive Director, Redcare Pharmacy
Jack Godau
Freelance CTO/CPO - Digital Evolution Expert
Joel Chippindale
CTO Coach
Event partners
Ilya Sakharov
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) @ Codility
Daniel Paulus
VP of Engineering - Checkly
Hans Christian Reinl
Vice President Engineering, Seven.One Entertainment Group
Anna Varosyan
VP of Engineering/Deputy CTO - Affinidi
Erkan Kasap
CTO - Media Lab Bayern / Founder - thecoachpunk
Claus Höfele
Head of Engineering - On
Carl-Gustaf Harroch
Managing Director @ Novoda
Lena Reinhard
Leadership & Executive Coach, Mentor, Organizational Developer, Advisor, Speaker | Former VP Engineering, SaaS founder, CEO
Christoph Beckmann
CTO / Founder - TechMiners
Jörg (Jack) Godau
Geschäftsführer / Managing Director - VRR
Joel Chippindale
CTO Coach
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Why attend.
Technology organizations are being rebuilt in real time. AI is reshaping how teams build software, agentic systems are changing engineering workflows, and leaders are balancing speed, security, and sustainable growth. The questions are still open: where does AI create real leverage, how do you scale without becoming the bottleneck, what should teams automate, what belongs in production, and how do you build organizations that can adapt? The CTO Summit is where technology leaders come together to compare strategies, challenge assumptions, and learn what is actually working in high-performing engineering organizations.
01 Build organizations that scale beyond you
Learn how experienced engineering leaders create teams that make great decisions without constant oversight. Explore practical approaches to delegation, trust, organizational design, and leadership that help companies move faster as they grow. You'll leave with frameworks for reducing bottlenecks, empowering leaders at every level, and building engineering organizations that continue to scale without relying on a single decision-maker.
02 Separate AI signal from AI noise
Cut through the hype and hear how engineering leaders are integrating AI into software development, engineering operations, and product delivery. Discover where AI is creating measurable impact, where it is falling short, and how leading teams are governing its use. You'll leave with practical strategies for adopting AI responsibly, improving developer productivity, and making informed investment decisions backed by real-world experience.
03 Learn what's actually working in high-performing engineering teams
Hear from CTOs and engineering leaders who are scaling teams, modernizing platforms, and delivering software in rapidly changing environments. From architecture and platform engineering to hiring, culture, and execution, every session is grounded in practical experience. You'll leave with proven leadership patterns, ideas you can adapt to your own organization, and a clearer understanding of what separates high-performing engineering teams from the rest.
04 Connect with leaders solving the same challenges
Join candid discussions with CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and senior technology leaders facing many of the same decisions you are. Exchange ideas, compare approaches, and build relationships with peers who understand the realities of leading modern software organizations. You'll leave with new perspectives, a trusted network of fellow engineering leaders, and conversations that continue long after the event ends.
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What people say.
Niilo Säämänen, CTO @ Wolt
I had a blast rambling about ownership and impact. 💪 Spent hours debating the finer points of engineering after my keynote with great folks and a super relaxing vibe. Many thanks to Greg Fawson and the gang for both organizing and luring me to talk. 🙏
Adrian Kodja @ softgarden
This summit was a remarkable #unconference experience, featuring roundtables and great keynotes. It was the perfect setting for learning from others. The conversations were enriching, and the insights gained were invaluable.
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A PERSONAL MESSAGE
Explore what makes the T3 CTO Summit unique
We created the CTO Summit because technology leaders rarely get enough opportunities to have the conversations that actually matter. While there are countless events filled with presentations and predictions, the hardest leadership challenges are still best solved by comparing experiences with peers who are facing the same decisions.
The CTO Summit brings together CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Heads of Engineering, and senior technology leaders for candid discussions about scaling organizations, leading through AI, building high-performing teams, making architecture decisions, and navigating the trade-offs that don't have obvious answers. The value isn't just on stage. It's in the conversations around the tables, between sessions, and over coffee, where ideas are challenged, assumptions are tested, and experience is shared openly.
Every organization is experimenting with new ways of building software, adopting AI, and evolving engineering culture. No single company has all the answers. By bringing together leaders from different industries, company sizes, and technology stacks, the CTO Summit becomes a place to crowdsource intelligence, compare strategies, and learn from both successes and failures.
A room full of experienced technology leaders. Honest conversations. Practical insights. A stronger network of peers you can continue to learn from long after the summit ends.
Greg Fawson
CEO
Mobile Seasons GmbH
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Why attend.
Mobile is being rebuilt in real time. AI-assisted coding, agentic tooling, new device form factors, and a harder security landscape. The questions are still open: what to build native, what to build cross-platform, what to automate, what to trust, what to ship to production? next.app devCon is where Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native, XR, mobile game developers, security, and engineering leadership communities meet to work out what actually works and to build what's next.