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Codebuzz 2026

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odebuzz 2026 is a tech festival for software development held in Leipzig. The event brings together the developer community for knowledge exchange, hands-on workshops, keynotes, and best practice panels focusing on topics such as GenAI, best practices in software engineering, system architecture, cloud technologies, DevOps, and secure software development.…

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29Voices
4Underwriters
3Exhibitors
28On the bill · sessions
24Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Codebuzz, in alphabetical order.
Alexander Rampp
Head of Software Engineering, Clean Coder · XITASO GmbH
Christian Amrell
Engineering Lead Mobile @Appsfactory · Appsfactory GmbH
Christoph Welcz
Senior Software Crafter · codecentric AG
Daniel Sogl
Microsoft MVP & Software Architect · Thinktecture AG
Ferdinand Ade
Developer & Consultant · codecentric AG
Florian Aurich
Director of Engineering @Appsfactory · Appsfactory GmbH
Florian Lenz
Cloud Architect, Lead Consultant, Microsoft MVP · neocentric GmbH
Florian Mair
Principal Software Engineer · Dynatrace GmbH
Goetz Markgraf
Senior Consultant · codecentric AG
Henning Schwentner
Coder, Coach, Consultant · WPS – Workplace Solutions
Jan Jancar
CEO · Elinio AG
Jannis Gansen
Head of IT · CodeCamp:N GmbH
Johannes Mändle
E.ON Digital Technology GmbH
John Fletcher
Software Team Enabler · codecentric AG
Jörg Neumann
CEO · NeoGeeks GmbH
Keno Dreßel
Principal Consultant & Head of AI · SQUER Solutions München GmbH
Lukas Ochsenreiter
Liebherr Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
Marco Emrich
Consultant und Software Crafter · codecentric AG
Mareike Ziese
Head of Software Engineering Data Platforms & Outbound Commerce · momox SE
Marius Boden
DevOps Whisperer · Xebia
Markus Höfling
AI Solutions Engineer & Business Engineering · Wandelbots GmbH
Markus Zapke-Gründemann
Senior Cloud Architect · Thinkport GmbH

— and 7 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
adesso
Exxeta
EXXETA
XITASO
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The Programme

Selected from 28 sessions on the bill.
  • 03:15 - 04:00

    Engineering im Endspurt: Zuverlässig liefern, wenn die Zeit knapp ist

    Stage 1 | Keynote
  • 04:30 - 05:05

    Code smarter, not harder: Wie AI-Coding-Tools deine Produktivität boosten

    Stage 1 | Vortrag
  • 04:30 - 05:05

    GitOps & Terragrunt – robustes, modularisiertes Terraform‑State für mittelgroße Plattformen

    Stage 2 | Vortrag
  • 04:30 - 05:05

    Prompt Injection, Poisoning & more: Die dunkle Seite der LLMs

    Stage 3 | Vortrag
  • 04:30 - 05:05

    Tidy First? Mini-Refactorings für besseres Software Design

    Stage 4 | Vortrag
  • 05:15 - 05:50

    Blue/Green für Datenbanken: Zero Downtime Deployments mit Kubernetes und CNPG

    Stage 2 | Vortrag
  • 05:15 - 05:50

    KI-gestützte Entwicklung: Effizienz und Qualität durch Agentic AI in der Softwareentwicklung

    Stage 1 | Vortrag
  • 05:15 - 05:50

    Vom Spaghetti-Code zur Zwiebel: Spring Boot gewürzt mit DDD

    Stage 4 | Vortrag
  • 05:15 - 05:50

    Zero Trust und Passkeys: Wie wir Passwörter in der Cloud besiegen

    Stage 3 | Vortrag
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 24 companies show up — and 3 bet on three roles at once?

“24 companies. three are betting more than once.”

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
3All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
21Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

XITASO·adesso·Exxeta

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

24% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite27%
  • Director / Head of517%
  • Manager / Lead414%
  • Engineer · IC1138%
  • Other roles724%

Of 29 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01XITASOSpEx1V
  2. 02adessoSpEx
  3. 03codecentric5V
  4. 04ExxetaSpEx
  5. 05Appsfactory GmbH2V
  6. 06CodeCamp:N2V
  7. 07Dynatrace2V
  8. 08Atlassian1V
  9. 09BRITA SE1V
  10. 10Elinio AG1V
  11. 11E.ON Digital Technology GmbH1V
  12. 12in2success GmbH1V
  13. 13inovex1V
  14. 14Liebherr Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH1V
№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier
unspecified4
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