Of the Field

Conversations Roadshow Berlin 2026

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he Conversations Roadshow is an intimate half-day gathering for CTOs and senior tech leaders to share experiences, explore challenges, and build lasting connections. The event features small group roundtables, peer-led discussions, and practical sessions centered around tech leadership challenges. Designed for senior engineering leaders, each session focuse…

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10Voices
6Underwriters
0Exhibitors
15On the bill · sessions
14Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Conversations, in alphabetical order.
Alex Ischenko
Senior VP of Engineering · Rebrandly
Andrew Osborne
Product Marketing Manager · Sonar
Anna McDougall
Field CTO · Hashicorp / IBM
Claus Höfele
Engineering Leader + Co-Founder · Build & Lead: Tech Leaders Berlin
Emanuele Giarlini
Director of Engineering · MOIA
Irina Tugui
Head of Engineering · Just Eat Takeaway
Mathias Conradt
Sr. Staff Solutions Engineer · Sonar
Rachel Case
Senior Director of Solutions Engineering · Auth0
Steve Brewer
Director of Product & Technology · Healios
Suavek Zajac
CTO · AirHelp
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Aikido
Auth0
Bitrise
CTO Craft
Vention
Vercel
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The Programme

Selected from 15 sessions on the bill.
  • 1:00pm – 1:15pm

    Welcome Remarks

    We’ll start with a short overview of the afternoon and how the Conversations format works. These sessions are built around shared challenges and honest discussion, so we’ll also co…

  • 1:15-2:15pm

    Delivery Under Pressure: Making the Trade-Offs That Actually Matter

    You’re being asked to deliver faster, with less, and still raise the bar. There’s no longer room for inefficiency – but every shortcut comes with a cost somewhere else. A series o…

  • 1:15-2:15pm

    Security Without Slowdown: When Speed and Compliance Collide

    Engineering teams today are under pressure to move fast, innovate, and deliver – all while navigating growing demands around compliance and cybersecurity. This roundtable explores …

  • 1:15-2:15pm

    The Hidden Cost of ‘Working’ Systems: When Legacy Isn’t Broken-but Still Hurting You

    For many organisations, legacy systems are the quiet success story of the enterprise stack. They run. They process transactions. They pass audits. They rarely fail loudly enough to…

  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm

    Arrival and Welcome

    Time to meet the other leaders you’ll be learning alongside today. Conversations is built around peer discussion, and this opening space helps surface who’s in the room and what ch…

  • 2:15pm – 2:45pm

    Networking Break

    Take time to meet other leaders in the room, follow up on earlier discussions, and start new ones. These informal conversations are often where practical insights and shared experi…

  • 2:45pm – 3:45pm

    Burnout Is a Systems Failure: Why Your Team Is Exhausted (and What to Change)

    Burnout keeps showing up, but the response is usually the same: people are told to manage better, recover more, be more resilient. The work itself rarely gets questioned. This ses…

  • 2:45pm – 3:45pm

    Culture Is People: Feedback, Growth, and Who Gets Ahead

    Teams rarely feel unfair because of intent – it’s the day-to-day signals that quietly shape who grows and who gets noticed. Feedback lands inconsistently, growth paths feel uneven,…

  • 2:45pm – 3:45pm

    When AI Writes the Code, Who Verifies It?

    AI can generate code faster than ever, but confidence hasn’t kept pace. CTOs are being asked to ship quickly while proving that software is secure, compliant, and reliable in produ…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 14 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

Fourteen companies. one 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
1All threespeak · spons · exh
5Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
8Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Auth0

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

80% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite220%
  • Founder / Owner110%
  • VP-level110%
  • Director / Head of440%
  • Manager / Lead110%
  • Marketing / Brand110%

Of 10 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Auth0Sp1V
  2. 02AikidoSp
  3. 03BitriseSp
  4. 04CTO CraftSp
  5. 05VentionSp
  6. 06VercelSp
  7. 07Sonar2V
  8. 08AirHelp1V
  9. 09Build & Lead: Tech Leaders Berlin1V
  10. 10Hashicorp / IBM1V
  11. 11Healios1V
  12. 12Just Eat Takeaway1V
  13. 13MOIA1V
  14. 14Rebrandly1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
unspecified6
100% of 6
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters

Sister convocations

Same brand, other regions