Leadership

Conversations Roadshow New York 2026

The Conversations Roadshow is an intimate half-day gathering for CTOs and senior tech leaders to share experiences, explore challenges, and build lasting connections. Featuring small-group, peer-led roundtables, the event is designed to foster open conversation, practical insight, and shared problem-solving among senior engineering leaders. Each session is t…

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21Speakers
7Sponsors
21On the bill · sessions
21Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Conversations, in alphabetical order.
Adam Horner
CTO · Synova Technology
Andrew Osborne
Product Marketing Manager · Sonar
Anna Hedlund
Founder & Leadership Consultant · Rubberduck Consulting AB
Anna McDougall
Field CTO · Hashicorp / IBM
Becki Wordsworth
CTO · Meela
Boomie Odumade
Fractional CTO/VPE · TechBees
Charlie Eriksen
Security Researcher · Aikido
Christine Miao
Founder · Technical Accounting
Claire Donald
CPTO · Rational Partners
Daniel Wagner-Hall
Head of Education · CodeYourFuture
David Mytton
Founder & CEO · Arcjet
John Kleber
CTO · BUCK
Kamil Dziublinski
CTO · Xapo Bank
Kin Lane
API Evangelist
Mike Jones
CPTO · Tasman Analytics
Paul Lunow
CTO · Vention
Paul Tevis
Principal Consultant and Coach · Middlegame Partners
Rachel Case
Senior Director of Solutions Engineering · Auth0
Suzan Bond
Founder · Constellary
Thomas in’t Veld
CEO + Founder · Tasman Analytics
Tom Howlett
Director of AI Engineering Engagement · Sonar
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Sponsors

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

Selected from 21 sessions on the bill.
  • 1:00pm – 1:15pm

    Welcome remarks

  • 11:00pm – 12:00pm

    Women in tech fika

    A space for women in tech and engineering leadership to come together, share experiences, and build meaningful connections with others who get the position you’re in.

  • 1:15-2:15pm

    Can AI Deliver Quality Code – and Does It Still Matter?

    AI coding agents are increasingly becoming part of the software development lifecycle, promising significant gains in speed and productivity. But as more code is generated by machi…

  • 1:15-2:15pm

    Navigating the “do more with less” stress

    The expectation hasn’t changed – deliver more, move faster, and prove impact – but the resources behind those expectations have. Budgets are tighter, hiring has slowed, and every e…

  • 1:15-2:15pm

    Reducing Drag: Leadership, Friction, and Team Efficiency

    Your team is busy, but delivery still feels unpredictable. Deadlines slip, decisions stall, and problems keep resurfacing – even when everyone is working hard. As organisations gro…

  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm

    Arrival and welcome

  • 2:15pm – 2:45pm

    Networking Break

  • 2:45pm – 3:45pm

    Maintaining High Performance During Economic Strain: Leadership, Culture and AI

    You’re being asked to deliver more with less. Budgets are tighter, priorities are shifting, and teams are looking to leadership for clarity – but maintaining performance without bu…

  • 2:45pm – 3:45pm

    Navigating the “do more with less” stress

    The expectation hasn’t changed – deliver more, move faster, and prove impact – but the resources behind those expectations have. Budgets are tighter, hiring has slowed, and every e…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 21 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

21 companies. four 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.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
14Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Tasman Analytics·Aikido·Auth0·Vention

Speakers by seniority

71% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite943%
  • Founder / Owner314%
  • Director / Head of314%
  • Manager / Lead15%
  • Research / Science15%
  • Marketing / Brand15%
  • Other roles314%

Of 21 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Tasman AnalyticsSp2V
  2. 02AikidoSp1V
  3. 03Auth0Sp1V
  4. 04VentionSp1V
  5. 05BitriseSp
  6. 06CTO CraftSp
  7. 07VercelSp
  8. 08Sonar2V
  9. 09Arcjet1V
  10. 10Buck1V
  11. 11CodeYourFuture1V
  12. 12Constellary1V
  13. 13HashiCorp / IBM1V
  14. 14Meela1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified7
100% of 7
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.

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