Leadership

Conversations Roadshow Stockholm 2026

The Conversations Roadshow is a half-day gathering for senior technology leaders seeking practical insight and real peer discussion. The event uses small-group roundtables and peer-led sessions tailored to each city, focusing on shared challenges of CTOs and senior engineering leaders. Attendees engage in interactive discussions around leadership, culture, s…

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7Speakers
5Sponsors
25On the bill · sessions
10Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Conversations, in alphabetical order.
Adam Horner
CTO · Synova Technology
Anna Hedlund
Founder & Coach · Rubberduck Consulting AB
Becki Wordsworth
CTO · Meela Health
Charlie Eriksen
Security Researcher · Aikido Security
Kamil Dziublinski
CTO · Xapo Bank
Paul Lunow
CTO · Vention
Tom Howlett
Director of AI Engineering Engagement · Sonar
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Aikido
Aikido Security
CTO Craft
Vention
Vercel
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Agenda

Selected from 25 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

    ‘Culture Map in practice: decision-making under difference’

    Cultural differences rarely show up as overt “culture problems”; instead, they emerge as slow decisions, unclear ownership, and friction within senior teams. This session uses the …

  • 1:15-2:15pm

    Navigating the “do more with less” stress

    Engineering leaders are being asked to deliver bigger outcomes with smaller budgets – while expectations from the business haven’t changed. Headcount is tighter, investment is unde…

  • 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…

  • 1:15-2:15pm

    Secure Software in an Untrusted Ecosystem

    Your teams are shipping faster than ever – but they’re building on foundations they don’t fully control. Open-source dependencies, third-party services, AI-generated code, and auto…

  • 1:15-2:15pm

    Vibes at Machine Speed: Securing AI-Written Software

    AI is accelerating software delivery to machine speed, but security and governance remain human-paced. In this executive roundtable, we’ll discuss how AI-generated applications int…

  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm

    Arrival and welcome

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 10 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

Ten companies. two 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
2All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
5Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Aikido Security·Vention

Speakers by seniority

86% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite457%
  • Founder / Owner114%
  • Director / Head of114%
  • Research / Science114%

Of 7 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Aikido SecuritySp1V
  2. 02VentionSp1V
  3. 03AikidoSp
  4. 04CTO CraftSp
  5. 05VercelSp
  6. 06Meela Health1V
  7. 07Rubberduck Consulting AB1V
  8. 08Sonar1V
  9. 09Synova Technology1V
  10. 10Xapo Bank1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified5
100% of 5
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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