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Conversations Roadshow Stockholm 2026

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he 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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6Voices
4Underwriters
0Exhibitors
13On the bill · sessions
9Companies · in total
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The Voices

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
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Underwritten By

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

Selected from 13 sessions on the bill.
  • 1:00pm – 1:15pm

    Welcome remarks

  • 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

    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

  • 2:15pm – 2:45pm

    Networking Break

  • 2:45pm – 3:45pm

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

    Leaders are expected to maintain clarity and purpose as priorities shift, making pragmatic, data-informed decisions with limited resources while preserving morale, ownership, and a…

  • 2:45pm – 3:45pm

    The Hidden Cost of Micro-Decisions: Building Scalable Decision Pipelines for Technology Leaders

    Technology leaders face an unrelenting stream of micro-decisions that quietly erode focus, judgment, and strategic capacity. This session explores how decision fatigue and cognitiv…

  • 2:45pm – 3:45pm

    What Actually Works? A 5-Step Path to the AI-First SDLC

    Beyond the hype of the “Agent Era,” we’ve distilled a 5-step framework for an AI-first SDLC based on the real-world friction and wins of 3,000 engineers. This session moves past th…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 9 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

Nine 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
3Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
5Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Vention

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

83% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite467%
  • Founder / Owner117%
  • Research / Science117%

Of 6 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01VentionSp1V
  2. 02AikidoSp
  3. 03CTO CraftSp
  4. 04VercelSp
  5. 05Aikido Security1V
  6. 06Meela Health1V
  7. 07Rubberduck Consulting AB1V
  8. 08Synova Technology1V
  9. 09Xapo Bank1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
unspecified4
100% of 4
06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters

Sister convocations

Same brand, other regions