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CTO Craft Con 2027 London

CTO Craft Con 2027 celebrates 10 years of CTO Craft, bringing together engineering leaders from around the world. The three-day in-person gathering at the QEII Centre in London offers curated talks, workshops, and networking for CTOs, VPs, senior leaders, and aspiring tech executives. The event emphasizes learning, sharing, and community, covering themes lik…

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85Speakers
35Sponsors
12Exhibitors
31On the bill · sessions
86Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at CTO, in alphabetical order.
Adam Horner
CTO Coach and fractional CTO
Adelina Chalmers
CTO Strategic Advisor and Founder · The Geek Whisperer
Andy Skipper
CTO Coach, former CTO at Comic Relief and Made.com · Comic Relief and Made.com
Anton Kireev
Co-Founder & CTO · Muj Fres
Arbaaz Dossani
CTO - Cookbook · HelloFresh
Arunas Kareckas
Head of Engineering, Tide · Tide
Arūnas Kareckas
Head of Engineering · Tide
Ashutosh Saxena
VP of Technology at &Open · &Open
Becki Wordsworth
CTO · Meela
Carol Palombini
Coach & Consultant · Palombini Consulting & Coaching
Dan Smith
Executive Coach; Tech & Product Due Diligence and M&A Advisor
David Kavanagh
CTO · Tillo
David Yakimischak
Chief Technology Officer
Dennis Pannuto
Executive Technology Leader & Coach
Dr. Ilknur Colak
CTO · Schneider Electric
Edoardo Turelli
Exited Founder/CTO • Advisor • Consultant • Coach • CTO
Eirik Pettersen
CTO · Secret Escapes
Emma Hopkinson-Spark
CTO Coach, former Chief of Staff at 101 Ways · 101 Ways
Eric Weiss
CTO, Executive Coach, Speaker and Author
Evelyn van Kelle
Change Management Consultant · Xebia
Filip Denker
CTO/Co-Founder, Yoto · Yoto
Francis Lacoste
VPE Coach, former senior engineering leader at Salesforce and Heroku · Salesforce and Heroku
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AI Leadership LabPlatinum
DamilahGold
LavinMQGold
Skiller WhaleGold
SonarSourceGold
AikidoSilver
Albany PartnersSilver
Forte GroupSilver
InstilSilver
VentionSilver
Andersen Labs
ArchitusBreakout Discussion Sponsor
AxiansAfter Party
BitriseExhibitor
Cloudflare
CockroachDB
Cockroach LabsExhibitor
DoIT
DoiT InternationalExhibitor
ELEKSExhibitor
Imaginary CloudExhibitor
NortalExhibitor
OutSystemsAfter Party
PalarkExhibitor
QA TechExhibitor
QA.tech
Re-CinqExhibitor
Recinq
Screen ShareCommunity Partner
She Bytes Back
SheBytesBackCommunity Partner
Sonar
T5 DigitalCoffee Cart Sponsor
TemporalBreakout Discussion Sponsor
The Office Massage
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Agenda

Selected from 31 sessions on the bill.
  • 07:45-08:30

    Morning Gentle Flow Yoga

    Start the day with a short, gentle flow yoga session designed to loosen up the body and settle the mind. This optional session is open to all levels and offers a calm way to ease i…

  • 08:15-09:10

    Women in Tech Breakfast

    Start your day with great coffee and even better company. This breakfast gathering is a relaxed space for women in tech leadership to connect, share experiences, and build relation…

  • 08:30-09:25

    Women in Tech Breakfast

    A staple at CTO Craft Con events, this is a space for women in technology leadership to come together, share experiences, and build meaningful connections with others who get it.

  • 09:10-09:15

    CTO Craft Welcomes You!

  • 09:15-09:20

    Chair’s Opening Remarks

    Neeha works at the intersection of technology, strategy, and communication. She brings deep experience helping organisations explain the value of their technology decisions and ali…

  • 09:20-09:50

    Keynote – AI as a Thinking Partner: Leading with Clarity and Confidence

    Beyond faster coding, AI can act as a writing partner, coach, and sounding board, helping leaders sharpen their thinking and test assumptions. Using AI for prompts, deep research, …

  • 09:35-10:05

    Keynote – Communicating Effectively with Non-Technical Leaders

    One of the hardest and least appreciated challenges for a CTO is communicating with, negotiating with, and building trust with non-engineering leaders. There are three independent …

  • 09:40-10:10

    Keynote – Owners Not Renters: How We Build an Intelligent Future That Belongs to Everyone

    Your AI stack is built on infrastructure you don’t control. Models, platforms, data pipelines: all rented from companies whose interests don’t always align with yours. Drawing on …

  • 09:50-10:20

    From Rollout to Results: Why AI Coding Tools Alone Won’t Transform Your Engineering Organisation

    Early studies promised 20-55% productivity gains from AI coding assistants, yet recent research reveals developers feel 20% faster while actually taking 19% longer, and Google’s DO…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 86 companies show up — and 17 bet on three roles at once?

86 companies. seventeen 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
17All threespeak · spons · exh
15Sponsoringsponsor only
2Exhibitingexhibitor only
52Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

QA.tech·Axians·Bitrise·DoiT·ELEKS·Imaginary Cloud·Nortal·OutSystems·Palark·re:cinq·Aikido·Albany Partners·Architus·Cockroach Labs·Damilah·Skiller Whale·Vention

Speakers by seniority

82% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite4958%
  • Founder / Owner78%
  • VP-level78%
  • Director / Head of78%
  • Manager / Lead11%
  • Product11%
  • Engineer · IC45%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles89%

Of 85 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01QA.techSp·EEx1V
  2. 02AxiansSp·AEx
  3. 03BitriseSp·EEx
  4. 04DoiTSpEx
  5. 05ELEKSSp·EEx
  6. 06Imaginary CloudSp·EEx
  7. 07NortalSp·EEx
  8. 08OutSystemsSp·AEx
  9. 09PalarkSp·EEx
  10. 10re:cinqSp·EEx
  11. 11AikidoSp·S1V
  12. 12Albany PartnersSp·S1V
  13. 13ArchitusSp·B1V
  14. 14Cockroach LabsSp·E1V
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
3% of 35
gold4
11% of 35
silver5
14% of 35
community partner2
6% of 35
exhibitor9
26% of 35
after party2
6% of 35
breakout discussion sponsor2
6% of 35
coffee cart sponsor1
3% of 35
unspecified9
26% of 35
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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