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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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138Speakers
46Sponsors
12Exhibitors
13Sessions
91Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at CTO, in alphabetical order.

Adam Horner
CTO Coach and fractional CTO
Adelina Chalmers
CTO Strategic Advisor and Founder · The Geek Whisperer
Alex Lukashevich
Alex Shegda
Alice Driscoll
Andrew Ellam
Andy Kennedy
Andy Skipper
CTO Coach, former CTO at Comic Relief and Made.com · Comic Relief and Made.com
Anna McDougall
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
Ceri Newton Sargunar
Ceri Newton-Sargunar
Charity Majors
Chris Parsons
Chris van Es
Clem Pickering

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AI Leadership LabPlatinum
DamilahGold
LavinMQGold
Skiller WhaleGold
SonarSourceGold
AikidoSilver
Albany PartnersSilver
Forte GroupSilver
InstilSilver
VentionSilver
Andersen Labs
andersen-labs
ArchitusBreakout Discussion Sponsor
AxiansAfter Party
BitriseExhibitor
Cloudflare
cockroach
CockroachDB
Cockroach LabsExhibitor
DoIT
DoiT InternationalExhibitor
ELEKSExhibitor
Factory
Imaginary CloudExhibitor
Intruder
NortalExhibitor
OutSystemsAfter Party
PalarkExhibitor
QA TechExhibitor
qa-tech
QA.tech
Re-CinqExhibitor
Recinq
Screen ShareCommunity Partner
screen-share
Screen Share UK
She Bytes Back
she-bytes-back
SheBytesBackCommunity Partner
Sonar

Agenda

Selected from 13 sessions.

  • 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…

  • 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, …

  • 09:50-10:20

    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…

  • 10:20-10:45

    Owning the Stack: A CTO’s Guide to Building In-House Systems

    A first-hand account of leading Holland & Barrett’s tech transformation since 2020, moving away from legacy systems toward building in-house platforms. Lessons on balancing speed, …

  • 11:15-11:40

    Engineering 2028: Leading Human + AI Teams Responsibly

    AI is transforming software delivery faster than leadership models, governance, and culture can adapt. Productivity gains are uneven, and traditional roles and structures are being…

  • 11:15-12:15

    Building Skills Pathways for Fast Flow

    We will explore how to design joined-up skills pathways that cut across the business, avoiding duplicated efforts, siloed initiatives, and misaligned team development. Hear how sen…

    Roundtable
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 91 companies show up, and 18 bet on three roles at once?

91 companies. eighteen 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
18All threespeak · spons · exh
19Sponsoringsponsor only
1Exhibitingexhibitor only
53Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

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

Speakers by seniority

55% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite5540%
  • Founder / Owner75%
  • VP-level75%
  • Director / Head of75%
  • Manager / Lead11%
  • Product11%
  • Engineer · IC43%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles5540%

Of 138 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1QA.techSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor1
2AxiansSponsor · After PartyExhibitor-
3BitriseSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
4CockroachSponsorExhibitor-
5DoiTSponsorExhibitor-
6ELEKSSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
7Imaginary CloudSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
8NortalSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
9OutSystemsSponsor · After PartyExhibitor-
10PalarkSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
11re:cinqSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
12AikidoSponsor · Silver1
13Albany PartnersSponsor · Silver1
14ArchitusSponsor · Breakout Discussion Sponsor1
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
2% of 46
gold4
9% of 46
silver5
11% of 46
community partner2
4% of 46
exhibitor9
20% of 46
after party2
4% of 46
breakout discussion sponsor2
4% of 46
coffee cart sponsor1
2% of 46
unspecified20
43% of 46
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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