Architecture

GOTO Copenhagen 2026

GOTO Copenhagen 2026 is a software engineering conference dedicated to crafting software with confidence in the age of AI. The event brings together pioneers, practitioners, authors and thought leaders to discuss topics such as concurrency, distributed systems, testing, resilience, observability, sustainability, security, green computing, and human aspects i…

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78Speakers
4Sponsors
118On the bill · sessions
25Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at GOTO, in alphabetical order.
Adam Furmanek
Adam Tornhill
Aino Vonge Corry
Alberto Brandolini
Alberto Carretero
Software Engineer · Canonical
Alex Ewerlöf
Anatoliy Bilenko
Staff Engineer · Canonical
Anders Sveen
Advisor, Developer, Mentor and speaker
Andrea Magnorsky
Programmer and Creator of Bytesize Architecture Sessions
Andreas Zeller
Andrew J. Turner
Author, Predictable Volatility · Predictable Volatility
Andrew Turner
Author · Predictable Volatility
Barbara Oakley
Professor of Engineering at Oakland University · Oakland University
Barry O'Reilly
Ben Eggers
Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI · OpenAI
Ben Linders
Cate Huston
CTO · Twill
Charles Humble
Claus Vagner Pedersen
Clément Pascutto
Computer Scientist - Software Engineer
Cole Medin
Founder of Dynamous AI · Dynamous AI
Daniel Bryant
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ThoughtworksGold
SyndicateSilver
TriforkSilver
IcePanelStartup
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Agenda

Selected from 118 sessions on the bill.
  • Friday Oct 2 @ 08:30

    Friday Standup - What exactly will happen? You’ll have to show up and find out!

  • Friday Oct 2 @ 09:00

    Climbing inside the machine

  • Friday Oct 2 @ 09:00

    Linda Liukas

  • Friday Oct 2 @ 09:00

    Linda Liukas: Talk details coming soon

  • Friday Oct 2 @ 10:15

    Beyond the Scanner: Security Infrastructure for AI-Generated Software

    security, artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Friday Oct 2 @ 10:15

    Nobody Reads the Code Anymore: Quality Engineering for the Software Factory

  • Friday Oct 2 @ 10:15

    Spying on your Agent: Security and Privacy Observability

  • Friday Oct 2 @ 10:15

    To RAG Or Not To RAG

    artificial intelligence (AI), architecture
  • Friday Oct 2 @ 10:15

    Understanding Progressive Collapse (or How To Avoid A Cascading Failure)

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 25 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

25 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.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
21Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Thoughtworks

Speakers by seniority

14% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite56%
  • Founder / Owner34%
  • VP-level11%
  • Director / Head of23%
  • Manager / Lead810%
  • Engineer · IC68%
  • Research / Science11%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles5165%

Of 78 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01ThoughtworksSp·G3V
  2. 02IcePanelSp·S
  3. 03SyndicateSp·S
  4. 04TriforkSp·S
  5. 05Canonical2V
  6. 06Lovable2V
  7. 07Predictable Volatility2V
  8. 08QA.tech2V
  9. 09Antithesis1V
  10. 10Better Product Work1V
  11. 11Confluent1V
  12. 12Dan North & Associates1V
  13. 13Dynamous AI1V
  14. 14Eventmodelers.ai1V
Sponsors by tier
gold1
25% of 4
silver2
50% of 4
startup1
25% of 4

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