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GOTO Copenhagen 2026

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GOTO Copenhagen 2026 ran Sep 28, 2026 – Oct 2, 2026 at TAP1 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is an Architecture conference that expected about 1,200 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 80 speakers, 4 sponsors and 116 sessions. The next edition, GOTO Copenhagen 2027, is Oct 4–8, 2027 in Copenhagen.

Lineup updated Oct 15, 2026 · dates verified May 5, 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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80Speakers
4Sponsors
116Sessions
26Companies · in total

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
Camilla Montonen
Cate Huston
CTO · Twill
Charles Humble
Claus Vagner Pedersen
Clément Pascutto
Computer Scientist - Software Engineer
Cole Medin
Founder of Dynamous AI · Dynamous AI

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

ThoughtworksGold
SyndicateSilver
TriforkSilver
IcePanelStartup

Agenda

Selected from 116 sessions.

  • 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

    Keynote
  • 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

    code quality, testing tools
  • 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)

    architecture

Quick answers

When is GOTO Copenhagen 2026?
GOTO Copenhagen 2026 ran Sep 28, 2026 – Oct 2, 2026 at TAP1 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The next edition, GOTO Copenhagen 2027, is Oct 4–8, 2027 in Copenhagen.
Where is GOTO Copenhagen 2026 held?
GOTO Copenhagen 2026 was held at TAP1 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Who is speaking at GOTO Copenhagen 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 80 speakers, including Adam Furmanek, Adam Tornhill and Aino Vonge Corry.
Who sponsors GOTO Copenhagen 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 4 sponsors: Thoughtworks, Syndicate, Trifork and IcePanel.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 26 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

26 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
22Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

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 / Science23%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles5265%

Of 80 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ThoughtworksSponsor · Gold3
2IcePanelSponsor · Startup-
3SyndicateSponsor · Silver-
4TriforkSponsor · Silver-
5Canonical2
6Lovable2
7Predictable Volatility2
8QA.tech2
9Antithesis1
10Better Product Work1
11Confluent1
12Dan North & Associates1
13Dynamous AI1
14Eventmodelers.ai1
Sponsors by tier
gold1
25% of 4
silver2
50% of 4
startup1
25% of 4
Related events · by shared sponsors
ConferenceDateCityShared sponsors
GOTO Copenhagen 2027October 4, 2027Copenhagen3

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