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Welcome to LeadDev New York 2025

A welcome from the host

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Steering the ship: Mistakes made and lessons learned

Candid insights into the biggest misconceptions about leadership and what truly makes a team exceptional.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Beyond the code: Leading engineering teams in the GenAI era

Explore how engineering leaders can guide teams through GenAI’s rise by focusing on the critical human work AI can’t replace.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Leading sustainably when everything is on fire

Learn how to lead effectively in chaos by building organizational capital and adapting your mindset for tough times.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Finding the spark: Unlocking growth potential on your team

Learn a practical framework to spot different growth needs on your team and support each person’s development effectively.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

The accidental AI revolution: How an engineering tool won over the entire company

Learn how an internal AI tool sparked unexpected company-wide adoption and became a catalyst for cross-functional productivity gains.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

How systems, power, and organizational design shape developer experience

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

No one left behind: Inside the largest domain migration in history

A look at the industry’s most complex domain transfer, managed under pressure without losing a single team member.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

How to self sabotage your organisation through AI

Discover the common pitfalls of integrating AI into your codebase that can degrade quality and derail deployments. Learn practical, measurement-driven strategies to avoid these traps and ensure AI enhances, rather than undermines, your engineering success.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Pay your (conflict) debts on time

Learn how unresolved conflict quietly erodes teams and how to tackle it early with clear and constructive leadership practices.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

From friction to function: Strengthening the product-engineering alliance

Learn practical strategies to turn product-engineering friction into alignment through better prioritization, communication, and shared decision-making.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Leading without committing: Managing teams outside your tech stack

Learn how to lead engineering teams outside your expertise by building trust, enabling growth, and empowering without micromanaging.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

No one needs me (and that’s the point)

Learn how to build autonomous teams that thrive without you, so you can focus on higher-impact leadership work.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

The uncomfortable middle: Growing as a Director in uncertain times

Grow as a leader of leaders through reorgs, role shifts, and team tensions in the messy middle of uncertainty.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Tech lead to manager – a blueprint for successful transition

Navigate the shift from tech lead to manager with a clear roadmap, practical tools, and strategies for early success.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Interviewing in the age of AI

Rethink technical interviews for an AI-enhanced world by focusing on timeless engineering skills and real-world problem solving.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

All of this has happened before

A mother-daughter conversation revealing how past tech trends mirror today’s AI hype and what we can learn.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Predictable is better than fast

Explore how prioritizing predictability over speed leads to more sustainable progress, stronger teams, and faster outcomes in the long run.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Estimation is a waste of time

Learn to replace inaccurate estimates with data-driven probabilistic forecasting, dramatically improving delivery predictability and stakeholder relationships.

  • Principal Technical Program Manager Outsystems, Agile State of Mind

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Beyond the hype: What test automation really costs

Test automation promises speed and savings, but this talk reveals the hidden costs and how to avoid common strategic pitfalls.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Building ethical AI: Transparency, bias mitigation, and trust

Explore how to build trustworthy, human-centered AI by prioritizing transparency and effectively mitigating bias, discrimination, and ethical risks.

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Experienced ManagerNew ManagerTech Lead

Supply chain: Data infrastructure pipeline

Discover how modern data pipelines transform supply chains, enabling real-time insights, improving data quality, and optimizing logistics through advanced analytics.

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End of day wrap-up

Closing thoughts from the hosts.

Office Hours

Meet the speakers

Chat with the speakers face-to-face in a relaxed, conversational environment.

Voltron Quest

Voltron Quest

Inspired by Lara Hogan’s Manager Voltron, build your personal network at LeadDev New York.

Solution Swap

My team is being asked to move faster, but we’re already going as fast as we can. What can I do?

Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.

Table Talks

How do you enable greater productivity and improved experience across your whole developer org?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Table Talks

How can you solve the problem of technical debt when you’re scaling up?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Table Talks

How can you facilitate valuable post-incident reviews?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Demo stage

Live demo sessions

Explore solutions for your technical issues.

Speed Coaching

Free 1:1 coaching

Watch or participate in free 1:1 coaching.

Next Steps AMA

Tackling the role of Tech Lead

Dedicated sessions on how to take the next step in your career for tackling the role of a Tech Lead

Solution Swap

My team needs to be given time to fix technical debt but my leadership team won’t listen. What can I do?

Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.

Table Talks

How can you increase developer adoption of AI coding tools?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Table Talks

How can you ensure that continuous learning is central to your engineering culture?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

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How can you measure developer productivity without damaging morale?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Special Interest Groups

Meet leaders from similar domains

Join our relaxed sessions where you can meet peers working in similar domains to share ideas, collaborate on challenges and exchange solutions.

Engineering in Action

Engineering in Action

Learn how real engineering teams turn ideas into practice.

Next Steps AMA

Making the leap to Engineering Manager

Dedicated sessions on how to take the next step in your career for making the leap to Engineering Manager.

Table Talks

How to find the balance between AI innovation and mitigating risk?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Solution Swap

What the hell is a Principal Software Engineer anyway?

Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.

Table Talks

How can leaders create a culture of experimentation within their teams?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Table Talks

How can I speed up my team’s deployment times?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Solution Swap

Building cross-functional relationships

Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.

Table Talks

How to manage managers?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Solution Swap

Leading without authority

Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.

Solution Swap

Talented engineers on my team want to advance their careers, but there aren’t opportunities available for advancement. How can I keep them motivated?

Trade tactics for tackling everyday challenges.

Table Talks

How can you maintain delivery velocity on cross-team projects?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Table Talks

How can I prevent burnout for myself and my team?

Join facilitated conversations and dive into key issues facing engineering teams.

Workshop

Systems thinking to drive software delivery excellence

Join one of seven 80-minute micro-workshops included as part of your conference pass. Check back soon for full details.

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Decision-making techniques for engineering leaders

Join one of seven 80-minute micro-workshops included as part of your conference pass. Check back soon for full details.

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Metrics to improve developer productivity

Join one of seven 80-minute micro-workshops included as part of your conference pass. Check back soon for full details.

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Team development in the age of AI

Join one of seven 80-minute micro-workshops included as part of your conference pass. Check back soon for full details.