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Learn from the leaders behind the platform engineering revolution
Boyan Dimitrov
CTO,
Sixt
Nicki Watt
CEO & CTO, OpenCredo
Gregor Hohpe
Architect Elevator
Rickey Zachary
Global Lead of Platform Engineering, Thoughtworks
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10:30 am
Jun 25
Platforms aren't yet-another common services layer
Platforms aren't yet-another common services layer
Sharing common elements is not a new idea. So what makes platforms so different that they can overcome past problems? The answer lies in economies of speed, pyramids, cars, and submarines.
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11:00 am
Jun 25
Platform engineering's coming of age - Lessons from 2018 to 2025
Platform engineering's coming of age - Lessons from 2018 to 2025
Platform engineering has evolved dramatically since the beginning. Discover how the focus shifted from DevOps to developer experience, with AI integration, product thinking, and new team structures transforming how organizations deliver software at scale.

Platform engineering has undergone a significant transformation since Evan Bottcher's foundational 2018 article. What began as "a foundation of self-service APIs, tools, services, knowledge and support" has evolved into a distinct discipline focused on enhancing developer experience and delivering measurable outcomes.

This talk explores the pivotal shifts in platform engineering over seven years, contrasting the 2018 landscape with today's mature ecosystem. We'll examine how developer experience has emerged as a central goal, replacing the earlier focus on reducing "backlog coupling." I'll share insights from implementing platform transformations at global enterprises, including a case study of restructuring a fintech's approach with dedicated Developer Success Teams.

Whether you're building your first platform or evolving an existing one, you'll gain practical strategies to navigate common anti-patterns like "Field of Dreams" platforms and overengineered workflows. Join us to explore how platform engineering has matured from an emerging concept to an essential practice that drives organizational success through enhanced developer experience.

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12:00 pm
Jun 25
Putting your platform on a diet: Evolving your TVP
Putting your platform on a diet: Evolving your TVP
Building a platform that actually helps your engineers (rather than gets in their way) is hard enough. Keeping it lean and effective over time? Even harder.

The Thinnest Viable Platform (TVP) is all about giving teams just enough to move fast—without unnecessary complexity. But here’s the catch: if you don’t actively prune and evolve your platform, it will bloat. Every well-intentioned addition, every quick fix, every new tool can quietly nudge it from “helpful” to “hindrance.”

In this talk, we’ll explore lessons learned from helping teams build and scale platforms at different stages with a focus on trying to minimise complexity and maximise value. We’ll cover why platforms naturally accumulate weight, how to spot the signs of bloat, and—most importantly—strategies, tips and tricks for keeping things light and useful!

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Jun 25
The ROI of Internal Developer Platforms implemented at scale
The ROI of Internal Developer Platforms implemented at scale
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Jun 25
Optimising developer workflows: Embracing the future of Cloud Development Environments (CDEs)
Optimising developer workflows: Embracing the future of Cloud Development Environments (CDEs)
Dev environments are evolving into cloud-based, infrastructure-managed systems. This talk explores how platform teams are scaling securely and how AI agents are starting to support developers from within their environments.

Development environments are shifting from static, local setups to dynamic, cloud-based systems managed as infrastructure. 

In this session, Eric Paulsen (Field CTO, Coder) explores how platform and DevOps teams are building secure, scalable, and policy-driven development environments that improve consistency, reduce friction, and support modern delivery needs. 

He’ll also look ahead to how lightweight AI agents are beginning to assist within these environments - automating setup, enforcing compliance, and supporting developers in real time.

Takeaways:

  • Why cloud-based dev environments are replacing local setups
  • How to manage dev environments as scalable infrastructure
  • Patterns for secure provisioning and lifecycle management
  • Where AI agents can enhance setup, support, and compliance
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Jun 25
Lessons from £2Bn of tech spend: unlocking value from the Route to Live
Lessons from £2Bn of tech spend: unlocking value from the Route to Live
What are the most common software delivery bottlenecks across the Route to Live? And how can resolving these increase deployment frequency by 12x and reduce production defects by 75%? 

CTO of global engineering consultancy ClearRoute, Sarndeep Nijjar, takes to the stage to answer these questions, sharing insights from the new ClearRoute State of the Route To Live Report 2025 that will be exclusively released to PlatformCon 2025 community first. 

Analysing data from over £2bn of annual tech spend across multiple industries, the report highlights concrete, practical steps for engineering leaders to deliver products faster, cheaper, and safer.

Sarndeep is joined by the Group Executive and CIO of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Gavin Monroe, to introduce a proven framework to accelerate and derisk innovation: ClearRoute’s proprietary Quality Cloud Engineering framework. 

Gavin shares challenges, interventions, and lessons from CBA’s own transformation journey, which saw them accelerate app delivery and unlock millions of dollars in savings over 12-months.

Finally, we turn our eye to the future, exploring how AI Agents are changing RTL and how teams can capitalise on the positive impacts while mitigating negatives. 

It’s not one to miss!

ClearRoute is a global engineering consultancy that helps enterprises reliably bring high-impact digital products to market faster, cheaper, and safer. 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is one of the leading banks in Australia, serving more than 17 million customers. 

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Jun 25
Build, buy, trial or wait? Platform engineering roadmapping for AI
Build, buy, trial or wait? Platform engineering roadmapping for AI
Create an AI "technology radar" for platform engineering that classifies AI investments into adopt/trial/assess/hold categories based on business value, effort, and readiness. Leave with a customized radar and strategic decision framework.

Platform teams are under pressure to integrate AI capabilities but often lack a structured framework for evaluation. This interactive workshop provides a practical decision-making methodology.

Working in small groups, you'll learn to evaluate and prioritize AI use cases for platform engineering by creating your own "technology radar" that classifies potential investments into adopt, trial, assess, or hold categories. We'll cover evaluation criteria including business value, implementation effort, and technology readiness, with real-world examples.

By the end of the workshop, you'll have created a customized AI radar for your organization and a structured approach to making strategic AI investment decisions for your platform team. 

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Jun 25
From idea to production: Build smarter CI/CD pipelines
From idea to production: Build smarter CI/CD pipelines
A hands-on CI/CD workshop with JetBrains. Build and optimize a real pipeline, learn best practices, and explore developer-first workflows using TeamCity Pipelines.

Join Daniel Gallo from JetBrains for a hands-on workshop exploring what modern, developer-friendly CI/CD looks like in practice. Follow a real-world project as we go from repository to production-ready pipeline in a short time. Learn how to streamline your setup, accelerate feedback loops, and reduce maintenance headaches along the way.

You’ll get to see and try out TeamCity Pipelines, JetBrains’ new CI/CD tool built with the developer experience at its core. Bring your laptop and follow along as we cover best practices, pipeline optimization techniques, and tips to improve your development workflow – no matter what tools you’re currently using.

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Jun 25
You have Terraform. How do you orchestrate it?
You have Terraform. How do you orchestrate it?
You’ve become a Terraform master, delivering significant efficiencies to the application teams using your platform. But some challenges remain. In this session we will show how Temporal and Terraform solve even more problems than either can alone.

Terraform is arguably the most widely adopted IaC tool in use today, with good reason. In addition to being multi-cloud/data center, its early embrace of declarative config vastly simplified the job of managing infrastructure. But your platform engineers will be very quick to point out that they need to do things that are hard to do using Terraform alone. They sometimes need to schedule Terraform actions. They might need to apply configs in a particular order. Having humans in the loop can make processes long-running and harder to manage. And, of course, infra is usually widely distributed and not always available when management is needed.

Already widely used by platform engineers across a wide range of verticals, Temporal addresses all of these challenges. We’ll show you how.

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Jun 25
Secure self-service evolution workflows in practice
Secure self-service evolution workflows in practice
Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring secure, self-service development workflows. Guided by EMEA CTO Eric, you'll tackle a coding challenge, learning how to enhance efficiency, automation, and security while streamlining development.

Join us for an interactive 1-hour workshop where you'll explore how secure, self-service development workflows can enhance developer productivity, automation, and security by design. Guided by EMEA CTO Eric, you’ll take part in a hands-on coding challenge, learning how to streamline development while maintaining consistency, security, and efficiency.

Whether you're looking to improve self-service capabilities or refine your approach to secure development environments, this session will provide practical insights and hands-on experience in a collaborative setting.

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Platform as a product
Platform as a product
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How to build and sell your MVP
How to build and sell your MVP
Platforms aren't yet-another common services layer
Gregor Hohpe
Architect Elevator
Platform engineering's coming of age - Lessons from 2018 to 2025
Rickey Zachary
Global Lead of Platform Engineering, Thoughtworks
The ROI of Internal Developer Platforms implemented at scale
Boyam Dimitrov
CTO, Sixt
Kaspar von Grünberg
CEO, Humanitec
Putting your platform on a diet: Evolving your TVP
Nicki Watt
CEO & CTO, OpenCredo
Optimising developer workflows: Embracing the future of Cloud Development Environments (CDEs)
Eric Paulsen
Field CTO, Coder
Lessons from £2Bn of tech spend: Unlocking value from the Route to Live
Sarndeep Nijjarm
CTO, ClearRoute
Gavin Munroe
CIO, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Closing panel hosted by Jennifer Riggins
Coming soon
You have Terraform. How do you orchestrate it?
Cornelia Davis
Senior Staff Developer Advocate, Temporal Technologies
Build, buy, trial or wait? Platform engineering roadmapping for AI
Talia Moyal
Head of Outbound Product,  Gitpod
From Idea to Production: Build Smarter CI/CD Pipelines
Daniel Gallo
Solutions Engineer, JetBrains
Coming soon
Platform as a product
Luca Galante
Core Contributer ,Platform Engineering
How to build and sell your MVP
Luca Galante
Core Contributer, Platform Engineering

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What attendees had to say

You did a really good job, hope to see you next year too
Great first edition, congrats! The content in both the workshops and talk programs was excellent. It was hard  to choose where to be!
Best event of the year, well done. Impressed with the gender representation  on the panels too. Still trying to organize all my notes, so much platform engineering goodness in the sessions, will take a while to digest!