Schedule

Essentials* is Craft's new track for developers who want to strengthen their foundations and grow. Whether you're early in your career or looking to fill in key gaps, these inspiring talks from world-class speakers will help you level up and get excited about becoming great at what you do.

Note: Specific timings of sessions, breaks, start and end timings are subject to change.
8:10 AM CET
8:10 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration
9:10 AM CET
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM CET
Main stage
Keynote
From here to there and back again
agile
architecture
ai
software development
Talk with
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM CET
Platform 2
Keynote streamed

If there are no more seats left at the Main stage, come and watch the keynote streamed at Platform 2.

10:10 AM CET
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
🍵Coffee break
10:30 AM CET
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CET
Main stage
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CET
Orange stage
Fractal Geometry of Software Design
architecture
code quality
dependency management
design
Talk with
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CET
Purple stage
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CET
Pink stage
10:30 AM - 12:10 PM CET
Green stage
11:25 AM CET
11:25 AM - 12:10 PM CET
Main stage
Definition Of Insanity
architecture
microservices
software development
Talk with
11:25 AM - 12:10 PM CET
Orange stage
Why Delivery Projects Fail: Transforming Testing from a Task to a Strategic Mindset
agile
testing
agile development
leadership
product thinking
vital skills
iterative refinement
empirical development
failure demand
organization
self confidence
tdd
TECH LEADERS
youbelong
11:25 AM - 12:10 PM CET
Purple stage
11:25 AM - 12:10 PM CET
Pink stage
11:25 AM - 12:10 PM CET
Innovation stage
12:10 PM CET
12:10 PM - 1:40 PM
Lunch break
1:40 PM CET
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM CET
Main stage
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM CET
Platform 2
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM CET
Orange stage
Telling Better Stories with Tests
code quality
iterative refinement
maintenance
programming
refactoring
software development
software architecture
tdd
technical debt
technical excellence
technical neglect
testing
tools
technical debt management
unit tests
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM CET
Purple stage
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM CET
Pink stage
Legacy Architecture Migration Patterns
architecture
domain-driven design
modernization
1:40 PM - 3:30 PM CET
Green stage
Monolith or Microservices? Designing Deploy-Time Flexibility for Modular Systems
microservices
modular monolith
software architecture
legacy code
modernization
design
Talk with
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM CET
Innovation stage
2:25 PM CET
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
🍵Coffee break
2:45 PM CET
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CET
Platform 2
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CET
Purple stage
Warp Speed Web Dev with Astro
software development
javascript
architecture
Talk with
3:40 PM CET
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM CET
Main stage
Platform Engineering: Lessons from the Rise and Fall of eBay
agile development
architecture
leadership
modernization
software architecture
technical excellence
testing
software development
Talk with
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM CET
Platform 2
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM CET
Purple stage
The engineering strategist journey
leadership
organization
software architecture
agile development
management
3:40 PM - 5:40 PM CET
Green stage
Beyond Big Ideas: Strategies for Continuous Innovation [Hands-on]
hands-on
leadership
management
modernization
organization
product thinking
tools
unlimited potential
3:40 PM - 4:25 PM CET
Innovation stage
4:25 PM CET
4:25 PM - 4:40 PM
Main stage
Raffle

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4:55 PM CET
4:55 PM - 5:40 PM CET
Main stage
Platform Team Structures and Concerns
domain-driven design
microservices
management
organization
architecture
product thinking
4:55 PM - 5:40 PM CET
Platform 2
This is not a Clojure talk
fast
iterative refinement
programming
refactoring
software development
technical excellence
Talk with
4:55 PM - 5:40 PM CET
Purple stage
Sharpen Your Tools: Building the right Developer Experience
ai
architecture
hands-on
leadership
programming
software development
ux
technical excellence
code quality
Talk with
4:55 PM - 5:40 PM CET
Pink stage
5:40 PM CET
5:40 PM - 5:50 PM
Main stage
👋 Closing ceremony

Our last train of thought has arrived at the station, and thus we must say goodbye.
Join us for the final goodbye of Craft Conference 2025 and be a part of our group photo! 📸👥

See you next year!