Two-day conference for technical leaders at De Kromhouthal in Amsterdam, June 11-12, 2026. 30+ speakers on AI adoption in engineering organisations, AI-powered development workflows, and technical leadership after LLMs. Organised by GitNation.
TechLead Conf Amsterdam is a conference for engineering managers, staff engineers, and technical leads rather than individual contributors. The 2026 edition ran June 11-12 at De Kromhouthal in Amsterdam, with 30+ speakers. The programme centred on adopting AI in engineering organisations: AI-powered development workflows, technical leadership after large language models, and internal developer platforms. It is organised by GitNation.
The two-day programme addressed the organisational side of AI adoption: how teams integrate AI tools into engineering workflows, how the role of the technical leader changes after LLMs, and how internal developer platforms support that shift. The content sits at the management and architecture level rather than the individual-coding level.
TechLead Conf is run by GitNation, a developer conference organiser known for a portfolio of engineering events. TechLead Conf is its event aimed specifically at the leadership layer of engineering teams.
The content targets people who run teams rather than people writing code day to day. Sessions deal with adoption, workflow design, and leadership decisions rather than hands-on coding tutorials.
The 2026 edition centred on adopting AI in engineering organisations, covering AI-powered workflows, technical leadership after LLMs, and internal developer platforms.
De Kromhouthal is an event venue at Gedempt Hamerkanaal 231, 1021 KP Amsterdam, a former shipyard hall in Amsterdam-Noord used for conferences. It is reached by ferry across the IJ and by bus from Amsterdam Centraal.
GitNation organises a portfolio of developer and engineering conferences across Europe and online. TechLead Conf is its event for the engineering leadership audience, and GitNation also runs the co-located Web Engineering Summit at the same venue.
TechLead Conf Amsterdam targets the decision layer of engineering teams rather than individual developers, and the 2026 edition's framing around AI adoption in orgs, with speakers from Vercel, IKEA, Microsoft, and Theodo, places it squarely with the people deciding how AI tools enter existing workflows.
Registration ran at techleadconf.com. The Regular ticket was priced at EUR 490 and the Late Bird ticket at EUR 740. The event has now taken place; this fiche documents the 2026 edition for reference.
De Kromhouthal is at Gedempt Hamerkanaal 231 in Amsterdam-Noord, reached by a free ferry across the IJ from Amsterdam Centraal followed by a short walk or bus ride.
The Regular ticket was EUR 490 and the Late Bird ticket EUR 740 for the 2026 edition.
GitNation ran the Web Engineering Summit at the same De Kromhouthal venue around the same dates, sharing the Amsterdam location.
| Official website | https://techleadconf.com/ |
| Register | https://techleadconf.com/ |
| Programme | https://techleadconf.com/ |