Agenda and speakers
We are proud to reveal our first keynote speaker:
Michael Street from the NATO Communications and Information Agency.
Photo credits: Rebel Shots fotografie
What to expect at TechSummit 2025
Below is the agenda for TechSummit Amsterdam, taking place on 16 September 2025. We have lined up a mix of national and international speakers — including CTOs, senior engineers, and architects — who will share practical insights and real-world solutions around this year’s theme: Building Resiliency at Scale.
Get ready to explore the challenges and solutions in designing, operating, and scaling robust, cloud-native, and AI-integrated systems. Secure your place today.
Agenda
This agenda is subject to change
Stay tuned for more updates about our keynote speakers.
9:00 – 10:00 Registrations – Entrance
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome from Leaseweb – Grote zaal – 2nd floor
10:15 – 10:45 First keynote speaker – Grote zaal – 2nd floor
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break – Foyer / Meetingroom – 2nd floor
11:15 – 11:45 Second keynote speaker – Grote zaal – 2nd floor
11:45 – 13:15 Lunch – Foyer / Meetingroom – 2nd floor
13:15 – 13:45 Breakout sessions
The Podfather: Orchestrating Security
for Scalable Systems
Marco Pierobon
Principal Developer
Thoughtworks
Grote zaal – 2nd floor
$1M Breach? Never Again: Designing &
Building Cloud Foundation with First Principles
Prerit Munjal
CTO
InfraOne
IJ zaal – 5th floor
13:50 – 14:20 Breakout sessions
How Google built a Consistent, Global Authorization
System with Zanzibar (and you can too!)”
Sohan Maheshwar
Lead Developer Advocate
AuthZed
Grote zaal – 2nd floor
The Race You Don’t Want to Win: How a Microsecond
Bug Broke Our Wallet and How We Fought Back
Paul Edward
Senior Software Developer
GotPhoto
IJ zaal – 5th floor
14:20 – 14:50 Coffee break – Foyer / Meetingroom – 2nd & 5th floor
14:50 – 15:20 Breakout sessions
Stateful Applications in the
Age of Durable Execution
Marc Klefter
Senior Solutions Architect
AxonIQ
Grote zaal – 2nd floor
Shipping Through Chaos:
Engineering Resilience Across Borders
Kaustubh Hiware
Senior Software Engineer
Mercari
IJ zaal – 5th floor
15:25 – 15:55 Third keynote speaker – Grote zaal – 2nd floor
15:55 – 16:05 Closing remarks from Leaseweb – Grote zaal – 2nd floor
16:05 – 19:00 Drinks & snacks – Expo – 1st floor
Introducing our first keynote speaker
Michael Street
Chief, Exploiting Data Science & AI
NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)
Presentation title: Secure and Scalable: AI Development at NATO
Get exclusive insights into how one of the world’s most strategically important defense organizations is developing secure and scalable AI capabilities — supporting complex logistics, decision-making, and mission-critical operations.
About TechSummit
Originally started in Amsterdam in 2014 as a platform for IT experts to share their knowledge, TechSummit has grown into an international forum with events in Amsterdam, Berlin, and the US. Building on the success of previous editions, the TechSummit in Amsterdam brings together technical professionals to discuss current and emerging topics, fostering an ongoing technical conversation among industry peers.
Join us in driving the conversation on practical technical solutions, innovative technologies, and resilient IT infrastructures.
Impression of the previous TechSummit edition in Amsterdam
Photo credits: Bibi Veth