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ETLS Connect

Virtual|February 26, 2025
The new half-day Enterprise Tech Leadership Summit event available virtually everywhere (with in-person watch parties hosted worldwide by Equal Experts). 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET.
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A Message from Gene Kim

"If you're like me, you've experienced firsthand how GenAI reshapes our relationship with technology. At ETLS, we're expanding our GenAI programming to match the pace of breakneck innovation we're seeing in the industry. But more importantly, we'll learn how organizations are achieving real outcomes - what worked, what didn't, and why."

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Why Attend ETLS 2025?

For over a decade, we've created an environment where real learning happens through:

Experience Reports: Learn directly from technology leaders at large, complex enterprises sharing what worked, what didn't, and why

Expert Knowledge: Gain insights from the foremost experts in GenAI, DevOps, and platform engineering - the people who are shaping these fields

Meaningful Connections: Connect with fellow travelers in similar roles - whether you're a CIO, VP, or Platform Leader - who understand your challenges because they're living them too

Our Focus for 2025

The key questions your organization is asking about GenAI:

  • What outcomes are organizations actually achieving?
  • How are they organizing their teams?
  • What skills and capabilities do we need?
  • How do we separate real opportunities from hype?

"The conversations that emerged in real-time and through the evening 'back home' have been open, honest, positive and vulnerable - and it's this community's stimulus through talking and sharing that makes this possible."

RJ

Ways of Working, Nationwide UK

"Still amazed at this conference's ability to come year after year and still provide a wealth of new and fresh ideas to share!!"

Matt Ring

Sr. Product & Engineering Coach, John Deere

"I think this could be the best conference from a content fit perspective."

Philipp Göllner

CEO/Founder, XALT Business Consulting GmbH

"Stunned. Just stunned at the community here. All of the sessions. The books. The surprisingly intimate AMA sessions. Just wow!"

Frotz Faatuai

Tech Systems Engineering Technical Leader, Cisco

"I've enjoyed how the conference continues to bring not just great talent, but people of influence within their organizations. It tells me that our community continues to grow, not just with engineers and practitioners, but with leaders among the giants of industry."

Garrin Ball

DevOps Leader, Delta Dental of Michigan

"This is exactly what I was needing. Stories, personas and challenges that I could relate to."

Nick

BNP Paribas

Featured Speakers

Fernando Cornago, Vice President Digital Tech, adidas
Fernando Cornago, Vice President Digital Tech, adidas

Further Results of Our 500-Person GenAI and Developer Pilot

Stefan Ostwald, Chief Product Officer, Parloa
Stefan Ostwald, Chief Product Officer, Parloa

Rewiring The Engineering and Product Organization to Deliver A Customer Support GenAI Service

Peter Petrovics, Strategic Advisor, Equal Experts
Peter Petrovics, Strategic Advisor, Equal Experts

Rewiring The Engineering and Product Organization to Deliver A Customer Support GenAI Service

John Rauser, Director of Software Engineering, Cisco
John Rauser, Director of Software Engineering, Cisco

Lessons Learned Creating an AI Platform for The Cisco Security Product Suite

Anand Raghavan, VP, Products, AI, Cisco
Anand Raghavan, VP, Products, AI, Cisco

Lessons Learned Creating an AI Platform for The Cisco Security Product Suite

Nathan Labenz, AI R&D, Waymark
Nathan Labenz, AI R&D, Waymark

Research Revealing Deception And Scheming In LLMs

Christine Hudson
Christine Hudson

Tactics for Culture Change—Setting Norms and Increasing Engagement

Steve Yegge
Steve Yegge

Why Coding By Hand Is Dead: Lessons Learned in Chat-Oriented Programming

Scott Prugh, CTO, Uturn Data Solutions
Scott Prugh, CTO, Uturn Data Solutions

Coordination Costs and Rewiring Organizations to Win With AI

Chuck Lafferty, Vice President - CRM, ADP
Chuck Lafferty, Vice President - CRM, ADP

More About The Levers of Leadership at ADP

Dr. Mary Hayes, Director of Research - People and Performance, ADP
Dr. Mary Hayes, Director of Research - People and Performance, ADP

More About The Levers of Leadership at ADP

What is ETLS Connect?

We're inviting speakers from our most popular and highly-rated presentations. Gene Kim will be asking follow-up questions, digging deeper into some of the concepts mentioned during their talk.

 

All sessions will be conducted "live," and just like at our in-person events, you'll be able to interact with speakers and the rest of the community via Slack.

 

Equal Experts will be hosting watch parties, which are perfect opportunities to learn together with fellow travelers.

 

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$100

ETLS Connect

🗓️ February 26, 2025

⏰ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET

📍 Virtual

Worldwide Watch Parties

Equal Experts will be hosting in-person watch parties, which are great opportunities to learn together with fellow travelers.

Agenda

Subject to change

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM: Gene KimWelcome

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM: Stefan Ostwald & Peter PetrovicsRewiring The Engineering and Product Organization to Deliver A Customer Support GenAI Service

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM: Nathan LabenzResearch Revealing Deception And Scheming In LLMs

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM: Steve YeggeWhy Coding By Hand Is Dead: Lessons Learned in Chat Oriented Programming

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM: Fernando CornagoFurther Results of Our 500-Person GenAI and Developer Pilot

11:40 AM - 12:40 PM: Break

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM: John Rauser & Anand RaghavanLessons Learned Creating an AI Platform for The Cisco Security Product Suite

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM: Scott PrughCoordination Costs and Rewiring Organizations to Win With AI

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM: Christine HudsonTactics for Culture Change—Setting Norms and Increasing Engagement

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM: Chuck Lafferty & Dr. Mary Hayes — More About The Levers of Leadership at ADP

2:10 PM - 2:20 PM: Gene KimWrap-up