Speakers

Marcel Petitpas

CEO & Co-Founder @ Parakeeto

Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability. As a speaker, podcast host, and consultant, specializing in Agency Profitability Optimization, he's helped thousands of clients worldwide measure the right metrics and improve their profitability.

Jemima Abu

Senior Product Engineer @ CAIS

Jemima Abu is a self-taught front-end developer, Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, and Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies.

Robert Craven

Director @ Grow Your Digital Agency

Team leader at the GYDA.co. Known for his no-nonsense approach to business growth. Robert runs Mastermind programs across Europe for agency and e-commerce CEOs and provides bespoke consulting programs. Project director in the EMEA region.

Morana Perić

UX, Content and Localization Strategist @ DeepL

Morana is a Croatian-born Berlin-based localization, content and UX professional. She has spent the past 12 years working as a manager and leader in the tech industry, building up localization, content and UX teams and processes, and working on lean and efficient workflows.

Ive Botunac

AI Research Scientist & Engineer @ Alfatec

Director of Research and Development at ALFATEC Group with over 9 years of experience in artificial intelligence and more than 12 years in software development. Developed several successful AI-based solutions. Founder of the startup Sintelly, featuring an AI-driven application focused on mental health.

Marko Velić

Engineering Manager and Machine Learning Researcher @ Google

Marko is an Engineering Manager at Google. Previously he worked at Photomath, Meta (Facebook), Styria, LEGO (as consultant), University of Zagreb and has entrepreneurship experience.

Sanja Karan

Head of People and Culture @ Ars Futura

Sanja studied psychology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, where she developed an interest in organizational psychology. She started her career in FMCG companies, building expertise in HR processes. As the first HR Manager at a creative agency, she established HR systems, later bringing her pioneering approach to Ars Futura.

Adrian Hajdin

CEO & Founder @ JavaScript Mastery

Seasoned software engineer, educator and a GitHub star, passionate about technical education. Adrian enjoys making learning simple through hands-on teaching and a project-based approach.

Hana Limić

Backend Team Lead @ Four of Them

8 years of experience in backend development, specializing in PHP and Symfony. Over the years, Hana has participated in numerous workshops and conferences, sharing knowledge and fostering collaboration within the community. A strong advocate for clear team communication, Hana believes it is the foundation of successful software development.

Mario Blažek

CTO @ Four of Them

Most of the time uses PHP as a language of choice. He promotes open-source software and PHP-related technologies as one of the organizers of Zagreb PHP User Group (ZgPHP). Likes working with Symfony framework and explores the dark sides of it. He is a Symfony and Twig certified developer.

Andreas Hucks

Head of Engineering @ OPEN

A PHP enthusiast and Head of Engineering at OPEN, Andreas has been a Symfony community member for 18 years. As a developer, he was involved in countless Symfony projects. As a trainer, he has 10+ years of experience in running dev workshops.

Marijan Smetko

SWE @ Google

Marijan Smetko is a technology enthusiast from Croatia. As an SWE in Google, he works closely with Gemini LLMs in order to make them explain and teach STEM related topics to all the interested Google users.

Noz Urbina

Founder @ Urbina Consulting

Globally recognized omnichannel content strategist. Pioneer in experience mapping and adaptive content design for personalized, contextually relevant content for omnichannel experiences. Author of the book “Content Strategy: Connecting the dots between business, brand, and benefits”.

Sven Al Hamad

Co-founder & CEO @ Webiny

Worked with the largest media and ecommerce customers in Europe as their trusted advisor on the topics of web performance and architecture. Proven track record of successful delivery of several multi-million dollar projects for large enterprises. An experienced entrepreneur acted as a CTO in 4 different startups.

Tobi Stadelmaier

VP Engineering @ CoreMedia

VP Engineering at CoreMedia GmbH, heading the core product development of a CMS platform that is not legacy, but just successful enough to be around for more than 25 years. Statistics, Machine Learning and AI geek.

Johanna Halfmann

Software Product Design @ CoreMedia

Product Designer at CMS vendor CoreMedia in Hamburg, with a healthy appetite for asking necessary questions, looking at the big picture and occasionally seeing light in the darkness.

Jason Mayes

Web AI Lead @ Google

Jason is helping web engineers globally to get productive with machine learning in JavaScript. He is the author of the first Web AI course on Google Developers and EdX, that have enabled over 50,000 students start with ML in the browser.

Davor Runje

Head of OSS Engineering @ AG2

Davor is the Head of OSS Engineering at AG2 and a former core developer of AutoGen, two prominent AI frameworks. He builds on top of 20 years of experience as a developer, researcher and entrepreneur.

Tamas Piros

Developer Advocacy Director @ Cloudinary

Tamas is a Google Developer Expert and a Developer Evangelist. He is a passionate advocate for modern web technologies, helping people understand and unlock the latest features of web development.

Nicolas Frizzarin

Developer Advocate @ SFEIR

Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies and Angular, also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, Nicolas is a French FontEnd specialist and User Interface Designer from Metz, France.

Steven Syrek

Engineering Manager @ DeepL

Steven Syrek leads the Experimentation & Product Data Domain teams at DeepL. In his past lives, he was a frontend engineer and an English literature Ph.D. student. He runs a monthly meetup in Berlin to practice collaborative modeling techniques with fellow enthusiasts.

Lucas Rocha

Senior Software Engineer @ Oracle

A passionate full-stack web developer with a deep enthusiasm for technology, contributed to a variety of projects across different industries. Technical expertise encompasses a wide spectrum of programming languages and solution platforms.

Arne Blankerts

Co-Founder @ thePHP.cc

Arne Blankerts has already dealt with computers when networking was still an adventure. As long-standing head of development of an internet agency, he has created solutions far ahead of the times already years ago. As Co-Founder and Principal Consultant of The PHP Consulting Company (thePHP.cc), Arne helps his clients to develop software successfully.

Tihana Ana Reljić

Partner & attorney-at-law @ REZIME

Attorney-at-Law & partner at REZIME (Law firm Reljić, Zelić, Židanić and Mar LLC). Professionally and privately curious about developments and trends in the IT sector, especially how they affect businesses and intellectual property - constantly thinking, writing or speaking about it.

Paul Dragoonis

CTO & Principal Engineer @ ByteHire

Open-source contributor, public speaker, trainer, and consultant by trade. I'm a member of the CD Foundation, PHP, PHP-FIG, and Jenkins projects/teams. In my career, I've held positions such as Director of Engineering, CTO, Principal Engineer/Architect, and so on. I've spent many years modernizing CI/CD pipelines and embedding continuous delivery processes and solutions into businesses.

James Royal-Lawson

Senior digital adviser & founder @ Beantin

James Royal-Lawson is a senior digital adviser, designer, digital analyst, economist, and co-host of UX Podcast, driven by an endless curiosity. He has been creating, managing, measuring, and experimenting with digital experiences since first going online as a teenager in the 1980s—and professionally since the late 1990s.

Alex Shershebnev

Head of ML/DevOps @ Zencoder

Seasoned Computer Vision and MLOps Engineer with over nine years of experience shaping the future of AI-driven software development. Currently leading the ML/DevOps team at Zencoder, where he leverages his extensive background in Software Engineering, ML and DevOps to deliver high-quality machine learning solutions.

Tim Walters

Founder @ Zero Theory

Marketer, analyst, advisor, and keynote speaker with 25 years of experience in WCM, CXM, data privacy, and trust. Formerly with Forrester Research and New York University.

Paul Jervis Heath

Strategy & Innovation Consultant

Paul Jervis Heath is a designer and strategist with almost 30-years of experience. He led his own multi-award-winning design and innovation consultancy and now advises organisations on how to get the greatest impact from innovation and design.

Radovan Bacovic

Staff Data Engineer @ GitLab

Radovan Bacovic is a Staff Data Engineer at GitLab, part of the Data gigants ambassador program: Snowflake Squad and dbt spotlight members. Forever eager to discover new data technologies in the fast-changing environment.

Nikola Tavić

Founder @ Impulsima

Nikola is the Co-Founder of Impulsima, a Business Development consultancy helping SME tech companies set up and scale their commercialization efforts, especially in new markets. He’s active as a Business Development and International Sales Mentor at Zagreb Innovation Center.

Ivan Vukičević

Co-founder @ Impulsima

Co-founder of Impulsima, focused on setting up sales teams and processes. Ivan has worked as Director of sales and Head of Bizdev for digital agencies, products, and startups. He loves unconventional approaches to sales and enjoys drafting bold BizDev strategies.

Felix Laate

CDO @ Norwegian Energy Partners

Felix Laate has a wealth of experience in the digitalization field, having held a range of positions in both the public and private sectors. As a software developer, software architect, CTO, CDO and CEO, Felix has a diverse background in digitalization, with skills ranging from design and strategy to commercialization.

Marin Niehues

Founder & Executive Consultant

Marin Niehues is an expert in organizational development and general management, with a career that began at just 20 when he founded his first start-up. Marin collaborates with clients worldwide to enhance business processes, foster growth, and drive sustainable success

Maja Hodalj

Global Digital Operations @ JGL

Maja is a digital strategist and agile coach with a background in journalism and a deep love for human-centered work. Currently working as Global Digital Operations & Growth Manager at JGL, she leads digital projects across international markets, supports local teams in building meaningful customer journeys.

Stuart Munton

Chief for Group Operations and Technology @ AND Digital

As Chief for Group Operations & Technology, Stuart leads AND’s internal technology functions consisting of AND’s Information Technology team, AND’s Business Platform Engineering team, and AND’s Security and Quality Standards team.

Christoph Schacher

CISO @ Wienerberger

Christoph is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Wienerberger AG, a global leader in innovative, ecological solutions for the entire building envelope and for infrastructure in water and energy management. He is advancing the company's cybersecurity strategy, ensuring resilience across its complex operations, and playing a key role in enabling digital transformation efforts.

Bart Versteegen

Senior Product Consultant & PST @ Scrum.org

Bart has over a decade of experience in Agile Product Management, with roots deep in product roles. He has been responsible for multiple products and services, covering multi-million budgets, and a transformation partner for multiple organizations. He's now a full-time trainer at the Prowareness Academy, providing Scrum.org and LCS training sessions.

Petra Grundler Glavica

HR Consultant, Trainer & Coach @ Strive

Petra Grundler Glavica has built a successful career over 14 years in global companies like Carlsberg and A1. Her expertise lies in organizational design, performance management, people and leadership development, employer branding, and talent management. She is a psychologist, an EMCC Accredited Coach at Practitioner level and holds certifications as an SDI and DISC Flow facilitator and AOPL practitioner.

Andreja Ivec

CEE Territory Manager @ Liferay

As Liferay's Territory Manager for CEE, Andreja combines 20+ years of account management, business development and project management expertise to drive digital transformation. Her focus is on delivering customer-focused solutions, enhancing UX, and building lasting client relationships. Through collaborative efforts with internal teams and partners, her aim is to exceed client expectations.

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