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Accelerate Chicago

Craft software with confidence in 2026. You ship it, you own it, you maintain it.

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June 22 - 24, Convene Willis Tower

Understand the foundations, use AI tools as leverage and build software with confidence

Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Scott Hanselman

VP, Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft/GitHub

The Importance of Junior Developers in the Age of AI

Masterclass with...

Alistair Cockburn

Co-authored the Agile Manifesto

Design in Software Is Deciding Where to Put the Line of Code, for Every Line of Code

Masterclass: Hexagonal architecture

Masterclass with...

Allen Holub

Principal at Holub Associates

AI-Friendly Architecture

Masterclass: Practical Software Architecture for AI And Everything Else

Keynote Speaker

Nathen Harvey

DORA Lead and Product Manager at Google Cloud

AI as an Amplifier: State of AI-Assisted Software Development

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Bret Fisher

Docker Captain and Cloud Native Ambassador

Protecting Your GitHub From Supply Chain Attacks

Masterclass: Become an Agentic GitHub Actions Pro

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Mike Amundsen

Independent author, speaker, trainer, advisor

From Automation to Augmentation: Designing AI Coaches That Amplify Expertise

Masterclass: AI-Driven API Design Workshop

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Diana Montalion

Principal Systems Architect at Mentrix

Masterclass: Knowledge Flow: Designing Better Decisions Across Teams, Tools and Systems

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Cedric Hurst

Principal & Lead Software Engineer at Spantree

Masterclass: From Code Assistants to Autonomous Agents

Tim Berglund

VP Developer Relations at Confluent

Eric Johnson

Principal Developer Advocate at AWS

PJ Hagerty

Head of Developer and Community Realtions at GitButler

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2 days of sessions, networking and social activities

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