Anika Sharma
Chief Design Officer, Corvid
2027Fourth edition · Lisbon
The conference for people who build software.
Two days of talks, workshops and long lunches by the river with designers, engineers and product people who ship for a living.
18 speakers confirmed- 9–10 June 2027
- Armazém 7, Lisbon
- 30 sessions · 5 tracks
Why Summit
Fewer talks, better ones, and time to actually meet people.
Every talk is reviewed blind, rehearsed with a coach and capped at forty minutes. Breaks are long, lunch is outside, and the evening is on us. That is the whole formula, and it is why most people come back.
- Builders in the room
- 1,400
- Talks, never longer
- 40min
- Of 2026 attendees rebooked
- 87%
- Average talk rating
- 4.8/5
Main Stage
1,200 seats
The Lab
Two-hour workshops, forty seats
The hallway track
Thirty-minute breaks
The Studio
Deep dives for 320
Riverside reception
Wednesday from 18:30
Speakers
People who have shipped the thing they are talking about.
Design leads, staff engineers, founders and researchers from teams you use every day.
Daniel Reis
CTO, Stackwell
Grace Liu
VP Product, Orbital
Maya Okafor
VP Design, Lumio
Zara Haddad
Head of AI Product, Halden
Amara Boateng
Founder and CEO, Fernway
Five tracks
Pick a lane, or wander between them.
Each track is curated by a host who has done the job. Every session is colour-coded across the site.
- 01
Applied AI
Machine learning in shipped products, from evaluation and cost to the interfaces people actually trust.
Zara Haddad7 sessions - 02
Design
Product design as a working practice, from research and systems to the craft of the last few pixels.
Anika Sharma6 sessions - 03
Engineering
Building and running software that lasts, with honest accounts of architecture, reliability and developer experience.
Daniel Reis6 sessions - 04
Product
Deciding what to build and knowing whether it worked, from discovery and pricing to measurement and launch.
Grace Liu7 sessions - 05
Leadership
Leading product and engineering teams well, from hiring and structure to feedback, growth and hard calls.
Amara Boateng4 sessions
Schedule
Two days, three rooms.
Keynotes on the main stage, deep dives in the Studio and hands-on workshops in the Lab. Star the sessions you want and build your own agenda.
08:30
Doors, badges and breakfast
09:30
Design· KeynoteCraft is a decision, not a departmentAnika Sharma · Main Stage10:30
Applied AI· TalkTwo million users, one agent: the failures we did not test forKenji Arai · Main StageEngineering· TalkOne database, four years, three migrations we regretLucas Moreau · StudioDesign· WorkshopPrototype with real data, not lorem ipsumHannah Berg · Lab11:10
Coffee
11:40
Product· TalkRoadmaps are promises: how Orbital stopped breaking themGrace Liu · Main StageDesign· TalkResearch that changes the roadmap, not just the deckInês Carvalho · Studio12:30
Leadership· PanelHow big should a product team be now?Wei Chen +3 · Main StageProduct· LightningLightning talks: small bets that paid offTomás Ferreira +2 · Studio13:15
Lunch on the river terrace
14:30
Engineering· TalkEight engineers, forty million requests: a case for boring architectureDaniel Reis · Main StageProduct· TalkRetire the feature: what we learned removing a third of our productElena Petrova · StudioApplied AI· WorkshopBuild an evaluation suite for an LLM feature in two hoursElif Demir +1 · Lab15:20
Applied AI· TalkLatency is a design material: interfaces for streaming modelsOmar Saleh · Main StageLeadership· TalkThe org chart decisions you cannot take backNoah Whitaker · Studio16:00
Coffee
16:30
Applied AI· KeynoteTrust is the product: two years of shipping AI to people who did not ask for itZara Haddad · Main StageEngineering· TalkDeveloper experience is measured in minutes to first deployJonah Adeyemi · Studio18:30
Riverside reception
08:30
Coffee and pastéis de nata
09:30
Product· KeynoteEvery kilobyte is a cost: designing for the next hundred million customersMaya Okafor · Main Stage10:30
Engineering· TalkWe deleted our single-page app and nobody noticedOmar Saleh · Main StageDesign· TalkAccessibility debt compounds faster than technical debtHannah Berg · StudioEngineering· WorkshopTrace a real request end to end: observability from zeroLucas Moreau · Lab11:10
Coffee
11:40
Design· TalkDesign systems are a product, staff them like onePriya Nair · Main StageApplied AI· TalkYour evals are lying to you: measuring models on real workElif Demir · Studio12:30
Applied AI· PanelWho is accountable when the agent gets it wrong?Elena Petrova +3 · Main StageDesign· LightningLightning talks: the details that do the workHannah Berg +3 · Studio13:15
Lunch on the river terrace
14:30
Leadership· TalkWhat investors actually read in your product metricsWei Chen · Main StageEngineering· TalkYour API reference is your onboarding: rewriting ours from scratchJonah Adeyemi · StudioProduct· WorkshopRun a discovery sprint in an afternoonInês Carvalho +1 · Lab15:20
Product· TalkOwn the metric, not the ticket: notes from a product engineerTomás Ferreira · Main StageApplied AI· TalkSmall models next to the data: running inference in every customer's regionLucas Moreau · Studio16:00
Coffee
16:30
Leadership· KeynoteThe company is the product tooAmara Boateng · Main StageProduct· TalkPricing is a product decision, so stop leaving it to financeGrace Liu · Studio17:30
Closing drinks
- Applied AI
- Design
- Engineering
- Product
- Leadership
Armazém 7 · Alcântara riverside
Lisbon, by the river.
A restored 1940s harbour warehouse under the 25 de Abril bridge, ten minutes from the centre by train, with a terrace on the Tagus.
Venue and travelTickets
One price for everything, lunch included.
Every pass covers both days, every talk, the recordings and the riverside reception.
Summit 2027 · LisbonNo. 001
Early bird
Ends 31 January€490€690
Both days, every talk, at the lowest price we will offer.
82% sold
- Both conference days
- Lunch, coffee and the reception
- Recordings of every talk
- Two workshop waitlists
Summit 2027 · LisbonNo. 002
Conference
Most popular€690
The full two days, with a guaranteed workshop seat.
- Both conference days
- One guaranteed workshop seat
- Lunch, coffee and the reception
- Recordings of every talk
- Speaker Q&A rooms
Summit 2027 · LisbonNo. 003
Team of five
€2,900
Five passes for the price of four and a bit, with one invoice.
- Five conference passes
- Five workshop seats
- Reserved seating on the main stage
- One invoice, names changeable until June
Prices exclude 23% Portuguese VAT.
From the 2026 edition
“The only conference where I came home with notes I actually used. The hallway conversations were as good as the talks.”
Lea HoffmannDesign Director, Brightloop “Forty-minute talks, no sales pitches, and a terrace on the river at lunch. Our whole team is coming back.”
Sam OkoroVP Engineering, Parallel “I booked a workshop seat on a whim and rebuilt our evaluation pipeline the week after. Worth the ticket on its own.”
Marta NowakML Lead, Quill
Partners
Made possible by Summit partners
Summit is funded by tickets first and sponsors second. We keep packages few, booths small and pitches off stage, which is why attendees actually stop to talk.
Headline partner
Gold
Community
Questions, answered
Who is Summit for?
People who build software products: designers, engineers, product managers, researchers, founders and the people who lead them. Talks assume you do the work, not that you are new to it.
Will talks be recorded?
Every main stage and Studio talk is recorded and shared with ticket holders within two weeks. Workshops are not recorded, so the room can speak freely.
How do workshops work?
Workshops run for two hours in the Lab, with forty seats each. Conference and Team passes include a guaranteed seat you choose at checkout; early-bird holders join two waitlists.
Can I transfer or refund my ticket?
Names can change until 1 June at no cost. Refunds are in full until 1 April, and after that we will help you transfer the pass instead.
Is the venue accessible?
Yes. Armazém 7 is step-free throughout, every talk is live-captioned, and there is a quiet room, a prayer room and a parents' room. Tell us what you need at checkout.
Do you offer invoices for companies?
Every order gets a VAT invoice in the company's name. Team passes are invoiced together, and we can raise a purchase order on request.
News
From the organisers
Speakers
Our first eighteen speakers
The five track hosts and thirteen more speakers are confirmed for Summit 2027, from teams at Corvid, Stackwell, Orbital, Lumio, Halden, Fernway and more.
Ingrid Solberg
Programme
Workshops are now two hours, and capped at forty
Workshops in 2027 run for two hours in the Lab, take forty people at most and are booked in advance with your pass, so no more queueing on the morning.
Ingrid Solberg
Community
Forty scholarships, with travel
Applications are open for forty free passes to Summit 2027 for people under-represented in tech, each with travel, four nights' accommodation and a first-day buddy.
Beatriz Lopes
9–10 June 2027 · Armazém 7, Lisbon
See you by the river.
Early bird passes are €490 until 31 January. After that, €690.
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Summit is on. See you by the river.