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Code Europe 2026 · 9th Edition

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The community for engineers building modern software in the age of AI. Senior practitioners from across CEE, together for two days.

Day 1 · Online
14 Sep
Across CEE · live + on-demand
Day 2 · On-site
15 Sep
Warsaw · Stadion Legii
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800+
engineers, builders and tech leads
100+
talks and sessions over two days
15
subtracks across 3 parallel tracks
80+
speakers, 65% from abroad
2026 program plan
AppleNetflixNVIDIAGitHubMicrosoftAWSIntelAtlassianRed HatOracleThoughtworksSplunk · CiscoEricssonfreeCodeCampNuxtBayerRocheHenkelHeinekenElectroluxPhilip Morris InternationalAccentureBCG PlatinionUBSMotorola SolutionsHarvard Medical SchoolPolkadotPagerDutyHERE
2026 lineup

Meet the 2026 lineup.

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Three tracks

Where senior engineers spend their time.

The 2026 full agenda will be announced soon.
TRACK 01

AI Engineering & Data.

Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot in mature teams. Context engineering, agentic workflows in production, real MCP integrations. RAG at scale, evals that catch regressions, observability for AI systems.
Not "what is a transformer": what breaks at scale.
Track curated byAgnieszka MikołajczykKonrad BujakBartosz Biskupski
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TRACK 02

Cloud, DevOps & Platform Engineering.

Internal developer platforms people actually use. GitOps and Kubernetes at fleet scale. OpenTelemetry and eBPF. FinOps owned by engineers. GPU scheduling and AI workload economics. Supply chain security.
Production talks from people running production.
Track curated byPiotr TrębaczPaweł PiwoszTomasz Cholewa
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TRACK 03

Software Architecture & Engineering Excellence.

Distributed systems and event-driven, honestly reviewed. Rust, Go, TypeScript, Java/Kotlin in production. Modular monolith vs microservices, the 2026 take. The staff+ engineer playbook.
Migrations that didn't burn the team.
Track curated byMarcin SkoczylasKarolina OchlikArtur Czemiel
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ACROSS ALL TRACKS

Cybersecurity, embedded.

Prompt injection and agent security in Track 1. Zero trust, secrets management, CI/CD supply chain in Track 2. Threat modelling and secure-by-design in Track 3. Plus incident retrospectives from real breaches. No standalone security track. Security shows up where engineers meet it.
Curated byMarta Rybczyńska
2026 partners

Partnering on Code Europe 2026.

Partners join at different tiers. The 2026 roster is filling out, with more confirmed through the season.

All 2026 partners
Strategic Partner
Microsoft
Leading Partner
SoftswissHelloFresh
Silver Partner
AccentureCapgeminiABBEndava PolandGRAFTCODEEricssonNord SecurityAkamai Technologies
Partner
SIXRelativityBolt
Who it's for

The room you’ll be in.

Code Europe is built for engineers and builders. The room is shaped by role, not by industry vertical. Whether you ship production AI, operate platforms, design distributed systems, or set technical direction for teams, you’ll find the depth and the peers calibrated for your work.

For AI, ML & Data Engineers

Whether you're shipping LLM-backed products, building agentic workflows, or running ML in production, AI Engineering & Data is the room where teams actually delivering systems compare notes. Engineering content from practitioners, not vendors.

Most relevantTrack 1 in full, plus AI workload infrastructure sessions in Track 2.

For Engineers Shipping in Production

You ship production systems and have done so for years. Tracks are calibrated for engineers with four or more years of professional experience, with no introductory content. You'll find the depth and the operational honesty a generalist event can't give you.

Most relevantAll three tracks. The on-site day is built around your schedule.

For Software Architects, Staff+ Engineers & Tech Leads

You make the architectural calls other teams live with. Software Architecture & Engineering Excellence is built for the trade-offs you negotiate every week: distributed systems, language choices, performance, secure-by-design, and technical leadership.

Most relevantTrack 3 in full, plus distributed-systems-adjacent sessions in Tracks 1 and 2.

For Platform, DevOps, SRE & Security Teams

You operate infrastructure, not just deploy to it. Cloud, DevOps & Platform Engineering is built around the decisions infrastructure teams actually make: IDPs that engineers use, Kubernetes at scale, observability past the dashboard, supply chain integrity, FinOps owned by engineers.

Most relevantTrack 2 in full, plus AI workload sessions in Track 1.

For Engineering Leaders

Heads of Engineering, CTOs, and VPs of Engineering read the regional engineering market here, scout experienced talent, and benchmark how teams adopt AI, modern platforms, and architectural practice. Content stays technical; the value for leaders is signal density.

Most relevantTwo-day attendance for breadth. The on-site day for the strongest networking density.
Companies whose engineers attend
IKEAGitHubCallstackCiroosmBankfactor10PerplexityMetaSopra SteriaGraftcodeviktor.comFormer Pipedrive CTO
EarendilRed HatPayoneerinovex GmbHAdobeUpCloudAccenturePrismatiqueEricssonSOFTSWISSInter CarsKollex GmbH
FeenkGitHub NextOllyGardenOVHcloudNord SecurityAuthZedMicrosoftAltinityHey AlfieCapgeminiFinxit IT Solutions
NetflixEntireBooking.comadjoeIGTNordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS)SoftwareHutAnthropicIBMLemanSkills | Startup Community Poznań FoundationEndava
Code Europe afterparty
Afterparty

The official afterparty, in Warsaw.

Every pass includes it, right after the Day 2 closing session. A DJ set and the people you spent the day with.

When
15 Sep, from 19:00
Where
TBA
Entry
Included with every festival pass
Past editions

Code Europe in photos.

Keynotes, partner booths, and late-night demos from earlier editions.

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What people think about us.

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Karl-Henrik Nilsson
@KHNilsson
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Really digging the venue at #CodeEurope — lots of people, good tech and varied topics!

15.09 · 2025
Ryan Townsend
@RyanTownsend
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Was an absolute pleasure to speak at @code_europe again — had a great turn-out and some excellent questions.

14.09 · 2025
Michał Łukaszewski
@m_lukaszewski
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I'm still living @code_europe in Warsaw. Why this conference was so unique? Because participants stay until the last talk.

16.09 · 2024
Clement Escoffier
@clementplop
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Just arrived home after an awesome #CodeEurope — kudos to the organisers for this awesome event.

15.09 · 2024
Alexander Meijers
@ameijers
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#CodeEurope 2024 was a blast! Thanks to all attendees for being there at the event. I enjoyed every minute.

17.09 · 2024
Software Gardener
@SoftwareGarden
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Thanks everyone for attending my talk @code_europe. We needed a bigger room :) It was an amazing event extremely well organized.

15.09 · 2023
Lars Klint
@larsklint
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Goodbye Warsaw. You treated me well — thanks to the amazing people of @code_europe.

17.09 · 2023
Slobodan Stojanović
@slobodan_
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#CodeEurope was awesome. Thanks @TheConfCrew and @code_europe team!

15.09 · 2023
Janna Loeffler
@JannaLoeffler
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Wow! This place is packed! #CodeEurope @code_europe

14.09 · 2023
Latest news

From the blog.

Lineup announcements, program updates, venue & ticket news, straight from the curatorial team.

All posts
Program
Jul 15, 2026·2 min read

239 talk proposals in six weeks

The 2026 call for speakers is closed. In six weeks, 239 proposals came in from 155 engineers at more than 130 companies.

Read article
Program·Jun 26, 2026

Meet the Code Europe 2026 agenda committee

Call for Papers·Jun 16, 2026

Your title is doing more work than you think

Call for Papers·Jun 16, 2026

Call for Papers is open: speak at Code Europe 2026

Program·Jun 16, 2026

From eight From eight tracks to three: how Code Europe's program changed in a decade

FAQ

Good to know.

The questions we get most often, answered straight. Anything else, email [email protected] and the team will reply.

General
01Where and when does Code Europe 2026 take place?+
Code Europe 2026 runs across two days, in two formats.
Day 1: 14 September 2026, online (live stream across CEE).
Day 2: 15 September 2026, on-site at Stadion Legii, Warsaw.
02When does the event start and end?+
Day 1 (online): the live stream opens at 9:00 AM. The first session starts at 9:30 AM. The last session is scheduled for around 4:00 PM.
Day 2 (Warsaw): on-site registration opens at 8:30 AM. The first session starts at 9:30 AM. The last session ends around 4:00 PM, followed by the official Code Europe Afterparty for all participants, speakers, and partners.
03Where can I check the speaker line-up?+
The 2026 speaker line-up is announced gradually, in waves. Until the full lineup is live, the homepage shows past Code Europe speakers. They set the standard the program hires to. Visit codeeurope.pl/speakers; the page updates as new speakers are confirmed.
04Where can I see the agenda?+
The full 2026 agenda is published one week before the event. The page updates continuously as new speakers and sessions are confirmed. Ticket holders are notified by email at every major update.
05Will sessions be recorded and available online?+
Ticket holders get access to recordings from the 2026 edition plus available recordings from past Code Europe editions, on the Code Europe platform after logging in.
Tickets
06Where can I buy tickets?+
Tickets are available online at codeeurope.pl/tickets. For group bookings or partner enquiries, contact our team directly.
07What’s the difference between the Online and Warsaw pass?+
Two options: the full Code Europe pass covers both days (Day 1 online + Day 2 in Warsaw), or the Online-only pass covers just Day 1, useful if you can’t make it to Warsaw on 15 September.
08Do I have to register to buy a ticket?+
Yes. Registration is quick: a few fields at checkout and your ticket lands in your inbox.
09How does pricing work?+
Tickets run on tiers, and each tier is pool-based: a fixed number of seats at a given price. When a pool sells out, the next tier goes live and we announce it alongside the next milestone (speakers wave, agenda drop, weeks-to-go). Prices climb tier by tier and never come back down. Buy earlier, pay less.
10Can I get an invoice for my company?+
Yes. You provide VAT details at checkout and the invoice goes to the email address you indicate during registration.
11Can I buy tickets for my team?+
Group tickets start at 5 people, with up to 15% off the current phase price (Day 1 tickets are not subject to discounts). Email [email protected] with your team size and we’ll arrange the order: a single code with multiple uses, so each colleague registers independently.
12Can I pass my ticket to someone else?+
Yes. Tickets are non-refundable. If you want to transfer your ticket, this is possible, but we decide this case by case. To request a ticket ownership transfer, email [email protected]. Group ticket codes work the same way: each invitee registers themselves, so swaps inside a group order are built-in.
13Can I buy a single ticket for someone else?+
No. Each attendee buys their own ticket and enters their own details at checkout; those details print on the on-site badge. If you want to cover the cost for someone, email [email protected] and we’ll arrange it.
14How do I receive my ticket and invoice?+
Both land in your inbox right after registration, at the email address you provide. For group orders, you’ll be asked for a separate email for the invoice.
15Is there a student discount?+
Yes. A reduced student rate is available throughout the entire sales window; there is no separate “student tier” deadline. A valid student ID is required at registration and on-site.
16What’s the difference between a student ticket and a regular ticket?+
The pass itself is the same: same access, same days, same content. The student rate is reserved for people holding a valid student ID through the event period. The student rate does not include a lunch voucher.
17Do you offer refunds if I can’t make it?+
Tickets are non-refundable. If you can’t make it, you can pass your spot to someone else at no extra charge, just email [email protected] with the new attendee’s details.
On-site · Warsaw, Day 2
18How does the lunch voucher work?+
During on-site registration you receive a voucher for the day. The food zone offers a range of cuisines: one voucher, one meal at the partner you choose.
19Can I take photos and recordings during the event?+
Photos and short videos, yes. Recording full speaker sessions, no. Many speakers are happy to share their slides afterwards; ask in person or via LinkedIn after the talk.
20Is the venue accessible?+
Stadion Legii is wheelchair accessible. If you have specific accessibility, dietary, or other needs, email [email protected] in advance and the team will arrange it.
Afterparty
21How do I get in?+
Every Code Europe pass includes free entry to the official Afterparty after Day 2 in Warsaw. Your event badge is your entry ticket.
22Where and when is the Afterparty?+
The official 2026 Afterparty starts after the closing session on 15 September, in Warsaw. Venue details are sent by email to all ticket holders before the event. A DJ set and the people you spent the day with.
Accommodation
23Do you recommend a hotel?+
A partner hotel near Stadion Legii is being finalised with a discounted rate for Code Europe attendees. Details will be published on this page and sent to ticket holders by email.
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▹ 14–15 September 2026▹ Day 1 online (across CEE)▹ Day 2 on-site · Stadion Legii, Warsaw