Engineering metrics should do more than describe the past. They should help your teams spot problems early, understand trends, and drive continuous improvement.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore how Engineering Intelligence in Cortex makes it easy to connect metrics like cycle time, incident rate, and team throughput to the services, teams, and workflows you already manage in your IDP.

How do you turn operational goals into day-to-day habits across engineering teams?

In this roundtable, we’ll explore how leading teams are using scorecards to define, track, and drive excellence across reliability, AI governance, and operational maturity. We’ll discuss real-world examples of what works (and what doesn’t) when it comes to setting standards, getting buy-in, and keeping teams aligned—without slowing them down. Bring your questions, ideas, and war stories.

What does it actually mean to be “ready”? Ready for tax season. Ready for an org-wide migration. Ready for a big launch—or for something to go completely sideways.

In this open discussion, we’ll talk through the moments that test engineering orgs and what it takes to be confident when they hit.

Security goals often break down between intention and execution—especially when responsibilities are spread across teams. In this roundtable, we’ll explore how engineering organizations are using Cortex to bring clarity, accountability, and action to security standards. From assigning ownership to surfacing real-time gaps in posture, we’ll look at how to move beyond spreadsheets and audits toward a model where security becomes part of everyday engineering. Expect insights on what actually works, where teams get stuck, and how to drive lasting improvements—without slowing developers down.

Too often, efforts to move faster result in missed standards, developer burnout, or tech debt. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this session, we’ll explore how platform teams are using Cortex to streamline service delivery, standardize best practices, and save thousands of engineering hours—without sacrificing quality. From automating service scaffolding to embedding production readiness into workflows, you’ll hear real-world strategies that accelerate delivery without adding risk or overhead.

How do you make sure only production-ready services get shipped?

In this roundtable, we’ll discuss how teams are using Scorecards to automatically block deploys that don’t meet key standards—whether that’s missing tests, unresolved incidents, or incomplete documentation. We’ll explore how to balance guardrails with developer velocity, what to include in your “go/no-go” criteria, and how to handle exceptions without breaking trust with your teams. Join to hear what’s worked (and what hasn’t) from peers driving safer, more predictable releases.

Internal Developer Portals aren’t just developer tools—they’re powerful engines for engineering excellence across DevEx, SRE, Security, and Platform.

In this roundtable, we’ll explore how teams are using their IDP to move beyond golden-path theory and put real standards into practice: enforcing service maturity, embedding scorecards into workflows, automating common tasks, and blocking deploys that don’t meet the bar.

Come ready to share what’s working, what’s not, and how your team is turning your IDP into something developers actually use—and engineering leaders actually trust.

Building an internal platform is one thing - getting teams to love, use, and champion it is another. In this roundtable, we’ll explore what it really means to treat your platform like a product.

We’ll dig into how teams are applying product thinking to their IDP: running user research, building feedback loops, aligning with stakeholders, and defining success beyond just “it exists.”

Whether you’re building from scratch or scaling what you’ve got, this is the space to swap stories, challenges, and ideas for building platforms your developers actually want to use.

In a world where every engineering & platform team has dashboards, reporting alone doesn’t drive impact. This roundtable will explore how engineering and platform leaders can use real-time metrics—like initiative completion, regional resilience, and maturity tracking—to influence outcomes, prove value, and avoid dashboard fatigue. Join us to share how your team is using (or struggling to use) metrics to drive change.

An IDP is only as valuable as your ability to measure and communicate its impact. In this session, we’ll swap strategies on how teams are tracking the success of their IDPs — adoption, golden path usage, onboarding time, engineering velocity, and more. We’ll also talk about the dashboards, metrics, and storytelling tactics that help platform teams connect their work to real outcomes and keep stakeholders aligned

Everyone’s talking about AI, but what does adoption actually look like? In this roundtable, we’ll share early experiments, pilot programs, and rollout strategies for bringing AI into developer workflows. From auto-remediation to LLM-assisted debugging, join peers in swapping ideas on what’s working, what’s hype, and how to get buy-in from both leadership and engineering teams. If you’re somewhere between proof of concept and production, this is your sandbox.

What if your developers never had to waste time spinning up repos, wiring CI/CD, or provisioning infra again?

At Blackstone, we turn that into reality by using Cortex Workflows to automate the repetitive parts of software delivery — freeing engineers to focus on building. We plug these workflows into our Internal Developer Portal and power them with Developer Guilds: expert-led groups that define best practices, review templates, and keep standards aligned across the org.

The result? A system that moves fast, scales cleanly, and keeps devs in flow.

In this session, you’ll see how we:

• Automate the boring stuff without sacrificing security or control
• Use Developer Guilds to turn standards into something teams actually use
• Build a platform that helps engineers move faster and ship better software

If you care about velocity, consistency, and a better developer experience, this session is for you.

Engineering teams drown in overlapping “excellence” programs; operational excellence, security grades, data governance, etc. Each measured differently and enforced ad-hoc. At Skyscanner we replaced that sprawl with a single, lightweight governance flow:

Three repeatable maturity levels (Baseline → Mature → Advanced) that translate policy into business priorities.

A consolidated scorecard set surfaced through our internal developer portal, giving every team the same set of scorecards to work on, limiting the proliferation of scorecards.

A lightweight, self-service workflow for proposing, refining and retiring standards, so the boring stuff is standard and innovation isn’t stifled.

Key Takaways:

Attendees will leave with a template they can use whether they’re starting from zero or untangling multiple governance tracks, the questions to ask before creating new scorecards, and a roadmap for rolling out maturity-driven engineering excellence, instead of relying on custom tooling and one-off migrations.

Whether it’s tax season, Black Friday, peak travel, or a global live broadcast, high-stakes moments test every part of a platform. In this panel, engineering leaders share how they prepare their systems, teams, and tooling for critical events that drive revenue, reputation, and reliability. Learn how these teams scale under pressure, ship with confidence, and ensure stability when it matters most.

Workflows should do more than automate tasks. They should eliminate friction and make best practices repeatable.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how Cortex Workflows let teams standardize and automate developer routines like repo setup, service configuration, and approvals without leaving the IDP. By building workflows in context, you’ll reduce handoffs, speed up delivery, and scale consistency across your engineering organization.

How do you turn operational goals into day-to-day habits across engineering teams?

In this roundtable, we’ll explore how leading teams are using scorecards to define, track, and drive excellence across reliability, AI governance, and operational maturity. We’ll discuss real-world examples of what works (and what doesn’t) when it comes to setting standards, getting buy-in, and keeping teams aligned—without slowing them down. Bring your questions, ideas, and war stories.

What does it actually mean to be “ready”? Ready for tax season. Ready for an org-wide migration. Ready for a big launch—or for something to go completely sideways.

In this open discussion, we’ll talk through the moments that test engineering orgs and what it takes to be confident when they hit.

Security goals often break down between intention and execution—especially when responsibilities are spread across teams. In this roundtable, we’ll explore how engineering organizations are using Cortex to bring clarity, accountability, and action to security standards. From assigning ownership to surfacing real-time gaps in posture, we’ll look at how to move beyond spreadsheets and audits toward a model where security becomes part of everyday engineering. Expect insights on what actually works, where teams get stuck, and how to drive lasting improvements—without slowing developers down.

Too often, efforts to move faster result in missed standards, developer burnout, or tech debt. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this session, we’ll explore how platform teams are using Cortex to streamline service delivery, standardize best practices, and save thousands of engineering hours—without sacrificing quality. From automating service scaffolding to embedding production readiness into workflows, you’ll hear real-world strategies that accelerate delivery without adding risk or overhead.

How do you make sure only production-ready services get shipped?

In this roundtable, we’ll discuss how teams are using Scorecards to automatically block deploys that don’t meet key standards—whether that’s missing tests, unresolved incidents, or incomplete documentation. We’ll explore how to balance guardrails with developer velocity, what to include in your “go/no-go” criteria, and how to handle exceptions without breaking trust with your teams. Join to hear what’s worked (and what hasn’t) from peers driving safer, more predictable releases.

Internal Developer Portals aren’t just developer tools—they’re powerful engines for engineering excellence across DevEx, SRE, Security, and Platform.

In this roundtable, we’ll explore how teams are using their IDP to move beyond golden-path theory and put real standards into practice: enforcing service maturity, embedding scorecards into workflows, automating common tasks, and blocking deploys that don’t meet the bar.

Come ready to share what’s working, what’s not, and how your team is turning your IDP into something developers actually use—and engineering leaders actually trust.

Building an internal platform is one thing - getting teams to love, use, and champion it is another. In this roundtable, we’ll explore what it really means to treat your platform like a product.

We’ll dig into how teams are applying product thinking to their IDP: running user research, building feedback loops, aligning with stakeholders, and defining success beyond just “it exists.”

Whether you’re building from scratch or scaling what you’ve got, this is the space to swap stories, challenges, and ideas for building platforms your developers actually want to use.

In a world where every engineering & platform team has dashboards, reporting alone doesn’t drive impact. This roundtable will explore how engineering and platform leaders can use real-time metrics—like initiative completion, regional resilience, and maturity tracking—to influence outcomes, prove value, and avoid dashboard fatigue. Join us to share how your team is using (or struggling to use) metrics to drive change.

An IDP is only as valuable as your ability to measure and communicate its impact. In this session, we’ll swap strategies on how teams are tracking the success of their IDPs — adoption, golden path usage, onboarding time, engineering velocity, and more. We’ll also talk about the dashboards, metrics, and storytelling tactics that help platform teams connect their work to real outcomes and keep stakeholders aligned

Everyone’s talking about AI, but what does adoption actually look like? In this roundtable, we’ll share early experiments, pilot programs, and rollout strategies for bringing AI into developer workflows. From auto-remediation to LLM-assisted debugging, join peers in swapping ideas on what’s working, what’s hype, and how to get buy-in from both leadership and engineering teams. If you’re somewhere between proof of concept and production, this is your sandbox.

Great developer experience doesn’t happen by accident — it’s built with intention. In this session, learn how H&R Block uses smart automation and targeted platform initiatives to streamline engineering workflows, reduce cognitive overhead, and give developers back their focus.You’ll walk away with practical strategies for:

• Automating the repetitive to unlock velocity
• Designing internal tools that scale with your teams
• Driving real impact across your org with thoughtful DevEx investments

If you’re looking to level up engineering productivity and satisfaction across your organization, this session is for you.

Building an Internal Developer Portal is just the start. The real challenge (and value) lies in getting developers to actually use it.

Many IDPs struggle not because of technical shortcomings, but because they overlook the human side of adoption. Misaligned incentives, fragmented metadata, workflow disruption, and cultural resistance can stall even the most well-designed platforms.

In this session, Paxos shares hard-earned lessons from the field - unpacking the common non-technical pitfalls that derail adoption and offering proven strategies to overcome them. You’ll learn how to:

• Build trust in automation and metadata
• Partner with early adopters and champions
• Embed your IDP into real developer workflows
• Treat your IDP like a product, not just a platform

Whether you’re just starting or mid-rollout, this talk will help you turn your IDP into something developers want to use - not something they’re told to.

The world's leading financial institutions don’t get to “move fast and break things”, they move fast and break nothing. In this panel, engineering leaders from Blackstone, Bank of America, and Xero share how they drive engineering excellence by building modern platforms that enable speed, security, and stability at scale.