An open discourse on how AI is shaping the way software gets planned, built, and run.

Join engineering and product leaders navigating the realities of building with AI.

State of AI SDLC is a single-day digital summit for technical leaders responsible for planning, building, and running software in the AI era.

Connect with fellow builders to examine how leading organizations are adapting their development practices, evaluating AI investments, and driving sustainable velocity.

     •  Hear directly from industry leaders at Atlassian, DX, Lovable, and more as
        they reveal how AI is transforming the modern software development
        lifecycle.

     •  Get practical strategies for driving meaningful AI adoption across
        engineering and product teams.

     •  Learn proven frameworks to measure AI impact, boost productivity, and
        improve token efficiency through context-rich patterns.

Agenda
22 September 2026 · 10:00 AM AEST (Sydney)

Opening Fireside Chat
Mike Cannon-Brookes · CEO + Co-Founder, Atlassian
Guillermo Rauch · CEO, Vercel

Capacity, Not Horsepower: Rethinking How We Measure AI's Impact on Engineering
Justin Reock · Deputy CTO, DX
Uma Namasivayam · Sr. Director Eng Productivity, Dropbox

The New Cost of Product Decisions
Tamar Yehoshua · Chief Product & AI Officer, Atlassian
Elena Verna · Head of Growth, Lovable

Your Agent Is Only as Good as Its Context
Brian Houck · Distinguished Scientist, DX

6K Engineers. 1M Agents. Scaling the AI SDLC at Atlassian.
Matt Canham · Head of Jira AI Product, Atlassian
Ming Wu · Head of Engineering, DevAI, Atlassian

When Agents Own the Code, Who Owns the Outage?
Prajakt Deshpande · Head of Engineering, ITOps, Atlassian
Wayne Duso · VP of Engineering, 1Password
Liz Fong-Jones · Technical Fellow, Honeycomb