TECH NEWS – The world’s leading tech companies – including Google, Netflix, Meta, Nvidia, and IBM – along with iconic figures of software development, will gather in Budapest on June 4 and 5 for Craft Conference.
More than 2,000 guests from over 50 countries will attend talks on topics such as functional programming, robotics, and how AI can be made predictable. One of the key themes of the conference, held at the Hungarian Railway History Park, is AI anxiety, which mindset coach Veronica Clark will address, while engineering manager Nickolas Means will teach leadership and teamwork through the stories of real airplane crashes and nuclear incidents.
Craft Conference is an annual international event focused on software development. The goal of the conference is to serve as a compass in the world of new technologies and trends, presenting the tools and methods modern developers and companies need with the help of international experts. What makes the event distinctive is that its workshops and inspiring talks take place in a festival atmosphere, surrounded by vintage steam locomotives and railway carriages.
This year’s central question is how engineers and companies can keep pace with the changes caused by AI, how they can use artificial intelligence effectively, and how the profession itself is being transformed. Legendary speakers are arriving from all over the world. Among them are Gergely Orosz, one of the world’s most widely read tech writers and newsletter authors, and Kent Beck, one of the most influential thinkers in modern software development. Mindset coach Veronica Clark will speak about how to cope mentally with major change. That is especially timely, because many developers are experiencing anxiety in the AI era about the future of their profession. Nickolas Means of Shopify will teach leadership and teamwork through disaster stories involving airplane crashes and nuclear incidents. Michelle Brush, Director of Google Site Reliability Engineering, will speak about how AI automation does not eliminate engineers’ work, but makes it harder: the easy tasks are automated, but what remains is more complex and carries greater responsibility. Her talk is built around the paradox of automation: the more we automate, the more critical human oversight becomes. Aaron Erickson’s presentation will focus on how AI can be made predictable and reliable.
“One of the conference’s recurring messages is that AI is not a future possibility, but a present reality”, said Károly Varga, CEO of CraftHub, the company organizing the event. “Companies and developers who do not begin adapting now will not fall behind in a linear way, but exponentially. Those who are already using AI are moving faster and faster. We sometimes say that those who miss out fall behind, but this really is one of those moments.”
The event is open and can be attended by anyone. Tickets are available on the event’s website.
