Track 1
Keynote
Context changes everything: how constraints matter
60 minutes
Alicia Juarrero
Co-Founder and President, VectorAnalytica
Programme 2026
Wednesday 30 September - Thursday 1 October 2026
Day 1 - Wednesday 30 September
08:45
Conference registration
09:35
Welcome to Agile Cambridge Day 1 - Mark Dalgarno
09:45
10:45
Morning break
11.15
Track 1
Talk
Communities of practice: still here, more relevant than ever
45 minutes
Emily Webber
Tacit
Track 2
Talk
Navigating uncertainty in complex software systems
45 minutes
Jitesh Gosai
BBC
Track 3
Workshop
How to lose your people in 90 days
90 minutes
Ceri Newton-Sargunar
DBA Insights Ltd
Kara Daly
DBA Insights Ltd
Track 4
Workshop
The roadmap trap
90 minutes
Kylie Yearsley
Agile Games Limited
Zahraa Murtaza
Independent
12:00
Switchover
Switchover
12:15
Track 1
Talk
From Zombie to Derry Girls
45 minutes
Alan Smith
Compare the Market
Track 2
Talk
Now what? If the robots can do my job, what do I do?
45 minutes
Vernon Richards
Phrase / New Redo
12:45
Lunch break
13:00
Lunch Break
14:00
Track 1
Case Study
Talk to my agent: scaling product and flow expertise with AI
60 minutes
Nicolas Brown
Thrivve Partners
Track 2
Case Study
From budget tension to strategic alignment: the power of participatory budgeting
60 minutes
Cécile Auret
France Travail
Track 3
Workshop
Turning team health checks into experiments that matter
60 minutes
Mark Devis
Independent
Track 4
Workshop
Mini SIP: innovate within constraints for sustainable impact
90 minutes
Joanne Stone
Wicked Agility
15:00
Afternoon break
15:30
Track 1
Case Study
The human-focused project kick-off: moving beyond the illusion of alignment
45 minutes
Marilou Canon
IBM
Track 2
Talk
How to create radically good products (and why we need them more than ever)
45 minutes
Sian Murray-Huynh
Radically Good Products
Track 3
Talk
Too smart to collaborate? How to deal with overconfidence in teams
45 minutes
Bernadeta Nikrevičė
Quadigi UAB
Workshop continued
16:15
Switchover
16:30
Lightning Talks
Lightning talks
45 minutes
You?
17:15
Evening social - Punting on the River Cam
Day 2 - Thursday 1 October
08:45
Conference Registration
Track 1
Wellbeing
Awareness, joint mobility, & body-mind connection
60 minutes
Col Maggs
Vortex Cambridge | Strengths Playground
09:40
Welcome to Agile Cambridge Day 2 - Mark Dalgarno
09:45
Track 1
Keynote
When constraint becomes identity
60 minutes
Geoff Watts
Inspect & Adapt Ltd
10:45
Morning break
11:15
Track 1
Case Study
How to support teams building novel AI-powered products
45 minutes
Ben Collins
Engineering and Delivery Leader
Track 2
Talk
Cut here first: sequencing your way out of legacy
45 minutes
Dan Abel
Gousto
Track 3
Workshop
Disruptive thinking: turn your “worst” ideas into wins
90 minutes
Paul Harding
AND Digital
Kate Overman
AND Digital
Track 4
Workshop
MVE: how training fear unlocks growth under constraint
90 minutes
Caroline Clark
Expansum
12:00
Switchover
Switchover
12:15
Track 1
Case Study
Operationalising agentic AI: helping teams work smarter
45 minutes
Sophie Hoepelman
Just Eat
Track 2
Case Study
In the age of AI, why legacy architecture still matters
45 minutes
Joel Akrill
Blackdot Solutions ltd
12:45
Lunch break
13:00
Lunch break
14:00
Track 1
Talk
Succeeding with product operating models - what, why, how?
60 minutes
John Clapham
Rownham Coaching Ltd
Track 3
Talk
The mycelium network: leading change without authority
60 minutes
Annelie Coetzee
Deloitte
Track 3
Workshop
Impossible missions: what teams reveal when constraints hit
60 minutes
Col Maggs
Vortex Cambridge | Strengths Playground
Track 4
Workshop
Algorithms IRL: let’s solve a Rubik’s Cube!
60 minutes
Neil Vass
Delivery Decisions
15:00
Afternoon break
15:30
Track 1
Endnote
Knowing Me, Knowing You… Ahaaa! - From fixing ourselves to embracing our differences
60 minutes
Jenny Martin
Collaborate Solutions
16:30
Conference close