InfoQ - QCon London 2025

Presentation: Beyond the Code: Hiring for Cultural Alignment

Alicia Collymore — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:41:00 GMT

Alicia Collymore discusses the critical role of cultural alignment in building high-performing engineering teams. She explains how to move beyond "vibes" by identifying specific attributes in company values and assessing them during coding challenges and system design sessions. She shares practical advice on using interview debriefs, assessment criteria, and "culture add" to drive growth.

By Alicia Collymore

Making Retrospectives Effective with Small Concrete Actions and Rotating Facilitators

Ben Linders — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:15:00 GMT

Teams can run regular retrospectives that focus on 1–2 concrete weekly actions to avoid complaint circles, Natan Žabkar Nordberg mentioned at QCon London. You can rotate facilitators to build ownership, with each one bringing their own unique perspective. He suggested framing bigger changes as 4–6 week experiments, then vote to keep, tweak, or revert, ensuring learning and continuous improvement.

By Ben Linders

Presentation: From Symptom Checkers to Smart Chatbots: The Role of AI in Virtual Care

Andre Riberio — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:55:00 GMT

Andre Ribeiro discusses the architecture of Healthily’s AI symptom checker. He explains how Bayesian inference and RAG models bridge the gap between medical insights and confident patient action.

By Andre Riberio

Presentation: So You’ve Decided to Do a Technical Migration

Sophie Koonin — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:15:00 GMT

Sophie Koonin discusses the realities of large-scale technical migrations, using Monzo’s shift to TypeScript as a roadmap. She explains how to handle "bends in the road," from documentation and tooling to setting measurable milestones. Koonin shares vital lessons on balancing technical debt with feature work and provides a framework for deciding if a migration is truly worth the effort.

By Sophie Koonin

Presentation: What I Wish I Knew When I Started with Green IT

Ludi Akue — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT

Ludi Akue discusses how the tech sector’s rising emissions impact our global climate goals. Drawing from her experience as a CTO, she explains seven key lessons for implementing Green IT. She shares insights on LCA assessments, the paradox of microservices, and why FinOps doesn’t always equal green.

By Ludi Akue