Accelerate Chicago 2026

Craft software with confidence in 2026. You ship it, you own it, you maintain it.

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Experts from Accelerate Chicago 2026

Scott Hanselman

Scott Hanselman

VP, Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft/GitHub

Alistair Cockburn

Alistair Cockburn

from

Independent

Co-authored the Agile Manifesto

Nathen Harvey

Nathen Harvey

from

Google Cloud

DORA Lead and Product Manager at Google Cloud

Next presenting at:
GOTO Copenhagen 2026
Bret Fisher

Bret Fisher

from

Core Enable

Container and CI/CD pro. Agentic DevOps advisor.

Cole Medin

Cole Medin

from

Dynamous AI

Founder of Dynamous AI

Next presenting at:
GOTO Copenhagen 2026
Aubrey Chipman

Aubrey Chipman

from

Netflix

Senior Engineer at Netflix

Mike Amundsen

Mike Amundsen

from

Amundsen,com, Inc.

The ultimate API expert. #api

Cedric Hurst

Cedric Hurst

from

Spantree

Principal & Lead Software Engineer at Spantree

Serena H. Huang

Serena H. Huang

Founder of Data with Serena

Tim Berglund

Tim Berglund

from

IBM

VP Developer Relations at IBM

Next presenting at:
GOTO Copenhagen 2026
Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

from

AWS

Principal Developer Advocate at AWS

Sam Smith

Sam Smith

from

Coinbase

Senior Staff Accessibility Lead at Coinbase

Travis Frisinger

Travis Frisinger

from

8th Light

Victory Omole

Victory Omole

from

Infleqtion

Quantum Software Engineer at Infleqtion

Advait Patel

Advait Patel

from

Broadcom

Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Broadcom

Alex Castrounis

Alex Castrounis

from

Why of AI

Founder of Why of AI | Adjunct, Northwestern Kellogg | TEDx Speaker | Author | Former INDYCAR Race Strategist & Data Scientist

Brian Martin

Brian Martin

from

AbbVie

Chief AI Product Owner, Senior Research Fellow at AbbVie

Carl Anderson

Carl Anderson

from

Slalom Build

Gayle Silverman

Gayle Silverman

from

TXI

Developing products & people with pragmatism

Jenny Richards

Jenny Richards

from

Rebel 75

Principal of Strategy and Execution at Rebel 75

Jeremy Kahn

Jeremy Kahn

Senior Software Engineer at Stord

Jessie Shternshus

Jessie Shternshus

from

The Improv Effect

CEO at The Improv Effect

Kyle McCluskey

Kyle McCluskey

from

TXI Digital

Data Engineering/ML Leader @ TXI

Mark Rickmeier

Mark Rickmeier

from

TXI

CEO at TXI. Founder of Walkshop.

Nieky Allen

Nieky Allen

from

Slalom Build

Senior Software Architect at Slalom Build

Phil Borel

Phil Borel

from

RIVET Work

Engineering Manager at RIVET

Rafał Truszkowski

Rafał Truszkowski

from

Eidra

Software Engineering Lead

Roberto Perez Alcolea

Roberto Perez Alcolea

from

Netflix

Software Engineer at Netflix

Sanskriti Lamsal

Sanskriti Lamsal

from

Slalom Build

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Tanarra Schneider

Tanarra Schneider

from

Rebel 75

Founder of Rebel 75

Wil Mckenney

Wil Mckenney

from

Capital One

Accelerate Chicago 2026 teamed up with

Slalom

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Eidra

Eidra is a consultancy collective driven by the conviction that business transformation requires a combination of management consulting and best in breed expertise in creativity, engineering and data.That’s why we’ve gathered the best in breed companies, and designed a model for how to orchestrate our common capabilities and collaborate deeply with our clients.

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Neo4J

Neo4J Graph Intelligence Platform transforms complex data into contextual knowledge to power smarter decisions and AI systems you can trust. Built to work everywhere and integrate with everything across every cloud for dynamic, personalized, and autonomous AI systems.We deliver quicker results, contextual knowledge, and solutions that impact customers and employees across the business.

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Spantree

Spantree, a Trifork company, is a Chicago-based consulting firm that builds high-quality, impactful software solutions for our customers. We specialize in developing data-driven systems, using automation, AI, and custom application development to solve complex challenges. Our solutions streamline workflows, eliminate tedium, and provide intuitive user experiences that empower clients to make smarter, faster, and more effective decisions.We're excited to continue partnering with GOTO, creating spaces for professionals to share ideas, collaborate, and inspire innovation in the tech community.

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