SQUERcon 2026

SQUERcon is the oldest knowledge-sharing format we have. We started it when we were just five people, and even now, at 100+, the idea hasn't changed: one day where every SQUERie steps out of daily duties and we think together about the craft we share. A conference organized by us, for us.

June 26, 2026
SQUER Office Vienna

This year's motto

Software Engineering
in the Age of AI

If AI handles the code, where does the engineering actually go? The craft isn't disappearing, it's shifting left. Into intent, harness, constraints, risk decisions, org design. Some of that shift feels like progress. Some of it doesn't. SQUERcon is where we work out which is which.

AI raises cognitive load. How do we keep work sustainable?

Seniors now orchestrate agents. What's good practice in the middle loop?

Most code is generated. Who reviews the reviewer?

Agents reshape teams. How do organisations adapt?

The talent we need has changed. How do we hire for the age of AI?

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Unconference

No fixed agenda. We build it together at the start of the day from the topics in the room. Sessions are conversations, not slide decks — whoever proposes a topic hosts the room.

Pitch Lunch

Lunch is used to keep learning. Anyone can grab five minutes to pitch a real AI use case they've built, hacked together, or want someone to build with them.

4 Rules & 1 Law

  1. Whoever comes is the right people
  2. Whatever happens is all that could have
  3. When it starts, it starts
  4. When it ends, it ends
Law of Two Feet If at any time you find yourself neither learning nor contributing, use your two feet and go someplace else.

Agenda

June 26, 2026
SQUER Office Vienna

09:00
Opening

Breakfast & Kickoff

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10:00

Morning Sessions

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12:30

Lunch & Pitches ⚡

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13:30

Afternoon Sessions

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16:35

Closing

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Inspiration Wall

The open wall for anything that could make this day better — drop it here. Session topics and questions you'd want a room to chew on, absolutely, but also everything around them: format tweaks, venue, food, timing, a ritual worth keeping, something we should try differently. Content-wise or organization-wise — if it comes to mind, it belongs here.

→ Add your ideas on Notion

SQUERies & Invite‑Only

SQUERcon is for SQUERies: the whole company, freed from daily duties for the day. If you're at SQUER, you're in. Beyond that it's invite-only — now and then we bring in a few guests: clients, alumni, friends of SQUER, to share the day and the SQUER spirit with us.

Same day · June 26, 2026

SQUER Summer­event

As always, SQUERcon flows straight into the SQUER Summer Event. Once the day of knowledge-sharing wraps, we take the conversation onto the pitch for some sports, then wind down with cold drinks, good food, and great company.

Organized by

TechOffice

SQUERcon is organized by SQUER's TechOffice — the team behind our internal knowledge-sharing formats. Questions, ideas, or just want to get involved? Reach out.

Lukasz Lukasz
David David
Philipp Philipp