Program


Overall
Keynote
Experience
Experiment
LeSS learning
LeSS adjacent
Open Space
Workshop
7
Oktober 2025
09:00
Certified LeSS Trainer Gathering (full day)
(Leonardo Royal Hotel)
8
Oktober 2025
09:00
Systems Thinking in Action: Exploring the Fifth Discipline (workshop additionally to the conference)
Wolfgang Steffens
Candidate LeSS Trainer Gathering (full day)
(Leonardo Royal Hotel)
9
Oktober 2025
08:30
Refreshments
09:00
Opening the Annual Global LeSS Conference
Mark Uijen de Kleijn (Amstel)
09:15
Introduction to the Team-Based Conference
Viktor Glinka und Maria Kuleshova (Amstel)
09:55
KEYNOTE - It’s still about the People even with AI
Alistair Cockburn (Amstel)
10:55
Wartsila - sneak peek inside their LeSS Adoption
Bas Vodde
11:15
Break
Maria Kuleshova und Viktor Glinka (Amstel)
11:45
Experience Reports of LeSS & LeSS Huge Adoptions: how to start with an Agile Transformation
Sofia Pelzl (Amstel 1)
Materials
Robotics Startup with a Manager-less and Division-less Structure Using LeSS
Aki Enomoto und Kosuke Niwano (Amstel 2)
Materials
AI experiments supporting our decision-making
pascal Dufour (Amstel 3)
Materials
Beyond Autonomy: The Hidden Discipline of Self-Managing Teams
Salman Mohd Sultan (De Dam)
Materials
12:30
Introduction to Open Space
Roy Klein (Amstel)
12:45
Lunch
Mark Uijen de Kleijn (Amstel)
13:45
Open Space Marketplace
Roy Klein (Amstel)
14:15
Open Space Day 1
Roy Klein (Amstel)
16:15
Team Reflection & Break
Viktor Glinka und Maria Kuleshova (Amstel)
16:45
Moving toward LeSS: Austrian Post's journey of Simplifying Structures and Empowering Teams
Martin Eder und Tomas Herda (De Dam)
Doing a LeSS Flip in two months (A TURBO LeSS Adoption At Greenflux)
roland flemm und Ralph Hendriks (Amstel 2)
Slides PDF
LeSS & DEI: What Happens When We Stop Looking?
Saloni Seth-Watkins (Amstel 1)
Materials
AI-BDD: How to Turn Conversations into Living Documentation Using Generative AI
Błażej Drobniuch (Amstel 3)
Materials1754569929433.jpeg
17:30
Bridging the Chasm: A Manager’s Role in nurturing LeSS in a traditional, hierarchical mechanical corporation
Mauro Sacchi und Sofia Ahläng (Amstel 1)
The Product Operating Model Meets LeSS: Unlocking Discovery and Delivery at Scale
Robert Briese (De Dam)
Slides
Critical aspects of dependency management in Large-Scale Software Engineering
Feng Chai (Amstel 3)
Materials
The Strobbo Experiment: Elevating Katas on the Road to Business Agility
Michael Voorhaen (Amstel 2)
Slides
18:15
Wrapping up day 1
Mark Uijen de Kleijn (Amstel)
18:25
Dinner & Networking
(Leonardo Royal Hotel)
21:15
Going home / Afterparty
(Anywhere)
10
Oktober 2025
08:30
Refreshments
(Amstel)
09:00
Opening Day 2
Mark Uijen de Kleijn (Amstel)
09:15
KEYNOTE: “The Product Backlog”
Bas Vodde (Amstel)
Materials
10:15
Break
Viktor Glinka und Maria Kuleshova (Amstel)
10:30
Strongly committed teams: a theory from philosophy applied to my latest LeSS flip
Tom Jans (De Dam)
Slides
The Results-Focused Backlog: Prioritizing What Truly Matters
Krzysztof Niewinski und Maciej Sochan (Amstel 1)
PDF Prezentation
Human Centric Software Development Augmented by AI
Terry Yin und Song Tao (Amstel 3)
SlidesA short summary
Culture-Driven Evolution: A New Path to Lasting Agility
Ron Eringa und Jaro Redczus (Amstel 2)
11:15
Team Reflection & Break
Viktor Glinka und Maria Kuleshova (Amstel)
11:45
KEYNOTE: Escaping the Kraken
Maarten Dalmijn (Amstel)
MaterialsEscaping the kraken - Canva slides
12:45
Wartsila - sneak peek inside their LeSS Adoption
Bas Vodde (Amstel)
13:00
Team Reflection during Lunch
(Downstairs restaurant)
13:50
Revisit the marketplace
Roy Klein (Amstel)
14:00
Open Space - day 2
Roy Klein (Amstel)
16:00
Team Reflection & Break
Viktor Glinka und Maria Kuleshova (Amstel)
16:30
Q&A with Bas, Craig, and Bastiaan
Bas Vodde, Craig Larman, Bastiaan van Hamersveld und Wolfgang Steffens (Amstel)
17:15
Closing the Annual Global LeSS Conference
Mark Uijen de Kleijn (Amstel)
17:30
Going home