Program


Overall
Keynote
Experience
Experiment
LeSS learning
LeSS adjacent
Open Space
Workshop
7
October 2025
09:00
Certified LeSS Trainer Gathering (full day)
(Leonardo Royal Hotel)
8
October 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
October 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and Maria Kuleshova (Amstel)
16:45
Moving toward LeSS: Austrian Post's journey of Simplifying Structures and Empowering Teams
Martin Eder and Tomas Herda (De Dam)
Doing a LeSS Flip in two months (A TURBO LeSS Adoption At Greenflux)
roland flemm and 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 and 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
柴锋 (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
October 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 and 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 and Maciej Sochan (Amstel 1)
PDF Prezentation
Human Centric Software Development Augmented by AI
尹哲 and Song Tao (Amstel 3)
SlidesA short summary
Culture-Driven Evolution: A New Path to Lasting Agility
Ron Eringa and Jaro Redczus (Amstel 2)
11:15
Team Reflection & Break
Viktor Glinka and 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 and Maria Kuleshova (Amstel)
16:30
Q&A with Bas, Craig, and Bastiaan
Bas Vodde, Craig Larman, Bastiaan van Hamersveld, and Wolfgang Steffens (Amstel)
17:15
Closing the Annual Global LeSS Conference
Mark Uijen de Kleijn (Amstel)
17:30
Going home