We’re excited to announce Henrik Edler as a speaker at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22nd!

About Henrik

Henrik Edler is Director of Revenue Technology & Operations at Statista, where he leads cross-functional teams building scalable growth infrastructure across Sales and Client Success. With 15+ years in enterprise technology leadership at companies like Johnson & Johnson and Beiersdorf, he’s spent his career at the intersection of agile delivery, platform architecture, and process design.

These days, Henrik focuses on embedding AI into operational workflows – using Claude Code not to write code, but to finally get project management and delivery right at scale.

You can follow Henrik on LinkedIn and his blog.

The Talk: Claude Code for everything except coding: The PM we’ve been looking for

Everyone talks about AI coding assistants. Henrik uses Claude Code to do everything except coding.

As a program lead managing 15+ projects, he kept hitting the same gaps: discussions that never became documented decisions, features kicked off without clear problem statements, inconsistent artifacts that teams struggled to pick up. The best practices were known – there just was never enough time to follow them consistently.

So Henrik built workflows that embed those best practices into the process itself. The AI acts as a facilitating scribe: it nudges you with the right questions, challenges incomplete inputs, and pushes you to understand what you’re actually trying to achieve before documenting anything. From project to epic to user story, the system guides you through structured creation – and the output is documentation that teams (and future AI agents) can actually work from.

In this talk, Henrik will share the real architecture: skill-based, template-driven workflows, parallel subagents for context without token explosion, and patterns that turn messy discussions into solid work packages. He’ll show what works, what failed, and why quality at scale requires discipline baked into the process – not heroic effort.

See Henrik Live

Catch this full talk and many more at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22, 2026 at SAE Institute Hamburg.

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We’re excited to announce Henning Thies as a speaker at Agentic Conf Hamburg 2026 on March 22nd!

About Henning

Henning Thies is a Product Engineer and founder of an AI-powered Rails agency in Hamburg. With 15+ years of Rails experience, he builds MVPs and custom applications for clients – and manages his entire one-man business with the help of AI.

What makes Henning stand out: he doesn’t just use AI to write code. He’s built what he calls a Personal AI System (PAI) – a full business operating system powered by Claude Code that handles everything from strategic decisions to content creation.

You can follow Henning’s work on LinkedIn, his personal blog, and his agency site AI on Rails.

The Talk: Personal AI: Coding Agents Beyond Coding

Coding agents can do more than code – if you let them.

In this lightning talk, Henning will demo his Personal AI System and show how Claude Code goes far beyond writing code. Expect to see:

• AI-driven accountability – How his AI holds him to commitments and keeps his business on track
• Strategic documentation – How AI captures and maintains key business decisions
• Content & research – How AI creates LinkedIn posts and conducts market research

PAI isn’t a tool. It’s Henning’s digital co-founder. And at Agentic Conf Hamburg, he’ll show you how he built it.

See Henning Live

Catch this talk and many more at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22, 2026 at SAE Institute Hamburg.

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We’re bringing the first Agentic Conf to Hamburg this March – and we’re looking for a handful of people who want to be part of it. Not just as attendees, but as part of the crew that makes it happen.

What You’d Be Helping With

• Welcome desk & check-in
• Speaker support & stage intros
• Catering coordination
• Photos & social media coverage
• Setup & teardown
• General on-the-day tasks — whatever needs doing

What You Get

• Free entry to the conference
• Food & drinks all day
• A behind-the-scenes view of how this thing comes together 🙌

Interested?

Drop us a message or reach out to the organizing team at hello@agentic.hamburg. We’d love to have you on board!

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We’re excited to announce Christoph Steinlehner as a workshop host at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22nd!

About Christoph

Christoph Steinlehner is a Product Coach & Consultant at Mapper.club with over 20 years of experience in technology, spanning product and design roles across big corporations, mid-sized industry leaders, and tiny startups. He helps individuals and organizations tackle the challenges that arise between humans and the technology they bring to life.

Christoph has been curious about how things work since childhood – starting with pens, moving on to organizations and business models. He’s looked into all sorts of industries and setups (B2B, B2B2C, B2G, B2C, and beyond). Currently based in Berlin, he grew up in rural Bavaria and spent time living in Jerusalem and Washington, DC.

You can follow Christoph on LinkedIn and his website csteinlehner.com.

The Workshop: What if building faster just means building the wrong thing faster?

AI makes execution faster than ever. But knowing which features to build? That’s the real bottleneck.

When building products and services, we face four fundamental risks: Will people even care? (Value risk.) Can they use it? (Usability risk.) Can we build it? (Feasibility risk.) And should we build it? (Business viability risk.) Speed only helps if you’re running in the right direction.

In this interactive workshop, Christoph will help you identify and de-risk assumptions in your current project. You’ll:

• Map your risks – What assumptions are you actually making in your projects right now?
• Learn the prototype taxonomy – Different types of prototypes for different risks (not everything needs code)
• Figure out where AI fits – When vibe-coding helps vs. when it’s the wrong tool
• Design experiments – In small groups, define what assumption needs testing, what the risk is, and what prototype would actually move you forward

You’ll leave with a practical framework and concrete first steps for making sure you’re building the right thing – before burning tokens and time on the wrong one.

See Christoph Live

Catch this workshop and many more sessions at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22, 2026 at SAE Institute Hamburg.

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We’re excited to announce Benedikt Stemmildt as a speaker at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22nd!

About Benedikt

Benedikt Stemmildt is an Agentic Software Engineering Advocate with over 20 years of enterprise experience. He helps CTOs and their teams move past the frustration of AI assistants that don’t quite deliver – and into workflows that actually multiply productivity.

Having led 70+ developers at companies like OTTO, Breuninger, and BLUME 2000, Benedikt knows what it takes to make AI work at scale. Through his consultancy hackers&wizards, he teaches context engineering methodologies that achieve 10x efficiency improvements while preserving programming joy.

You can follow Benedikt on LinkedIn, his personal blog, and @slashBene on X.

The Talk: Stop Building Features. Build the Factory That Builds Them.

You’ve got your CLAUDE.md, your subagents, your custom skills. And it works. But every feature still starts with you – kicking off the agent, steering it, reviewing, course-correcting. You’ve optimized the tool. You haven’t automated the process.

Benedikt argues the real shift is indirection: instead of using an agent to build a feature, build a production line that builds features for you. Scripts, validation steps, orchestration – from ticket to pull request with minimal intervention. And it doesn’t stop at code. The factory writes tests, generates documentation, handles requirements engineering.

Two hard truths you’ll hear in this talk: you can’t copy someone else’s factory (it’s deeply coupled to your codebase and conventions), and when a new model drops, you rebuild it. That’s the new developer skill – not maintaining one perfect system, but rapidly creating factories for any situation.

No slides. Benedikt will open a real factory from a real client project and walk through how it’s built, how it runs, and why this is the path from AI-assisted to genuinely autonomous.

See Benedikt Live

Catch this full talk and many more at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22, 2026 at SAE Institute Hamburg.

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We’re excited to announce Arnaud Jean as a workshop host at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22nd!

About Arnaud

Arnaud Jean is a Developer Advocate at AWS who helps developers build cool stuff, learn faster, and have fun along the way. He’s a frequent conference speaker and hands-on builder who brings infectious energy to everything from live coding sessions to workshops.

You can follow Arnaud on LinkedIn, GitHub, and @thewitcherish on X.

The Workshop: Create Your Own Role-Playing Game with Agentic AI

Ever wanted to build an AI Game Master? In this hands-on workshop, that’s exactly what you’ll do.

Arnaud will guide you through coding a Game Master that orchestrates multiple AI agents, each specialized in a particular task. Along the way, you’ll explore key concepts like agent tools, the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agent-to-Agent communication (A2A), and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) – all put to practical use creating agents and MCP servers that roll dice, verify D&D rules, and generate the story as it unfolds.

Whether you’re a role-playing game fan or not, you’ll walk away with hands-on experience building multi-agent systems using Strands Agents – and a working game to show for it.

See Arnaud Live

Catch this workshop and many more sessions at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22, 2026 at SAE Institute Hamburg.

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We’re excited to announce Anastasia Karavdina as a speaker at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22nd!

About Anastasia

Anastasia Karavdina comes from particle physics, where she was – in her own words – “completely spoiled by access to large amounts of data and the freedom to try out every hot ML algorithm.” The experiments she worked on, including those at the Large Hadron Collider, involved up to 2,500 researchers – giving her a deep appreciation for the software engineering practices that keep large-scale collaboration from descending into chaos.

Today, Anastasia is a Solution Architect at Vattenfall, where she drives AI initiatives across multiple levels and leads her team in implementing ML/AI-based solutions. In her free time, she mentors people transitioning into Data & AI careers.

You can follow Anastasia on LinkedIn and her website karavdina.com.

The Talk: AI Coding Assistants in Enterprises: threat or friend?

Everyone who has ever worked in a large company knows: adopting new tools isn’t just about the technology. Policy, guidelines, security measures – these are just a few of the obstacles standing between enterprise developers and the promise of AI-assisted coding.

In this talk, Anastasia will look at the reality of agentic coding adoption in enterprises. What are these tools actually being used for? What hurdles do teams face when rolling them out? And is it worth the effort?

Whether you’re an individual developer curious about enterprise constraints, or a leader trying to navigate AI adoption in your organization, this talk will give you a grounded perspective on where things stand – and where they’re heading.

See Anastasia Live

Catch this full talk and many more at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22, 2026 at SAE Institute Hamburg.

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After four sold-out meetups and nearly 1,000 community members, it’s time for the next step: Agentic Conf Hamburg 2026.

On March 22, 2026, we’re bringing together builders, developers, and practitioners for a full day dedicated to agentic software engineering at SAE Institute Hamburg.

What to Expect

This is a conference built by builders, for builders. We’re focusing on practical applications of AI-assisted development—real workflows, honest lessons, and yes, even the failed experiments. Wild prototypes and hardware shenanigans are encouraged.

Topics will include:

• Tool deep dives – Claude Code, Cursor, and other agentic platforms
• Team workflows – How teams are adopting AI-native development
• Custom agents – Building your own AI assistants
• Productivity insights – What actually works (and what doesn’t)
• Practical lessons – From real implementations in production

Call for Speakers – We Want to Hear From You!

We’re actively looking for speakers to share their experiences with the community. Whether you have a polished talk or a rough prototype to demo, we want to hear from you.

Session formats:

• Lightning talks (10-15 minutes)
• Standard presentations (20-30 minutes)
• Workshops (45-60 minutes)
• Open Space discussions

What we’re looking for: Genuine, hands-on experience. Real stories from the trenches. We’re explicitly NOT looking for vendor marketing pitches disguised as educational content.

Deadline: March 2, 2026

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Get Your Tickets

Early bird tickets are available now at €79.

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See You There

From a curious group of practitioners experimenting with AI coding tools to nearly 1,000 members and a full-day conference—this community keeps growing. We can’t wait to see what we’ll build together next.

Questions? Reach out to the organizing team: Sebastian Korfmann, Stefan Munz, and Sebastian Reimann. Or drop us a mail at hello@agentic.hamburg.

On January 20, 2026, we kicked off the new year with Agentic Coding Meetup Hamburg #4 at Engel & Völkers HQ—and what a night it was.

Over 200 RSVPs, nearly 100 people on the waiting list, sold out in record time. The signal is clear: the community isn’t waiting on the sidelines. People want to share, learn, and build together.

Huge thanks to Engel & Völkers for hosting us and going the extra mile—drinks, beer, wine, and pizza all covered.

Here’s a recap of the talks from that evening.

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The Claude Code Wars and the Return of The Software Spec – Episode II

Speaker: Stefan Munz

Stefan explored why letting go of control strategically is the key to unlocking AI’s full potential. The talk made the case that better specs, not better prompts, are the real game-changer when working with AI coding assistants. View the slides.

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The Zero-Code Hardware Hack: When Claude Becomes Your Electronics Engineer

Speaker: Tobias Schlottke

Tobias shared his experience building a kid-friendly audio player with an ESP32 microcontroller—despite having no embedded systems experience. The entire project was built through conversation with Claude, demonstrating how AI can help bridge knowledge gaps in hardware development.

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Shipping Critical Systems by Asking Questions

Speakers: Sebastian Korfmann & Thies Arntzen

Sebastian and Thies presented how they rebuilt a 20-year legacy system using Claude Code without writing a single line of code by hand. The talk covered their approach to shipping critical systems through conversation and careful questioning.

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Open Mic Session

After the main talks, we opened the stage for spontaneous lightning demos. Several attendees took the opportunity to showcase their solutions in 5-minute slots. One demo focused on turning non-deterministic inputs into deterministic outputs using Claude Skills and Commands—a great example of the creative workflows our community is building.

As one presenter reflected: live demos have a way of failing at the worst moment, but the message still got through. That’s the spirit of our meetups—a safe space to share experiments, even the ones that don’t go perfectly.

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On November 25, 2025, we gathered at the Factorial office for Agentic Coding Meetup Hamburg #3. Thanks to Factorial for sponsoring the location!

As Kent Beck put it nicely:

“The whole landscape of what’s ‘cheap’ and what’s ‘expensive’ has shifted… We just have to be trying stuff!”

In that spirit, we had four speakers sharing their experiments, demos, and learnings. Here’s a recap of the evening.

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Headless Claude Code in the Wild

Speaker: Sebastian Korfmann

Sebastian demonstrated how he used Claude Code and the Claude Agent SDK to build fully functioning web applications without manually writing a single line of code. In a live demo, he showed how AI can not only launch a web application but also interact with and modify its components in real-time.

This session is ideal for anyone interested in AI-assisted development, no-code/low-code approaches, or rapid prototyping with modern AI tools.

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Agentic AI for SEO Content Generation

Speaker: Guruprasad Paduthonse

Guru explored how Agentic AI can be used to generate SEO-optimized content with minimal manual work. He demonstrated workflows where AI agents handle different tasks around localizing content, showcasing how this approach can accelerate content creation.

The talk covered embeddings, localization SEO, the differences between LLMs and embedding models, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) with a practical demo.

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FlowDrop: AI Agentic and Automation Workflow Combined

Speaker: Volkan Jacobsen

Volkan presented FlowDrop, showing how AI agentic capabilities can be combined with automation workflows. The talk explored the intersection of autonomous AI agents and traditional workflow automation tools.

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OpenCode: The Freedom of Choice for Agentic Coding

Speaker: Daniel Moll

Daniel introduced OpenCode, highlighting the importance of freedom of choice when it comes to agentic coding tools. The talk discussed open alternatives and how developers can maintain flexibility in their AI-assisted workflows.

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