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100 % curated.
No call for papers, no sponsored slots. Every one of the stage sessions is hand-picked by the alphalist team with our members: the topics CTOs actually argue about right now.
alphalist CTO Summit 2026 · Hamburg · November 4
The CTO Summit
Built by CTOs.
300 hand-picked tech leaders. One cinema, one fully curated day on the big screen — and the largest CTO Dinner of the year at Hobenköök, exclusively ours.
Apply as a Member — €399/year, seat included- 300
- hand-picked CTOs and tech leaders
- 6
- stage sessions, 100 % curated
- 1
- cinema, one big screen — Kinopolis Hamburg
- 1
- exclusive dinner at Hobenköök
- 3,500
- developers next door at code.talks — access included
Not a conference.
A room full of peers.
Most events put you in an audience. The CTO Summit puts you among 300 people who carry the same responsibility you do — and gives you a full day to learn from them, on stage and off.
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Members on stage.
Many of the people speaking are members themselves. Keynotes, panels and fireside chats from CTOs who run real teams, real budgets and real incidents.
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A whole day of conversations.
Doors open at noon. From then on it is stage, foyer, coffee, stage again — and by evening you know 30 people you didn't know at lunch.
The program.
Curated, not submitted.
Six sessions on one stage, 13:00 to 18:00. Formats change, the room doesn't — everyone sees everything, so every conversation afterwards starts from the same place.
KEYNOTEPANELPARTNER
Final program announced soon. Members get it first via Slack.
- 12:00
Doors open, lunch and first coffee in the foyer
- 13:00
OPENING Welcome by the alphalist team
- Tobias Schlottkealphalist
Fifteen minutes on why this room exists — and what we want you to take out of it.
- 13:15
KEYNOTE Keynote — Randy Shoup
- Randy Shoupex-VP Engineering, eBay · Stitch Fix
45 minutes. Title announced with the final program.
- 14:00
PARTNER KEYNOTE Partner Keynote — Malte Ubl
- Malte UblCTO at Vercel
45 minutes. A partner keynote, curated with us — no pitch, real engineering.
- 14:45
Coffee and foyer conversations (30 min)
- 15:15
PANEL State of AI — the CTO perspective
- Speaker to be announced
- Speaker to be announced
- Speaker to be announced
- Speaker to be announced
Where AI actually lands in engineering orgs today — budgets, tooling, team structure and the things nobody puts in a slide deck.
- 16:00
PARTNER KEYNOTE Partner Talks — A1 Digital and more
- Speaker to be announced
- Speaker to be announced
45 minutes, two short talks from Summit partners — practitioners, not sales.
- 16:45
Short coffee break (15 min)
- 17:00
KEYNOTE Closing Keynote — Laura Winterling
- Laura WinterlingAstronaut instructor · Speaker
60 minutes. The last word before dinner.
- 18:00
Program ends — bus shuttle to Hobenköök (at the 25hours Hotel)
- 19:00
CTO Dinner at Hobenköök
After the last talk,
the real talk.
When the program ends at 18:00, the bus shuttle takes us to Hobenköök — Hamburg's market hall restaurant, closed for everyone but us. Long tables, seasonal food from the market next door, good drinks, and 300 tech leaders with a whole day of ideas to argue about. It is the largest CTO Dinner of the year and the reason people book the hotel for two nights.
Hobenköök, Hamburg · from 19:00 · exclusively for Summit guests · dinner and drinks included
INSIDE CODE.TALKS
Your seat opens two doors.
The CTO Summit lives inside code.talks, Hamburg's developer conference with 3,500 attendees, 100+ speakers and 14 tracks on November 4–5. Your Summit seat includes access to the full conference — walk over between sessions, bring your team the next day, or catch the talks your engineers keep sending you.
See the code.talks program →Made possible with our Summit partners.
Part of the day — not a banner in the corridor.
[email protected] →
- F5
Two ways into the room.
One is a lot smarter.
Summit seats go to alphalist members first. Become a member and your seat is included — together with everything the community does the other 364 days.
RECOMMENDED
alphalist Core
€399 / year
alphalist Next
€199 / year
- CTO Summit seat
- Included — invitation as member
- CTO Dinner at Hobenköök
- Included
- code.talks access (Nov 4–5)
- Included
- CTO Dinners in Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich
- Included all year
- Masterclasses, Slack community, newsletter
- Included
- Who it's for
- CTOs, VPs Engineering, technical founders — vetted application
Membership is by application. We review every profile so the room stays what it is: peers only.
Apply as a MemberALTERNATIVE
Executive Ticket
1,199 €
- CTO Summit seat
- Included
- CTO Dinner at Hobenköök
- Included
- code.talks access (Nov 4–5)
- Included
- CTO Dinners in Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich
- —
- Masterclasses, Slack community, newsletter
- —
- Who it's for
- Anyone who wants the day
Not a fit for membership, or just want the day? The Executive Ticket gets you the Summit, the dinner and both code.talks days.
Get the Executive TicketAlready a member? Your invitation lands in Slack and your inbox. Questions → [email protected]
Good questions.
- Who can attend?
- alphalist members and Executive Ticket holders. Membership is limited to CTOs, VPs Engineering and technical founders.
- Is the dinner included?
- Yes, for every Summit guest. Food and drinks are covered.
- Can I bring a colleague?
- Seats are personal. Colleagues are welcome via their own membership or an Executive Ticket.
- Do I get code.talks access?
- Yes, both days, November 4 and 5.