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Agile2025 Program and Tracks

July 28-30 in Denver, Colorado

Find tangible, real-world solutions at Agile2025

Agile2025 will focus on solving major issues in our industry. While aspects of the Agile Manifesto have taken root in many organizations, the dream many have had for improving work is facing an identity crisis. Jobs still haven’t rebounded from what they were in the 2010s, and many are wondering how we can respond. 

Agile2025 Schedule-at-a-Glance

The full conference schedule with the speaker, workshop, and panel sessions listed by day and time will be available once submissions are closed and speakers have accepted. Registration for the pre- and post-events, Mile High Agile 2025 and Agile Coach Camp Worldwide, will open in early 2025.

Agile2025 Conference Tracks

What Are Technical Innovations to Level Up My Organization?

As technology rapidly evolves, developers, DevOps engineers, tech leaders, and technical teams face the challenge of staying ahead of emerging trends, modernizing legacy systems, and fostering psychological safety in high-stress roles. There is a growing need for practical solutions to technical challenges, insights into cutting-edge technologies, and soft skills that boost collaboration and productivity. These resources allow teams to stay caught up in innovation, efficiency, and leadership.

Why Should Agilists Use AI to Level Up?

Agilists face increasing pressure to deliver value faster while maintaining adaptability and collaboration. As AI technologies rapidly advance, many are unsure how to effectively integrate AI into Agile practices to enhance productivity, decision-making, and innovation. Without clear strategies and tools, teams risk missing opportunities to leverage AI for improving workflows, automating repetitive tasks, and gaining insights that drive continuous improvement. The challenge lies in understanding how AI can complement Agile principles while preserving the human-centric focus that is core to Agile success.

How Can We Turn Agile Failures Into Growth?

“When responding to the problem, the problem is not the problem, even though it might look like it is.” – Nora Bateson

We all have problems we are responding to, and often the way we respond fails to give us the desired result. Many times, the only way to explore a wicked problem is by trying something and failing. But how do we seek out failure when customers and colleagues depend on us? How do we know what failure is when working in ever-changing, living environments? How do we see what is going on around us that we don’t even know to look for?

This track focuses on revolutionizing what has historically been considered a failure. Sessions will provide actionable insights for attendees to recognize, confront, and learn from failure. We will offer stories of vulnerability, lessons from the trenches, and the combination of theory and practice.

Can We Build People-Centered Organizations?

Organizations that can’t manage change effectively waste resources and can damage their business. And while every organization deals with change, it remains unfortunately typical that most change efforts, big or small, routinely fail to deliver desired outcomes.

This happens for two broad reasons:

  1. Not taking a systems-first, people-centered approach to change
  2. Not baking change leadership and education into the company culture

The sessions in this track will provide attendees with the concepts and practices to deal with your immediate change needs and grow your organization’s future-forward change management capability.

What if They Don't Want Our Help?

We’re done Transforming. We’re done with Agile.

We all feel it – companies aren’t investing in Agile training, coaching, or transformations. Some of this undoubtedly is due to past disappointments with Agile, and some is due to the promises of agility never materializing.  The work we do to help people, teams, and organizations is simultaneously needed at every level of our organizations and has been undervalued by the companies we’re looking to help. This dichotomy leaves many Agile practitioners wondering, “How do I help someone who doesn’t know they need my help?

Instead of discussing why the market for our help is in its current state, let’s work together to move forward and create new demand for the work we do.

In this track, we’ll explore how different companies and organizations operate, identify their key challenges, and discover opportunities to spark renewed interest in organizational change. We’ll look at how we talk about work, and create new ways to anchor agility into outcomes and results.

Hack for Good: Agile Impact Lab

Facilitators: April Jefferson & Quinton Quartel

Join us for a unique, multi-day experience where tech professionals will collaborate to create real-world solutions for a local Denver nonprofit. This track is open to all—software developers, lean-Agile coaches, UX/UI professionals, product owners, Scrum masters, and others who want to apply their skills for social good.

Attendees will work together in an evolving environment, using Fluid Adaptive Scaling Technology to self-organize and align each day based on the project’s needs. The aim is to help a local nonprofit progress a key initiative by leveraging the collective power of the conference’s participants. Daily planning and feedback sessions will guide the work, ensuring we remain aligned with the nonprofit’s goals.

Whether deeply involved in the project or just dropping in between other sessions, you’re welcome to contribute! Participants can enjoy other conference tracks and return to the hacking space whenever they’re ready to lend a hand, making this an open and flexible opportunity to collaborate.

This is your chance to see Agile principles in action while making a difference. Join us to build, create, and learn—together we can generate lasting impact for the community.

Where Does My Career Go From Here?

The Agile community is facing significant challenges due to widespread layoffs and reduced opportunities, leading to job insecurity, career stagnation, and confusion. Both experienced Agile coaches and consultants, as well as newcomers to the field, are struggling to navigate these changes and find their place in a shifting job market. Without clear strategies and support, many Agile professionals risk being sidelined or underutilized, impacting their careers and the broader community’s growth.

Come explore some paths through this time of uncertainty with other professionals looking for guidance.

Lightning Talks

The purpose of the Lightning Talk Track is to provide a lightweight, flexible opportunity for speakers to share valuable information with participants. Presentations are short with one of the following formats:

  • 3-minute Lightning Talk (no slides)
  • 5-minute Lightning Talk (slides)
  • 6-minute 40-second Pecha Kucha style presentation

The themes of lightning talks will follow the themes of the conference. Each session will contain approximately 10 presentations around one of these theme areas. This provides an opportunity for rapid and diverse learning on a variety of topics.

meet our program team
our program team

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Join us in thanking our the Agile2025 Program Team for their dedication and time in putting on our annual conference.

Chris Murman

Chris Murman

Conference Chair

Semira Allen

Semira Allen

Program Chair

Reese Schmit

Reese Schmit

Program Chair

Nayan Hajratwala

Nayan Hajratwala

Program Chair

Become a sponsor or exhibitor at Agile2025

As a sponsor of this premier event, you’ll be engaging with a passionate professional community that is dedicated to building more effective, humane, and sustainable ways of working. Partnering with our sponsors creates important opportunities for Agile2025 attendees to inform themselves about the latest products, tools, and services.

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