About
PlatformCon is just around the corner. 1,000 talk submissions this year, and we’re seeing some hot trends taking over.

In this special pre-PlatformCon 2025 webinar, hosts Luca Galante and Alan Schimmel sit down with guest speakers to unpack some of hot topics resurfacing from PlatformCon submissions. What are the real trends shaping platform engineering in 2025? Is AI hype overshadowing more meaningful shifts? Or, is AI THE meaningful shift? And how can teams cut through the noise to focus on what actually matters?

This roundtable pulls back the curtain on the ideas, frustrations, and innovations platform engineers are bringing to the forefront this year. From developer experience to governance, from blueprints to platform-as-product thinking—this is your first look at what’s bubbling beneath the surface of the world’s biggest platform engineering conference.

Join us for a sharp and revealing conversation, and be the first to spot the trends before they go mainstream. Register now.
Presenters
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Eline Henriksen
Platform Engineer, Product Lead Cloud Platforms - Telenor
Eline has been tinkering with tech ever since she was a child, and as a Platform Engineer now gets to break production systems for large companies on a regular basis. She has been active in web development, both frontend and backend, devops and leadership - all while crafting slide decks that could impress even the most well-paid executives. With a passion for developer experience, she has been active in open source and strives to make people's working days better by building better tools.
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Faisal Afzal
Principal Technical Consultant Lead - Platform Engineering - AHEAD
Faisal is a Solutions Architect and Advisor with expertise in cloud, containers, and Infrastructure as Code. He has experience developing Agile teams, socializing solutions, and leading stakeholder engagement - in support of infrastructure and application modernization.
When not busy practicing solution architecture, Faisal can be found in the skies - he is a commercial pilot with a passion for flying.
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Artem Lajko
Platform Engineer - iits-consulting
Artem Lajko, certified Kubestronaut and Platform Engineer, specializes in GitOps and Kubernetes scalability. He is the author of Implementing GitOps with Kubernetes, co-founder of connectii.io, and an IT freelancer writing for ITNEXT. As a Platform Engineering Ambassador, he helps companies and the community adopt best practices for Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms. Passionate about Open Source, he supports organizations in choosing the right products to drive innovation.
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Alan Shimel
Founder & CEO - Techstrong Group
Alan is founder, CEO & editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, the company behind DevOps.com, Container Journal, Security Boulevard and Digital Anarchist, as well as co-founder of the DevOps Institute. As such, he is attuned to the world of technology, particularly cloud, DevOps, security and open source. With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations. He is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at industry and government conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chats podcast, DevOps TV and Digital Anarchist audio and videos are widely followed. Alan attributes his success to a combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality. He is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.
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Luca Galante
VP, Product & Growth - Humanitec
Luca is the Core Contributor to PlatformEngineering.org, the world’s largest platform engineering community with over 200k members. He routinely speaks to dozens of engineering teams every month, and summarizes his learnings and takeaways from hundreds of setups into crisp, insightful content for everyone in the industry, from beginner-Ops to cloud experts. He is the host of PlatformCon, the world’s largest platform engineering event, and writes to over 100,000 engineers every Friday in his newsletter, Platform Weekly.
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