ELC Meetups · Prague, Brno, Bratislava, Krakow · every month
Call for speakers: speak at an ELC meetup.
An ELC Meetup is a monthly evening of talks for 100+ engineering leaders in Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Kraków. This call for speakers stays open all year: speaking opportunities for engineering leaders, one talk in front of 100+ of them. You keep the recording, the whole community hears your name, and you join the ELC Speakers Club for good. Members apply for free; the program team picks the talks.
Watch past meetup talksFirst talk of your life or your fiftieth. We pick on the story, not the speaking resume.
Topics our audience is hungry for
A starting list, not a fence. If your best story lives outside it, pitch that instead: the form has a field for exactly that.
Act 1
Get there
- How I got the CTO job: the moves that worked and the ones I'd skipBook this topic for me
- Staff, manager or product builder? Pick your fork in 2027Book this topic for me
- 20 years of leadership, zero interviews: job hunting as a senior leader in 2027Book this topic for me
- The invisible leader tax: personal brand for people who hate LinkedInBook this topic for me
Act 2
Run it
- My HRBP and I: how we stopped fighting and fixed career paths togetherBook this topic for me
- Faster and cheaper without layoffs: what we cut first in engineeringBook this topic for me
- I ran the layoff. Here is the day after.Book this topic for me
- Three bosses, three definitions of success: managing up when they disagreeBook this topic for me
- Working with junior talent in 2027: who grows your next seniors when agents do the junior workBook this topic for me
The AI thread
People and agents
- Chapter 1, 2024 to 2026: one engineering org, the honest AI timelineBook this topic for me
- Chapter 2, 2027: the path to 80% AI-written code, and what brokeBook this topic for me
- Chapter 3, 2028: one developer with agents equals a full team? What is left for the EMBook this topic for me
Act 3
Survive it
- 10-hour days, kids, a partner: the calendar that keeps it workingBook this topic for me
- Fit, disciplined, and burned out anywayBook this topic for me
- Self-management is the job now: my day from first coffee to last SlackBook this topic for me
Act 4
Beyond the paycheck
- CTO and rentier at the same time: building wealth next to a full-time jobBook this topic for me
- Founder, fractional, or back to a payroll: the exits leaders rarely planBook this topic for me
What one talk gets you
One evening of your time. Everything below stays with you.
- 120+ senior leaders registered
- Pro recording on YouTube
- Promo clips + LinkedIn push
- A speaking coach at your side
- Beer with the room
- ELC Speakers Club, for good
Speakers on the ELC stage have built at:
David Pavlik
CTO, Rohlik Group · ex-SpaceX
Rizwan Iqbal
Director of Engineering, Superhuman
Michal Matyjek
Sr. Engineering Manager, Netflix
Aleodor Tabarcea
Engineering Manager, Stripe
David Teodorescu
Senior Product Designer, Meta
Vojta Vondra
Partner Director of Engineering, Microsoft
Tatiana Stantonian
Principal Engineer, Financial Times
Jan Zenisek
VP of Product, Apify
See the room you would stand in
Twelve nights a year, monthly in Prague plus Brno, Bratislava and Krakow editions. Recent rooms: Microsoft, Apify, Ataccama, Raiffeisenbank, CodeNOW, and a loft in Krakow. Every past meetup, with its talk.
Advantages speakers get
Six outcomes for one evening of your time. This is what you get in return.
01
120+ senior leaders register to hear you live
Monthly, in person, single track. CTOs, VPs and EMs in the seats, so your story lands with people who can act on it the same week.
02
A recording you can point to
Your talk lands on the ELC YouTube channel, professionally cut. That video is what gets you your next stage.
03
Your name travels further than the room
A LinkedIn announcement to the community and promo clips built for you to reuse anywhere.
04
You walk on stage prepared
A professional speaking coach refines your story and delivery with you before the big day. First talk ever? We pick on the story, not the resume.
05
Contacts that outlast the evening
Beer with the room afterwards, and a place in a 3,600+ community across Central Europe. The people in the seats are the ones you keep running into for years.
06
You join the ELC Speakers Club
Your talk makes you a member for good: first call for the conference main stage, the members’ Slack, and the boat on the Vltava every year.
80 leaders are in already.
Meet the club →
Aiming straight for the big stage? Pitch through the ELC Conference call for speakers: 400+ leaders last edition, speakers from Netflix, Stripe and Meta.
What wins you a speaking slot?
Every pitch is read against the same five filters, every edition. Nobody skips them.
Actionable over generic
A Monday-morning toolkit beats another framework slide.
War stories over success theater
What broke, and what you would do differently.
Connection over lecture
Polls, questions, energy. We want a room, not an audience.
English delivery, with pro support
We provide professional speaker coaches to refine your narrative and delivery before the big day.
Context, not sales
No vendor pitches. No product demos wearing a talk as a costume.
First talk of your life? Good. We prioritize the story over the resume, and a professional speaking coach helps you prepare if you want one.
One talk between you and the club
About 3 minutes, 9 short steps, and your answers are saved in your browser as you go, so you can leave and come back. Once we confirm your slot, we handle the rest: the room, the recording, and a speaking coach if you want one.
Submit your talkMembers apply for free. The program team picks the talks.
Why this room is different
Everyone in the room leads engineers
CTOs, VPs, directors and engineering managers. You are not explaining what a 1:1 is. You can open at the level you think at.
Two ways onto the stage
Microsoft, Apify, Ataccama, Make and Everpure have all hosted. Members apply for free and the program team picks talks on content; partners can also buy a speaker slot. Either way ELC helps with the topic and the delivery.
40+ editions of practice
Twelve nights a year, monthly in Prague plus Brno, Bratislava and Krakow editions. The format is settled, the audience knows the drill, and nothing about your evening is an experiment.
Questions, not polite applause
Single track means nobody is half-listening in a competing room. Expect pushback, war stories back at you, and a Q&A that runs long.
One evening, not a marathon
Two or three talks and it is done. Your session is not buried in a nine-track grid at 4pm on day two.
The room is the community
3,600+ members across Central Europe. The people in the seats are the ones you keep running into for years afterwards.
Questions speakers ask
Do I need speaking experience to give a talk at an ELC meetup?
No. First talk of your life or your fiftieth, the bar is the same: a story the room hasn’t heard. A speaking coach and an optional dry run are there before the night if you want them.
How does ELC pick talks?
On the story, not the CV. A team lead with a real scar beats a big title with a polished deck, so tell us what broke, what you did, and what it cost you.
Do I need an invitation to submit a talk?
No. The ELC call for papers is an open, public form; nobody waits to be asked.
What do I get for speaking at an ELC meetup?
Deliver one talk and you join the ELC Speakers Club for good: first call for the conference main stage, the members’ Slack, and the boat on the Vltava every year.
Are ELC meetup talks in English?
Yes, delivery is in English. The audience spans Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Kraków, so English is the shared language of the room.