ELC Conference 2026, main stage · 16 Apr 2026
Jan Zenisek
VP of Product, Apify
Building a Creator Ecosystem: The Art of Letting Go
400+ at the conference
Partnership year in review · January to December 2026
From the ELC partner wall to a full room at Apify.
Pioneer partner of ELC Conference 2026, your second conference year. Jan Zenisek on the main stage, Yurii Bliuchak on two meetup stages, and #43 at your new office: 382 people applied for 200 seats.
382applied for #43 at Apify, 200 seats
117leaders checked in at #43
2ELC meetups at your Prague office since 2024
8Apify people at ELC Conference 2026
27ELC members work at Apify
What Apify got
Hiring, brand and relationships, in one year.
Talent in your office
382 people applied for #43 at your Na Příkopě office and 117 engineering leaders came. Careers @ Apify ran in the March newsletter.
Brand on stage
Jan Zenisek on the ELC Conference 2026 main stage, Yurii Bliuchak at #37 and #43. The #43 recording is on YouTube.
Relationships
8 Apify people at ELC Conference 2026, Vojta Kopal mentoring there, and Yurii as an ELC ambassador.
We over-delivered
Contract: the ELC Conference 2026 Pioneer package. Delivered: a main-stage speaker, a mentor, 2 meetup talks and a meetup at your office.
#37 Prague, Impact Hub · 21 May 2026
Yurii Bliuchak
Engineering Team Lead, Apify
Finding your value and showing it
93 leaders checked in
#43 Prague, at Apify · 14 Oct 2026
Yurii Bliuchak
Engineering Team Lead, Apify
From full days of meetings to building value: AI tools, product and team culture
117 leaders checked in
Watch the talk
ELC Conference 2026 · 16 Apr 2026
Vojta Kopal
Head of Data, Apify
Mentor in the Mentoring Zone at ELC Conference 2026
Mentoring Zone
Month by month
What happened, month by month.
January 2026
Pioneer partner, second year
Apify confirmed the Pioneer package for ELC Conference 2026, its second conference year, and booked a team ticket pack.
February 2026
Jan Zenisek on the speaker list
ELC announced Jan Zenisek, your VP of Product, as an ELC Conference 2026 speaker on 12 February.
March 2026
Partner spotlight in the newsletter
The 31 March newsletter featured Apify as a returning ELC 2026 partner, with Careers @ Apify. Four of Marian’s posts named Apify that month.
8,348impressions on the top post
April 2026
Jan Zenisek on the main stage
Building a Creator Ecosystem on the ELC Conference 2026 main stage, 16 April. Vojta Kopal mentored in the Mentoring Zone, and Apify was on the partner wall.
8Apify people attended
May 2026
Yurii Bliuchak at #37
Yurii spoke about finding your value and showing it. On 18 May, Marek agreed to an ELC meetup at your new office.
93leaders checked in
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June 2026
Planning the meetup at Apify
Your events team and ELC met on 18 June to plan #43. Marian’s post after #39 named Yurii.
6,839impressions
July 2026
Yurii, ELC ambassador
The 29 July newsletter introduced Yurii Bliuchak, Engineering Team Lead at Apify, as the newest ELC ambassador.
August 2026
Apify in the ELC 26 recordings
Your logo went out with the ELC 26 recordings on 19 August. Marian’s post on 24 August named Apify.
7,715impressions
September 2026
#43 at Apify announced
ELC announced #43 at your new office on 16 September, and the 30 September newsletter put it at the top.
October 2026
Meetup #43 at Apify
The Standard Tech/Engineering Manager Role Is Dead, at Na Příkopě on 14 October, with Yurii on stage. 382 people applied for 200 seats.
117leaders checked in
Watch the talkSee all photos
November 2026
Planned: the theme for the next meetup
You give us a theme or a speaker for the next ELC meetup at Apify. We bring the strongest topics for the engineers you want.
December 2026
Planned: the next meetup at Apify, on us
First week of December or second week of January. You decide about 2027 after it.
On top
What we do on top.
Workshop days
Two workshop days for your team, on two topics you pick.
Mentoring
Six mentoring sessions for you or anyone on your team.
Conference main stage
One Apify speaker on the ELC Conference 2027 main stage, Prague, 22 April.
Hiring
Introductions from Marian’s List, with no agency fee inside Visibility.
Your 2027 offer, on its own page
Visibility 2027: the next meetup at Apify is on us.
You decide about 2027 after the next meetup at Apify. Give us a theme or a speaker, and a date.
Your 2027 offer in short
Two ELC meetups at Apify in 2027
One Apify speaker on the ELC Conference 2027 main stage, 22 April
Candidates introduced by Marian from Marian’s List
Two workshop days and six mentoring sessions for your team
Your speakers and your brand on the same stage as theirs
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
Your full 2027 offer: engineeringleaders.io/augments/apify/. Marian Kamenistak, founder of ELC. Book a call: engineeringleaders.io/meet-marian
Next step
See you on stage in 2027, Apify.
Marian KamenistakFounder, ELCmarian@engineeringleaders.io
Tereza JarošováHead of Community, ELCtereza@engineeringleaders.io
The next meetup at Apify is on us. Tell us the theme or the speaker, and pick the first week of December or the second week of January.
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