WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2025: AI in the Spotlight

The event, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, runs from July 9 - 11 at the Messe Berlin conference center and brings together developers, tech leaders, and decision-makers for three days of talks, networking, and idea exchange.

The speaker lineup includes some of the most influential people in the tech industry. Among them are Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub; Prashanth Chandrasekar, CEO of Stack Overflow; and Katrin Lehmann, CIO of Mercedes-Benz.

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Sessions throughout the conference address various topics shaping the future of technology, with a particularly strong emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI).

Over the past few years, AI has transformed how people build, use, and think about technology. It is pushing industries to adapt and creating entirely new ways of solving problems; but at the same time, it is raising important questions about its role in the years ahead.

The conference program explores AI from multiple angles, including its ethical implications, the rise of autonomous AI agents, and generative AI.

A common theme running through the discussions is the sense that the potential of AI in development, including blockchain development, seems limitless. Speakers are pointing to ways AI can improve efficiency, unlock creativity, and help tackle increasingly complex technical problems.

In his opening keynote, GitHub’s Dohmke summarized this perspective by saying he sees AI as a way to put software development “on autopilot.” In other words, he believes in a future where developers can focus more on solving high-level problems while AI handles much of the repetitive work.

The idea that AI can uncover possibilities beyond what was thought possible goes far beyond software. Researchers even used it to piece together a 2,700-year-old Babylonian hymn from scattered cuneiform fragments. What does the hymn say? Read the full story.