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# The Strategic Power of DevRel: From Community to Business Impact


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 11, 2025
- **Time:** 16:20–16:50 (30 min)
- **Room:** Tech Leaders Stage
- **Event:** World Congress 2025

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1695-the-strategic-power-of-devrel-from-community-to-business-impact)

## Speakers

### [Angie Jones](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@angie-jones)

Global VP of Developer Relations
### [Emilio Salvador](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@emilio-salvador)

VP of Strategy and Developer Relations at GitLab
### [Ignacio Riesgo](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@ignacio-riesgo)

Sr. Director, Developer Marketing & Strategy at Red Hat
### [Nikola Pavesic](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@nikola-pavesic)

Advisor at Daytona


## Related talks at this congress

- [Transforming Developer Experience: Lessons from Building a Platform Team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/648-transforming) — Tobias Mende
- [Building a Thriving Web Development Community in a Large Tech Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/598-building-a-thriving) — Jonathan Carle, Linda Bopp
- [New world: New Approach. Why Workations and Community are Game-Changers in the Future of Work](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/569-new-world-new) — Gina Schinkel
- [I'm a developer working in marketing, here's why!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/593-i-m-a-developer) — Tim Cadenbach