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# Shipping with Confidence: Observability and Quality at Scale


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 16:50–17:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** Mainstage
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100166-shipping-with-confidence-observability-and-quality-at-scale)

## Description

As systems grow more complex, shipping reliably stops being about heroics and starts being about how teams work. This panel brings together engineering leaders to talk about what it really takes to ship with confidence at scale. A practical conversation about keeping quality high as complexity grows.

## Speakers

### [Christian Heilmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@christian-heilmann)

Open first, great comes later
### [Mirko Novakovic](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@mirko-novakovic)

CEO and Co-founder of Dash0
### [Prince Kohli](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@prince-kohli)

President and CEO of Sauce Labs
### [Daniel Gebler](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@daniel-gebler)

CTO of Picnic


## Related talks at this congress

- [What 500+ Production Environments Taught Us About Shipping AI Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1006-what-500-production) — Liran Hason
- [Beyond SBOMs: The Future of Container Supply Chain Security](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1266-beyond-sboms-the) — Mohammad-Ali A'râbi
- [Let’s Talk Quality!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/984-let-s-talk-quality) — Lilia Gargouri
- [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1016-from-devops-to) — Dominik Krichbaum