World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

Leading with Reliability: Applying SRE Principles to Build Stronger Engineering Organizations

Maxim Schepelin

Are your uptime metrics actually vanity numbers? SRE principles offer far more than operational stability. Learn to strategically use error budgets to manage technical debt and accelerate product innovation.

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