World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage • Jul 2, 2026 • Session details

Bicycles not Cages: Engineering the Future without Breaking the Human

Stop building digital cages optimized for endless engagement. Learn to engineer natural stopping points and eradicate dark patterns to design software that genuinely protects human autonomy.

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Addressing developer burnout and the impact of artificial intelligence

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Rejecting extreme hustle culture in AI software engineering

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Rethinking software engineering processes beyond human constraints

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Preventing developer burnout by avoiding toxic productivity trends

Katja Träumner

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Designing engineering processes around human biological needs

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