Arch9 2026: Engineering in the AI Era
Every board has approved an AI strategy. Far fewer can point to AI in production, earning its keep. That gap between the pilot that impressed the steering committee and the platform that ships value every week is now the defining competitive line in your industry.
Arch9 2026 is a one-day conference for the executives and architects accountable for closing that gap: turning AI investment into products that scale.
Hotel Arena, Amsterdam
November 3
11:00-18:00 pmWhy Arch9
The market is full of opinions on AI. Arch9 is built on evidence. One day with the leaders and engineers who have moved past experimentation, sharing what scaled, what stalled, and what it cost to find out.
You leave knowing where to invest, what to stop funding, and how the teams ahead of you actually got there:
We focus on what matters and what needs to be done, and right now that is moving AI from demo to production.
It brings together decision-makers from across industries who share one challenge: making AI work at scale. If you are weaving AI into the core of your business, this is the room that tells you the truth.
The most strategic decision you make this year may simply be showing up.
In 2025
Arch9 convened 200+ IT professionals and industry leaders
In 2026
We expect the same caliber: the executives, architects and technology leaders accountable for AI outcomes, not just AI ambitions.
Speakers
Julia Wallin
Director of Engineering, Cognite
Jarno van Hurne
VP Product & Managing Director SME & Commercial Banking, Backbase
Denis di Paolo
Director of Engineering, Bynder
Anders Rydell
Product Owner AI & Analytics team, Scania
Jeroen Scheer
CIO/CTO, ANWB Energy
René Theuns
IT Director, Volkswagen Pon Financial Services Netherlands
Martin Wennerstein
Head of AI and Analytics , Scania
Angelina Best
CEO, Levi9
Jan Dolinaj
CTO, Levi9
Codrin Baleanu
Solution Architect, Levi9
Vedran Bukarica
Software Architect, Levi9
Ana-Maria Cehan
Lead Data Engineer, Levi9
Nikola Djordjevic
Solution Architect, Levi9
Dario Đurica
Principal Architect, Levi9
Kosta Stojaković
Principal Architect, Levi9
Branislav Zelenak
Lead Software Engineer, Levi9
Agenda
Full agenda to be published
Doors open and networking lunch · Opening · Keynotes · Industry sessions · Networking breaks · Closing remarks · Drinks and bites
Partners
Location
Hotel Arena, 's-Gravesandestraat 55, 1092 AA Amsterdam
Hotel Arena, Amsterdam
Join us
The conversations that move strategy forward do not happen on a recording. They happen in the room.
Partnership or speaking interest?
Reach out to Mart van den Bosch, mart.vandenbosch@levi9.com.
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