George is a Director of Engineering at MongoDB, focusing on implementing cloud native technologies at enterprise scale. He is an Ambassador of the Data on Kubernetes community and the author of The Platform Engineering Playbook, by Packt. He has been a speaker at global events like Kubecon, OpenSource Summit, Hashiconf, LeadDev, and more. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Crafting Internal Developer Platforms for Peak Productivity 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Great developer experience doesn’t happen by accident, it’s engineered. This session dives into the principles and practices behind building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and how they streamline development, eliminate friction, and enable teams to focus on delivering value. Learn how to balance autonomy with standardization, integrate best-of-breed tools, and create a platform that developers actually want to use.

Niek Palm is a Principal Engineer at Philips, driving secure cloud innovation through DevSecOps and modern engineering practices. He helps teams embed security across the product lifecycle and scale secure development. Niek is also a public speaker, blogger, and organizer of DevOpsDays Eindhoven, sharing his expertise in cloud security and software supply chain resilience. 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: GitHub Actions Security: From CI Nightmare to Supply Chain Sentinel 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: GitHub Actions can supercharge CI/CD—but misconfigurations open the door to serious supply chain attacks. This session reveals real-world risks like token leaks, rogue Actions, and compromised runners. You’ll learn practical defenses: enforcing least privilege, securing runners, vetting third-party Actions, and hardening workflows. Walk away with the tools to turn GitHub Actions from a vulnerability into a powerful supply chain defense.