26th International Conference on Agile Software Development

XP 2025 – The XP Conference comes to Switzerland for the first time

Agile software development is constantly evolving. Every year, the international community for agile software development meets at the XP Conference – the leading conference on the topic that combines research and practice.
The newly founded School of Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) has succeeded in bringing the conference to Switzerland for the first time in its 26-year history. From June 2 to 5, agile researchers, practitioners, thought leaders, coaches and trainers will meet at the FHNW campus in Brugg-Windisch to present their latest research findings and innovations. The XP conference attracts people from all over the world and offers a diverse and inclusive environment for learning and inspiring discussions.

Focus on AI

In just a few years, AI tools have become established in the industry and their capabilities have improved enormously. Together with other trends such as platform engineering, conversational applications, sustainable development and many others, the way we develop, operate and evolve software may change drastically. At the same time, the digital revolution has made soft-ware part of the critical infrastructure of the entire economy; software is a central asset of many companies and is responsible for their success.

The overarching theme of XP 2025 is therefore: “Adapt – Uncovering better ways to deliver valu-able software products”. The focus is on the question of how agile software development will change in the future – and what active design options are available.

Conference Highlights

The organizing team has managed to secure four exciting keynote speakers for the conference:

Birgitta Böckeler, software developer, architect and technical director at ThoughtWorks, will pre-sent how AI can help agile development teams – and not just with code. Darja Šmite, Professor of Software Development at the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden, will talk about the op-portunities and risks of remote and hybrid forms of work for agile collaboration in teams.

In her keynote speech, Emily Bache, consultant, YouTuber and technical coach, will explain how agile development teams can be brought to peak performance through technical coaching – and at the same time raise the skills of developers and the quality culture to a new level. Joahua Kerievsky, author, software developer and founder of Industrial Logic, will talk about risk man-agement in the development of commercial software.

In addition to these keynotes, participants can expect a broad program of practical and re-search-oriented workshops, first-hand experience reports, research papers and training for in-dustry and practice.

Another highlight is the Open Space on Wednesday. In line with the motto “bring your topic”, the open space enables discussions and exchanges on the burning issues of the participants.

Key Points:

XP 2025
2 – 5 June 2025
Venue: FHNW Brugg-Windisch campus
Language: English
Registration for the XP conference is now open at: https://conf.researchr.org/home/xp-2025