Why
AI is moving from isolated coding assistance into planning, implementation, review, testing, maintenance, and delivery governance. SDLCAI looks at what changes when that shift becomes real.
13 October 2026 / Marsio Saastamoinen Foundation Stage / Espoo
SDLCAI
AI meets SDLC
A one-day seminar on AI across the software development lifecycle (SDLC): from planning and coding to testing, delivery, and maintenance.
Expect concrete cases, technical judgement, and hard questions about engineering quality, delivery, and organizations adopting AI in practice.
In-person tickets are sold out.
Focus
Where AI meets delivery#
Who
Engineering leaders, software practitioners, researchers, and product teams who need grounded ways to evaluate AI across real software development workflows.
Themes
Adoption patterns, technical leverage, evaluation, governance, testing strategy, developer experience, and the organizational changes that follow.
The people behind the ideas
Meet our speakers#
Engineering leaders, builders, and researchers share how AI is changing software development, from everyday practice to emerging research.
01 / 3 speakers
Industry perspectives
Talks or a joint session on applied AI in software development, ending with a brief panel.
Mo Khazali
Group Associate Partner at Theodo
1978: The Last Good Year
Profile & talk
Ohans Emmanuel
Co-founder & CEO, Coldtea.ai
Zero-trust harnesses for agentic software delivery
Profile & talk
Jenni Kylmäkoski
R&D Leader at Nokia
Why Leaders Should Use AI Themselves and Eat Their Own Dog Food?
Profile & talk
02 / 2 speakers
Views from academia
Short research-driven talks on AI and software development.
03 / 3 speakers
Views from industry
Short field reports from teams applying AI across the SDLC.
Jussi Hacklin
Chief of Software Engineering at Elisa
Driving AI adoption above targets in highly regulated environment
Profile & talk
Viljami Kuosmanen
Distinguished Engineer at ePilot GmbH
I Let Non-Engineers Vibe-Code Our Production Codebase
Profile & talk
Sini Tistelgrén
Co-Founder, COO & Tech Lead at Aimbition
AI Factory doesn't eliminate the fundamentals – it just hides what's missing, until it's too late.
Profile & talk
04 / 2 speakers
Academia
Deeper academic sessions on current research and open questions.
Venue
Marsio Saastamoinen Foundation Stage#
The seminar is planned for the Saastamoinen Foundation Stage in Marsio at Aalto University, Otaniemi: a high-production setting for talks, demos, and direct discussion between academia and industry.
View venue detailsOrganizers
Same team as Future Frontend#
SDLCAI is organized by Toska Osuuskunta, the cooperative behind Future Frontend.
In addition to this seminar and Future Frontend, the group has previously organized the React Finland and GraphQL Finland conferences.
