emphasis on future trends
Recruiters, managers and HR
Learn about new skills that will be in demand in the coming years. Learn to use artificial intelligence in HR tasks, develop an HR brand and use a product approach in personnel management. Increase your knowledge of new ways to attract and retain talent. Chat with potential candidates and tell them about your company and project.
On Merge 2024 Well-known experts will speak to share their experience and knowledge. For example, Alexandra Vereteno from Neurobusiness VRTN will present a unique approach to HR branding using artificial intelligence and video marketing. The report will discuss the importance of internal ambassadors for creating a positive image of the company. After all, internal ambassadors are not just employees, but key figures who shape the corporate culture and image of the company in the external market. The report demonstrates examples of successful cases where the use of video content significantly increased employee engagement and attracted new talent.
Epifanova Natalia from Alfa-Bank will tell about the tinyLeSS methodology, which helps scale agile approaches for large teams. This solution allows you to maintain flexibility and speed of response, which is especially important in a rapidly changing market.
And Frontend TechLead at Samokat.tech Timur Gafiulen will tell you how to competently build a mentoring system in a company so that all participants benefit.
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Among the speakers are experts from top companies such as CUSTIS, UseTech, SVK.Digital, Augment, IQDev and others.
Frontend developers
Immerse yourself in the world of modern tools and technologies, practice safe development practices, learn all about the latest industry trends, and improve your hard and soft skills. You are guaranteed to communicate with leads of interesting projects from key market companies. Find out how teams are structured at leading employers. Make useful contacts with specialists in the field. Chat at the afterparty in an informal setting.
Among the speakers are representatives of top companies such as Zvuk, Evrone, SpaceWeb and others.
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Backend developers
Learn to build sustainable systems even in the face of sanctions and vendors leaving the market. You will be able to learn from the experience of working with high-load applications from representatives of the largest IT retailers, immerse yourself in the nuances of various architectural solutions and approaches, and understand the nuances and problems of load testing. And finally, get comfortable with message delivery guarantees and understand the features of the DDD approach.
Among the speakers are representatives of top companies X5, Sber, SDEK, MTS, T-Bank and others.
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Mobile developers and UX designers
Let's talk about native development, understand different approaches, practice working with design systems, conquer Telegram contexts, and delve into user-friendly design.
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QA engineers
Let's study modern testing methods. We will discuss functional and non-functional testing, automation and load testing.
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Gamedev
Let's talk about entering the profession and the company's entry into the market. Let's find out what mistakes lead to the ruin of game developers and how to make profits rather than losses. Among the speakers – game engine and games developer Alexander Ptichkin from PointJS Game Engine
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Data engineers, data scientists and ML engineers
The topic of artificial intelligence, big data and generative models continues to gain momentum. Every day we find more and more ways to use AI in IT products. Experts in machine learning and neural networks will teach you how to use GPT in customer support and marketing, work with recommendations inside large language models and not drown in an ocean of data.
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Among the speakers are representatives of top companies – such as CUSTIS, eLama, Sber and others.
DevOps engineers
Learn key insights about modern infrastructure techniques, databases, and static analysis.
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Prometheus – billing database?
Static analysis is an important part of Continuous Delivery
CTO, CEO and CIO of companies
Improve your knowledge of team management and innovation strategies. Chat with other top managers and make new useful contacts.
Merge 2024 will be a catalyst for discussing current topics and introducing new ideas in the field of recruitment and project management. Studying the presented approaches will help you not only improve the efficiency of your team, but also create a more comfortable and productive work environment. Don't miss the opportunity to use this knowledge to achieve your business goals!
Let's talk separately about the development of open-source solutions. Lead development of the open-source HypEx library and A/B testing platform Dmitry Tikhomirov will talk about the HypEx architecture. We’ll talk separately about flexible organizational structures, startup team management, and market focuses in general.
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Among the speakers are CEOs and top management of leading companies on the Russian market – such as EvApps, Test IT, Reg.ru, Spectrum and others.
Team leads and managers
Meet other managers, exchange experiences, find new colleagues for your project. Learn to interact more productively with your team and cope more effectively with routine in conditions of uncertainty. Learn more about management methodologies and strategies. We will separately discuss flexible methodologies Kanban and Agile together with leading practitioners and accredited trainers.
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Among the speakers are representatives of top companies – Yandex Go, Sber, MTS, Altenar, Leaders of Change and others.
IT PR specialists, developers and marketers
Find out how new technologies are impacting marketing and how to market products in 2025. And here we will also talk a lot and thoroughly about the use of AI and neural networks, we will learn how to use new technologies and approaches in familiar tasks.
Member of the program committee and co-owner of Mediasfera Timur Ugulava will teach you how to build lead generation and promotion. And the evangelist eLama Nikita Kravchenko will talk about a study of 350 thousand advertising campaigns.
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Among the speakers are representatives of top companies: Mediasfera, Callibri, eLama and others.
Product owners, managers and product specialists
Learn new methods to create successful products. Learn how to work more effectively with metrics and data. Talk about team relationships when working on the product. Learn to use modern approaches and technologies.
The organizers’ idea is to provide a unified flow so that participants can immerse themselves deeply in the topics discussed. For example, Sergey Rogachev from Leaders of Change will talk about the nuances of a flexible organizational structure as the basis for the successful implementation of a corporate strategy. He will show examples of companies that were able to adapt to market changes precisely thanks to the introduction of flexible approaches to management.
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Among the speakers are experts from top companies such as Avito, Alfa-Bank, ASAP and others.
Project managers
Master new project management tools. Learn how to effectively scale a project, learn the intricacies of agile methodologies, and work with productivity practices.
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Among the speakers are top specialists from Alfa Bank, Sber, X5, VK, Outlines Tech and others.
Additional benefits
Interactive formats. All participants will have the opportunity to ask questions to the speakers. Guests will be able to ask questions during the sessions and receive answers from leading experts. You will also be able to meet and chat with experts on the sidelines and at the afterparty.
One of the features Merge 2024 — interactive sessions and master classes, where participants can not only listen, but also actively participate in discussions. For example, at a master class on building effective teams, participants will be able to work in groups on real cases, which will allow them to immediately apply the acquired knowledge in practice.
Afterparty. The program does not end after the presentations on the first day of the conference! At the end of the business program, we invite guests to Afterparty with DJ sets and buffet. This is a great opportunity to get to know each other better and chat with participants in an informal setting. This is the best option for networking!
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