How do you take a conference from an ambitious idea to a real event—and process six figures in payments in under a year?
Join Stripe Zurich for a special evening going behind the scenes of building and running a whole conference. Faris Aziz, Bogdan Ilie and Nadja Hesselbjerg will share how they brought a whole conference to life: the AI workflows, business intelligence, technical stack and Stripe-powered payment infrastructure that made it possible.
This is a practical conversation about building and shipping with a small team, moving quickly and making decisions when time, budget and headcount are tight. Expect honest lessons, real trade-offs and a look at how the pieces fit together—from the first idea to the systems that supported a live conference.
What we’ll get into
• AI in the build: where it helped us move faster, what still needed human judgment and what we learned along the way.
• Business intelligence: turning data into useful decisions across ticket sales, planning and conference operations.
• The technical stack: how we connected the website, internal tools and workflows, and chose what to build versus what to buy.
• Payments and ticketing with Stripe: flexible payment flows, ticket issuing and the operational work behind managing six figures in payments in under a year.
• Shipping in startup mode: pragmatic product decisions, keeping scope under control and knowing when something is ready to go live.
Meet the speakers
Faris Aziz, Bogdan Ilie and Nadja Hesselbjerg will take you through the build and the lessons they’d carry into the next product or event. Bring your questions—we want to talk through the decisions, the challenges and the details behind the scenes.
Who should come?
Founders, developers, product builders and anyone curious about turning an idea into something people actually use and pay for. If you’re building a product, figuring out payments or wondering how to ship at speed and scale, come along. You’ll leave with practical ideas to apply to your own work and new people to build alongside.
We’ll spend the evening talking tech, products and payments, with time for questions and conversations with the Stripe Zurich community. Meet fellow builders, share what you’re working on and help us look ahead to what comes next.
12 November 2026 · 18:00–21:00 · Zürich
Venue details to follow.
