The inaugural Engineering Leaders Forum, held on May 9, 2023, in Sunnyvale, brought together numerous engineering leaders to discuss topics such as AI transformation, management best practices, and ways to measure and increase engineering team velocity. The event, co-sponsored by Amazon Web Services, Kubiya.ai, Turing, and Uplevel, emphasized the importance of developing metrics for assessing engineering performance, with key focus on the number of deployments and pull requests per engineer per week. Discussions also touched on the challenges of managing remote teams, the potential of hybrid work arrangements, the impacts of the current economic climate on workforce structuring, and the cautious integration of AI into engineering processes due to privacy and security concerns. The forum highlighted the value of in-person interactions for sharing strategies and experiences, aiming to foster a collaborative community among engineering leaders to advance technology.