Five days is a gift and a trap: you cannot see everything, so plan around an outcome. Are you hiring, fundraising, learning a stack, or hunting customers? Each goal maps to a different route through the program.
Builders should anchor on the morning labs and the Showcase Hour finale. Founders should live in the roundtables and investor office hours. Researchers get the most from the afternoon deep-dives and the poster walk in the expo hall.
Whatever you choose, leave one afternoon unplanned. The best session at Noesis is usually the one someone recommends over lunch.