Overview
WeAreDevelopers World Congress is a three-day, in-person technology conference for developers, AI builders, and technology leaders. The event focuses on the practical realities of building, shipping, testing, securing, and operating software as AI becomes part of engineering work. It is designed for individual developers as well as platform, security, DevOps, SRE, and engineering leadership teams. Attendees can learn from practitioners, try tools and techniques, compare approaches with peers, and meet the people behind technologies they use.
The organizers describe the gathering as a place for learning, discovery, networking, and community. Alongside technical content, the event includes an expo, hands-on activities, and social programming. The 2027 edition is promoted with more than 15,000 builders, 8,000 companies, 2,000 decision-makers, 500 speakers, over 20 stages, and a 40,000-square-metre technology expo.
Dates and location
The congress takes place from 14 to 16 July 2027 in Berlin, Germany. It is an on-site event. Specific venue details are not provided in the available page text.
Program and topics
The program is intended to cover the modern software lifecycle, from building and shipping to running, securing, testing, and leading technology teams. Topics include AI-assisted development, coding agents, agentic systems in production, MCP and tool orchestration, modern programming languages and runtimes, platform engineering, developer experience, cloud infrastructure, reliability, data systems, security, software quality, and engineering leadership.
The page highlights practical talks about systems built and operated in production, including what scaled, what failed, and what teams would do differently. Workshops, masterclasses, and live-coding sessions offer opportunities to try tools and patterns rather than only hear about them. The stated learning goals include developing effective AI workflows, evaluating architecture and tooling trade-offs, benchmarking engineering and security practices, and understanding which emerging technologies are ready to adopt.
A Builders Zone is planned for hands-on work and peer collaboration. Participants can work on their own projects, pair with other developers, demonstrate creations for feedback, and exchange practical knowledge about tools, prompts, configurations, and review processes. Other advertised activities include tech talks, a technology expo, challenges, community programming, music, and an after-party.
Speakers
The 2027 speaker lineup has not yet been announced. The page says the 2027 lineup is on its way and presents speakers from the 2026 edition as examples of past contributors. Those include Werner Vogels of Amazon, Michael Kagan of NVIDIA, Thomas Dohmke of Entire, Malte Ubl of Vercel, Dana Lawson of Netlify, Des Traynor of Intercom, and David Soria Parra of Anthropic. These are not confirmed speakers for 2027.
Tickets and attendance
Pass options shown include Congress Pass, Congress Pass Plus, VIP Pass, Startup Pass, and Student Pass. The page describes the Congress Pass as covering all three days, stages, expo, after-party, and on-demand recordings; higher-tier options add amenities and access. Startup and student passes are discounted options, subject to eligibility. Group discounts are applied according to group size. Prices and availability may change.
