WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America 2026

Overview

WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America 2026 is the premier in person event bringing together developers, AI builders, engineers, and tech leaders for a multi day conference in San José, California. The event is designed to showcase practical, production ready approaches to building and operating modern software in an era increasingly influenced by AI. Attendees will experience a large scale gathering that blends keynote talks, technical sessions, hands on workshops, and networking opportunities with a focus on real world engineering, data foundations, and responsible AI practices. The program highlights cloud infrastructure, DevOps, data engineering, security, and leadership in tech organizations, all aimed at helping teams ship reliable software at scale.

Agenda

The congress spans multiple days with a mix of formal and experiential programming. Day 0 features pre check in, workshops, masterclasses, satellite events, and a Tech Leaders Night to kick off conversations. Day 1 centers on the main program including the official opening, aTech Expo, workshops, and CODE100 finals, along with an official Congress Party. Day 2 continues with main program tracks, a second Tech Expo, additional workshops and masterclasses, and a closing keynote. The agenda is designed to cover design of modern software systems, AI powered development, programming at scale, production readiness, data foundations, and secure by design approaches, complemented by hands on labs and live demonstrations. In addition, the program includes a dedicated track for live coding sessions, AI with large language models, and engineering leadership in the AI era.

Speakers

The event features a distinguished lineup of speakers from leading technology companies and influential developer communities. Notable figures include Kelsey Hightower, Thomas Dohmke, Daniela Dimitrova, Christine Yen, Mathias Biilmann, Erran Berger, Olivier Pomel, Scott Hanselman, Richard Socher, Jared Jordan, and many others. Topics span from global developer perspectives to CTO level insights on AI tooling, platform strategy, and software architecture. The talks emphasize practical knowledge, engineering excellence, and the human aspects of leading tech teams in rapidly evolving environments.

What You’ll Learn

内容 focuses on tangible practices rather than hype. Attendees will explore designing modern software systems with AI integration, boosting developer velocity with AI assisted coding and testing, orchestrating large scale LLM driven workflows, maintaining software quality in production, and building robust data pipelines. Sessions address data foundations for AI powered apps, CI CD and automation for fast delivery, observability and incident response for AI and traditional workloads, and security integrated into the development lifecycle. The program also covers leadership, governance, and technology strategy for tech leaders balancing innovation with risk management.

Who should attend

The congress is geared toward developers, AI engineers, software architects, DevOps professionals, data engineers, site reliability engineers, and technology executives seeking actionable guidance for building and delivering AI powered software at scale. It also offers networking opportunities with peers, potential collaborators, and potential employers or partners in the tech ecosystem.

Venue and format

The event is hosted in a major venue in San José, CA, with a mix of in person sessions, hands on labs, interactive demos, and expo spaces. The format combines keynote sessions, technical talks, workshops, masterclasses, live coding, and partner led tracks, all designed to foster practical learning and collaboration among attendees. The collaboration between WeAreDevelopers and presenting partners aims to create a historically significant gathering for the North American developer community.