​The world's largest event for developers, AI builders & tech leaders — in the heart of Silicon Valley.

​10,000+ developers. 500+ speakers. 200,000+ sq ft tech expo.

​About

​WeAreDevelopers World Congress is coming to North America. September 23–25, 2026, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.

​Three days of technical depth, real production knowledge, and the kind of conversations that only happen when 10,000 developers show up in person. Workshops, masterclasses, keynotes, a 200,000 sq ft tech expo, and the official Congress party.

​Docker joins as presenting partner — a shared commitment to empowering builders and shaping what's next in AI, cloud, and open source.

​Speakers

​The most influential minds in software, AI, and engineering leadership.

• ​Kelsey Hightower — Global Developer Voice

• ​Thomas Dohmke — CEO and Co-founder of Entire, fmr. CEO of GitHub

• ​Christine Yen — CEO & Co-founder of Honeycomb

• ​Mathias Biilmann — CEO & Co-founder of Netlify

• ​Daniela Dimitrova — VP IT & CIO of Mercedes-Benz North America

• ​Olivier Pomel — CEO & Co-founder of Datadog

• ​Scott Hanselman — VP, Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft/GitHub

• ​Richard Socher — CEO and Co-founder of you.com

• ​Lin Qiao — CEO & Co-founder of Fireworks AI

• ​Victor Savkin — CTO & Co-founder of Nx

• ​Milin Desai — CEO of Sentry

• ​Prashanth Chandrasekar — CEO of Stack Overflow

• ​Erran Berger — VP of Product Engineering at LinkedIn

• ​Angie Jones — VP of Engineering, AI Tools & Enablement at Block
  
  Find the full speaker list here

​What You'll Learn

​From idea to production — practical knowledge across the full software lifecycle in the AI era.

​→ Design modern software systems that scale with real-world demands

​→ Build smarter with AI-assisted coding, testing, and refactoring

​→ AI engineering with LLMs, agents, and multimodal systems

​→ Ship reliably — CI/CD, platform engineering, and DevOps at scale

​→ Secure software by design across code, APIs, and supply chains

​→ Lead engineering teams as tools, roles, and workflows change

​Topics span AI, software architecture, cloud & infra, data engineering, security, frontend, product management, DevEx, and more.

Find out more about topics and what you'll learn here

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​Topics

​Artificial Intelligence · Software Development · Software Architecture · Cloud & Infrastructure · DevOps & Automation · Data Engineering · Security · Frontend & UX · Quality & Testing · Product Management · Emerging Tech · Blockchain · DevEx & Productivity · Developer Relations · Leadership & Innovation · People & Culture · Startups · Tech Business

​Agenda

​Day 0 — September 23, 2026 Pre-checkin & badge pickup, Workshops, Masterclasses, Satellite Events, Networking, Tech Leaders Night

​Day 1 — September 24, 2026 Official Opening, Main Program, Tech Expo, Workshops, Masterclasses, CODE100 Finals, Official Congress Party

​Day 2 — September 25, 2026 Main Program, Tech Expo, Workshops, Masterclasses, Networking, Closing Keynote

​Where Tech History is Written

​From landmark product launches to defining conversations in software and AI — WeAreDevelopers stages have hosted first public demos of GitHub Copilot, the launch of OverflowAI, Sir Tim Berners-Lee's vision for the web, and appearances from Steve Wozniak, Joel Spolsky, and John Romero.