WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America

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.AboutWeAreDevelopers 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.SpeakersThe most influential minds in software, AI, and engineering leadership.Kelsey Hightower — Global Developer VoiceThomas Dohmke — CEO and Co-founder of Entire, fmr. CEO of GitHubChristine Yen — CEO & Co-founder of HoneycombMathias Biilmann — CEO & Co-founder of NetlifyDaniela Dimitrova — VP IT & CIO of Mercedes-Benz North AmericaOlivier Pomel — CEO & Co-founder of DatadogScott Hanselman — VP, Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft/GitHubRichard Socher — CEO and Co-founder of you.comLin Qiao — CEO & Co-founder of Fireworks AIVictor Savkin — CTO & Co-founder of NxMilin Desai — CEO of SentryPrashanth Chandrasekar — CEO of Stack OverflowErran Berger — VP of Product Engineering at LinkedInAngie Jones — VP of Engineering, AI Tools & Enablement at BlockFind the full speaker list hereWhat You'll LearnFrom 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 changeTopics 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