Call for Speakers
AI Native DevCon New York 2026
3 Nov 2026
4 Nov 2026
Industry City, 268 36th Street Brooklyn, New York, United States
ainativedevcon.io/
Rolling CFP: submit early to boost your chances of being accepted. That said, because AI moves fast, we're keeping the CFP open as long as we can, so the freshest, most cutting-edge talks still have a way in.
- Agentic coding is becoming the norm, are you ready to scale it across your team?Agentic coding is transforming how developers build software. Making it work at scale means rethinking how we code, design systems, debug, and collaborate across teams. Success depends on more than better models, it needs strong context engineering, well-tuned harnesses, effective feedback loops, and new patterns like software and dark factories moving from experiment to practice.We want submissions that show how agentic coding works in the real world, and especially experience-driven talks: what you tried, what worked, what failed, and what you changed to make it stick.This year's focus is what actually works: context and harness engineering, agent enablement, AI-native workflows, real-world adoption at scale, and how engineering leaders build the conditions for all of it.Who we're looking to reach
- The pragmatic developer: hands-on with AI coding agents, after practical patterns from the trenches and how to work alongside teammates and agents.
- The platform engineer: scaling agentic development across teams with the platforms, workflows, and guardrails that make agents reliable and safe.
- The technical builder: building tools, frameworks, or platforms for agentic coding, ready to open the hood and share design decisions.
- The engineering leader: driving adoption, collaboration, org design, governance, and impact. Our Leadership track is built for you.
A note on depth: we want a clear spread from introductory to genuinely expert, so if you have a focused, technical, nerdy deep dive in you, bring it. Don't water it down.
Call for Speakers
15 Jul 2026
01 Oct 2026
We spent 2025 getting AI coding agents adopted. Now the job is making them work reliably and at scale. Here's a list of topics that help with that. We’re especially seeking agent and enablement‑centric talks that show how AI coding can be scaled up across dev work, teams, and platforms at the source.
You do not need to use Tessl in your session, and most talks won’t. However, if you are planning to use or integrate with Tessl as part of your talk, let us know during submission and we’ll connect you with the Tessl team for support.
Tracks
- Context Engineering: specs, rules, and skills; reusable, testable context; harness and loop engineering; knowledge and memory; multi-model portability.
- Agent Orchestration: agent-sized tasks; multi-agent patterns; supervision and quality gates; bounded autonomy; failure and recovery.
- The Agent Enablement Platform: protocols (MCP, A2A); sandboxes; observability; cost management; platform-level guardrails.
- Software Factories & Dark Factories: designing and standing up systematized, largely autonomous software production; honest stories of what worked and broke; reliability and trust at high autonomy.
- Organizational Enablement: adoption that sticks; collaboration across teams; developer education; governance without gridlock; impact metrics; team shape.
- Leadership: a dedicated track for engineering leaders (open to all): building the conditions for agentic development, leading change, operating models, strategy, and honest leadership stories.
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The ideal submission
- We’re looking for crisp abstracts with a clear takeaway, no vague pitches or product demos.
- Make the title catchy but still understandable without too much mind-reading
- When submitting, select a primary track that best represents your session.
- If your talk genuinely spans multiple areas, you may also select a secondary track, but please choose a clear primary lens
- Got something different? We’re always open to bold and novel perspectives that challenge the status quo. If your talk doesn’t fit these exact buckets, but pushes boundaries in AI Native and agent‑enabled development, submit it.
- Avoid generic, non-coding related AI engineer talks
- We love real-world experiences from actual use-cases; what did you learn (especially when it failed)
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Key Dates
- CFP: rolling review. [Final close date - 1st October]
- Event Date: November 3rd & 4th, 2026 | NYC & Live on YouTube
All sessions will be held in person in Brooklyn, New York. By submitting, you confirm your availability to attend on November 3rd & 4th, 2026.
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If travel or accommodation support would make it easier for you to join us, please let us know and we’ll do our best to help.
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We want more voices in the room
We’re committed to amplifying underrepresented voices in tech. If you’re a person of color, a woman, LGBTQ+, or have a disability, we strongly encourage you to submit!
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No Sales Pitches
This is a knowledge-sharing conference, not a sales event. If your talk focuses on selling a product rather than delivering insights, it’s not the right fit.
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