Call for Speakers
DeveloperWeek 2026
18 Feb 2026
20 Feb 2026
San Jose Convention Center, CA (Feb 18-20) San Jose, California, United States
developerweek.com/
With over 250+ speakers, 75+ partners, and 2,000+ developers, engineers, software architects, team leads, managers, and executives from 115+ countries gather for DeveloperWeek (Feb 18-20, 2026) to discover the latest in developer technologies, languages, platforms, and tools.
DeveloperWeek 2026– the 14th annual – will be LIVE in-person Feb 18-20, 2026.
Speaker participation will be required live during dates of the events.
DeveloperWeek 2026 is the largest developer conference & event series -- including the DeveloperWeek 2026 Conference & Expo with 8+ tracks, a 1000+ attendee hackathon and a series of workshops, technical talks, fireside chats, networking events, and keynotes.
This year, DeveloperWeek 2026 features eight (8) distinct conferences — organized as Worlds — each with dedicated content tracks and themes, all part of a combined Call for Proposals (CFP):
- Cloud Native World: Serverless deployment, microservice management, edge environments, and orchestration best practices.
- Frontend World: Designing and delivering successful user experiences.
- DevExec World: Hiring, nurturing, and retaining technical experts and best practices for growing your own technical skill set.
- OpsWorld: Developer portals, automated CI/CD, provisioning, deployment, and infrastructure – all defined through code.
- Dev Security World: Best practices in keeping your data and infrastructure secure.
- Dev Innovation World: Sifting big trends and paradigm shifts from the hype.
- ProductWorld: Best practices in product and team management.
- AI Dev World: Breakthroughs in AI technologies.
Call for Speakers
24 Jun 2025
14 Nov 2025
DeveloperWeek 2026: Call for Speakers
Thank you for your interest in speaking at DeveloperWeek 2026. All speakers will be presenting talks in person at the San Jose Convention Center (Feb 18-20).
Please be sure to complete all fields in the proposal form. All speaker decisions are made by the Advisory Board and all speakers must submit via this Call for Speakers process (No exceptions).
This year, DeveloperWeek 2026 features eight (8) distinct conferences — organized as Worlds — each with dedicated content tracks and themes, all part of a combined Call for Proposals (CFP). Please ensure you select the appropriate conference (World) when submitting your proposal.
First Round proposal deadline was Tuesday, September 30, 2025 and
Final Round proposal deadline for Cloud Native World, OpsWorld, Frontend World, Dev Innovation World, and Dev Security World 2026 was Friday, October 31, 2025.
Final Round proposal deadline for DeveloperWeek 2026 is Friday, November 7, 2025.
Final Round proposal deadline for ProductWorld, AI DevWorld and DevExec World 2026 is Friday, November 14, 2025.
*Note: If your proposal gets selected in the First Round, we will send you an acceptance email. If your proposal doesn't get selected, it will carry over to the Final Round. Upon conclusion of the Final Round, all applicants will receive either an acceptance or rejection email.
Advice about speaker proposals:
1- DevNetwork conferences aim for a balanced representation of backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, ages, and roles for its speakers. Towards that goal, we ask that companies submitting speaker proposals make sure to submit executives from their companies representing a balanced diversity.
2- Please review our conference tracks here: https://www.developerweek.com/conference/conference-tracks/
We are especially looking for talks on these topics (listed on the Conference Tracks page). Proposals submitted on these topics have a higher chance of being accepted.
event fee
Accepted speakers receive one (1) Speaker PRO Pass + one (1) Speaker Guest PRO pass to DeveloperWeek 2026.
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