Call for Speakers
PlatformCon Live Day Sydney
28 Oct 2026
Sydney Masonic Centre Sydney, Australia
sydney.platformcon.com/
PlatformCon, the world's largest platform engineering conference, makes its Asia-Pacific debut on October 28, 2026 in Sydney. Following sold-out stops in Paris, London, and New York, the PlatformCon World Tour brings 300+ practitioners and leaders to the Sydney Masonic Centre for a full day of platform engineering and AI.
The program centers on the industry's most important shift right now, the intersection between platform engineering and AI. Talks will cover building for agentic AI, shipping AI/ML workloads, and how enterprises can successfully utilize AI agents, while staying grounded in what this actually changes for teams building and running platforms at scale.
Sessions will also explore the business and human side of the work. From securing stakeholder buy-in, driving genuine adoption, and measuring ROI, and the outcomes that matter: faster delivery, reduced cognitive load, and engineering organizations that scale without breaking.
Every session is practitioner-led, with content shaped around the AI and platform challenges facing enterprise organizations in finance, mining, and healthcare businesses all across Asia-Pacific.
Whether you're architecting your first platform or evolving one for thousands of engineers, PlatformCon Live Day Sydney is where the Asia-Pacific platform engineering community meets.
Call for Speakers
08 May 2026
04 Jul 2026
This CfP closes on July 12th. Speaker notifications will be sent by July 21st. This CfP is for PlatformCon Sydney (October 28, 2026) only.
What we're looking for
PlatformCon Sydney is a 25-minute talk format, in front of 300 platform engineers from enterprise and resource-sector organizations across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
We are primarily looking for thought leadership talks and enterprise case studies. Real implementations at named organizations. What you built, what broke, what you'd do differently, and what the outcomes were. The more specific, the better.
This CfP is for practitioners only. If your company is a vendor or sponsor, separate sponsorship opportunities are available. Please reach out here.
How to submit a strong proposal
- Check the PlatformCon Live Day Sydney CfP page first
- Write a title that tells us exactly what the talk is about (max 90 characters; 70 is optimal)
- Write a short description summarising your idea (max 250 characters)
- Write an abstract that expands on your description and makes the case for why this talk belongs at PlatformCon Sydney (max 800 characters). Use third person: "In this talk, Jane Doe covers..." not "In this talk, I cover..."
- Bullet points in the abstract are welcome. Use them to spell out what the audience will take away
- Your title, description, and abstract will be published on the website as-is. Proofread carefully. Submissions with errors will be rejected without review.
You can submit multiple proposals, but focus on the one you're most passionate about.
Please note: we do not cover speaker expenses. For questions, contact speakers@platformengineering.org.
Please note we do not provide expenses coverage
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