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Scale production AI.
Evolve distributed architectures.
Build high-velocity platforms.

Learn what worked, what failed, and what to avoid from 60+ senior developers, architects and leaders who adopted these practices first so you can adopt emerging trends with confidence.

November 17-21, 2025

Hyatt Regency, San Francisco

Early Bird Deadline November 11th

Conference: $2,970

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What you’ll learn

Real-world patterns from senior developers at the leading edge

Architectures You've Always Wondered About

Go behind the scenes of cutting-edge architectures that are shaping technology, entertainment, and the future.

AI Engineering that Delivers: Blueprint to Impact

Turn GenAI theory into practice with blueprints for building scalable, production-ready systems that drive real business impact.

Empowering Teams with AI: Productivity and the Future of Software Development

Embed Generative AI into your development lifecycle to boost productivity, ensure compliance, and future-proof your organization.

Driving Reliability Through Modern Platform Engineering and Dev Enablement

See how modern platform engineering and developer enablement transform reliability into a shared responsibility.

The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership

Navigate diverse paths to senior technical leadership and discover the skills and strategies to become a high-impact individual contributor.

Effective Engineering and Practices in Early Stage Startups

Learn to build adaptable, scalable software from seasoned CTOs and founders navigating the fast-paced world of early-stage startups.

High-Performance Languages in Modern Development

Gain a competitive edge by mastering high-performance languages to build faster, more efficient, and scalable applications.

Architecting for Efficiency: Performance, Cost, and Maintainability

Design scalable, high-performance systems and learn to balance performance, cost, and long-term maintainability.

Innovations in Front-End

Explore the future of user experience with AI-driven, multi-modal interfaces that are redefining front-end engineering.

Navigating Major Architecture Migrations

Get practical guidance and hard-won lessons from engineering teams who have successfully completed complex, high-stakes system migrations.

The Stories Behind the Incidents

This track will take you behind the curtain and into the heart of system meltdowns at some of the world's leading software companies in "The stories behind the incidents" track.

Polyglot Platforms: Strategies & Practices to Enable Innovation

Discover how adopting polyglot architectures empowers your teams to innovate, scale, and build robust solutions.

Why attend QCon San Francisco

Learn from early adopters. Make better decisions.

Whether you're evaluating AI for production, planning a platform migration, or navigating technical leadership, QCon connects you with engineers who've already done it.

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Real-world patterns

Learn from production systems, not proof-of-concepts

Honest lessons

Hear what failed, not just what worked

No hidden product pitches

Learn from peer-selected speakers

Career-relevant skills

Technical and leadership practices you’ll actually use

Strategy validation

Benchmark your approach against early adopters

Meet the speakers

See some of the QCon San Francisco speakers

The QCon experience

Talks worth your time. Connections that matter.

Conference experience

12 curated tracks

60+ peer-selected international speakers

Deep technical dives

Hear what failed, not just what worked

Unconference sessions

Solve problems with peers

Extended networking

Conversations, peer sharing and social events.

Video access

12 months of on-demand recordings

Optional experiences

Hands-on training

Upskill on essential software development practices

Software architect certification

Join an exclusive cohort of senior architects

Video-Only Pass

Can't attend in-person? Learn at your own pace

QCon Conference Audience

Understand what’s coming next

QCon speakers are at the leading edge adopting emerging technologies in production before they're proven. Learn from their experience to reduce your risk

Innovators
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Multimodal AI
  • Agentic AI / Orchestration
  • Physical AI
  • Reasoning Models
  • AI DevOps
  • AI-powered hardware
  • AI in Robotics aka Embodied AI
  • LangOps or LLMOps
  • Knowledge Graphs
  • Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Robotics
  • Edge inference and model training
  • Large-scale distributed deep-learning
Early Adopters
  • Small Language Models (SLMs)
  • Explainable AI
  • Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Generative AI/Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Cloud agnostic computing for AI
  • Data Contracts
  • Data Observability
  • Virtual Reality e.g. VR/AR/MR/XR
  • Cognitive Services
  • Graph Data Analytics
  • IoT Platforms
Early Majority
  • Synthetic data generation
  • MLOps
  • Vector Databases
  • AI coding assistants
  • Image Recognition (Computer Vision)
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Deep Learning
  • Open Table Formats (OTFs)
  • Data Mesh
  • Digital Assistants
  • Apache Beam

Source: InfoQ AI, ML and Data Engineering Trends Report - 2025

Your team at QCon

Bring your colleagues for faster results

Learn together Helping senior dev teams adopt the right patterns and practices

Engineering Leaders & CTOs

Validate multi-year technology strategy. Understand which emerging practices are ready for enterprise adoption.

Build faster The InfoQ Community

Software Architects & Principal Engineers

Get architectural patterns from teams who've scaled systems you're planning to build. Learn their tradeoffs.

Reduce risk The InfoQ Community

Senior Developers & Staff+ Engineers

Develop technical judgment for complex decisions. See how leading teams solve problems similar to yours.


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Get three days of practical insights from 60+ senior software practitioners. Use these takeaways to:

Reduce project risk

Learn from real-world failures to avoid costly mistakes

Benchmark your approach

Understand how leading teams tackle problems you're facing

Accelerate delivery

Apply architectural and operational patterns that work at scale

Validate technology bets

Learn from engineers who adopted first to reduce your risk

Build team capability

Equip yourself and your team with durable, relevant skills

Stay ahead of the curve

Understand emerging trends before they become table stakes

A safe and inclusive environment

The QCon 'We Care' experience

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Enforced Code of Conduct

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All-Gender restroom

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Prayer room

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Lactation room

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Quiet areas

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Sessions feedback for constant improvement

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Badge optimized for peer-sharing

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Accessible event space

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Variety of food options (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, special diet meals)

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Detailed food labels

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Diversity scholarships

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Community events

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DEI guidelines for track hosts and speakers

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All-day coffee

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Flexible online experience

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On-demand access for 12 months

QCon San Francisco venue

Hyatt Regency - San Francisco

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Hyatt Regency - San Francisco

The hotel is located right on the Embarcadero waterfront with stunning views all around and close to popular attractions, events, and shopping. The conference venue is at the same location as the hotel.

To learn more and reserve your hotel room, please visit the venue page .

Why senior engineers trust QCon

Trusted insights. No hidden product pitches.

The breadth of topics and the quality of speakers is incredible.

QCon puts more emphasis on the human connections between the sessions.

Speakers from all around the world, at the forefront of their field.

QCon puts more emphasis on the human connections between the sessions.

Unconferences are a space for everyone to share best practices.

Eye-opening! I can't wait to implement what I've learnt.

You don't see big pressure on selling you stuff. It’s all about learning and helping you grow.

Unconference sessions— they turn out to be a really beneficial feature of the conference.

Curation sets QCon apart. Tracks are curated by track hosts that know that field well.

Connections. Everyone here is passionate about what they do and how they grow.

It's one of the most innovative conferences I've been to.

QCon gives us the opportunity to zoom out and look at our reality from a different perspective.

Transforming your work: Practical takeaways and new perspectives.

Centered around senior technologists. And no fluff.

Neha Shah

Architect, @WWT

Thought provoking with cutting edge trends and practical applications. Great speakers and attendees who like to meet new people and share ideas.

Thomas Strickland

Software Engineer, @Apple

First time attending. Amazing learning and networking here. Great to have fresh and varied perspective of the software world from experts around us.

Harsh Tamakuwala

Senior Software Developer, @Bloomberg

The audience and presentations at QCon stand out from other events for me. The focus on developers sharing their knowledge and skills with other developers makes attending the conference worthwhile.

Peter Ajemba

Senior Management (VP, CTO, CIO, Director), @Dexcom Inc

In just 3 days:
- 12 new LinkedIn connections made
- 25 pages of handwritten notes
- 20 incredible talks attended
- Another 20 bookmarked for later
- Numerous technical and industry conversations had
- One amazing conference experienced

Saloni Shah

Principal Software Engineer, @Paylocity

QCon San Francisco is delivering on its promise! The depth of technical insights here is extraordinary.

Tatiana (Tanya) Fesenko

Lead Software Engineer, @Klaviyo

I don't go to many events because I generally find them to be aimed more at early-mid career developers. QCon, on the other hand, was highly relevant to my role as a director. 100% of sessions had some value to me, almost all were worth the time investment, and a few really opened my eyes to ways I can be more effective at my job.

Benjamin Greenberg

Senior Management (VP, CTO, CIO, Director), @Simpler Postage Inc.

I like that the sponsored talks are separate from the other talks. The conference doesn't feel like a sales pitch. We still have the option to attend the sponsored track to see what other companies are offering and what's happening in the industry, but we know what it is before attending the talk.

James Hoffman

Senior Engineer / Lead Engineer / Principal Engineer, @Workday

I loved the heavy technical focus of conference where speakers share their real-life stories which makes the talks relatable and engaging.

Akshay Mutha

Engineering Manager, @Microsoft Corporation

The content quality and the speaker credibility, are head and shoulders above every other conference.

Craig Outcalt

@Mayo Clinic

Well curated collection topics immediately relevant to the current Gen-AI landscape.

Vijay Edwin

Ops Engineer, @Apple

The variety of latest topics and the chance to learn from experts who have worked in well-renowned businesses makes QCon exceptional.

Ridge Tejuco

Software Engineer, @Multi Media LLC

QCon is one of those conferences which is not necessarily one technology related but rather has great topics for every software professional.

Ranjeet Ramunni Kowlel

Senior Engineer / Lead Engineer / Principal Engineer, @Roche Molecular Systems Inc

Who attends QCon

Technical leaders, senior engineers, and software architects making technical decisions

34%

TECHNICAL TEAM LEADS AND HIGHER,
SOFTWARE ARCHITECTS

23%

SENIOR DEVELOPER / LEAD ENGINEER

24%

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Guiding engineering teams for 19+ years

QCon and InfoQ have guided software teams through every shift.

Sessions at QCon are selected by an international program committee for depth, relevance, and real-world value. No hidden product pitches.

Real teams. Real stories. Real results.
Helping senior dev teams adopt the right patterns and practices

19 years

Helping senior dev teams adopt the right patterns and practices

The InfoQ Community

550k per month

Global senior software developers relying on the InfoQ community to stay ahead

The InfoQ Community

4500+ per year

Senior developers learning emerging trends and practices at our QCon international software development conferences

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