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QCon San Francisco international software development conference.
Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, October 2-6, 2023.

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Architectures You've Always Wondered About

The Architectures You've Always Wondered About track explores real-world examples of innovative companies pushing the limits with modern software systems. Speakers shares stories of how they have scaled their systems to handle massive amounts of traffic, data, and complexity in some of world's most recognized software shops.
Speaker image - Wes Reisz
Wes Reisz

Technical Principal @thoughtworks, Creator/Co-host of #TheInfoQPodcast, & QCon SF 2023 PC Chair, Previously Platform Architect @VMware

Oct 2

Modern Data Engineering & Architectures

OLTP/OLAP DBs, caches, object stores, search engines, graph DBs, data streams, vector DBs, and the like represent the many forms data takes to be suitable to its many uses. Come learn about new technologies, practices, and trends shaping the way you will work with data.
Speaker image - Sid Anand
Sid Anand

Chief Architect @Datazoom, Committer/PMC Apache Airflow, Previously: Netflix, LinkedIn, eBay, Etsy, & PayPal

Oct 2

Languages of Infra: Beyond YAML

Provisioning infrastructure through machine readable configuration has been a key enabler of the cloud and the growth of automation. But to move away from manual and non repeatable work we have instead ended up with megabytes, sometimes gigabytes of YAML and similar languages, with a variety of templating and generation tools. A new generation of tools is moving away from this YAML sprawl towards code and other approaches. This track explores a variety of these approaches, with talks both from practitioners and from those who have brought new tools and processes into creation because they have a strong vision beyond the status quo.
Speaker image - Justin Cormack
Justin Cormack

CTO @Docker

Oct 2

Staff+ Engineering Skills

Come learn from practitioners putting the key concepts noted in Tanya Reilly’s "The Staff Engineer’s Path" and Will Larson’s "Staff Engineer" into a digestible format with helpful takeaways.
Speaker image - Krys Flores
Krys Flores

Staff Engineer @Carta, Previously at Lob, Simple Habit, and Nordstromrack.com|HauteLook

Oct 2

Designing for Resilience

Anything your system depends on can fail, and eventually will. Build systems that continue to perform successfully in the presence of failures.
Speaker image - Javier Fernandez-Ivern
Javier Fernandez-Ivern

Staff Software Engineer @Netflix with over 20 years in Software Engineering

Oct 3

Platform Engineering Done Well

If done well, platform engineering can help organizations to deliver software faster, more reliably, and more securely. We'll discuss the best practices for building and maintaining a successful platform to create one that is scalable, adaptable, and secure.
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Daniel Bryant

Java Champion, Co-author of "Mastering API Architecture", Independent Technical Consultant, and InfoQ News Manager

Oct 3

Modern ML: GenAI, Trust, & Path2Prod

Modern machine learning (ML) is a rapidly evolving field. We'll explore the latest trends in ML, focusing on three key areas: generative AI (GenAI), trust, and path to production. You'll learn how these areas are shaping the future of ML, and how they can be used to build more powerful and reliable ML systems
Speaker image - Hien Luu
Hien Luu

Sr. Engineering Manager @DoorDash & Author of Beginning Apache Spark 3, Speaker and Conference Committee Chair

Oct 3

JVM Trends: Charting the Future of Productivity & Performance

Dive deep into the transformative potential of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) as it consistently reshapes the realm of high-performance applications. This track is set to unravel the most recent breakthroughs and best practices in JVM development. Our journey will pivot around three foundational pillars: system optimization, developer productivity, and the evolution towards cloud-native transitions.
Speaker image - Monica Beckwith
Monica Beckwith

Java Champion, First Lego League Coach, passionate about JVM Performance @Microsoft

Oct 3

Architecting for the Cloud

Cloud is a mindset - not a destination. The elasticity and plethora of services available are double-edged swords: used well, you can really accelerate the pace of innovation for your company - but left unchecked, you can explode the cost and complexity in your ecosystem.
Speaker image - Khawaja Shams
Khawaja Shams

Co-Founder & CEO @Momento, previously @NASA and @Amazon

Oct 4

Deep Tech: Pushing the Boundaries of Hardware+Software

Deep tech is used to describe technologies that are evolving at the hardware level to support, refine, or extend the capabilities of our familiar system software stacks, and have the potential to revolutionize industries or create new ones. This track will explore the latest trends in deep tech, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, IoT/Edge, security, quantum computing, and more. Speakers will discuss the challenges and opportunities of these technologies, and how they are being used to solve real-world problems.
Speaker image - Allison Randal
Allison Randal

Board Member @sfconservancy.org, openinfra.dev, and openusage.org

Oct 4

Emerging Trends in the Frontend

It’s a fascinating time to be a frontend developer! We are seeing the rise of new frameworks that are driving a deeper integration of client and server allowing frontend developers to better leverage the advantages of both.
Speaker image - Jeff Wagner
Jeff Wagner

Director of Engineering @Snowflake

Oct 4

Lessons in Building Organization Resilience

As we have all come to learn, the only constant is change. Speakers will not only cover how best to handle changes and disruptions, but how to build on them, creating opportunities for you and your teams to emerge stronger than before.
Speaker image - Courtney Hemphill
Courtney Hemphill

Partner & Head of Product, Engineering, and Design (PXEL) @WestMonroe

Oct 4

The speakers and the attendees make QCon stand out from other events. It is very well organized. QCon has a good balance of new tech to look out for along with the discussions around day to day problems that we face as developers

Vipra Ramtekkar

Development Engineer @ING

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Focused training

Focused training.

Level-up on in-demand skills to future-proof your career.

Hands-on learning

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Practical projects. Step-by-step walk throughs. Built in reflection time.

Upskill with domain experts

Upskill with domain experts.

Master best practices from software domain experts.

Small class sizes

Small class sizes.

Get quality time with instructors to support your learning.

Choice of workshop lengths

Choice of workshop lengths.

Half-day, one day or two day workshop options.

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Workshop tickets are refundable until August 21st, 2023.

What has always stood out for me has been QCon's commitment to its brand promises. First of all, it's focused on practitioner content. QCon conferences are all about the people that develop and work with future technologies. This starts from the Programming Committee, which comprises practitioners that are authorities in their domain.

Dio Synodinos

President of C4Media, makers of InfoQ and QCon

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Innovators
  • Green Tech
  • Rust
  • WASM
  • eBPF
  • Machine Learning @ Edge
  • Scalable Configuration Management
  • Infrastructure Unification
  • Cue Lang
Early Adopters
  • MLOps
  • Team Topologies
  • Staff+ Engineer Path
  • Service Meshes
  • Microfrontends
  • Multicloud Practices
  • Software Ethics
  • Feature Engineering
  • Mode Inference/Prediction
  • Observability Practices
  • Server-Driven Frontend
  • Decarbonizing the Grid
  • Operator Pattern for Non-Clustered Resources
  • Patterns & Heuristics Enabling Fast Flow
  • Open Policy Agent
  • Java 17 (LTS)
  • Paved Road
Early Majority
  • DevSecOps
  • DevOps in Practice
  • Kubernetes Strategies
  • Observability / Telemetry
  • Site Reliability Engineering
  • Chaos Engineering
  • Operating Microservices
  • Data Engineering
  • GraphQL
  • Go Techniques & Patterns
  • DevEx
  • Reactive
  • Performance
  • Macroservices
  • Serverless: Orchestration & Choreography
  • Cloud Architectures
  • Patterns for Scale
  • IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
  • Polyglot Software Practices
Learn the emerging trends

Learn the emerging trends

Curated trends our Program Committee believe have the most impact in software development.

Explore the use cases

Explore the use cases

Learn how real-world practitioners are applying the tech to help you solve common problems.

Implement the best practices

Implement the best practices

Get implementable ideas to shape your projects that last beyond the conference.

The conciseness with which the event is presented, as well as the options for the tracks, allow one to either mix and match talks or focus on a single track of interest. It's an interesting and wonderful approach. The long breaks and 'unconference' opportunities are also quite unique in their ability to connect people from seemingly different backgrounds.

Jonathan Tanye

Director Of Research Development @MineX 360 Services

Learn from senior software engineers

Real-world technical talks from software leaders at early adopter companies

Domain leaders

Learn what's next from world-class leaders pushing the boundaries.

Relatable challenges

Learn how senior developers are solving the challenges you face.

Diverse perspectives

Get new ideas and perspectives across multiple domains.

Valuable lessons

Actionable insights from those working on real-world projects.

Time to connect

Intentional time built-in for you to connect with speakers and peers.

No hype

No hidden marketing. No sales pitches.

Quality content and topics from industry experts and I like how that is separated very transparently from sponsors. I appreciate how sponsors have their place, but it's very clear and not deceptive mixed in with the content. It really is a conference that is specific technology agnostic and about any and all industry wide trends and best practices.

Mike Murray

Senior Director, Software Engineering@DriveTime

Actionable ideas. New perspectives.

A learning path that works for you.

Immersive all in-person experience

Immersive experience

Free yourself from your distractions, connect with peers, and learn innovative ideas.

Problem-solve at unconference sessions

Problem-solve at
unconference sessions

Join facilitated sessions to help you generate new ideas to current challenges.

Flexible online experience

Unwind at QCon
social events

Connect with peers and reflect on your learnings at our social events.

On-demand access

Access video recordings after the conference

Get 6 months access to professionally edited session recordings after the conference.

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See what past attendees and peers have to say on social media about #QConSF

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Engineering is about solving problems.. Sometimes we solve these problems by writing code 😀 .. Thank you @randyshoup for the beautiful workshop and energetic presentation and collaboration between the attendees. #QConSF #SoftwareEngineer #Coding

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@esl4mdiaa

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I had an absolute blast at @QConSF, hands down the best speaker experience I’ve ever had! Major shout out to @InfoQ for being as thoughtful as they are in organizing the event. #QConSF

Frederic 🧊 Branczyk
@brancz@hachyderm.io @fredbrancz

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Last night in San Francisco for #QConSF … learned a lot, met a lot of amazing minds. One more day to go though (happy it’s not over just yet)!

Marjorie Freeman
@the_mjfreeman

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Just realized that @QConSF closing keynote speaker is THE @KentBeck This conference just keeps getting better and better

Dev Agrawal
@devagrawal09

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Classic #QConSF problem: too many cool topics. Loving it

Willem Meints
@willem_meints

QCon SF is my yearly go to conference for deep technical content on design, best practices and emerging tech. I always walk away with meaningful and actionable information.

Chandra Cherukuri
Software Engineer @Quantcast

'We Care' experience

A safe place where everyone is welcome

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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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Access to video recordings for 6 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.

Benefit from our negotiated rates for QCon Attendees.

Reserve your room here. Rooms are limited and they do sell out fast, we encourage you to book your reservation early to avoid missing out. To learn more, please visit the venue page.

Join Senior Software Engineers, Software Architects, and Technical Team Leads at QCon San Francisco

QCon isn’t just a software conference. It’s the place where people like you come together to learn, share, and push each other to drive innovation in the software industry.

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We've been helping software development teams adopt new technologies and practices for over 17 years. The driving force behind every QCon conference is our passion to accelerate the software side of human progress.

Senior software developers rely on QCon and InfoQ to keep ahead of the adoption curve. One of the main reasons senior software engineers, software architects and team leads tell us they keep coming back to QCon and InfoQ is because they trust the information provided and selected by their peers. Join a global professional engineering community and adopt the right software innovations and practices.

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