Build AI that delivers in production.
At QCon San Francisco 2025, discover how senior engineering teams are making AI reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient, turning prototypes into systems that drive measurable business impact.
November 16–20, 2026
Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
Early Bird Deadline February 10th
Conference: $1,995
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The real challenges in AI now are reliability, scalability, and cost. At QCon San Francisco, you learn from the leaders in the field who are building AI systems that perform, scale, and create measurable business impact.
QCon San Francisco 2025 Program Committee Member, Sr. Engineering Manager @Zoox & Author of MLOps with Ray
Conversations that turn insight into impact
The scheduled sessions at QCon are the agenda, but the real value is in the unscripted moments: the whiteboard debates in an unconference, the candid advice over coffee, the speaker dinner stories about failures and trade-offs. That's the perspective you can't get from a screen.
Principal Solutions Architect, QCon Speaker, O'Reilly Author, YouTuber
QCon is designed for senior practitioners to move ideas forward and solve problems with peers.
Connect with senior developers who understand your challenges. Whether brainstorming new ideas, exploring learning paths, or engaging in casual conversations, our social events and learning spaces are designed for all interaction styles, helping you leave with fresh insights, new connections, and actionable ideas. See all Social Events See all Peer Sharing activities
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Unlock your potential at QCon San Francisco 2026
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Gain concrete strategies from 75+ hand picked speakers across 15 curated tracks.
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Real-world talks curated for depth, value, without hidden product pitches.
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Network with peers at Unconferences, in the 'hallway track', during extended breaks, over lunch, and at conference socials.
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Gain 12 months on-demand access to session recordings after the conference to continue your learning journey.
We've helped thousands of senior software engineers, software architects and tech leaders adopt the right patterns & practices for over 20 years.
