Social activities and peer-sharing to spark new ideas and inspire innovation.
At QCon, 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.
Peer sharing at QCon
Collaborate, learn, and share ideas with fellow senior developers
Looking for inspiration? Have insights to share? Need solutions to technical challenges? QCon’s safe peer-sharing spaces let you connect in ways that suit you so you can leave with fresh ideas and actionable insights.
Unconference Sessions: Open Space discussions
Unconference sessions are a simple way to run productive meetings with groups of all sizes and a powerful way to connect people, collaborate, and create insights.
‘Connecting the Dots’
Join our speakers and fellow attendees to continue the conversation after their talks, ask questions and connect your learnings to your day-to-day by participating in these facilitated group discussions.
Lunch Table Discussions
Eat, discuss, and learn! Join one of the Lunch Topic Discussion tables and share your insights from the sessions and questions with fellow attendees.
1:1 Attendee connections
Sign up to get matched with a QCon attendee facing similar challenges!
Attendee Lightning Talks
Are you working on an interesting project? Have you had a major technical breakthrough in your organization? Has your team uncovered insights about new and exciting technologies?
The QCon Code of Conduct
We designed QCon as a place where everyone feels safe to express themselves, learn, and succeed in adopting new technology and practices that create change and innovation.
Learn about our Code of ConductWhat are our attendees saying?
Attending QCon was the bridge that connected me with resources, speakers, and recognized people in the industry and best of all it was an inspiration to dream of becoming a speaker. I started to practice my talks using the body language of the speakers I saw at the event and soon the first doors in Colombia opened and my stories with Chaos Engineering started to be accepted in meetups and local conferences. ”
Yury Niño Roa
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer @Google
Small improvements lead to big changes
The amount of women as track hosts is amazing. Thank you so much for helping change the identity of the tech community.
Vinicius Gomes, Software Developer at ThoughtWorks (Speaker at QCon New York 2017)
The quality of most of the talks was high. I liked that the speakers are diverse. It made me feel welcomed and that my questions are welcomed.
Christine Schwerdtfeger, Software Engineer at Enova International (QCon San Francisco 2018 attendee)
I was amazed at the diversity of speakers and the depth of knowledge of speakers and attendees. As a first time attendee, I was certainly overwhelmed by the amount of content. I would love to attend in the future.
Allison Letson, Consulting Software Engineer at HCA Healthcare (QCon San Francisco 2018 attendee)
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QCon San Francisco social events planner
Connect with senior software leaders and peers in a relaxed setting. Exchange ideas and get to know your peers in a range of activities to enhance your conference experience. Looking for advice on how to solve a technical problem?
Monday, Nov 18
Women & Allies in Tech Lunch
12:40pm - 1:30pm
Waterfront CDE, Atrium Level
Requires registration
Conference Social
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Exhibition areas
Tuesday, Nov 19
Reception
5:55pm - 6:40pm
Exhibition areas
Wednesday, Nov 20
Closing Reception
4:45pm - 5:15pm
Ballroom Foyer