Track host
About the track
Examine how modern data platforms are evolving to support real-time, AI-driven, and decentralized use cases, redefining how data flows through organizations.
Sessions in this track
Tuesday 17 November. 6 sessions per track, chosen and introduced by the Track Host.
10:35 Seacliff ABC Session Breaking Down the Walls to Python & Big Data + AI Performance with Transpilation and LLMs Many of us have a love hate relationship with Apache Spark, especially when it comes to PySpark. Especially in Python, the UDF performance can be a dumpster fire. 11:45 Seacliff ABC Session Building a Data Platform with AI Mouli Mukherjee Engineering Manager @OpenAI Data platform sits at the intersection of infrastructure, governance, operations, and user experience. 13:35 Seacliff D Unconference Unconference: Data Platforms Reimagined 14:45 Seacliff ABC Session Architecting Streaming Engines for Low-Latency Analytics Details coming soon. 15:55 Seacliff ABC Session Controlling Costs in the Era of Infinite Compute Details coming soon. 17:05 Seacliff ABC Session Handling High-Velocity Ingestion Outside the Cloud Details coming soon.
Register
$2,835, Conference (3 days). Current pricing ends September 8th. All pass options.
76%
senior dev or higher
1:11
speaker ratio
60+
practitioners
QCon San Francisco 2026 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.