Hands-on training from
senior practitioners.

One or two days of focused training days led by senior practitioners.
Add to your conference pass or attend standalone.

Buy with confidence. Training tickets are refundable until Monday, September 21, 2026
Registration is first-come, first-served. Limited seats available for each training session.

Why QCon training?

Hands-on workshops led by practitioners who've done the work.

Learn from practitioners

Instructors bring real implementation experience, not just theory.

Practical skills you can apply immediately

One or two days, your choice

Add to your conference pass or attend standalone.

Fit to your schedule and professional goals

Small class sizes

Get access to instructors to get your questions answered.

Work through real problems

Hands-on exercises, not just slides and lectures.

Certificate of attendance

Document your training for professional development records.

Risk-free registration

Selecting your training

How it works

Reserve today. Select later.

Secure your training pass today and choose your sessions at a later date.

Secure your training session

When training selection opens, reserve your spot early. If a session is full, simply join the waitlist.

Optional Certificate of Attendance

Upon completion, request certification to validate your skills.

Full refund guarantee

Change of plans? Get a full refund if you cancel by September 21, 2026 - no questions asked.

Save your training place today. Select your training later.

QCon's Training Refund Guarantee Policy lets you get a refund for training up to and including Monday, September 21, 2026 - no questions asked!

Registration is first-come, first-served. Limited seats available for each training session.

Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to your QCon San Francisco Trainings Questions

What is the Training Refund Guarantee Policy?

QCon's Training Refund Guarantee Policy allows you to receive a refund for training up to and including Monday, September 21, 2026 - no questions asked! As of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, refunds for trainings are no longer issued.

What if the training I want to participate in is full?

Trainings have limited capacity and training selection is first come, first serve.

If a training reaches capacity, there is a waiting list you can sign up for. You will be notified if a place becomes available. Meanwhile, you can select another training.

Once selected, can I change my training selection?

After selecting your training(s), if you would like to change your selection, you can do so by logging into your QCon account. You can switch to another training with open seats until Wednesday, November 18th.

How do I select my trainings?

Any attendee with a training ticket will receive an email with instructions on how to select their training after they register.

If registration opens and you do not find a suitable training to fit your needs, you can have the training ticket portion of your registration refunded until Monday, September 21, 2026.

What are trainings?

Our hands-on trainings are a great way to upskill on the topics that matter most in software development with domain experts.

Training days are being held at the same venue as the conference on Thursday, November 19th, and Friday, November 20th.

You can register your training pass today and pick up your specific trainings later. The full training program will be published by mid-September. In case you change your mind or don't think the offered trainings are a good fit, QCon's Training Refund Guarantee Policy offers a no-questions-asked refund up to and including Monday, September 21st, 2026.

If you’d like a participation certificate for the training you attended, please email info@qconsf.com to request one.

When will the training program become available?

The training program will be published on our website in early September.

As soon as the schedule is released, all attendees who have purchased a training ticket will be invited to choose their preferred sessions. If the available options don’t meet your needs, you can request a full refund for the training portion of your ticket until September 22nd.

What past attendees say

So Impressed! "Heart". I love all the content!

Haemi Kim,
Cloud Architect @AWS

Interesting content and approach. Brought us up to speed with observability concepts that evolve much faster than we can actually proactively keep up to.

Tassio Abreu de Souza,
Architect @McKinsey & Company

Extremely useful.

Ruud Prein,
Engineering Manager & Informed Captain @ING

It gave a great overview & hands-on practice.

Kevin Kerr,
Enterprise Architect @Viking Global Investors

The inspiration I gained from the diverse talks and trainings has been invaluable to drive innovation in our team & projects.

Juan Carlos Pérez Mullisaca,
Product Manager @Banco de Crédito del Perú, and QCon San Francisco 2023 Attendee

I really liked the personal nature of the trainings.

Jason Fernandez,
Software Engineer @UKG, and QCon San Francisco 2023 Attendee

Hands-on training from senior practitioners.

Trusted by senior engineering teams for 20+ years.

Trainings

Reserve your seat before they sell out.

A Little Rust-Y: Using Rust Interop To Boost Performance of Existing Apps (In Any Language)

Success Patterns for Fast Flow and Team Topologies

Applied Domain-Driven Design: A Guide for Senior Practitioners

Asynchronous Architecture Patterns To Scale ML and Other High Latency Workloads on Kubernetes

Smart, Scalable Systems and Services With Spring Boot

Document Processing Using GenAI Orchestrations

[SOLD OUT] Generative AI Engineering - Composable Building Blocks, Architectural Blueprints, and Enterprise-Grade Readiness

Writing Rust: Concurrency and Clarity

Dealing with Challenging People and Situations – Concrete Skills To Overcome the Awkward and Increase Connection (Thursday)

Platform Thinking: Strategies for Building Effective Platform Teams

[SOLD OUT] Dealing with Challenging People and Situations – Concrete Skills To Overcome the Awkward and Increase Connection (Friday)

[SOLD OUT] GenAI Development - From Zero to AI Engineer