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The
AI calls
you make this year
will shape what your team
can ship next year.
At QCon London, senior engineers from innovator and early adopter companies tell the stories behind what's working in production.
You'll come back with patterns ready to adopt, costly mistakes you can now avoid, and a way to de-risk technical investments before building them.
75+ practitioners from innovator and early adopter companies · 15 engineering tracks
Patterns and practices, not products and pitches
April 13-16, 2027
QEII Centre, London
QCon past attendees included senior engineers from these organizations
What you’ll learn at QCon London
Patterns and practices ready to adopt, from teams already running them in production.
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Eder Ignatowicz
Senior Principal Software Engineer and Architect @Red Hat AI, InfoQ Dev Summit Boston Conference Chair, QCon London Program co-chair
The Long Game: Staff+ Engineering Agency and the Art of Thriving Through Hype-Cycles
Shawna Martell
Principal Software Engineer @Imprint, Previously @Carta, @Yahoo, @Verizon, and @Wolfram
Debugging Distributed Systems
Liz Fong-Jones
Technical Fellow @honeycomb.io, Developer Advocate, Labor and Ethics Organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Over Two Decades of Experience
Modern Performance Optimization
Chaitanya Bhandari
Distributed Systems Engineer @TigerBeetle
Organizations in Flux: Navigating and Managing AI's Impact on Engineering Teams
Blanca Rojo
Executive Director, Distinguished Engineer and Cloud Engineer @UBS
AI Engineering
Hien Luu
Sr. Engineering Manager @Zoox & Author of MLOps with Ray, Speaker and Conference Committee Chair
Architecture in the Age of AI
Fabiane Nardon
Data Expert, Java Champion & Data Platform Director @totvs
Building Engineering Teams
Wes Reisz
Technical Principal @Thoughtworks, 16-Time QCon Chair, & Creator of The InfoQ Podcast
Software Security & Risk Management
Chris Swan
Engineer @atsigncompany, InfoQ Editor
Native Languages - and Wasm
Werner Schuster
Kernel Developer @Wolfram, InfoQ Editor Functional Programming
Modern Data Engineering & Architectures
Sid Anand
Fellow, Cloud & Data Platform @Walmart, Apache Airflow Committer/PMC, Ex-Netflix, LinkedIn, eBay, Etsy, & PayPal
Architecting for Resilience
Jonathan Magen
Computer Scientist, Distributed Systems Specialist, 20+ Years in Software Development
Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability
Daniel Bryant
Platform Engineer, Co-Author of "Mastering API Architecture", Java Champion, and InfoQ News Manager
Tech of Finance Industry
Dio Rettori
Multi-Cloud Strategy and Product @JPMorgan Chase & Co, Ambassador for Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Advisor for InfinyOn Inc., Previously @Solo.io, @Red Hat, and @ Pivotal Software
Emerging Trends in the Frontend and Mobile
Ian Thomas
Software Engineer @Meta, QCon London & San Francisco Co-Chair, International Speaker
Need to convince your boss? Use our templates.
Why attend QCon London 2027
Learn from early adopters. Make better decisions.
Whether you're evaluating AI for production, planning a platform migration, or navigating technical leadership, QCon connects you with engineers who've already done it.
Need to convince your boss? Use our templates.
Real-world patterns
Learn from production systems, not proof-of-concepts
Honest lessons
Hear what failed, not just what worked
No hidden product pitches
Learn from peer-selected speakers
Career-relevant skills
Technical and leadership practices you’ll actually use
Strategy validation
Benchmark your approach against early adopters
The QCon experience
Talks worth your time. Conversations you can't get from a recording.
Conference experience
15 curated tracks
75+ peer-selected international speakers
Deep technical dives
Hear what failed, not just what worked
Extended networking
Conversations, peer sharing and social events.
Video access
12 months of on-demand recordings
Optional experiences
The InfoQ Certified Architect Program
Earn the InfoQ Certified Software Architect in Emerging Technologies credential
The InfoQ Certified AI Engineering Program
Earn the InfoQ Certified AI Engineering credential
Stay ahead of the adoption curve
QCon focuses on the technologies and practices that have been proven by early adopters and are ready for wider enterprise use. Each track on the program is placed on the adoption curve so you know where the patterns you'll hear about sit.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Multimodal AI
- Agentic AI / Orchestration
- Physical AI
- Reasoning Models
- AI DevOps
- AI-powered hardware
- AI in Robotics aka Embodied AI
- LangOps or LLMOps
- Knowledge Graphs
- Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Robotics
- Edge inference and model training
-
Large-scale distributed
deep-learning
- Small Language Models (SLMs)
- Explainable AI
- Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)
- Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
-
Generative AI/Large
Language Models (LLMs) - Cloud agnostic computing for AI
- Data Contracts
- Data Observability
- Virtual Reality e.g. VR/AR/MR/XR
- Cognitive Services
- Graph Data Analytics
- IoT Platforms
- Synthetic data generation
- MLOps
- Vector Databases
- AI coding assistants
-
Image Recognition
(Computer Vision) - Natural Language Processing
- Deep Learning
- Open Table Formats (OTFs)
- Data Mesh
- Digital Assistants
- Apache Beam
Source: InfoQ AI, ML and Data Engineering Trends Report - 2025
Your team at QCon
Three days that align your team on the calls already on your roadmap.
Engineering Leaders & CTOs
Validate multi-year technology strategy. Understand which emerging practices are ready for enterprise adoption.
Software Architects & Principal Engineers
Get architectural patterns from teams who've scaled systems you're planning to build. Learn their tradeoffs.
Senior Developers & Staff+ Engineers
Develop technical judgment for complex decisions. See how leading teams solve problems similar to yours.
Need to convince your boss?
Use our pre-written templates.
3 days. 75+ senior practitioners. Patterns ready to adopt,
Costly mistakes to avoid, and a way to
de-risk
technical investments
before building them.
Reduce project risk
Learn from production failures to avoid costly mistakes
Move from decision to delivery sooner.
Apply patterns proven in production
Build team capability
Build skills that hold up across roles and projects.
Benchmark your approach
Understand how leading teams tackle problems you're facing
Validate technology bets
Learn from engineers who adopted first to reduce your risk
Adopt the right technologies at the right time
Understand emerging trends before they become table stakes
2027 Program Committee
Meet the international senior software practitioners curating the conference
A
safe and inclusive
environment
The QCon 'We Care' experience
Enforced Code of Conduct
All-Gender restroom
Prayer room
Lactation room
Quiet areas
Sessions feedback for constant improvement
Badge optimized for peer-sharing
Accessible event space
Variety of food options (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, special diet meals)
Detailed food labels
Diversity scholarships
Community events
DEI guidelines for track hosts and speakers
All-day coffee
Flexible online experience
On-demand access for 12 months
QCon London Venue
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre - London
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre - London
Situated in the heart of Westminster, the QEII Centre is ideally located to take advantage of everything London has to offer. Uniquely situated in the shadow of Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and the London Eye, you will be within a five-minute walk to the Thames and surrounded by excellent transport links in and out of the capital.
Conference Location
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre London
Broad Sanctuary, Westminster
London SW1P 3EE
Why senior engineers trust QCon
Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.
Practical takeaways and new perspectives.
Past QCon talks
See the senior practitioner-led format for yourself.
Who attends QCon
Senior engineers, software architects, and engineering leaders making technical decisions for teams shipping production systems.
34%
TECHNICAL TEAM LEADS AND HIGHER,
SOFTWARE ARCHITECTS
23%
SENIOR DEVELOPER / LEAD ENGINEER
24%
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Guiding engineering teams for 20+ years
Helping senior software developers adopt new technologies and practices for over 20 years. The conferences sit alongside InfoQ articles, news, podcasts, and trends reports.
20 years
Helping senior dev teams adopt the right patterns and practices
550k per month
Global senior software developers relying on the InfoQ community to stay ahead
4500+ per year
Senior developers learning emerging trends and practices at our QCon international software development conferences
Unable to make it to QCon London?
Take a look at:
QCon AI Boston 2026
When: June 1-2, 2026
Where: Boston University, George Sherman Union, Boston, MA