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Learn the emerging trends. Explore the use cases. Implement the best practices.

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QCon London international software development conference.
March 27 - 29, 2023

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Innovators
  • Green Tech
  • Rust
  • WASM
  • eBPF
  • Machine Learning @ Edge
  • Scalable Configuration Managment
  • Infrastructure Unification
  • Cue Lang
Early Adopters
  • MLOps
  • Team Topologies
  • Staff+ Engineer Path
  • Service Meshes
  • Microfrontends
  • Multicloud Practices
  • Software Ethics
  • Feature Engineering
  • Mode Inference/Prediction
  • Observability Practices
  • Server-Driven Frontend
  • Decarbonizing the Grid
  • Operator Pattern for Non-Clustered Resources
  • Patterns & Heuristics Enabling Fast Flow
  • Open Policy Agent
  • Java 17 (LTS)
  • Paved Road
Early Majority
  • DevSecOps
  • DevOps in Practice
  • Kubernetes Strategies
  • Observability / Telemetry
  • Site Reliability Engineering
  • Chaos Engineering
  • Operating Microservices
  • Data Engineering
  • GraphQL
  • Go Techniques & Patterns
  • DevEx
  • Reactive
  • Performance
  • Macroservices
  • Serverless: Orchestration & Choreography
  • Cloud Architectures
  • Patterns for Scale
  • IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
  • Polyglot Software Practices

Learn the emerging trends

Curated trends our Program Committee believe have the most impact in software development.

Explore the use cases

Learn how real-world practitioners are applying the tech to help you solve common problems.

Implement the best practices

Get implementable ideas to shape your projects that last beyond the conference.

I love the variety of topics. It is my annual recap of the technology industry and helps me keep up with what the industry considers modern and state of the art. And mostly I like the fact that people are open about sharing both their successes and failures.

Nikhil Mohan

Senior MTS/ Engineering @Salesforce

Tracks

Discover the tracks you will see at QCon London - Schedule Subject to Change

Mar 27

Architectures You've Always Wondered About

The biggest software systems on the planet need sophisticated architectures, deliberately and carefully designed to support true planet-scale, along with high availability, durability, security, and many other concerns.
Matt Turner

Software Engineer @Tetrateio and Co-Founder for Istio London

Mar 29

Performance: Designing and Tuning

Getting the most out of hardware is important to save money on cloud workloads and also for sustainability. In this track we'll look at ways to design software to make the most of modern CPU and memory architectures as well as tools and techniques to find performance bottle necks.
Justin Cormack

CTO @Docker

Mar 28

Modern Frontend Development and Architecture

Let's talk about the frontend, not with the tools we use but through the problems we're solving. re-usability, composition, abstraction, velocity, performance.
Loiane Groner

Development Manager @Citibank

Mar 29

Paving the Road: Enhancing Developer Productivity and Experience

How to supercharge developer productivity and happiness.
Nayana Shetty

Principal Engineer @LEGO_Group

Mar 29

Emerging AI and Machine Learning Trends

Discover how to operationalize machine learning applications that are scalable, secure, and interpretable.
Mehrnoosh Sameki

Principal PM Manager @Microsoft

Mar 28

The Tech of FinTech

FinTech startups have led the way in adopting new technology such as cloud, pushing down perceived regulatory barriers as they go. In response established financial services firms have also been building their own modern architectures. This track will feature presenters from both, examining the tech they've adopted, and the business value that it's delivered.
Ian Ellis

Technology Strategy, Innovation Outreach & Management, Due Diligence & Ecosystem Strategy Specialist

Mar 27

Staff+ Engineering in Practice

What are the skills you need to develop if you want to stay on the technical track to technical lead, staff, or principal? What will it take to thrive in this type of role?
Fabiane Nardon

Data Scientist, Java Champion & CTO @tail_oficia

Mar 28

Debugging Production

You get paged about a problem in production - but how do you know just what system or service is acting up? What do you do to identify and mitigate the impact on users before ultimately fixing any underlying issues? This track we'll look at the state of the art in tools and processes for  incident management, observability, and debugging high impact production systems.
Abby Bangser

Principal Engineer @Syntasso

Mar 28

Architecture in 2025

We will be exploring and discussing answers to questions on: What does architecture design look like in the future? What is the role of the software architect? Who else is involved? How do you prepare for this?
Camilla Crispim

Principal Technologist & Technical Director @Thoughtworks, Member of the Technology Advisory Board, Co-Author of @Thoughtworks Technology Radar

Mar 27

Building Security in Earlier

Presentations on how 'shift left' has been applied in practice to build security into applications and services earlier in their release to production pipeline.
Stefania Chaplin

Solutions Architect @GitLab

Mar 27

Building Modern Backends

Polyglot, developer-focused track around Innovations building low-friction, performant backends and web APIs powering software today.
Gunnar Morling

Senior Staff Software Engineer @Decodableco

Mar 27

Innovations in Data Engineering

Learn from technology SMEs and industry's leading data practitioners about trends and innovations happening in data engineering space including what's new in data streaming, data API's, data lineage, automated data pipelines and cloud data platforms & containerization technologies.
Sid Anand

Chief Architect and Head of Engineering @Datazoom

Mar 29

Architecture with Sustainability in Mind

In this track, you will learn how to architect your software systems with sustainability in mind, starting from an overview of the rapidly emerging green software engineering, then the deep-dives into the real-world applications of sustainability best practices, and next, a retrospect on the realization of climate benefits of performance optimization, before wrapping up with a candid panel on the next steps of accelerating net-zero commitments across industries.
Sarah Hsu

Site Reliability Engineer @GoldmanSachs

Mar 29

Remote and Hybrid Work: What Now?

Before & After": Hybrid Work Strategies: Hybrid work, 4-day workweeks, remote work, working from a remote island, returning to the office, and how these impact development productivity and, ultimately, careers.
Shane Hastie

Global Delivery Lead for SoftEd and Lead Editor for Culture & Methods at InfoQ.com

Mar 28

Socially Conscious Software

This timely track deep dives into technologies and technology companies that focus on social impact, by building products, using tools and creating a future that we all believe in. It explores how to foster a socially inclusive, ethical, diverse and equitable tech industry that strives to actively strip itself of bias and prejudice.
Sally Goble

Senior Engineering Manager @Accurx

Curated learning set by senior software leaders

Essential topics. Emerging patterns and practices. Hand-picked speakers. Meet the QCon London 2023 Programming Committee.

Werner Schuster

Werner Schuster

Conference Chair & InfoQ Editor Functional Programming, @Wolfram
Eder Ignatowicz

Eder Ignatowicz

Principal Software Engineer and Architect @RedHat
Sarah Wells

Sarah Wells

Independent Consultant and Author
Chris Swan

Chris Swan

Engineer @atsigncompany
Blanca Garcia Gil

Blanca Garcia Gil

Lead Analytics Engineer @topi_eu
Srini Penchikala

Srini Penchikala

Senior Software Architect, Lead Editor for AI/ML/Data Engineering @InfoQ

Schedule format

15 tracks spaced over 3 days.
4 Keynotes and 75 technical talks.
Unconferences.

Below are approximate start and end-times. Agenda is subject to change

MON

27
Keynote
Track 1
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 2
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 3
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 4
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 5
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference
Solutions Track (Sponsored)
Conference Social
(in-person only)

BST

9:00AM
10:35AM
11:50AM
1:40PM
2:55PM
4:10PM
5:25PM
6:15PM

TUE

28
Keynote
Track 6
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 7
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 8
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 9
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 10
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference
Solutions Track 2 (Sponsored)
Exhibitor Reception
(in-person only)

BST

9:00AM
10:35AM
11:50AM
1:40PM
2:55PM
4:10PM
5:25PM
6:15PM

WED

29
Keynote
Track 11
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 12
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 13
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 14
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference Track 15
5 x Sessions + 1 Unconference
Solutions Track 3 (Sponsored)
QCon Reception
(in-person only)
Closing Keynote

BST

9:00AM
10:35AM
11:50AM
1:40PM
2:55PM
4:10PM
5:25PM
6:15PM

Learn from senior software engineers

Real-world technical talks from software leaders at early adopter companies

Domain leaders

Learn what's next from world-class leaders pushing the boundaries.

Relatable challenges

Learn how senior developers are solving the challenges you face.

Diverse perspectives

Get new ideas and perspectives across multiple domains.

Valuable lessons

Actionable insights from those working on real-world projects.

Time to connect

Intentional time built-in for you to connect with speakers and peers.

No hype

No hidden marketing. No sales pitches.

I love the QCon vibe. Everybody is down to earth and open to showing and talking about how they solve real-world complex problems. The speakers are top-notch and represent the state of the art in the industry. I like that there is no product/marketing aspect to the main tracks. I always leave QCon feeling refreshed, and eager to return to work and tackle something new!

Kerrie Clark

Architect @Capital One Finance

Watch past QCon talks

Revisit real-world technical talks from innovative software practitioners

Airbnb at Scale

Selina Liu

Senior Software Engineer @Airbnb

Ignite the Fire - How Managers Can Spark New Leaders

Nick Caldwell

VP of Engineering @Twitter & HubSpot Board

Enabling Engineering Productivity at the Financial Times

Sarah Wells

Former Tech Director for Engineering Enablement @FT (Financial Times)

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Immersive all in-person experience

Immersive all
in-person experience

Untether yourself from your desk and daily distractions. Immerse yourself in a new learning environment with new people, new ideas, and time to reflect.

Flexible online experience

Flexible
online experience

Plan your schedule around sessions and those you can catch up on later.

Problem-solve at unconference sessions

Problem-solve at
unconference sessions

Join facilitated sessions to help you work through topics and generate new ideas to current challenges.

On-demand access

On-demand
access

Unlock the insights from 90+ inspirational talks at your own pace, as many times as you like.

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Ben Linders
@BenLinders

Due to QCon's focus on early stage technology trends and the curated expert speakers, the material presented was visionary, fresh, and applicable for things we need to solve in our teams. The conference was well-facilitated, and the daily format (keynote/intro in AM introducing tracks) was compelling also.

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'We Care' experience

A safe place where everyone is welcome

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 90 days

Learn about our We Care experience

Conference Venue

The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre - London

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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.

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Conference Location

The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre London
Broad Sanctuary, Westminster
London SW1P 3EE

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Join the Senior Software Engineers, Software Architects, and Technical Team Leads at QCon London

QCon London isn't just a software conference. It's the place where senior software engineers, tech leads, and software architects come together to learn, share, and push each other to drive innovation in the software industry.

Software
Developer

24%

Software Architect, Technical Team Lead and Higher

34%

Senior Developer / Lead
Engineer

23%
  • Technical Team Lead
  • Senior Management (VP, CTO, CIO, Director)
  • Architect: Technical / Application (platform specific)
  • Enterprise Architect / Chief Architect
  • Architect: Solution / Systems (Integration Focused)
  • Technical Project Manager

Meet and Learn from Your Peers

25 Minute Breaks
“The Hallway Track”

Longer breaks between sessions to connect with attendees, speakers & sponsors or take time out to re-energize.

Unconferences

An unconference is a simple way to run productive, structured conversations for 5 to 2000 or more people, and a powerful way to lead any kind of organization in everyday practice and extraordinary change.

Social Events

Social Events

Conference Social, Exhibitor & Hospitality Receptions. Opportunities to mingle and network with speakers, attendees, editors and sponsors. Complimentary for all conference attendees.

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