A look back at QCon London 2026
QCon London 2026 focused on the engineering work behind modern systems. Across the conference, senior practitioners showed how teams are moving AI into production by treating context, memory, evaluation, and governance as engineering concerns. The same discipline showed up in talks on platform design, resilience, security, data systems, and team structure, where the hard questions were ownership, visibility, and how to make change safe in production.
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15 curated tracks deep dived into enterprise trends and real-world challenges, guided by dedicated track hosts and 60+ speakers.
- Green Tech
- Rust
- WASM
- eBPF
- Machine Learning @ Edge
- Scalable Configuration Management
- Infrastructure Unification
- Cue Lang
- 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
- 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
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The speakers and the attendees make QCon stand out … a good balance of new tech to look out for along with the discussions around day to day problems that we face as developers
Vipra Ramtekkar,
Development Engineer @ING
This is a conference by engineers for engineers. I didn't feel like I was being sold something … I was learning from what is actually happening in other companies.
Christopher Prigg,
Senior Engineer @Tesco PLC
It’s the best tech conference I’ve attended so far. The quality of the talks was outstanding. It was all about learning and sharing experiences. No marketing or trying to push products on you.
Sol Latorre,
Senior Backend Engineer @N26
Attending QCon really allows me to gain so many different perspectives to really broaden my own horizon.
Luca Mezzalira,
Principal Serverless Specialist Solutions Architect @AWS, Author of “Building Micro-Frontends”, International Speaker
QCon was a masterclass. The sessions sparked ideas directly aligned with my work. I’m excited to bring these insights into our transformation journey.
Kudzaishe Buruuru,
Data Modeling and Advanced Data Analytics @Investec
2026 Topics and Tracks
Behind every QCon is a Program Committee of senior software leaders who curate the essential topics you need to know about. A track is a peer-curated day of talks around important topics in software. Take a look at the QCon London 2026 topics and tracks.
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Mar 16
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Go behind the scenes of cutting-edge architectures that are shaping technology, entertainment, and the future.
Eder Ignatowicz
Senior Principal Software Engineer and Architect @Red Hat AI, InfoQ Dev Summit Boston Conference Chair, QCon London Program co-chair
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Mar 16
The Long Game: Staff+ Engineering Agency and the Art of Thriving Through Hype-Cycles
This track explores what's changed, what hasn't, and how senior ICs play the long game to sustain agency and influence through rapid industry shifts.
Shawna Martell
Principal Software Engineer @Imprint, Previously @Carta, @Yahoo, @Verizon, and @Wolfram
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Mar 16
Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability
This track features a diverse array of perspectives and stories from experts that have built, maintained, and evolved the connections that weave together to become the fabric of distributed systems.
Daniel Bryant
Platform Engineer, Co-Author of "Mastering API Architecture", Java Champion, and InfoQ News Manager
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Mar 16
Tech of Finance Industry
This track explores the business of banking through the lens of the engineers who build and operate its platforms, revealing the technical realities behind payments, lending, markets, identity, and regulatory obligations.
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
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Mar 16
Native Languages - and Wasm
This track will look at the state of native languages like Rust, Go, and others, while also checking in with the reality of using WebAssembly in the real world.
Werner Schuster
Kernel Developer @Wolfram, InfoQ Editor Functional Programming
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Mar 17
Modern Data Engineering & Architectures
Come to this track to learn about new technologies, practices, and trends shaping the way you will work with data.
Sid Anand
Fellow, Cloud & Data Platform @Walmart, Apache Airflow Committer/PMC, Ex-Netflix, LinkedIn, eBay, Etsy, & PayPal
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Mar 17
AI Engineering
Master the practical methods, tools, and best practices for building, deploying, and maintaining production-ready machine learning systems and intelligent applications at scale.
Hien Luu
Sr. Engineering Manager @Zoox & Author of MLOps with Ray, Speaker and Conference Committee Chair
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Mar 17
Building Engineering Teams
We'll examine how hiring practices are evolving beyond traditional signals, how internal growth models are being redefined, and how teams are recalibrating expectations as AI-powered tools and agents take on work once reserved for humans.
Wes Reisz
Technical Principal @Thoughtworks, 16-Time QCon Chair, & Creator of The InfoQ Podcast
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Mar 17
Software Security & Risk Management
Implement secure development lifecycle practices, from threat modeling and static analysis to vulnerability management and compliance, to effectively mitigate software-related business risk.
Chris Swan
Engineer @atsigncompany, InfoQ Editor
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Mar 17
Debugging Distributed Systems
Master the cutting-edge tools and techniques required to effectively diagnose, trace, and resolve complex issues in modern microservices and distributed system architectures.
Liz Fong-Jones
Technical Fellow @honeycomb.io, Developer Advocate, Labor and Ethics Organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Over Two Decades of Experience
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Mar 18
Architecture in the Age of AI
Explore the fundamental shift in software architecture driven by AI, focusing on patterns for integrating intelligent systems and ensuring scalability and reliability in modern applications.
Fabiane Nardon
Data Expert, Java Champion & Data Platform Director @totvs
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Mar 18
Organizations in Flux: Navigating and Managing AI's Impact on Engineering Teams
Explore the organizational restructuring needed to effectively adopt AI, focusing on new roles, skills, and workflows within engineering teams. Learn strategies for managing team dynamics and leading successful change in the age of intelligent software development.
Blanca Rojo
Executive Director, Distinguished Engineer and Cloud Engineer @UBS
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Mar 18
Architecting for Resilience
Design resilient software systems by adopting architectural patterns, observability techniques, and disaster recovery strategies that ensure high availability and graceful degradation under failure.
Jonathan Magen
Computer Scientist, Distributed Systems Specialist, 20+ Years in Software Development
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Mar 18
Modern Performance Optimization
Explore contemporary techniques for maximizing application speed, covering everything from compiler optimization and efficient concurrency to advanced profiling tools and front-end rendering performance.
Chaitanya Bhandari
Distributed Systems Engineer @TigerBeetle
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Mar 18
Emerging Trends in the Frontend and Mobile
Focus on the cutting-edge frameworks, performance techniques, and Micro-Frontends that are actively shaping the next generation of user-centric web and mobile applications.
Ian Thomas
Software Engineer @Meta, QCon London & San Francisco Co-Chair, International Speaker
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