QCon San Francisco International Software Development Conference and Training Days. Nov 17-21, 2025.

Software is changing forever. It's time to lead the change.
 
Yesterday's playbooks are no longer effective. With AI changing the game and systems getting more complex, leadership isn't about following trends, it's about making the right strategic bets. The cost of a wrong turn is higher than ever.
 
To lead effectively, you need more than hype. You need to hear what's working from senior practitioners on the front lines. At QCon San Francisco, you'll get unfiltered solutions from leaders at Microsoft, Netflix, Google, and Airbnb. It's your chance to cut through the noise and move from uncertainty to clear, decisive action.
 
Here's how you'll level up at QCon:
- Go from chasing hype to making the right bets. You'll get proven patterns to defend your tech strategy and get the buy-in you need for your most important projects.
- Turn technical insights into real leadership. Learn how to build a clear vision that gets your team excited and proves its value to the business.
- Stop solving the industry's hardest problems alone. Find your community of senior peers who get your challenges because they're living them too.
- Leave with the confidence to act. Walk away with more than just ideas—leave with actionable patterns and the conviction to put them to work.
 
"QCon is the ONE event every software leader needs to attend to stay relevant." Suresh Jeyachandran, Senior Management @DeNA and QCon San Francisco attendee
 
12 conference tracks focused on the emerging trends you need to master.
- Architectures You've Always Wondered About - Track Host: Khawaja Shams, Co-Founder and CEO @Momento
- Driving Reliability Through Modern Platform Engineering and Dev Enablement - Track Host: Daniel Bryant, Platform Engineer, Co-Author of "Mastering API Architecture"
- Effective Engineering and Practices in Early Stage Startups - Track Host: Jordyn Bonds, Co-Founder and CTO @hollarhype
- Polyglot Platforms: Strategies and Practices to Enable Innovation - Track Host: Eric Wendelin, Leads Application Development Platform Engineering @Netflix
- Navigating Major Architecture Migrations - Track Host: Janani Narayanan, Applied ML Engineer @Uber
- The Path to Senior Engineering Leadership - Track Host: Kaye Mason, Software Engineer @Meta
- AI Engineering that Delivers: Blueprint to Impact - Track Host: Faye Zhang, Staff Software Engineer @Pinterest
- Innovations in Front-End - Track Host: Dan Harper, Staff Software Engineer @Meta
- Architecting for Efficiency: Performance, Cost, and Maintainability - Track Host: Vidhya Arvind, Tech Lead and Founding Architect for the Data Abstraction Platform @Netflix
- The Stories Behind the Incidents - Track Host: Lorin Hochstein, Staff Software Engineer @Airbnb
- Empowering Teams with AI: Productivity and the Future of Software Development - Track Host: Jasmine Robinson, Senior Technical Program Manager - GenAI @Netflix
- High-Performance Languages in Modern Development - Track Host: Pratik Agarwal, Software Engineer @Figma
 
Optional hands-on training (November 20-21)
 
Go from theory to action. On November 20-21, join an optional hands-on training workshop to sharpen your skills. Led by experts like Wes Reisz, Technical Principal @Thoughtworks and Josh Long, Spring Developer Advocate @Broadcom, these deep dives cover Team Topologies, resilient systems, production-ready RAG, and more. You'll master the tools you need to make a change as soon as you're back at work.
 
Become an InfoQ Certified Software Architect (ICSAET)
 
Get recognized as an architectural leader. This program is designed for a select group of senior architects (with 5+ years of experience) who are ready to earn the InfoQ Certified Software Architect (ICSAET) certification.
 
The 4-day immersive leadership track combines full conference access with a private, peer-driven experience. Your journey includes:
- Full QCon conference access (November 17-19): Take in the insights from all main conference sessions and keynotes.
- A dedicated experience with your peer group: Join a select group for exclusive networking, focused discussions, and private events.
- Hands-on certification workshop (November 20): Work with your peers to solve complex, real-world architectural problems and earn your certification.
 
Equip your team to lead, not follow.
 
QCon San Francisco is where your team gets the clarity and confidence to master new technologies, solve tough challenges, and build a real competitive advantage.
 
Group savings are available.
 
Special discounts are available for companies bringing 3 or more team members. For more details, please contact [email protected] and mention your group size.
 
Empower your team with the clarity to innovate and the confidence to deliver. Don't just learn what's next, master what's essential to drive real impact.Is your company interested in connecting with senior developers and decision-makers? Explore sponsorship opportunities by emailing [email protected].
 
For all other inquiries, please email [email protected].
 
Prices:
Conference (3 days): USD 1800.00,
Conference (3 days) + Trainings (1 day): USD 2540.00,
Conference (3 days) + Trainings (2 days): USD 3235.00,
Trainings only - 1 day: USD 795.00,
Trainings only - 2 days: USD 1490.00,
Video-Only Pass to QCon recordings: USD 530.00