By Stephen Watts December 20, 2022
Every year around the world, experts at hundreds of conferences and events share the most recent trends, strategies and best practices for DevOps, IT and software development. No matter if you are looking for a small regional meetup or an enormous global summit — we’ve got you covered with this complete guide to DevOps conferences & events that is sure to have the right event for you!
Over the past few years, many annual conferences and moved online and unfortunately manage have been cancelled altogether. Finally we’re seeing a shift back to more in-person events.
This guide includes conferences in 2023. We aim to keep it as updated as possible, including:
- Events already scheduled in 2023, through July
- Events announced but without dates yet, in the second half of the year
If you have a DevOps conference or event that you’d like to see included in our list, please send an email to swatts@splunk.com with details including the conference website URL, conference name, dates of the event and location details.
Without further ado, here is the complete guide to 2023 DevOps Events & Conferences.
(View our security/InfoSec conferences and blockchain and Web 3 conferences pages, too.)
Top 2023 DevOps Conferences & Events
DevOpsDays
2023 Dates & Locations:
- March 2-3: Goiania
- March 10: Los Angeles
- March 14-15: Salt Lake City
- March 16 – 17: Melbourne
- April 6 – 7: Nashville
- April 12 – 13: Raleigh
- April 18 – 19: Tokyo
- April 20 – 21: Birmingham, AL
- April 23 – 25: Denver
- April 24 – 25: Geneva
- April 28 – 29: Cáceres
- April 29: Aracaju
- May 2 – 3: Copenhagen
- May 3 – 4: Zurich (Winterthur)
- May 4 – 5: Austin
- May 18 – 19: Medellín
- May 22 – 23: Prague
- June 15 – 16: Birmingham UK
- June 21 – 23: Amsterdam
- August 9 - 10: Chicago
- September 27: Cairo
- October 5 - 6: Indianapolis
Cost: Varies
DevOpsDays is perhaps the largest worldwide community conference series for IT and technical practitioners. The first DevOpsDays was held in 2009 in Ghent, Belgium. Since then, more than a hundred events have been held around the world. These events cover IT infrastructure operations, software development, and the intersection between them fondly known as DevOps.
DevOps Global Summit
Date: April 4-5, 2023
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free, or Varies
The DevOps Global Summit was designed to bring up insightful content with practical outcomes for all those curious about DevOps. The attendees will get a chance to reflect on their performance so far, level up their skills and knowledge, and get inspired by the prominent DevOps speakers from the area.
2023 Devops Midwest
Date: April 13, 2023
Location: Ballwin, MO
Cost: $199
DevOps Midwest is a conference aimed at inspiring, teaching and connecting a broad range of people working in software development, delivery, and support. This event is for everyone in the DevOps ecosystem. They have a long list of presenters with a wide range of topics - click the link above to take a look at the agenda.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe
Dates & Locations:
Cost: Varies
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) flagship conference brings together technologists and adopters from leading cloud native and open source communities. This conference is perfect for anyone working with Kubernetes and other cloud native technologies. This conference is where the community comes together to share their expertise on containers, microservices architecture and related technologies.
PowerShell DevOps Global Summit
Date: April 24-27, 2023
Location: Bellevue, WA
Cost: $1,875
Not all DevOps professionals use PowerShell, but for those who do this is the premier conference to attend. Limited to just 400 Summiteers, this technically focused conference is the original community-centered event focused on PowerShell and related technologies. This is a small and friendly environment with plenty of networking opportunities.
DevOpsCon
Date: April 24-27, 2023
Location: London, UK + Online
Cost: Starting at £512
DevOpsCon is an annual event that will have a hybrid experience for 2023. With more than 20 expert speakers across dozens of sessions and workshops, this is a great conference to learn about the latest in continuous delivery, microservices, docker, cloud, lean business, SRE metrics and more. You can even receive an official DevOps Conference certificate, certifying your participation.
cdCon + GitOpsCon
Date: May 8-9, 2023
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Cost: Starting at $250
Hosted by CD Foundation and Cloud Native Computing Foundation, cdCon + GitOpsCon will foster collaboration, discussion, and knowledge sharing by bringing communities, vendors, and end users to meet, discuss, collaborate and start shaping the future of GitOps and CD together.
DevOps Enterprise Summit Amsterdam
Date: May 16-17, 2023
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cost: $2,000 USD
The conference for technology leaders of large, complex organizations implementing DevOps principles and practices. Organized by Gene Kim and IT Revolution, publishers of The Phoenix Project, Accelerate, The DevOps Handbook, Team Topologies, and more.
DevOps Pro Europe
Date: May 23-26, 2023
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania + Virtual
Cost: Starting at €270
The 2023 edition of DevOps Pro Europe will be a hybrid conference. This conference will cover the core concepts and principles of DevOps methodology. Attendees will learn about many of the most common DevOps patterns for developing, deploying and maintaining applications.
Infoshare Conference
Dates: May 24-25, 2023
Location: Gdansk (Tricity), Poland
Cost: Various packages, including a free option
The largest tech event in Central & Eastern Europe, Infoshare is devoted to sharing practical knowledge among practitioners and pros on a whole swath of tech topics. The original edition was held in a modest university hall and is now a year-round celebration of technology with speakers and participants from around the world.
The cornerstone event, Infoshare Conference, focuses on the intersection of tech and business. Get a breadth of knowledge from a variety of speakers, take part in the Expo, the annual Startup Content, and plenty of formal and fun networking opportunities. Six stages include:
- Inspire
- DevTrends
- Advanced Dev Blue
- Advanced Dev Red
- Marketing
- Arena
(Splunk’s very own Chrissy Kidd spoke at Infoshare 2022 about sustainability in technology.)
PlatformCon 2023
Date: June 8-9, 2023
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
The top DevOps and platform engineering leaders on one virtual stage, for 2 days. Born to celebrate our community of 15k+ platform engineers.
The National DevOps Conference
Date: June 20-21, 2023
Location: London (Heathrow), UK
Cost: Options starting at £799, with frequent special deals
Based in England, the National DevOps Conference (NDC) aims to bring DevOps community members together for an interactive experience, with discussions led by top industry figures. They recognize that DevOps gets more difficult to scale the larger the organization, so by offering real-world networking and discussion opportunities, you can learn from the people who are succeeding with DevOps concepts and collaboration.
Sponsored by The DevOps Industry Awards and supported by DevOps Online and TEST Magazine, The NDC lays out a six-step plan for success at this conference:
- Energizer breakfast
- Inspirational talks
- Answers to DevOps challenges
- Networking and discussions
- Workshops and hands-on learning
- Tried and true knowledge that you can take back to the workplace
Splunk .conf23
Date: July 17-20, 2023
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Cost: TBA
.conf23 is the latest iteration of Splunk’s annual conference. The 2022 .conf edition saw over 13,000 Splunk enthusiasts, with 113 countries represented and tons of learning hours, including plenty of replays still available online. Sign up now to get the latest updates on .conf23.
(See what Splunk can help you do.)
DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas
Date: October 3-5, 2023
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Cost: $2,400 USD
The conference for technology leaders of large, complex organizations implementing DevOps principles and practices. Organized by Gene Kim and IT Revolution, publishers of The Phoenix Project, Accelerate, The DevOps Handbook, Team Topologies, and more.
2023 DevOps events that haven’t announced dates yet
SKILup Events by DevOps Institute
Dates & Locations: TBA
Events by DevOps Institute are impactful, tech-centered in-person meetings, virtual conferences, and webinars. Led by industry experts to provide you with the DevOps tools you need to advance your professional life in this ever-changing digital landscape. Attend DevOps Institute events to stay on top of the latest DevOps trends and improve your skills.
ChefConf
Dates & Location: TBA
Cost: Free, with a suggested charity donation
A leader in CI/CD automation software, Chef is almost a celebrity brand in the wide world of DevOps and DevSecOps. So, at Chef Conf, attendees can expect this same dedication, expertise and know-how so that you can learn from the brightest DevSecOps practitioners. It is a true user conference.
Expect open format discussions with decision makers, learn how to develop and deliver software with speed, simplify layers of complexity, boost productivity and expand your connections. Sign up here to get alerts when dates are announced.
Mobile DevOps Summit
Date: TBA
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
The inaugural event from Bitrise will bring together 2,500 mobile practitioners for the one-day virtual conference, including more than 85 workshops, fireside chats, customer case studies, and live Q&As. Topics will span the introduction of Mobile DevOps within organizations and increasing app store release frequency for iOS and Android to mobile-specific performance metrics that signal impact. The full agenda can be found here and the registration page can be found here.
PlatformCon
Date: 2023 dates coming soon! Sign up for updates
Location: Online
Cost: Free
This is the first, 100% virtual conference dedicated for Platform Engineers. Speakers will cover talks on 4 tracks, covering platform design, tech, stories and culture.
AWS re:Invent 2023
Dates: TBA, likely in November
Location: Las Vegas, USA
Price: TBA
It's hard to say DevOps without including the cloud. And there's no cloud event bigger than AWS re:Invent, among the hottest tech events globally. It's back and in person this year and you can expect all the best in everything AWS: keynote announcements, product releases, bootcamps and live sandbox opportunities to work with AWS experts.
(Read our Attendees Guide to AWS re:Invent for more details!)
Wrapping up DevOps events
Whether you choose to attend an in-person or virtual DevOps event in 2023, there are many options to choose from to learn the latest best practices and frameworks for DevOps success.
If you know of another great DevOps conference we should add to the list, don’t hesitate to send a suggestion to the author of this post at swatts@splunk.com with details including the conference website URL, conference name, dates of the event, and location details.
Last Updated: 3/6/2023
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