The Best DevOps Conferences & Events in 2026

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!

If you have a DevOps conference or event that you’d like to see included in our list, please send an email to sadunn@cisco.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 DevOps Events & Conferences.

Top DevOps Conferences & Events

DevOpsDays

2026 Dates & Locations: There are many dates and locations. Check the website for more!
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.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe

Date: March 23-26, 2026
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cost: Starting at $978

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 13-16, 2026
Location: Bellevue, WA
Cost: Starting at $1,599

Not all DevOps professionals use PowerShell, but for those who do this is the premier conference to attend. With 300+ 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: May 11-15, 2026 (Expo: May 12-13, 2026)
Location: London, UK & Virtual
Cost: Starting at £467

DevOpsCon is an annual event that will have a hybrid experience for 2026. With more than 40 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.

DevOps Pro Europe

Date: May 19-22, 2026
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania + Virtual
Cost: Starting at €460

The 2026 edition of DevOps Pro Europe (the 8th edition) 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 20-21, 2026
Location: Gdansk (Tricity), Poland
Cost: Varies

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.

(Splunk’s very own Chrissy Kidd spoke at Infoshare 2022 about sustainability in technology.)

PlatformCon 2026

Date: June 22-26, 2026
Location: Join in London or New York (virtual is available)
Cost: Free

The top DevOps and platform engineering leaders on one virtual stage, for 2 days. Born to celebrate our community of 40k+ platform engineers.

swampUP 2026

Date: September 1-3, 2026
Location: New York, New York
Cost: Starting at $399

swampUP brings together developers, DevOps teams, security engineers, SREs, AI/ML Engineers, thought leaders, industry experts, and technical professionals from the world’s leading enterprises. Together, we’ll explore the latest advancements, best practices, and transformative strategies shaping modern EveryOps. Join the in-depth discussions, hands-on workshops, & networking opportunities that will help you build the future of enterprise tech.

KubeCon North America 2026

Date: November 9-12, 2026
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Cost: TBD

KubeCon is the flagship conference of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), dedicated to gathering adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities. The event focuses on Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system for automating computer application deployment, scaling, and management, but it also covers a wide range of other cloud-native technologies and practices.

(Related reading: the complete KubeCon guide for attendees.)

Wrapping up DevOps events

Whether you choose to attend an in-person or virtual DevOps event in 2026, there are many options to choose from to learn the latest best practices and frameworks for DevOps success. As more events are announced, we'll be updating this list so be sure to bookmark this page and come back soon!

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 sadunn@cisco.com with details including the conference website URL, conference name, dates of the event, and location details.