QCon AI New York 2026

QCon AI New York 2026 is a two-day technical conference focused on the practical challenges of deploying, operating, and scaling artificial intelligence (AI) systems in production environments. Scheduled for December 15–16, 2026, in the New York metropolitan area, the event brings together senior software engineers, architects, engineering leaders, and AI practitioners to share real-world experiences and proven approaches to building reliable AI-powered systems. The conference covers key topics including AI agent architecture, identity and authorization, production security, agent evaluation, model serving, inference costs, AI-assisted software engineering, and engineering leadership. Attendees will learn how leading technology companies address challenges such as securing autonomous AI agents, managing large-scale Kubernetes operations, improving AI code reviews, evaluating agent performance, and optimizing machine-learning infrastructure. Featured speakers include Nancy Wang, CTO at 1Password; Pratik Agarwal of Figma; Ronak Nathani of LinkedIn; Fabio Flores of DoorDash; Fan Yang of Netflix; Liz Fong-Jones of Honeycomb; and Min Chen of LinkedIn. The event emphasizes practical, vendor-neutral presentations delivered by experienced engineers who build and operate production systems. Participants will have opportunities to engage with speakers, exchange ideas with industry peers, and explore approaches they can apply within their own organizations. QCon AI New York is particularly relevant to software architects, senior developers, platform engineers, MLOps professionals, security engineers, and technical leaders working with AI infrastructure and production-scale applications.