The 2026 programme is taking shape.
The 2026 Call for Speakers closed on July 26. Our selection committee is currently reviewing every submission across our 4 themes and 15 categories. The full programme will be announced in September 2026. In the meantime, here's how submissions break down so far.
Share of proposals received through the CFP, category by category.
Data Foundations for Humans & AI
25%- 01 AI-Ready Data 12%
- 02 Data Quality & Trust 2%
- 03 Data Platform Evolution 9%
- 04 Cost-Aware Data Engineering 2%
Agentic Systems Engineering
34%- 05 Evals & Observability 9%
- 06 Context & Memory Engineering 10%
- 07 Agentic Architectures 5%
- 08 Security, Sovereignty & Cost 10%
Engineering Shifts
23%- 09 The Agentic SDLC 6%
- 10 AI-Augmented Data Engineering 6%
- 11 Agentic Analytics 10%
- 12 AI Product Engineering 1%
Leading the AI Shift
16%- 13 AI Enablement at Scale 5%
- 14 Governance & Accountability 4%
- 15 Data & AI Operating Models 7%
Outside the 15 categories 2%