Event Date: Thursday May 14, 2026
Format: Virtual, 40 minute session (30 minutes content, 10 minute Q&A)
Submission Deadline: Tuesday April 7, 2026
About IaCConf & IaCConf 2026
IaCConf is the community dedicated entirely to Infrastructure as Code (IaC), bringing together DevOps, platform engineers, and infrastructure leaders to focus on real-world, practitioner-led discussions. IaCConf 2026, being held May 14, 2026, is the second annual virtual event consisting of 15-20 sessions.
Session Type & Duration
Each of the sessions for IaCConf 2026 will be 40 minutes long, comprised of a 30-minute presentation with 10 minutes of live Q&A.
IaCConf 2026 Theme: Keeping Pace
Software development has entered a new era of velocity.
Developers are shipping faster than ever, driven by AI-assisted coding, automation, and modern delivery practices. But while development speed has accelerated dramatically, platform and DevOps teams are still accountable for uptime, security, governance, and compliance.
IaCConf 2026 is looking for real-world, technical talks that explore what happens to infrastructure, workflows, and guardrails when velocity increases beyond what existing systems were designed to handle.
Suggested Themes & Areas of Interest
The following SIX themes represent the kinds of stories and technical experiences we’re especially interested in for IaCConf 2026. These are not formal tracks, and talks don’t need to fit neatly into a single category:
1) Keeping Pace with Developer Velocity- Enabling fast-moving development teams without increasing operational risk
- How teams adjusted guardrails once velocity exposed real risk
- Platform patterns that scale with modern delivery speeds
2) Infrastructure as Code at Scale
- Managing IaC complexity as environments, teams, and velocity grow
- Preventing sprawl, drift, and inconsistent patterns across large estates
- Lessons learned from mature IaC implementations
3) Governance, Security, and Control
- Using policy, automation, and controls to enable teams to move faster
- Policy-as-code in real-world environments
- Balancing autonomy and accountability as scale increases
4) Platform Engineering in Practice- Platforms shaped by real usage, not just design documents
- What changed once platforms were stressed by real teams and real scale
- Measuring platform impact through reliability, risk reduction, and operational load
5) Slowing Down to Move Faster with IaC
- Using IaC to regain predictability as delivery speed increases
- Trading short-term friction for long-term safety and throughput
- Migration stories where control mattered more than velocity
6) Leadership & Organizational Pressure
- Leading platform teams under increasing delivery pressure
- Managing responsibility when things go wrong
- Aligning incentives between development and platform team
Guidance for Submissions
IaCConf is a practitioner-first, community-driven event. We prioritize talks grounded in real infrastructure, workflows, and operational constraints. Strong submissions:
- Are based on real-world experience, based on systems used in production
- Share concrete lessons learned, not just theory or best practices
- Respect the audience’s experience and avoid oversimplified solutions
Vendor-neutral talks are preferred. If tools are discussed, they should support the story, not replace it.
If you’ve wrestled with the challenge of keeping platform teams effective in a world of accelerating software delivery—and have lessons worth sharing—we invite you to submit a proposal and help the community keep pace together.
