emerging trends
emerging practices
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Supporting your learning and growth in 2025.
Whilst QCon New York won't take place in 2025, we remain dedicated to supporting the software community through our upcoming US conferences:
InfoQ Dev Summit Boston, June 9-10, 2025 QCon San Francisco, November 17-21, 2025
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We've helped thousands of senior software engineers, software architects and tech leaders adopt the right patterns & practices for over 17 years.
Explore the tracks you will see at QCon New York
Discover what you’ll learn
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Sergey Fedorov
Director of Engineering @Netflix
Jun 13
Modern Data Architecture & Engineering
Allen Wang
Senior Staff Engineer @DoorDash
Jun 13
Language Platforms and Software Supply Chain
As computing evolved, targeting specific hardware and architectures became impractical, leading to the development of language platforms and runtimes such as Java’s JVM and Microsoft’s CLR.
Priya Wadhwa
Software Engineer @Chainguard
Colin Eberhardt
CTO @Scott_Logic
Jun 13
Staff+ Engineering: New Skills, New Challenges
Leslie Chapman
Engineering Fellow @Comcast
Jun 13
Designing Modern Reliable Architectures
Silvia Esparrachiari
Software Engineer @Google
Jun 14
MLOps: Navigating the Terrain of Large-Scale Models
Bozhao (Bo) Yu
Founder @BentoML.ai
Jun 14
Next Gen Fintech: Performance, Complexity & Privacy
Neha Sardana
Vice President & Senior Developer @MorganStanley
Jun 14
Optimizing Teams for Fast Flow - Surviving in the Post-agile Aftermath
Katharine Chajka
Senior Product Manager @Planview Flow Methodology
Jun 14
Doing Platform Engineering Well
Sarah Wells
Independent Consultant and Author
Jun 15
Next in Cloud Native Development
Christie Warwick
Software Engineer @Google
Jun 15
ML in Practice
Sid Anand
Chief Architect and Head of Engineering @Datazoom
Jun 15
Resilience Engineering - Culture as a System Requirement
Vanessa Huerta Granda
Solutions Engineer @Jeli.io
Jun 15
QCon is a great place for industry leaders to share what they've learned, techniques they've discovered, and pitfalls to avoid without an overarching sponsor presence.
Michael Villalobos
Engineering Manager @FairFinancial
Featured Speakers
Learn from software leaders pushing the boundaries in today’s environment.
Keynotes
Learn actionable insights to help you adopt the right technologies and practices.
Level-up on emerging software trends
Get assurance you're adopting the right patterns and practices
- Green Tech
- Rust
- WASM
- eBPF
- Machine Learning @ Edge
- Scalable Configuration Management
- Infrastructure Unification
- Cue Lang
- MLOps
- Team Topologies
- Staff+ Engineer Path
- Service Meshes
- Microfrontends
- Multicloud Practices
- Software Ethics
- Feature Engineering
- Mode Inference/Prediction
- Observability Practices
- Server-Driven Frontend
- Decarbonizing the Grid
- Operator Pattern for
Non-Clustered Resources - Patterns & Heuristics
Enabling Fast Flow - Open Policy Agent
- Java 17 (LTS)
- Paved Road
- DevSecOps
- DevOps in Practice
- Kubernetes Strategies
- Observability / Telemetry
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Chaos Engineering
- Operating Microservices
- Data Engineering
- GraphQL
- Go Techniques & Patterns
- DevEx
- Reactive
- Performance
- Macroservices
- Serverless: Orchestration &
Choreography - Cloud Architectures
- Patterns for Scale
- IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
- Polyglot Software Practices
Learn the emerging trends
Curated trends our Program Committee believes have the most impact in software development.
Explore the use cases
Learn how real-world practitioners are applying the tech to help you solve common problems.
Implement the best practices
Get implementable ideas to shape your projects that last beyond the conference.
I love the variety of topics. It is my annual recap of the technology industry and helps me keep up with what the industry considers modern and state of the art. And mostly I like the fact that people are open about sharing both their successes and failures.
Nikhil Mohan
Senior MTS/ Engineering @Salesforce
Curated learning set by senior software leaders
Essential topics. Emerging patterns and practices. Hand-picked speakers. Meet the QCon New York 2023 Programming Committee.
“What has always stood out for me has been QCon's commitment to its brand promises. First of all, it's focused on practitioner content. QCon conferences are all about the people that develop and work with future technologies. This starts from the Programming Committee, which comprises practitioners that are authorities in their domain.”
Dio Synodinos
President of C4Media, makers of InfoQ and QCon
Learn from senior software engineers
Real-world technical talks from software leaders at early adopter companies
Domain leaders
Learn what's next from world-class leaders pushing the boundaries.
Relatable challenges
Learn how senior developers are solving the challenges you face.
Diverse perspectives
Get new ideas and perspectives across multiple domains.
Valuable lessons
Actionable insights from those working on real-world projects.
Time to connect
Intentional time built-in for you to connect with speakers and peers.
No hype
No hidden marketing. No sales pitches.
I love the QCon vibe. Everybody is down to earth and open to showing and talking about how they solve real-world complex problems. The speakers are top-notch and represent the state of the art in the industry. I like that there is no product/marketing aspect to the main tracks. I always leave QCon feeling refreshed, and eager to return to work and tackle something new!
Kerrie Clark
Architect @Capital One Finance
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QCon is a fantastic conference that has given me a renewed excitement in leveraging new innovations, technologies, and approaches to solve the challenges faced in my day to day role.
John McCloskey, Senior Staff Software Engineer @Bazaarvoice
QCon is an experience that has had an impact on equipping me to grow as a team lead and software developer. It has impacted the direction of my journey through the world of software.
Craig Hewetson, Lead Software Engineer @VASTech
It really feels as it's from engineers for engineers instead of many commercial talks at other events where it sometimes feels like a sales pitch.
Tomeck Swinkels, DevOps Engineer @ING
QCon is a conference which creates opportunities for any developer in the world to talk to talented programmers who use leading-edge technology in their projects and are ready to communicate their experience. QCon inspires!
Alina Lapina, Senior Developer @Experis Ciber
I liked the variety of the sessions and the high caliber and diversity of the speakers. The session lengths were perfect chunks, not too long which has been a struggle at other conferences. And the app allowed for easy planning and navigation.
Tia Jackson, Software Engineer @General Dynamics
I would definitely recommend QCon, It was a life-changing experience and I would absolutely love to join again!
Shai Tal, Software Developer @Derivco
'We Care' experience
A safe place where everyone is welcome
Enforced Code of Conduct
All-Gender restroom
Prayer room
Lactation room
Quiet areas
Sessions feedback for constant improvement
Badge optimized for peer-sharing
Accessible event space
Variety of food options (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, special diet meals)
Detailed food labels
Diversity scholarships
Community events
DEI guidelines for track hosts and speakers
All-day coffee
Access to video recordings for 6 months
Different seating arrangements
At QCon New York you will find different seating arrangements that cater to different communication preferences. Some session rooms are equipped with mixed seating consisting of classroom tables in front and round tables in the back of each session room.
We are providing attendees the option to pick between a less conversational experience or the opportunity to engage in conversation, network, and peer-share with fellow attendees based on their preference. Each table will be offering fidgets and icebreaker activities.
Conference Venue
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
Minutes from many amazing attractions, the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the most exciting hotels in Brooklyn, New York. Situated moments from the Brooklyn Bridge and close to Barclays Center and Prospect Park, the hotel provides guests with an inspired vantage point for their stay.
To learn more please visit the venue page.
Conference Location
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
333 Adams St, Brooklyn,
NY 11201
Hotel
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Benefit from our negotiated rates for QCon Attendees.
Reserve your room
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Join Senior Software Engineers, Software Architects, and Technical Team Leads at QCon New York
QCon isn’t just a software conference. It’s the place where people like you come together to learn, share, and push each other to drive innovation in the software industry.
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Software Architect, Technical Team Lead and Higher
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- Technical Team Lead
- Senior Management (VP, CTO, CIO, Director)
- Architect: Technical / Application (platform specific)
- Enterprise Architect / Chief Architect
- Architect: Solution / Systems (Integration Focused)
- Technical Project Manager
Meet and Learn from Your Peers
25 Minute Breaks
“The Hallway Track”
Longer breaks between sessions to connect with attendees, speakers & sponsors or take time out to re-energize.
Unconferences
An unconference is a simple way to run productive, structured conversations for 5 to 2000 or more people, and a powerful way to lead any kind of organization in everyday practice and extraordinary change.
Social Events
Conference Social, Exhibitor & Hospitality Receptions. Opportunities to mingle and network with speakers, attendees, editors and sponsors. Complimentary for all conference attendees.
QCon New York brought to you by
the makers of QCon and InfoQ
We've been helping software development teams adopt new technologies and practices for over 17 years. The driving force behind every QCon conference is our passion to accelerate the software side of human progress.
Senior software developers rely on QCon and InfoQ to keep ahead of the adoption curve. One of the main reasons senior software engineers, software architects and team leads tell us they keep coming back to QCon and InfoQ is because they trust the information provided and selected by their peers. Join a global professional engineering community and adopt the right software innovations and practices.
