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Online conferences 2026 and 2027

38 events catalogued in Online, 11 forthcoming, 27 prior. Click any entry for the full editorial profile: speakers, sponsors, sessions, cross-event company graph.

Updated October 23, 2026 from each event's own site

Key takeaways

  • 11 upcoming Online conferences. The next is Conf42 Prompt Engineering 2026, October 29, 2026 in Online.
  • Largest program: NODES 2026, with 51 speakers.
  • Most sponsors: NODES 2026, with 93.

The best Online conferences in 2026 and 2027

Data as of October 23, 2026

8 picks from 11 upcoming Online conferences.

How we ranked them Full methodology

1Speakers

Counted from the event's own site. Weighted twice as heavily as sponsors.

2Sponsors

Counted from the event's own sponsor page.

3Upcoming only

Events that have not started yet. Past editions are listed further down.

4No paid placement

No event pays to appear or to move up.

At a glance
#ConferenceDatesWhereSpeakersSponsorsBest for
1NODES 2026November 12, 2026Online5193Seeing the vendor landscape
2Conf42 Prompt Engineering 2026October 29, 2026Online4282Seeing the vendor landscape
3SmartCloud 365 - 2026November 24, 2026Online243A focused, smaller program
4Conf42 MLOps 2026November 19, 2026Online1023A focused, smaller program
5Conf42 Platform Engineering 2026November 5, 2026Online1019A focused, smaller program
6Conf42: Chaos Engineering 2026December 3, 2026Online1012A focused, smaller program
7GHI CONDecember 12, 2026Online017A focused, smaller program
8Children's Literature Assembly Online Research Conference 2027February 19, 2027Online10A focused, smaller program
  1. 1
    NODES 2026November 12, 2026

    Online·51 voices, 93 sponsors

    Best forSeeing the vendor landscape

    51 speakers. 93 sponsors.

    Track
  2. 2

    Online·42 voices, 82 sponsors

    Best forSeeing the vendor landscape

    42 speakers. 82 sponsors.

    Track
  3. 3
    SmartCloud 365 - 2026November 24, 2026

    Online·24 voices, 3 sponsors

    Best forA focused, smaller program

    24 speakers. 3 sponsors.

    Track
  4. 4
    Conf42 MLOps 2026November 19, 2026

    Online·10 voices, 23 sponsors

    Best forA focused, smaller program

    10 speakers. 23 sponsors.

    Track
  5. 5

    Online·10 voices, 19 sponsors

    Best forA focused, smaller program

    10 speakers. 19 sponsors.

    Track
  6. 6

    Online·10 voices, 12 sponsors

    Best forA focused, smaller program

    10 speakers. 12 sponsors.

    Track
  7. 7
    GHI CONDecember 12, 2026

    Online·17 sponsors

    Best forA focused, smaller program

    17 sponsors.

    Track
  8. 8

    Online·1 voices

    Best forA focused, smaller program

    1 speakers.

    Track

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Forthcoming

On the horizon, by month

October 20261 event

November 20266 events

December 20262 events

February 20271 event

March 20271 event

Prior editions

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Questions

About Online conferences

What are the best Online conferences in 2026?
Ranked by how many speakers and sponsors each event lists on its own site, the top three are NODES 2026 (November 12, 2026, Online), Conf42 Prompt Engineering 2026 (October 29, 2026, Online) and SmartCloud 365 - 2026 (November 24, 2026, Online). The ranking above covers 8 events out of 11 upcoming Online conferences we track.
Which Online conference has the most sponsors?
NODES 2026 lists 93 sponsors, the most of any upcoming Online conference we track. It runs November 12, 2026 in Online.
When is the next Online conference?
Conf42 Prompt Engineering 2026 is next, on October 29, 2026 in Online.
How is this list ranked?
By verified program depth: the number of speakers and sponsors each conference publishes on its own website, which we re-check against the source. No event pays to appear in this ranking.