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GraphQLConf 2026

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raphQLConf 2026, hosted by the GraphQL Foundation, brings together the global GraphQL community at Meta's Fremont campus for two days of expert insights, workshops, and networking. Celebrate GraphQL's success and help shape the future of APIs with sessions on best practices, open source, security, federation, observability, and more. The event is dedicated…

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72Voices
6Underwriters
0Exhibitors
13On the bill · sessions
41Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at GraphQLConf, in alphabetical order.
Adam Benkhassen
Software Engineer · The Guild Software
Adam Conrad
Engineering Manager · Meta
Aishwarya Tirumala
Software Development Engineer · Amazon
Angel Svirkov
Software Engineer · trivago
Anirudh Padmarao
Software Engineer · Meta
Benjamin Golub
Software Engineer · Meta
Benjie Gillam
Maintainer · Graphile
Bhavana Sree Pallempati
Software Engineer · Wayfair
Braxton Bragg
Senior Product Manager · Meta
Brennen Davis
Principal Software Engineer · Lease End
Cameron Sechrist
Head of Engineering · Stax.ai
Chi Chan
Software Engineer · Meta
Christopher Chedeau
Front-end Engineer · Meta
Clarice Abreu
Senior Software Engineer · Brex
Dale Seo
Software Engineer · Apollo GraphQL
David Stutt
Senior Founding Software Engineer · Wundergraph
Denis Badurina
Denis from The Guild · The Guild
Dotan Simha
CTO · The Guild
Eddy Nguyen
Software Developer · The Guild
Elena Bukareva
Software Engineering Manager · Meta
Erik Bylund
Staff Solutions Architect · Apollo GraphQL
Gary Zeng
Software Engineer, GraphQL Platform · Meta

— and 50 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
MetaPlatinum
The GuildGold
WunderGraphGold
ApolloSilver
ChillicreamSilver
GrafastBronze
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The Programme

Selected from 13 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:00 – 09:15

    Opening Remarks - Speaker To Be Announced

    Keynote Sessions
  • 09:15 – 09:20

    Sponsored Keynote: Federation Patterns We See in the Wild

    Keynote Sessions
  • 09:25 – 09:45

    The Creator's Curse: Why Meta Is Re-inventing GraphQL

    Keynote Sessions
  • 09:50 – 09:55

    GraphQL in the AI Era

    Keynote Sessions
  • 09:55 – 10:05

    Creating a Golden Path for GraphQL

    Keynote Sessions
  • 10:05 – 10:10

    Closing Remarks - Speaker To Be Announced

    Keynote Sessions
  • 10:30 – 10:55

    Big Graphs, Tiny Contexts: Dev Tools for Agents

    AI and LLMs
  • 10:30 – 10:55

    Safely Merging Subgraphs in a Distributed World

    Federation + Distributed Systems
  • 10:30 – 10:55

    Sponsored Session: Federation, Reversed: A Consumer-First Future with Fission

    Federation + Distributed Systems
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 41 companies show up — and 5 bet on three roles at once?

“41 companies. five are betting more than once.”

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
5All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
35Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Meta·The Guild·Apollo·Chillicream·Wundergraph

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

13% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite68%
  • Founder / Owner11%
  • Director / Head of23%
  • Manager / Lead1521%
  • Product23%
  • Engineer · IC4157%
  • Other roles57%

Of 72 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01MetaSp·P14V
  2. 02The GuildSp·G6V
  3. 03ApolloSp·S3V
  4. 04ChillicreamSp·S2V
  5. 05WundergraphSp·G2V
  6. 06Apollo GraphQL4V
  7. 07Airbnb3V
  8. 08GrafastSp·B
  9. 09Brex2V
  10. 10Capital One2V
  11. 11Netflix2V
  12. 12Wayfair2V
  13. 13Yelp2V
  14. 141stDibs1V
№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum1
17% of 6
gold2
33% of 6
silver2
33% of 6
bronze1
17% of 6