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KCDC 2026

Join us for KCDC 2026, a multi-day technology conference featuring workshops, main conference sessions, and a dedicated Kids Tech Day. The event provides educational and networking opportunities for developers and technology enthusiasts.

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100Speakers
59Sponsors
15On the bill · sessions
100Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at KCDC, in alphabetical order.
Adam Gordon Bell
Developer
Adhithi Ravichandran
Software Consultant, Pluralsight Author, Speaker
Akshat Sharma
Technology Advocate @ Deskree | GSOC '25 Mentor, C4GT & MSOC Mentor | GSoC '24 Contributor @ The Mifos Initiative | Research Intern @ UC Berkeley · Deskree
Alexandria Hamilton
Arthur Doler
Senior Software Developer and Community and Culture Steward · Aviture
Ash Banaszek
UX Leader
Ashley René Casey
Founder · Presence Over Pixels
Barret Blake
Architect at NimblePros · NimblePros
Barry Stahl
Solution Architect and Developer
Ben Dechrai
Developer Advocate
Bob Fornal
Bob Walker
Field CTO · Octopus Deploy
Brandon Minnick
.NET Consultant · Code Traveler LLC
Brent Stewart
Co-Founder · Alien Arc Technologies
Brian McKeiver
Microsoft Azure MVP; Co-Owner · BizStream
Brian Vermeer
Java Champion | Staff Developer Advocate @ Snyk · Snyk
Callum Whyte
.NET Developer, Microsoft MVP
Carl Chesser
Software Architect · Oracle
Cecil Williams
Consultant at Source Allies, Inc. · Source Allies, Inc.
Chad Stewart
Founder · TechIsHiring
Chris Ayers
Principal Software Engineer · Microsoft
Chris DeMars
Senior Developer Advocate · TuxCare
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Ascend LearningPlatinum
CouchbasePlatinum
descopePlatinum
DescopePlatinum
Don't Panic LabsPlatinum
Dont Panic LabsPlatinum
DynatracePlatinum
LocalStackPlatinum
NAIC NIPRPlatinum
NAIC/NIPRPlatinum
NextEra Energy (NX)Platinum
NxPlatinum
NXPlatinum
OraclePlatinum
OutSystemsPlatinum
ParticularPlatinum
Particular SoftwarePlatinum
AvironGold
BuildertrendGold
ChocolateyGold
CloudawareGold
CoderGold
duendeGold
DuendeGold
H&R BlockGold
Lean TECHniquesGold
Paige TechnologiesGold
PropioGold
Quest AnalyticsGold
Red HatGold
ShamrockGold
SnowflakeGold
Snowflake VMLGold
SnykGold
SonatypeGold
TEKsystemsGold
text controlGold
Text ControlGold
TouchnetGold
TouchNetGold
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Agenda

Selected from 15 sessions on the bill.
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    10 Things I Learned from Shipping AI Systems to Production

    AI systems behave very differently from traditional software. Once AI moves beyond prototypes, teams quickly discover that the biggest challenges are rarely about the model itself…

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    10 things you didn't know EF Core can do

    You won't believe number 7! I know, the clickbait joke is rather lame, but I can assure you that this session is not! In this session, I'll take you on a journey in some lesser kn…

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    10 Vectors of Cloud Exposure (And the Framework to Mitigate Them)

    Your cloud probably won’t get hacked because of some elite nation-state exploit. It’ll happen because someone pushed a hardcoded secret, left an S3 bucket open, or gave a CI/CD rol…

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    30ms of Cloudflare Wizardry

    The smallest part of Cloudflare is the most powerful! Let's geek out on an insightful exploration of Cloudflare Worker Scripts, Key Vaults, and beyond based on over a year of deep…

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    6 Ways You’re using ChatGPT Wrong (and How to Fix It)

    Everyone is using AI, but are you actually collaborating with it? Most Agile practitioners and Tech Leads treat LLMs like glorified search engines, resulting in generic backlogs an…

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    Above the Cloud: Building Data Centers in Space

    The demand for AI data centers has reached a fever pitch - stressing the power grid and people's nerves. Does putting those data centers in space make any sense? Join Richard Campb…

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    A Bug’s Life

    A beginner-friendly talk that traces a production bug from discovery back to inception, asking: what else needs a patch beyond code?... As we introduce more uncertainty in large sc…

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    Adopting Agentic Development: A Practical Blueprint for AI-Driven Engineering Teams

    AI agents are rapidly entering the software development lifecycle.... Attendees will leave with concrete strategies for introducing agentic development into their organizations whi…

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    A Note From Your User

    We often design for the "happy path" a user who is calm, focused, and sitting at a desk.... This isn’t just a talk about medical devices; it’s a call to action for every creator to…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 100 companies show up — and 6 bet on three roles at once?

100 companies. six 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.

Who's in the room
6All threespeak · spons · exh
41Sponsoringsponsor only
53Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Oracle·Snyk·Ascend Learning·Buildertrend·H&R Block·Neo4j

Speakers by seniority

23% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1010%
  • Founder / Owner55%
  • VP-level33%
  • Director / Head of55%
  • Manager / Lead1616%
  • Product22%
  • Engineer · IC4343%
  • Research / Science11%
  • Marketing / Brand11%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles1313%

Of 100 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01OracleSp·P2V
  2. 02SnykSp·G2V
  3. 03Ascend LearningSp·P1V
  4. 04BuildertrendSp·G1V
  5. 05H&R BlockSp·G1V
  6. 06Neo4jSp1V
  7. 07360 PickCSp
  8. 08AvironSp·G
  9. 09AWSSp·T
  10. 10ChocolateySp·G
  11. 11CloudAwareSp·G
  12. 12CoderSp·G
  13. 13CouchbaseSp·P
  14. 14DescopeSp·P
Sponsors by tier
platinum17
29% of 59
gold25
42% of 59
titanium2
3% of 59
unspecified15
25% of 59
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Related events · by shared sponsors