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GraphQLConf 2026

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GraphQLConf 2026 ran May 19–20, 2026 at Meta FRE 117 - Fremont Campus in Fremont, United States. It is an API conference. ConferenceGrid lists 73 speakers, 6 sponsors and 13 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 5, 2026

GraphQLConf 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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73Speakers
6Sponsors
13Sessions
40Companies · in total

Speakers

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

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

MetaPlatinum
The GuildGold
WunderGraphGold
ApolloSilver
ChillicreamSilver
GrafastBronze

Agenda

Selected from 13 sessions.

  • 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

Quick answers

When is GraphQLConf 2026?
GraphQLConf 2026 ran May 19–20, 2026 at Meta FRE 117 - Fremont Campus in Fremont, United States.
Where is GraphQLConf 2026 held?
GraphQLConf 2026 was held at Meta FRE 117 - Fremont Campus in Fremont, United States.
Who is speaking at GraphQLConf 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 73 speakers, including Adam Benkhassen (Software Engineer, The Guild Software), Adam Conrad (Engineering Manager, Meta) and Aishwarya Tirumala (Software Development Engineer, Amazon).
Who sponsors GraphQLConf 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 6 sponsors, including Meta, The Guild, WunderGraph, Apollo and Chillicream.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 40 companies show up, and 5 bet on three roles at once?

40 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.

Who's in the room
5All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
34Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Meta·The Guild·Apollo·ChilliCream·WunderGraph

Speakers by seniority

12% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite68%
  • Founder / Owner11%
  • Director / Head of23%
  • Manager / Lead1521%
  • Product23%
  • Engineer · IC4258%
  • Other roles57%

Of 73 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1MetaSponsor · Platinum15
2The GuildSponsor · Gold6
3ApolloSponsor · Silver3
4ChilliCreamSponsor · Silver2
5WunderGraphSponsor · Gold2
6Apollo GraphQL4
7Airbnb3
8GrafastSponsor · Bronze-
9Netflix3
10Brex2
11Capital One2
12Wayfair2
13Yelp2
141stDibs1
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
17% of 6
gold2
33% of 6
silver2
33% of 6
bronze1
17% of 6