Where is KCDC 2026 held?

KCDC 2026 was held in Kansas City, United States.

Who sponsors KCDC 2026?

ConferenceGrid lists 126 sponsors, including ArchitectIO, Ascend Learning, Azul, Couchbase and Descope.

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KCDC 2026

Name: KCDC 2026
Start: 2026-09-10
End: 2026-09-11
Location: Kansas City

This edition has ended

KCDC 2026 ran Sep 10–11, 2026 in Kansas City, United States. It is a Javascript conference. ConferenceGrid lists 157 speakers, 126 sponsors and 20 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Oct 15, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 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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157Speakers

126Sponsors

20Sessions

189Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at KCDC, in alphabetical order.

Abbey Perini

Web Developer / Technical Writer / International Speaker

Adam Gordon Bell

Developer · Pulumi

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

Human-led. AI-supported.

Amanda Graham

Consultant, Doctoral Candidate

Amy Norris

Software Development Supervisor · Dimensional Innovations

Anitra Pavka

Product Whisperer. AI Wrangler. Tech Cat Herder

Arthur Doler

Senior Software Developer and Community and Culture Steward · Aviture

Ash Banaszek

UX Leader

Ashley René Casey

Founder · Presence Over Pixels

Avindra Fernando

Principal Architect | Fractional CTO

Barret Blake

Architect at NimblePros · NimblePros

Barry Stahl

Solution Architect and Developer

Ben Dechrai

Developer Advocate

Ben Hooper

Enterprise .NET & DevOps Consultant

Bill Parrott

Principal Software Engineer · Prescryptive Health, Inc.

Bob Fornal

Microsoft MVP | Senior Developer

Bob Walker

Field CTO · Octopus Deploy

Brad Boggs

Senior Software Engineer · AgGrowth International

Brandon Minnick

.NET Consultant · Code Traveler LLC

Brent Stewart

Co-Founder · Alien Arc Technologies

Agenda

Selected from 20 sessions.

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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…

Quick answers

When is KCDC 2026?: KCDC 2026 ran Sep 10–11, 2026 in Kansas City, United States.
Where is KCDC 2026 held?: KCDC 2026 was held in Kansas City, United States.
Who is speaking at KCDC 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 157 speakers, including Abbey Perini (Web Developer / Technical Writer / International Speaker), Adam Gordon Bell (Developer, Pulumi) and Adhithi Ravichandran (Software Consultant, Pluralsight Author, Speaker).
Who sponsors KCDC 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 126 sponsors, including ArchitectIO, Ascend Learning, Azul, Couchbase and Descope.

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 189 companies show up, and 21 bet on three roles at once?

189 companies. 21 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

21All threespeak · spons · exh

97Sponsoringsponsor only

71Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

IBM·Oracle·Snyk·Ascend Learning·AWS·Buildertrend·Crash Override·H&R Block·Improving·Kestra·Lean TECHniques·LocalStack·MESCIUS·Neo4j·Octopus Deploy·OutSystems·Pulumi·Redis·Snowflake·TuxCare·Vonage

Speakers by seniority

20% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite128%
Founder / Owner96%
VP-level43%
Director / Head of64%
Manager / Lead2818%
Product32%
Engineer · IC6843%
Research / Science21%
Marketing / Brand21%
Advisor / Investor11%
Other roles2214%

Of 157 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Roles	Speakers
1	IBM	Sponsor · Titanium	2
2	Oracle	Sponsor · Platinum	2
3	Snyk	Sponsor · Gold	2
4	Ascend Learning	Sponsor · Platinum	1
5	AWS	Sponsor · Titanium	1
6	Buildertrend	Sponsor · Gold	1
7	Crash Override	Sponsor · Gold	1
8	H&R Block	Sponsor · Gold	1
9	Improving	Sponsor · Gold	1
10	Kestra	Sponsor	1
11	Lean TECHniques	Sponsor · Gold	1
12	LocalStack	Sponsor · Platinum	1
13	MESCIUS	Sponsor · Platinum	1
14	Microsoft		4

Sponsors by tier

platinum34

27% of 126

gold48

38% of 126

friend of kcdc21

17% of 126

speaker sponsor1

1% of 126

titanium5

4% of 126

unspecified17

13% of 126

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.

Google×69 peers
Microsoft×60 peers
Google Cloud×46 peers
Elastic×30 peers
Accenture×29 peers
Deloitte×29 peers
Clickhouse×27 peers
arm×26 peers
Cloudflare×26 peers
Akamai×25 peers
Amazon Web Services×24 peers
Databricks×24 peers

Related events · by shared sponsors

Conference	Date	City	Shared sponsors
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America	November 9, 2026	Salt Lake City	25
Open Source SecurityCon 2026	November 9, 2026	Salt Lake City	23
WeAreDevelopers Conference India 2026	November 25, 2026	Bengaluru	16
Conf42 FinOps 2027	February 4, 2027	Virtual	16
DeveloperWeek 2027	February 9, 2027	Santa Clara	14
DevOpsCon Munich 2026	November 30, 2026	Munich	13

KCDC 2026

10 Things I Learned from Shipping AI Systems to Production

10 things you didn't know EF Core can do

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

30ms of Cloudflare Wizardry

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

Above the Cloud: Building Data Centers in Space

A Bug’s Life

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

A Note From Your User

189 companies. 21 are betting more than once.