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MQ Summit 2026

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MQ Summit 2026 ran Oct 21–22, 2026 at PHIL Haarlem in Haarlem, Netherlands. It is an Architecture conference. ConferenceGrid lists 35 speakers, 11 sponsors and 1 session. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Oct 11, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

MQ Summit brings together the people who design, build, and scale modern messaging systems. The conference focuses on message queues as the backbone of modern distributed systems, ensuring reliable communication, scalability, and resilience. It offers a cross-ecosystem forum with expert-led talks, hands-on labs, and discussion sessions. Participants include…

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35Speakers
11Sponsors
1Sessions
24Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at MQ, in alphabetical order.

Adi Polak
Data & AI @ Confluent • Keynote Speaker • Databricks MVP • Best-Selling Author • Technical Storyteller · Confluent
Alex Kritikos
Co-Founder / CEO · MAPS Messaging BV
Ali Alemi
Streaming Specialist Solutions Architect · AWS
Anders Bälter
CTO at 84codes (CloudAMQP, LavinMQ) · 84codes
Byron Ruth
VP of Product/Eng @ Synadia · Synadia
Charlotte Henkle
Amazon MQ team @ Amazon · Amazon
Chris Leonard
STSM, AI Technologies · IBM MQ
Chris Leonard (Online)
STSM, AI Technologies, IBM MQ · IBM
Christopher Coco
Software Infrastructure Lead · Verrus
Clemens Vasters
Principal Architect, Messaging and Real-Time Intelligence · Microsoft
David Ansari
Technical Lead, RabbitMQ Core · Broadcom
Edward Berezitsky
Principal Streaming Specialist Solutions Architect · AWS
Guy Hagemans
Lead Engineer · AppyThings
Hari Rangarajan
Developer Advocate · Solace
Herman Jakobsen
Tech Lead · Statnett
JB Onofré
ASF member, working on ~20 Apache projects
Jeroen van Disseldorp
CEO and Founder · Axual
Johan Rhodin
Chief Customer Officer · 84codes
John Samuel
Business Unit Leader @ Seventh State · Seventh State
Jon Rumsey
Distributed Queue Manager Architect · IBM MQ
Lajos Gerecs
Software Engineer · Seventh State
Lois Soto López
Erlang Developer · 84codes

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AWSPlatinum
CloudAMQPPlatinum
EMQPlatinum
IBMPlatinum
SolacePlatinum
SynadiaPlatinum
ValkeyPlatinum
Seventh StateGold
HYTESilver
AhrefsPartner
meshIQNetwork Party Sponsor

Agenda

Selected from 1 sessions.

  • TBA

    10 Ways to Stop an Erlang VM

    Erlang systems are meant to be running non-stop. But sometimes you just need to get out of the VM and that may be a little… let’s say… unintuitive. Do you have an Erlang VM that y…

Quick answers

When is MQ Summit 2026?
MQ Summit 2026 ran Oct 21–22, 2026 at PHIL Haarlem in Haarlem, Netherlands.
Where is MQ Summit 2026 held?
MQ Summit 2026 was held at PHIL Haarlem in Haarlem, Netherlands.
Who is speaking at MQ Summit 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 35 speakers, including Adi Polak (Data & AI @ Confluent • Keynote Speaker • Databricks MVP • Best-Selling Author • Technical Storyteller, Confluent), Alex Kritikos (Co-Founder / CEO, MAPS Messaging BV) and Ali Alemi (Streaming Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS).
Who sponsors MQ Summit 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 11 sponsors, including AWS, CloudAMQP, EMQ, IBM and Solace.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 24 companies show up, and 7 bet on three roles at once?

24 companies. seven 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
7All threespeak · spons · exh
4Sponsoringsponsor only
13Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

AWS·Seventh State·HYTE·IBM·meshIQ·Solace·Synadia

Speakers by seniority

29% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite823%
  • VP-level26%
  • Manager / Lead926%
  • Product13%
  • Engineer · IC823%
  • Other roles720%

Of 35 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AWSSponsor · Platinum4
2IBM MQ6
3Seventh StateSponsor · Gold2
484codes4
5HYTESponsor · Silver1
6IBMSponsor · Platinum1
7meshIQSponsor · Network Party Sponsor1
8SolaceSponsor · Platinum1
9SynadiaSponsor · Platinum1
10AhrefsSponsor · Partner-
11CloudAMQPSponsor · Platinum-
12EMQSponsor · Platinum-
13ValkeySponsor · Platinum-
14Amazon MQ2
Sponsors by tier
platinum7
64% of 11
gold1
9% of 11
silver1
9% of 11
network party sponsor1
9% of 11
partner1
9% of 11
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.

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