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Node Congress 2026

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Node Congress 2026 ran Mar 26–27, 2026 in Virtual. It is a Technology conference that expected about 5,000 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 22 speakers, 16 sponsors and 33 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

Node Congress 2026 is a premier online event for Senior Engineers and Architects focusing on the 'rocket science' of JavaScript backends. Featuring 20+ talks, workshops, and discussions, the agenda covers security, DevOps, databases, performance optimization, and architectural patterns for modern runtimes including Node.js, Bun, Deno, and Cloudflare Workers.…

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22Speakers
16Sponsors
33Sessions
31Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Node, in alphabetical order.

Confidence Okoghenun
Developer Advocate · Cloudflare
Douglas Marques
Codeminer42
Edy Silva
DevRel & Node.js core collaborator · Codeminer42
Jacob Smith
Node.js Core Collaborator. TC39 & WinterTC / TC55 Delegate
Jamal Sinclair O'Garro
Senior Software Engineer · Netflix
James Snell
Cloudflare Workers Team · Cloudflare
Jo Franchetti
Software Engineer and Developer Advocate
John Nguyen
Fullstack Engineer · Fullstack Engineer
Kenton Varda
Lead Engineer · Cloudflare Workers
Kræn Hansen
ElevenLabs
Kristiyan Velkov
Tech Lead • Front-End Advocate • Mentor & Educator · Docker
Leo Kettmeir
Deno
Marco Ippolito
Member of Node.js Technical Steering Committee · HeroDevs
Matt Carey
Developer Advocate · Cloudflare
Matteo Collina
Creator of Pino & Fastify · Platformatic.dev
Mert Can Altin
Node.js Core Contributor - Software Engineer · Trendyol
Mike Hartington
Developer Advocate · Prisma
Rafael Gonzaga
Node.js TSC member · NodeSource
Ruy Adorno
Node.js TSC member & Founder Engineer · vlt.sh
Tony Gorez
Systems Engineer and security researcher. Member of the Bare team at Holepunch, ex Postman · Tether
Vinicios Neves
Senior Software Engineer and Educator · Ustwo
Weslley Araújo
weslley.io

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

TetherPlatinum
AG Grid
Cloudflare
Couchbase
Digital ExpertsPartner
FocusReactiveTech Partner
GitNation
HygraphTech Partner
Infobip
NX
Platform.sh
ReadySet
Sentry
Storyblok
Twilio
VihatTechnologiesPartner

Agenda

Selected from 33 sessions.

  • 11:00

    Opening

    Async Mastery Track
  • 11:00

    The Backend–Frontend Boundary Is Shifting / What Does Fullstack Mean Now?

    Discussion Rooms
  • 11:10

    Why Node.js Needs an Application Server

    You've been deploying Node.js wrong. For years, the community has treated Node.js as a simple runtime - start a process, put it behind a reverse proxy, scale horizontally. But this…

    Async Mastery Track
  • 11:30

    Opening

    Module Magic Track
  • 11:30

    QnA with Matteo Collina

    Async Mastery Track
  • 11:40

    Node Just Run

    Run your project without drowning in configuration. For common scenarios, you can do, config-free via simple extensions using node's Customization API (you don't need to know what …

    Module Magic Track
  • 11:40

    The State of Node.js Security

    I will provide an in-depth analysis of the initiatives led by the Node.js Security Team, exploring their significance and the benefits they bring to end-users. Since 2022, we've ac…

    Async Mastery Track
  • 12:00

    Garbage Collection Between V8, cppgc (Oilpan), and Native Runtimes

    Modern JavaScript runtimes don’t only manage JavaScript objects - they also need to safely and efficiently garbage collect complex native objects written in C++ and Rust. This talk…

    Module Magic Track
  • 12:00

    JavaScript Runtimes: Node.js vs Bun vs Deno vs Edge

    Discussion Rooms

Quick answers

When is Node Congress 2026?
Node Congress 2026 ran Mar 26–27, 2026 in Virtual.
Where is Node Congress 2026 held?
Node Congress 2026 was held in Virtual.
Who is speaking at Node Congress 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 22 speakers, including Confidence Okoghenun (Developer Advocate, Cloudflare), Douglas Marques (Codeminer42) and Edy Silva (DevRel & Node.js core collaborator, Codeminer42).
Who sponsors Node Congress 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 16 sponsors, including Tether, AG Grid, Cloudflare, Couchbase and Digital Experts.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 31 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

31 companies. two 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
2All threespeak · spons · exh
14Sponsoringsponsor only
15Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Cloudflare·Tether

Speakers by seniority

5% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner15%
  • Manager / Lead15%
  • Engineer · IC836%
  • Research / Science15%
  • Advisor / Investor15%
  • Other roles1045%

Of 22 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1CloudflareSponsor3
2TetherSponsor · Platinum1
3AG GridSponsor-
4CouchbaseSponsor-
5Digital ExpertsSponsor · Partner-
6FocusReactiveSponsor · Tech Partner-
7GitNationSponsor-
8HygraphSponsor · Tech Partner-
9InfobipSponsor-
10NxSponsor-
11Platform.shSponsor-
12ReadysetSponsor-
13SentrySponsor-
14StoryblokSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
6% of 16
partner2
13% of 16
tech partner2
13% of 16
unspecified11
69% of 16
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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