AI & Machine Learning

Prairie Dev Con Winnipeg 2026

Prairie Dev Con is an annual software development conference bringing together developers, thought leaders, and industry experts to the Canadian prairies. Since 2010, the event aims to inspire learning, foster professional connections, and showcase the latest tools and practices. Attendees can look forward to multiple sessions, speaker presentations, and net…

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56Speakers
10Sponsors
44On the bill · sessions
47Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Prairie, in alphabetical order.
Adam Krieger
Principal Security Consultant · Online Business Systems
Adam L Barrett
JavaScript Consultant / Developer
Addison Rennick
Principal Developer
Alex Drenea
Solution Architect · Microsoft
Andy Barker
Ashleigh Lodge
Leader of the Product Team · Neovation Learning Solutions
Ben Goldstein
Owner, Evergold Consulting Group · Evergold Consulting Group
Borko Djurkovic
Member of Technical Staff · Cohere
Cameron McKay
Microsoft Azure Integration MVP · MNP LLP
Carey Payette
Chris Ayers
Senior Site Reliability Engineer · Microsoft
Christopher Usick
Northfield IT
Chris Woody Woodruff
Independent Consultant · Woody Technology Studio LLC
Conner Schiissler
Craig Shyjak
VP of Architecture · Laivly
Dale Birtch
Engineering Manager (SRE) · Axon
Darryl Shpak
Conquest Planning
Dave Rooney
Agile Coach, Speaker, Manager & Developer · Saphala Consulting
Dave White
Principal Consultant · Depth Consulting
David Paquette
Principal Software Engineer · Microsoft
David Wesst
Enterprise Software Architect · University of Manitoba
Derrick Persson
IcePanel.io
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Carahsoft/Google
Conquest Planning
Improving
Laivly
New Media ManitobaCommunity Partner
Payworks
Pollard Banknote
Richardson International
Skip
WorkWranglers
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Agenda

Selected from 44 sessions on the bill.
  • Mon 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Building Secure and Scalable Cloud Native APIs for Modern Applications

    Modern applications are increasingly powered by cloud native APIs that must handle massive scale, evolving security threats, and continuous delivery demands. As organizations trans…

  • Mon 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Multi-Agent Without the Bloat: Designing Lean AI Systems on Azure

    Multi-agent systems get expensive and chaotic when every agent receives the full conversation, full tool history, and full memory state. In this session, we’ll look at how to desig…

  • Mon 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Practical GenAI (as of September 2026)

    Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly entering professional and academic workflows, yet many organizations struggle to use it reliably, safely, and responsibly. This session focuses on …

  • Mon 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    We Auto-Generated 2,743 E2E Tests Across 593 Endpoints. Here Is What We Learned.

    Every team maintaining a legacy system knows the fear: touch one thing, break three others. You want to modernize, but you cannot ship what you cannot test. And nobody wrote tests …

  • Mon 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Zero-Trust Architecture for Agentic AI: Securing Multi-User Access and Third-Party Integrations

    This talk presents a deep technical exploration of implementing zero-trust security principles to enable secure agentic AI workflows across both internal systems and external enter…

  • Mon 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Agentic AI Raises the Stakes for API Security

    Learn why API protection and security must evolve in the age of AI, and how to elevate API security beyond traditional reliance on development teams. The session covers management,…

  • Mon 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Build an MCP Data Source

    Model Context Protocol (MCP) offers a bridge between AI agents and legacy applications. Learn how to open up data and behaviour, enable meaningful agent interactions, and secure co…

  • Mon 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    From Bronze to Business Value Faster with Materialized Lakehouse Views

    How much time are you spending to build notebooks and pipelines for Silver/Gold layers? Materialized Lakehouse Views in Microsoft Fabric can shift medallion transformations to a fa…

  • Mon 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    No Frameworks for Old Devs

    What if you don’t actually need all that baggage? In this talk, see how modern browsers let you build rich, interactive web apps - no frameworks required!

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 47 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

47 companies. four 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
4All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
37Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Improving·Conquest Planning·Laivly·WorkWranglers

Speakers by seniority

18% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite12%
  • Founder / Owner611%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of24%
  • Manager / Lead1425%
  • Product24%
  • Engineer · IC1221%
  • Other roles1832%

Of 56 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01ImprovingSp2V
  2. 02Conquest PlanningSp1V
  3. 03LaivlySp1V
  4. 04Microsoft4V
  5. 05WorkWranglersSp1V
  6. 06Carahsoft/GoogleSp
  7. 07New Media ManitobaSp·C
  8. 08PayworksSp
  9. 09Pollard BanknoteSp
  10. 10Richardson InternationalSp
  11. 11SkipSp
  12. 12Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries2V
  13. 13Accenture1V
  14. 14Agile Magic1V
Sponsors by tier
community partner1
10% of 10
unspecified9
90% of 10