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SUMMARY:DevConf US 2026
DESCRIPTION:## About DevConf.US\n\nDevConf.US is a premier\, Red Hat–spon
 sored technology conference dedicated to community project maintainers\, 
 open-source contributors\, and professional developers working across Fre
 e and Open Source software. Hosted at Boston University in the historic c
 ity of Boston\, Massachusetts\, the event serves as a central gathering p
 oint for the global open-source ecosystem.\n\n* **Free Registration:** Wh
 ile there is no ticket fee or admission charge\, attendees are required t
 o complete a free registration online prior to attending.\n* **Language &
  Accessibility:** All talks\, presentations\, workshops\, and official co
 mmunications are conducted in English.\n* **Welcoming Environment:** DevC
 onf.US actively invites students\, new graduates\, and industry veterans 
 alike. To ensure a safe\, supportive\, and inclusive atmosphere\, the con
 ference enforces a strict Code of Conduct and media policy.\n* **Attendee
  Coaching Program:** To make technical conferences approachable for newco
 mers\, DevConf offers a dedicated coaching initiative. During registratio
 n\, participants can sign up as either an **Apprentice** (to receive guid
 ance from an experienced attendee) or a **Coach** (to help mentor first-t
 ime participants).\n\n---\n\n## Conference Themes & Tracks\n\n### Cloud\,
  Hybrid Cloud\, and Hyperscale Infrastructure\n\nThis track addresses the
  foundational technologies powering modern compute environments\, ranging
  from edge nodes and localized private clouds to hyperscale data centers.
  Presentations explore best practices in virtualization\, resource effici
 ency\, and large-scale operations.\n\n* **Core Topics:** Virtualization\,
  container orchestration\, high availability\, cloud-native design patter
 ns\, and infrastructure operations at scale.\n* **Key Ecosystem Focus Are
 as:** Technologies and frameworks such as Kubernetes\, Red Hat OpenShift\
 , OpenStack\, KVM\, Cloud Native tooling\, and the Mass Open Cloud (MOC) 
 ecosystem.\n\n### Artificial Intelligence and Data Science\n\nDedicated t
 o the intersection of artificial intelligence\, machine learning\, and da
 ta engineering in open source. Submissions cover both practical implement
 ations and foundational theory\, provided that AI or machine learning rem
 ains central to the talk.\n\n* **Core Topics:** Real-world AI application
 s\, novel model architectures\, benchmarking\, performance evaluation\, r
 ed teaming\, security assessments\, and resilient data processing pipelin
 es.\n* **Key Ecosystem Focus Areas:** Projects and runtimes including Ins
 tructLab\, PyTorch\, llama.cpp\, vLLM\, Open Data Hub\, KServe\, Kubeflow
 \, and enterprise Large Language Model (LLM) deployments.\n\n### Applicat
 ion and Services Development\n\nFocusing on the software lifecycle from c
 oncept to deployment\, this track explores modern approaches to building\
 , maintaining\, and scaling cloud-native applications and service archite
 ctures.\n\n* **Core Topics:** Modern application frameworks\, microservic
 es\, cloud-native development practices\, application modernization\, tel
 emetry\, monitoring\, and single-sourcing technical documentation.\n* **K
 ey Ecosystem Focus Areas:** AI-accelerated developer tooling\, programmin
 g language innovations\, application testing frameworks\, and advanced ob
 servability platforms.\n\n### DevOps and Automation\n\nThis track focuses
  on streamlining the software delivery lifecycle—automating the path from
  developer sandboxes to production environments while maintaining high av
 ailability and reliability.\n\n* **Core Topics:** Release pipeline defini
 tion\, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices\, continuous deployme
 nt\, developer environment automation\, AppOps\, and agile workflows.\n* 
 **Key Ecosystem Focus Areas:** Intelligent automation using AI/AIOps for 
 test generation\, test selection\, and failure analysis\, utilizing tools
  such as Ansible\, ArgoCD\, Tekton\, Konflux\, and modern CI/CD stacks.\n
 \n### Security and Compliance\n\nA comprehensive deep dive into protectin
 g systems\, shifting compliance checks left in the development pipeline\,
  and adapting to modern regulatory standards.\n\n* **Core Topics:** Zero 
 Trust security architectures\, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)\, machine 
 learning applications in risk management\, identity control\, and softwar
 e supply chain security.\n* **Key Ecosystem Focus Areas:** Remote attesta
 tion\, Policy as Code\, Confidential Computing\, Software Bill of Materia
 ls (SBOM)\, SSML\, FIPS compliance\, vulnerability management\, and regul
 atory mandates like DORA and NIS2.\n\n### Open Track\n\nA flexible venue 
 for topics that extend beyond specific thematic tracks\, highlighting bro
 ader community initiatives\, emerging technologies\, and foundational ope
 n-source efforts.\n\n* **Community & Education:** Features student projec
 ts\, diploma and bachelor thesis presentations\, academic collaborations\
 , public sector open-source initiatives\, and lessons learned in growing 
 a project from scratch to widespread adoption.\n* **Systems & Emerging Te
 ch:** Covers low-level operating system architectures\, Linux kernel deve
 lopment\, edge computing\, automotive systems\, Web3\, sustainable comput
 ing\, quantum computing\, and package management tools such as `dnf5`\, `
 RPM`\, and `bootc`.\n* **Culture & Leadership:** Explores agile transform
 ation\, organizational culture\, UI/UX design\, mentorship\, collaborativ
 e decision-making\, strategic thinking\, talent development\, accessibili
 ty\, and diversity/representation in open source.
LOCATION:Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Developm
 ent - Brookline Campus\n43 Hawes Street\, Brookline\, MA 02446\, 43 Hawes
  Street\, Brookline\, MA 02446
URL:https://aiweek.boston/schedule/devconf-us-2026
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