DASH 2026 Call for Proposals
Submit a Proposal
The deadline for 2026 session proposals has passed.
DASH 2026 will be held June 09–10 in New York City, and bring together thousands of the world’s top developers, systems engineers, and business leaders. DASH has always focused on speed, reliability, scalability, and security, but these are all becoming more difficult as technology increases in complexity and AI transforms the systems we build and how we build them. This year, we want to hear how you are solving these challenges and empowering technical teams to do their best work.
The deadline to submit a session proposal has passed for 2026. We'll be updating our session catalog with more programming details closer to the event.
Conference themes
End to End Reliability
The concept of "reliability" has become multi-faceted—it's no longer just about whether a system is up or down, but includes application performance, front-end usability, data correctness, and even resource-to-cost efficiency. Share the solutions you've developed to improve reliability through the entire stack, between systems, and across teams.
Harnessing AI
Working with AI can be challenging, but extremely rewarding—whether that's building more useful products for your customers or using it yourself to accelerate product development. Tell us about how you successfully incorporated AI into your software or your software development and operations processes.
Security
Security is a shared responsibility, especially with continuous cyberattacks and the daily emergence of new threats. We invite you to share your experiences and practical advice for integrating security seamlessly across the stack and through the entire software development lifecycle.
Scaling Systems
As technical systems and the teams that support them grow to large scales, it introduces new challenges. Share your successes and advice for keeping technical and human systems aligned, agile, and resilient at scale.
Developer Autonomy
Faster iteration leads to innovation, but development teams are often constrained when provisioning resources and the tools they need to deploy and run their code. Tell us about how you've enabled your team to be self-sufficient, move quickly, and fully own the applications they build.
Not sure what to talk about or need help with your submission? Contact us at speakers@dashcon.io. We’d love to talk more about your idea and how it might fit into the DASH program.
To get a better idea of the types of talks we’re looking for, take a look at the sessions from DASH 2024 and 2025.