In December, we opened a call for Program Committee members for the upcoming cdCon 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota a micro-conference at Open Source Summit North America, taking place May 18–20. We received 26 applications and could only select up to 7 people to join the Program Chair, Tracy Ragan, on the committee.
We’re pleased to share the names of the folks joining me on the cdCon 2026 Program Committee!
- Andrea Frittoli, IBM
- Brian Dawson, CIQ
- Hudson Coutinho, Devs On the Road
- Jing Chen, Independent
- Navitha Kambalapally, Capital One
- Sundeep Bobba, Southwest Airlines
- Tracy Ragan, DeployHub (PC Chair)
- Utkarsh Sharma, Acutro
Call for Proposals
We look forward to reviewing your talk submissions. Don’t forget to submit by Sunday, February 15 at 11:59 PM PST.
This year, we’re looking for talks about the following topics:
- AI and ML in CI/CD and Platform Engineering
- Platform Engineering: Principles and Automation
- Securing Software Workflows: Principles and Best Practices Automation
- CDF Projects: CDEvents, Jenkins, JayeX (formerly Jenkins X), Ortelius, Screwdriver, Spinnaker, and Tekton
Important Dates
Take notes of the following deadlines:
- CFP Closes: Sunday, February 15 at 11:59 PM PST
- CFP Notifications: Monday, March 16
- Schedule Announced: Tuesday, March 19
- Event: Monday, May 18 – Wednesday, May 20, 2026
