September 15, 2026 – September 16, 2026San Francisco, CA
OpenSignal Summit 2026
Build what matters. Ship what lasts. — Two days of deep technical talks, real-world engineering stories, and 400 developers who care about building things that last.
Two days away from the backlog to think, learn, and connect with people who care about the same problems you do.
Grow Your Network
Meet 400 developers, product engineers, and open-source contributors who are solving hard problems in production. Lunch, social events, and hallway track designed for serendipitous connections.
Level Up Your Craft
Two tracks of deep technical content — no fluff. Our program committee filters for talks with real production experience, benchmarks, and code you can take home.
Ship Inspired
You'll leave with 3–5 specific things to try on Monday. Every talk ends with concrete takeaways. We track this — 87% of past attendees report shipping something new within 30 days.
Hands-on Workshops
Go beyond slides. Day 2 includes a 90-minute hands-on workshop: deploy a full-stack app to the edge from scratch. Bring your laptop — seats are limited.
Meet the Maintainers
Speakers are practitioners — not consultants. Last year 4 of our speakers opened PRs to projects during the conference. The people who build the tools you use will be in the room.
Inclusive & Welcoming
We enforce a strict code of conduct. 30% of our speakers identify as members of underrepresented groups. We offer scholarship tickets, captioning on all talks, and a dedicated quiet room.
Speakers
Practitioners, not pundits
Every speaker at OpenSignal Summit has shipped what they're talking about. No theoretical frameworks — real systems, real lessons.
PM
Priya Mehta
Staff Engineer at Vercel
Talk
"Edge Functions Are Not Just Serverless"
Priya builds the infrastructure that powers millions of deploys per day. She speaks regularly at QCon, Systems Conference, and is a co-author of "Reliability Patterns at Scale."
Marcus designed the real-time sync architecture behind Linear's live presence features. Prev: Figma. Writes about collaborative systems at devwriting.co.
Dara leads the Storefront API team at Shopify, responsible for the developer experience for 1.7M merchants. Speaker at Remix Conf, Node Conf, and previously at Stripe.
Rafael has been running distributed systems for 15 years, the last 6 at Cloudflare. He is the author of the popular "Production Postmortems" newsletter.
Linda has spent the last decade helping developers understand databases. She runs the Postgres for JavaScript developers course series and co-organizes PGConf NYC.
Track A focuses on infrastructure and platforms. Track B covers application architecture and developer experience. Keynotes and workshops are for everyone.
Day 1Tuesday, September 15
Time
Session
Speaker
Track
Room
8:00 AM
Registration & Morning Coffee Break
—
All
Main Lobby
9:00 AM
Opening Keynote: The State of the Open Web Keynote
OpenSignal Foundation
All
Hall A (Main Stage)
10:00 AM
Edge Functions Are Not Just Serverless Talk
Priya Mehta
Track A
Room 101
10:00 AM
CRDTs Without the PhD Talk
Marcus Okonkwo
Track B
Room 102
11:00 AM
Lunch & Networking Break
—
All
Terrace
12:30 PM
Sponsor Demos & Open Workshop Workshop
—
All
Exhibition Hall
2:00 PM
Islands Architecture at Scale: Lessons from 2 Years Talk
Aiko Tanaka
Track A
Room 101
2:00 PM
The GraphQL You Never Wanted to Write Talk
Dara Osei
Track B
Room 102
3:00 PM
Coffee Break Break
—
All
Main Lobby
3:30 PM
Panel: Developer Experience in 2027 Panel
—
All
Hall A (Main Stage)
5:00 PM
Day 1 Wrap-up & Speaker Q&A Keynote
—
All
Hall A (Main Stage)
6:00 PM
Opening Night Social — Rooftop Terrace Social
—
All
Rooftop Terrace
Day 2Wednesday, September 16
Time
Session
Speaker
Track
Room
8:30 AM
Morning Coffee & Sponsor Expo Break
—
All
Exhibition Hall
9:00 AM
Day 2 Keynote: Open Source in the Age of AI Keynote
OpenSignal Foundation
All
Hall A (Main Stage)
10:00 AM
When the CDN Is the Bug Talk
Rafael Santos
Track A
Room 101
10:00 AM
Serverless Postgres: What Nobody Tells You Talk
Linda Chen
Track B
Room 102
11:00 AM
Lunch & Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions Break
—
All
Terrace
12:30 PM
Hands-on Workshop: Deploying to the Edge in 30 Minutes Workshop
—
All
Workshop Room 1
2:00 PM
Lightning Talks (5 × 8 min) Panel
—
All
Hall A (Main Stage)
3:00 PM
Coffee Break Break
—
All
Main Lobby
3:30 PM
Closing Keynote: What We're Building Next Keynote
OpenSignal Foundation
All
Hall A (Main Stage)
4:30 PM
Closing Ceremony, Thank-yous & Swag Keynote
—
All
Hall A (Main Stage)
Tickets
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Early bird pricing ends July 15. Team tickets include invoice and bulk payment.
Marriott Marquis SF — 15% conference rate, 2 blocks away
Hotel Zelos — Boutique, 10 min walk, use code OPENSIG26
Club Quarters Financial District — Budget-friendly, BART-adjacent
FAQ
Common questions
What is the refund policy?
Full refunds are available up to 30 days before the event (August 16, 2026). After that, tickets are transferable but not refundable. If OpenSignal Summit is cancelled or postponed due to unforeseen circumstances, all ticket holders will receive a full refund.
Will sessions be recorded?
Yes. All main stage keynotes and Track A/B talks will be recorded and shared with ticket holders within 3 weeks of the event. Workshop sessions are not recorded to encourage open participation.
Is there a student or scholarship discount?
We reserve 20 scholarship tickets for students and community contributors from underrepresented backgrounds. Applications open June 1 at opensignal.dev/scholarship. Student pricing ($99) is also available with a valid .edu email address.
What is your code of conduct?
OpenSignal Summit is committed to providing a safe, welcoming, and harassment-free environment for everyone. We enforce a strict code of conduct. All speakers, sponsors, and attendees must agree to it before registering. Read the full code of conduct at opensignal.dev/conduct.
Will there be a remote or live-stream option?
Keynotes and selected talks will be live-streamed for free on our YouTube channel. A virtual ticket ($49) includes access to all livestreams in real-time plus the post-event recording archive. Remote attendees will not have access to workshops.
Can I submit a talk? Is the CFP open?
The CFP (Call for Proposals) is open until June 30, 2026. We accept talks (40 min), lightning talks (8 min), and workshop proposals (90 min). All proposals are reviewed anonymously by our program committee. Submit at opensignal.dev/cfp.
OpenSignal Summit is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices.
✓We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form.
✓Conference participants violating these rules may be expelled without a refund, at the sole discretion of the organizers.
✓If you are being harassed, notice someone else being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a staff member immediately.