Driving the Next Evolution of DevOps Through AI, Platform Engineering, Security, and Open Source
cdCon 2026 is where the next era of software delivery takes shape. Hosted by the Continuous Delivery Foundation, cdCon focuses on four defining pillars of modern delivery: AI-driven workflows and the operational delivery of AI applications, software supply chain security, platform engineering at scale, and the future direction of the open source projects that power the modern software factory floor.
Co-located with Open Source Summit North America, May 18–20, cdCon brings together the builders, operators, and leaders turning these priorities into production reality. Join us there.
Why Attend?
The conference will feature technical sessions covering:
- AI in CI/CD: practical uses of AI for pipeline optimization, observability, and intelligent automation
- Platform Engineering: building scalable internal developer platforms that improve developer productivity and operational consistency
- Software Supply Chain Security: integrating security, SBOMs, provenance, and policy enforcement directly into CI/CD workflows
- CDF Ecosystem: real-world insights from projects including Jenkins, CDEvents, Ortelius, Spinnaker, and more
Keynotes
May 18 at 11:20 am | Room 101C
Dadisi Sanyika is Governing Board Chair of the CD Foundation and a co-author of the CDEvents Interoperability specification. He brings over a decade of experience improving software delivery at scale, including leading the Spinnaker engineering team at Apple Services Engineering. He continues to serve on the Spinnaker project TOC and has contributed to the CDF through the Interoperability SIG, and more. Outside the CDF, Dadisi is the Founder and CEO of Sol Duara, where he builds commercial infrastructure on top of the CDEvents standard. He is passionate about purpose-driven communities and the conviction that interoperability is shared infrastructure, not a competitive differentiator.
Dadisi Sanyika, Sol Duara
Jennifer Mulford, Okta
May 18 at 2:30 pm | Room 101C
Jennifer Mulford is a Senior Platform Security Engineer with a background in DevOps and a focus on cloud security and automation. She holds certifications including CISSP and CKA and focuses on securing and automating modern pipelines, including the evolving role of AI in software delivery and process automation. Jennifer is an active member of the cybersecurity community and is passionate about innovating with AI while staying grounded in strong security principles.
Speakers
Adolfo García Veytia
Carabiner Systems
Corey McGalliard
Akamai
Kate Scarcella
Independent
Marina Moore
Edera
Prem Dhayalan
Capital One
Stacey Potter
OpenSSF
Tracy Ragan
DeployHub
Alon Nisser
Zencity
Hudson Coutinho
Linker Bank
Katherine Druckman
JetBrains
Mihir Vora
Capital One
Ryo Sugahara
NTT DATA GROUP
Steve Taylor
DeployHub
Vibhav Bobade
Red Hat
Ben Powell
Apple
Julien Semaan
Kubex
Kim Schaefer
Game Plan Tech
Muktesh Mishra
Adobe
Sachin Garg
NavankurIT
Sundeep Bobba
Southwest Airlines
Brett Smith
SAS
Kadi McKean
ReversingLabs
Mark Waite
Independent
Naga Sujitha Vummaneni
Ripple
Sameeksha Garg
Carnegie Mellon University
Tabatha DiDomenico
G-Research Open Source
Registration
To attend cdCon, simply register for Open Source Summit North America (no add-on needed). Register by May 4, 2026 to save $300 USD.
Sponsor
Sponsoring Open Source Summit gives you the opportunity to reach a diverse and multi-faceted audience of open source practitioners, in one place.
Scholarship & Travel Funding
Scholarships & travel funding supports underrepresented groups and those who need financial assistance. Apply by March 30 for travel funding and April 10 for scholarships.
Minneapolis Convention Center
Venue Address:
1301 Second Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
55403
Program Committee
This year’s program chair is Tracy Ragan. Thank you to the seven other members who took the time to review and and curating this year’s cdCon schedule.
cdCon 2025 Recordings
Andrea Frittoli
IBM
Navitha Kambalapally
Capital One
Brian Dawson
CIQ
Sundeep Bobba
Southwest Airlines
Hudson Coutinho
Linker Bank
Tracy Ragan (PC Chair)
DeployHub
Jing Chen
Independent
Utkarsh Sharma
Acutro
