PortCon 2026 | The AI Software Factory Summit
About This Event
PortCon 2026 | The AI Software Factory Summit
๐ November 17โ18, 2026
๐ SHACK15, Ferry Building, San Francisco
What Does It Take to Ship a Scalable AI Software Factory?
AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built. But moving from individual coding agents to a scalable, secure, and governed AI Software Factory is where the real challenge begins.
Join 200 engineering and AI leaders, including speakers from GitHub, NVIDIA, 1Password, and more, for two days of hands-on workshops, technical deep dives, and candid conversations about the future of software engineering.
๐ What to Expect
๐ค Industry Leaders: Hear from Kelsey Hightower and engineering leaders at GitHub, NVIDIA, 1Password, and more.
๐ ๏ธ Hands-On Workshops: Build AI-powered workflows, explore MCP, AI SRE, and agent governance.
๐ง Technical Deep Dives: Explore agentic architectures, orchestration, context, security, and scaling AI across the SDLC.
๐ค Meaningful Connections: Connect with CTOs, VPs of Engineering, platform leaders, and AI practitioners shaping the future of software development.
๐ Agenda Highlights
November 17 | Hands-On Workshop Day
1:00โ3:00 PM ยท Terraform Automation, AI SRE Incident Workflows & Engineering Intelligence
3:30โ5:30 PM ยท MCP Servers, AI SRE Governance & Software Factory Workflows
Six instructor-led workshops. Limited seats available.
November 18 | The Agentic SDLC Summit
9:00 AM ยท Dark Software Factories, Lit at the Edges โ Zohar Einy, CEO, Port
9:30 AM ยท The Software Factory & the Imagination Gap โ Kelsey Hightower
10:00 AM ยท Inside the Software Factory That Built NVIDIA NemoClaw โ NVIDIA
10:40 AM ยท Building the Platform That Builds Software Factories โ Port
11:40 AM ยท Preflight Check: Your AI Primitives Are Reusable Code โ Travis Gosselin, GitHub
1:00โ4:40 PM ยท Breakout Sessions, Technical Deep Dives & Panels featuring Port, 1Password, Sportradar, and more.
4:40โ5:30 PM ยท Closing Show, Future of AI Software Engineering & AI Bingo
โจ More speakers and sessions are being added every week. Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
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Whether you're building AI-powered development workflows or leading enterprise-wide AI transformation, PortCon brings together the people shaping what's next in software engineering.
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