DevFest season is officially back. From October 1 by means of December 31, 2026, almost 1,000,000 builders and builders will collect for the world’s largest community-led know-how convention.
Hosted all over the world by Google Developer Groups (GDGs), DevFest helps everybody — from seasoned software program engineers to rising resolution builders — acquire sensible, hands-on expertise with Google’s AI applied sciences.
What to anticipate at DevFest 2026
Below this yr’s theme: “Construct, Safe, Scale: Builders and Builders within the Agentic Period,” the 2026 season prioritizes hands-on experimentation at each occasion. Attendees will interact immediately with instruments throughout Google’s stack — together with Gemini, Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, Google Cloud, Firebase, Android, Flutter, Angular, and Net MCP — by means of stay codelabs, workshops, and agent-athons.
The tracks this yr mirror three core realities for contemporary software program improvement:
- It’s by no means been simpler to construct. New instruments permit extra folks and groups to prototype and deploy sooner than ever.
- What you construct must be protected and safe. Pace can’t come on the expense of stability. Constructing within the agentic period requires rigorous give attention to safe deployment, knowledge privateness, and accountable AI guardrails.
- You’ll be able to work with production-ready infrastructure. Google offers top-of-class fashions to assist builders and builders scale reliably from day one.
Find out how to join with native communities, globally
DevFest is constructed by the neighborhood, for the neighborhood. Whereas backed by Google, every GDG curates its agenda and tailors every occasion to serve the particular wants and challenges of its native tech ecosystem. GDGs design their DevFests to foster an inclusive, welcoming setting the place individuals collaborate and uplevel their expertise collectively.
Become involved
With greater than 800 occasions deliberate throughout 115 international locations, DevFest presents an area to sharpen your expertise, take a look at new architectures, and join with the neighborhood.
You’ll find Your Native Occasion by visiting the DevFest Event Directory and sustain with the dialog through the use of #DevFest throughout social channels.
