Last year, IDPCON 2024 brought together more than 250 engineering leaders, platform teams, and developer experience professionals for a day of robust dialogue and real-world insights.
The event featured sessions that not only inspired but also equipped attendees to gameplan on how they are approaching internal developer portals, platform engineering, and developer productivity.
For instance, Max Kanat-Alexander, then a Principal Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn (he’s now at Capital One), and author of "Code Simplicity" and "Understanding Software" unveiled for the first time publicly a data-driven initiative that the LinkedIn Developer Productivity & Happiness team pioneered and discussed the principles of taking action on metrics.
In another session, David Grizzanti, then a Principal Engineer at the New York Times (he’s now at Google) shared his experience in building user-friendly “paved path” experiences for developers.
Revisit these standout sessions:
If you missed it, don’t worry—you can catch up on all the sessions here.
IDPCON 2025
This year, we’re back and bigger than ever. IDPCON 2025 is happening on October 9, 2025, in New York City—and we’re once again bringing together the brightest minds to explore the evolving landscape of engineering excellence, platform strategy, and DevEx best practices.
Who Should Attend
IDPCON 2025 is designed for anyone passionate about elevating engineering performance. Whether you’re an engineering leader focused on digital transformation, integrating AI-driven automation, or driving superior delivery performance; an SRE or platform engineer looking to reduce maintenance costs, streamline incident response, and improve software quality; or a DevOps professional keen to boost productivity—this event offers conversation, professional connection, and insights for a wide range of engineering challenges.
And don’t worry if you don’t already have an IDP in place or aren’t actively evaluating them; our sessions are crafted to provide actionable strategies and fresh perspectives that can benefit your current setup or spark new ideas for the future.
Why IDPCON?
Engineering organizations are under more pressure than ever to deliver secure, reliable software in a high-velocity and efficient manner. But many teams still struggle with fragmented tools, bottlenecks, and a lack of visibility into key engineering metrics. Internal Developer Portals (IDPs) have emerged as a game-changer, offering a unified platform to streamline developer workflows, improve service ownership, and accelerate delivery.
At IDPCON 2025, we’re diving even deeper into the strategies, challenges, and innovations shaping the future of platform engineering and developer productivity. Expect:
Expert-led sessions from industry leaders at top engineering organizations.
Engaging roundtables focused on real-world implementation and success stories.
Exclusive networking opportunities with peers who are solving the same challenges you face.
Be Part of the Conversation
IDPCON is built by and for engineering leaders, and we want your voice in the room. Our Call for Proposals (CFP) is now open—if you have insights, best practices, or lessons learned about IDPs, platform engineering, or scaling engineering excellence, we’d love to hear from you. Here’s the themes:
Engineering Excellence: We believe producing performant and scalable software starts with building high-performing, scalable teams. Tell us about your processes and practices that have successfully empowered teams to do their best work, creating a vibrant and collaborative culture.
Internal Developer Portals: Share your experiences of implementing an internal developer portal that accelerates developer productivity and time to market. We’re interested in how your organization drives IDP adoption, onboards new team members with ease, and streamlines workflows to enhance developer autonomy.
Security & Compliance: Detail how implementing robust security measures, ensuring strict compliance, and proactively preventing threats have safeguarded software and enhanced stakeholder trust. Success stories might include the deployment of advanced security protocols that have significantly reduced cyber risks and reinforced the overall integrity of digital systems.
Developer Experience: Share how you’ve improved developer experience by streamlining workflows, reducing cognitive load, and fostering a culture of innovation. We’re eager to hear success stories about building intuitive tooling, improving onboarding, and creating an environment where developers can do their best work with minimal friction.
Reliability: Illustrate how establishing stable, resilient systems has enabled organizations to handle real-world production loads with minimal downtime. We welcome case studies that showcase proactive monitoring, failover strategies, and continuous maintenance efforts that have delivered uninterrupted service and strengthened operational continuity.
Artificial Intelligence: Share how you’ve harnessed AI to drive innovation and solve complex problems. We’re excited to learn about success stories where AI has led to smarter decision making and automation of routine tasks.
Velocity: Highlight success stories where rapid delivery of features and fixes was achieved by identifying and eliminating process or tooling bottlenecks. Illustrative examples could include the adoption of streamlined workflows that accelerated time-to-market and enhanced customer responsiveness.
Developer Productivity: Show us how you’ve boosted developer productivity through better processes, automation, and metrics. Whether it’s refining CI/CD pipelines, eliminating bottlenecks, or driving meaningful efficiency gains, we’d love to learn how your team is optimizing output without sacrificing quality.
Efficiency: Demonstrate how optimizing tools, infrastructure, and costs has led to better resource utilization and overall business performance. Success stories are encouraged that detail innovative strategies in cost reduction and performance tuning, resulting in measurable improvements in operational efficiency and scalability.
Platform Engineering Strategies: Tell us about the creative strategies you’ve implemented to transform platform engineering and enhance developer experiences. We’d love to hear how modern engineering practices have helped you build robust, scalable platforms that power your business forward.
Save the Date: October 9, 2025 | New York City
Join us as we continue shaping the future of engineering excellence. Stay tuned for speaker announcements, agenda details, and more.
Want to speak? Submit your talk proposal here.
Ready to attend? Register now at: www.idpcon.com
