devopsdays Halifax - Propose

Call for proposals opens Friday, May 1, 2026.
Call for proposals closes Monday, Jun 8, 2026.
Selected proposals will be announced on Saturday, Aug 1, 2026.

Submit your proposal on Pretalx (May 1–June 8, 2026): Submit a proposal.

We’re looking for speakers for DevOpsDays Halifax 2026. Want to present your thoughts, ideas, and strategies around DevOps to your peers from Atlantic Canada? We’d love to hear from you—first-time speakers are welcome.

This is a single-track event with 30-minute slots. We’re expecting between 150–200 attendees at the conference.

Some topic ideas include but are not limited to:

  • Automation: Infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, containerization, and orchestration.
  • Cloud Native: Building and deploying applications for the cloud, microservices architecture, serverless computing, and cloud-native security.
  • Security: DevSecOps, vulnerability management, secrets management, and compliance.
  • Monitoring and Observability: Metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting for performance and incident response.
  • Testing: Continuous testing, automated testing frameworks, and chaos engineering.
  • Collaboration: Communication, teamwork, and cultural change between development and operations teams.
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML): Applications in DevOps, automation, and anomaly detection.
  • Edge computing: Building and deploying applications at the edge of the network.
  • Serverless computing: Building applications without managing infrastructure.
  • Quantum computing: Potential applications for DevOps and IT.
  • Open source tools and technologies: Latest advancements and best practices.

You can find more information about the conference, including our code of conduct, on our code of conduct page.

First-time speaking? Come on board!

Do you require funding for travel or accommodation? Please send an email to [[email protected] ] with some details. We have a limited budget for speaker travel and accommodation assistance, and we’ll allocate this based on need and on a first-come, first-served basis.

Submissions will be reviewed with an eye toward reducing unconscious bias. If you have any questions, you can send an email to [[email protected] ].