DevOpsDayLA 16x 2027: AI as a Boon, Not a Goon
Friday, April 2, 2027 | Pasadena Convention Center
Welcome Home, SoCal DevOps Community!
DevOpsDayLA is Southern California's premier DevOps community gathering, celebrating our milestone 16th event in 2027. We're BY the SoCal DevOps community, FOR the SoCal DevOps community.
Your chance to share your expertise, learn from your neighbors, and strengthen the bonds that make our local tech ecosystem so vibrant.
You're working in a world where AI has moved past the experimentation phase—it's writing code, provisioning infrastructure, and reshaping how teams work together, for better and for worse. Whether AI has been a boon on your team or has created new headaches to manage, your SoCal experience matters.
Why Attend DevOpsDayLA 2027?
- Learn from Your SoCal Neighbors - Real stories from implementing DevOps across Southern California's incredibly diverse technology landscape—from entertainment and aerospace to startups and Fortune 500 companies. Discover how your fellow practitioners are adapting to agentic workflows, spec-driven development, and AI-driven infrastructure while maintaining focus on what makes teams successful.
- Share Your Experience - This is your platform to showcase the unique DevOps innovations happening right here in Southern California, from Venice Beach to Irvine and everywhere in between.
- Build Community - Connect with fellow practitioners who understand the specific challenges and opportunities of working in SoCal's high-cost, highly competitive, incredibly diverse tech environment.
- Celebrate Innovation - Discover how your fellow SoCal DevOps practitioners are tackling platform engineering, AI guardrails, token economics and FinOps, and the future of collaborative software delivery.
What Makes SoCal DevOps Special
Southern California isn't just any tech region—we're home to an incredibly diverse technology landscape:
- Entertainment & Media: Disney, Netflix, Sony, Warner Bros
- Aerospace & Defense: SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Boeing
- E-commerce & Consumer: Snap, Hulu, Activision Blizzard
- Retail & Logistics: Target, ALDI, massive distribution networks
- Robotics & Automation: Leading edge robotics companies and research
- Emerging Tech: Self-driving cars, space technology, content creation
- Traditional Industries Going Digital: Healthcare, manufacturing, supply chain
- Startups to Fortune 500: From Santa Monica to Pasadena, everywhere in between
Your experience implementing DevOps in these unique SoCal environments is exactly what your fellow practitioners need to hear.
Event Details
Date: Friday, April 2, 2027
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E Green St, Pasadena, CA 91101
Format: In-person
Part of SCaLE 24x - Co-located with the Southern California Linux Expo
Get Involved
- Submit a Proposal - Share your SoCal DevOps story
- Register to Attend - Join the conversation
- Become a Sponsor - Support our community
- Volunteer - Help make it happen
This is our community. These are our stories. Let's share them together.
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