BackstageCon

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November 10, 2025

Atlanta, Georgia

#BackstageCon

BackstageCon is a one-day conference focused on all things Backstage: an open framework for building developer portals. At BackstageCon, we’ll provide a vendor-neutral space for collaboration and learning centered on improving developer experience and effectiveness through open source technologies.

The event is vendor-neutral and organized by members of the Backstage community.

Registration Details

This event is one of our KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America CNCF-hosted Co-located Events. In-person attendees have the option to register for an All-Access In-Person KubeCon + CloudNativeCon pass that will include entry to ALL CNCF-hosted co-located events + KubeCon + CloudNativeCon.

Sponsor the Event

Contact sponsor@cncf.io to secure your sponsorship today! Signed contracts must be received by September 24, 2025.

Sponsor

Call For Proposals

Submit a proposal to speak! Submissions are being accepted through Monday, June 30, 2025. (11:59 PM EDT)

Submit to Speak

Click above to submit a proposal to speak at BackstageCon, or one of the other CNCF-hosted Co-located events.

BackstageCon topics include:

The future of Backstage in open source
Lessons learned from standing up, deploying, and driving Backstage adoption, etc.
Transforming developer experience, streamlining developer workflow, doing more with less using Backstage
Technical deep dives on Backstage topics (customizing, scaling, securing, plugin development, etc.)

Submission Types:

Presentation: 25 minutes with 1 or 2 speakers presenting on a topic
Panel Discussion: 35 minutes of discussion amongst 3 to 5 speakers (In an effort to promote speaker diversity, CNCF does not accept submissions with all-male panels, and three different organizations must be represented).
Lightning Talk: A brief 10 minute presentation with a maximum of 1 speaker