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.

This event is one of our KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 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.

Please check back — registration will open in October.

Contact sponsor@cncf.io to secure your sponsorship today! Signed contracts must be received by Monday, 2 February 2026!

Submit a proposal to speak! Submissions are being accepted through Sunday, 2 November 2025.

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