Version 1.8.1 May 1, 2026

We're hiding the proto-open space sessions so that they don't make the schedule so wide.

Sadly, we had to cancel sessions:

• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 1, Conversation”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Inspiration A”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Conversation”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Inspiration A”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Conversation”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Inspiration A”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 1, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Conversation”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 1, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Conversation”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Inspiration A”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 1, Inspiration A”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Inspiration A”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Conversation”

Version 1.8 May 1, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Startup Huddle Presentations”.

Version 1.7 May 1, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

Version 1.6 May 1, 2026

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Port - Gold Sponsor”.

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Texas State University - Community Sponsor” (May 6, 2026, 1:39 p.m. → May 5, 2026, 1:37 p.m.)
• “Modicus Prime - Food Sponsor” (May 5, 2026, 1:27 p.m. → May 5, 2026, 1:35 p.m.)

Version 1.5 April 23, 2026

Moved Carl and Wicketts talk(s).

We have a new session: “Securing the Software Factory” by James Wickett.

We have moved a session around: “Pruning during a growth phase: lessions and techniques for optimizing cloud spend” by Carl Perry (May 6, 2026, 10:40 a.m. → May 5, 2026, 2:40 p.m.)

Version 1.4 April 22, 2026

We've added all of the placeholders for open spaces and all of our current sponsor pitches.

We have new sessions!

• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Transformation”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Dedication”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Collaboration”
• “Texas Mutual Insurance - Coffee Bar Sponsor”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Conversation”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Inspiration A”
• “Perforce Puppet - Gold Sponsor”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Transformation”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Conversation”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Conversation”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Dedication”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Transformation”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Conversation”
• “Zesty - Gold Sponsor”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Inspiration A”
• “Closing Ceremonies and Raffles”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Transformation”
• “Texas State University - Community Sponsor”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 1, Conversation”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Inspiration A”
• “groundcover - Gold Sponsor”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 3, Dedication”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Dedication”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Inspiration B”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Inspiration A”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 1, Inspiration B”
• “LaunchDarkly - Gold Sponsor”
• “Modicus Prime - Food Sponsor”
• “Crash Override - Lanyard Sponsor”
• “Day 2 Opening”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Dedication”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 1, Collaboration”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 2, Transformation”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 1, Dedication”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 2, Collaboration”
• “Red Hat - Gold Sponsor”
• “Open Space Day 1, Slot 3, Inspiration A”
• “Open Space Day 2, Slot 1, Conversation”

We have moved a session around: “Open Space Day 1, Slot 1, Inspiration A” (Inspiration A/B → Inspiration A - Open Spaces)

Version 1.3 April 21, 2026

Added Byron's talk.

We have a new session: “Beyond the Prompt: Building a Cognitive Control Plane” by Byron Miller.

Sadly, we had to cancel a session: “5 Lessons from Automating Away My Own Job (And Why That's Actually Good)” by VISHVESH PANDEY

Version 1.2 April 8, 2026

This version of the schedule finished out the last few openings and closing blocks, and it also moved the sponsor blocks to private so the unconfirmed sponsor pitches don't fill the schedule.

Version 1.1 April 6, 2026

We have updated a few talks, and move a couple people around.

We have a new session: “Rollback-by-Design: Safe Infrastructure Migrations at Scale” by Abhinav Dahiya.

Sadly, we had to cancel a session: “Why AI Agents Break Everything You Know About Observability — And How We Fixed It” by Divya Mahajan

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Typing was never the hard part” by Ian Littman (May 6, 2026, 11:10 a.m. → May 6, 2026, 11:40 a.m.)
• “From Rollouts to Results: How Platform Engineering Removed Bottlenecks in Value Delivery” by Ajo Augustine (May 5, 2026, 11:15 a.m. → May 6, 2026, 11:40 a.m.)
• “Open Source Endpoint Telemetry Blueprint for Security Teams” by Victor Lyuboslavsky (May 6, 2026, 11:40 a.m. → May 5, 2026, 11:15 a.m.)
• “Developer EQ: Mix and Master Your Social Game” by Kyle Shelton (May 6, 2026, 11:40 a.m. → May 6, 2026, 11:10 a.m.)

Version 1.0 April 3, 2026

This is the first schedule release for DevOpsDays Austin 2026. All talks have been placed in their spots, and there are some additional changes coming for future releases (e.g., administrative slots, more open spaces, keynote announcements, etc.).