Conference Description
Key Takeaways
- Three-day conference covering cloud infrastructure, application security, web performance, and AI agent deployment
- Designed for developers, architects, security leaders, and IT executives working with cloud and web infrastructure
- Features keynotes, 100+ breakout sessions, hands-on labs, live podcasts, and optional technical certification through Cloudflare University
- Speakers include Cloudflare leadership, Stanford AI researcher Dr. Fei-Fei Li, and security executives from Block and Gilead Sciences
- Expected attendance of 5,000+ professionals alongside 40+ ecosystem partners
About the Event
Cloudflare Connect 2026 takes place October 19 to 21 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The conference brings together professionals building, securing, and scaling internet infrastructure, with programming structured across three days. Day one hosts Cloudflare University (a full-day technical training and certification track) and a Partner Summit. Days two and three feature the main conference sessions, including keynotes, breakouts, an expo hall, and evening networking events.
The event format includes interactive whiteboarding sessions (System Sketch), solutions-building labs (Built It Labs), the Cloudflare Innovation Theater, Orange Cloud Theater, and live podcast recordings (The Frequency). A startup pitch competition called The Cold Start runs on day one, and the conference closes with an evening party called func(tion).
Key Topics and Technologies
The conference organizes content across five tracks: agents to production, the instant web, stack consolidation, AI control, and advanced attacks. Sessions address cloud infrastructure and platform consolidation, application and network security, AI and agent deployment, web performance optimization, and cyberattack mitigation.
Technologies featured include Cloudflare’s SSE and SASE Platform, AI Cloud, Web Security Platform, and Frontend Development Platform. The technical content focuses on practical implementation, with hands-on labs allowing attendees to build solutions during the event.
Featured Speakers
Keynote speakers include Matthew Prince (Co-Founder and CEO, Cloudflare) and Michelle Zatlyn (Co-Founder and President, Cloudflare). Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Founding Co-Director of Stanford University’s Human-Centered AI Institute, will speak on AI topics. Additional speakers include Adam Grant (organizational psychologist and author), Rachel Potvin (SVP Engineering, Platform at Block), and Peter Huynh (Deputy CISO at Gilead Sciences).
Technical Training and Certification
Cloudflare University offers instructor-led technical training designed for architects and engineers. The program runs as a full-day session on day one, with certification exams available on days two and three. This track provides formal credentials for professionals working with Cloudflare’s platform.
Who Should Attend
The conference targets developers, software engineers, architects, security leaders (including CISOs and security architects), IT and cloud infrastructure professionals, and technology executives. Partners and ecosystem vendors also have dedicated programming through the Partner Summit. Organizations focused on digital transformation, secure cloud adoption, and AI deployment will find relevant technical and strategic content.