About DevConf

DevConf.US 2025 is the 7th annual, free, Red Hat sponsored technology conference for community project and professional contributors to Free and Open Source technologies at Boston University in the historic city of Boston, USA.

There is no admission or ticket charge for DevConf.US events. However, you are required to complete a free registration. Talks, presentations, and workshops will all be in English.

We encourage students and new graduates as well as professionals to attend DevConf.US. We also have attendee coaching available for people who are new to attending conferences! Please choose to either be a new attendee coach or apprentice when you register for the conference.

We are committed to fostering an open and welcoming environment at our conference. We set expectations for inclusive behavior through our code of conduct and media policies, and are prepared to enforce these.

Conference Themes

Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and Hyperscale Infrastructure

Topics around Kubernetes, high availability, anything that powers large data centers or small private clouds, best practices for infrastructure management, operations at scale, and resource efficiency. Topics related to virtualization, containers, and Kubernetes.

Containers, OpenShift, Kubernetes, KVM, OpenStack, Cloud Native, Scalability, Availability, Data Center, Private Clouds, Virtualization

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

Topic for artificial intelligence, statistics and machine learning, both theory and practice. Do you have an AI application to demonstrate, novel architecture, performance comparison, red teaming report or a data processing pipeline you are really proud of? This is the track for you. The only requirement is that artificial intelligence must be central to it.

InstructLab, Open Data Hub, LLM, PyTorch, llama.cpp, vLLM, KServe, Kubeflow
Application and Services Development

Topics around building and deploying apps, modern application development, services development, application monitoring and observability, cloud-native apps, application modernization, and single-sourcing documentation.

Application, Application Development, Application Services, Cloud-native, Monitoring, Observability, Programming Languages, Application Testing, Documentation

DevOps and Automation

Topics related to defining a release pipeline, automating developer environments, and building environments from developer sandboxes to production. This track covers ensuring application uptime, continuous application development, and agile development practices. It also includes discussions on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) tools and best practices, AppOps, and testing strategies in DevOps environments. Additional focus areas include embedded intelligence in products for automation and the role of AI in test failure analysis, test generation, and test selection.

Automation, DevOps, Ansible, AIOps, CI/CD, Tekton, ArgoCD
Security and Compliance

This track focuses on integrating security into development processes, shifting compliance left, and managing compliance in deployments. It explores areas such as the zero-trust security model, Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) as well as the use of machine learning in security automation and risk management. This track also covers the evolution of legislation and mandates in terms of security compliance.

Remote Attestation, Policy as Code, PQC, Identity Management, MFA, Zero Trust, Data Governance, DORA, NIS2, Confidential Computing, SBOM, SSML, Vulnerability Management, Configuration Compliance, FIPS, Auditing

UX and Design

This track focuses on the issues related to User Experience Design (UX), including Interface Design (UI), research, design thinking, design methods, and other aspects of UX. It is dedicated to sharing knowledge on how to create seamless, intuitive, and impactful user experiences, including but not limited to interfaces. By exploring the intersection of human-centered design and emerging technologies like AI, this track provides insights into transformative digital strategies that shape the future of user interactions.

Patternfly, UX, UI, Design, Design Thinking, AI, Interfaces, Prototyping, Wireframe, Creative, Experience, User Engagement, Human-centered Design, Workflow, Use Cases, Outcomes, Ideation, Testing
Open Track

Open to any other topics! We welcome open source student projects, presentations of diploma and bachelor theses, proposals for new projects, and any other topic that doesn’t fall under the listed themes but relates to general open source community topics. This includes customer success stories with open source, examples of open source initiatives in the public sector, and open source projects in academia - from zero to a successful open source project.

Student Projects, New Project Proposals, Open Source Community, Customer Success Stories, Open Source in Education, Operating Systems, Kernel, Edge, Automotive, Linux, dnf5, RPM, bootc, Konflux, Emerging Technologies, Research, Sustainable Computing, Web3, Quantum Computing, MOC, Agile Transformation, Continuous Improvement, Agile Leadership, Culture, Collaboration, Mentorship, Decision Making, Strategic Thinking, Customer Feedback, Talent Development, Diversity, Accessibility, Representation, Allyship