DevFest Milano 2026 — Saturday, October 10, Randstad Box, Milan.
One day, two GDG communities, and 300 developers figuring out where technology is actually going. DevFest Milano is back: a full day of talks, hands-on workshops and community, organized by GDG Cloud Milano and GDG Milano.
The 2026 theme: from generative AI to agents
2026 is the year AI stops just answering and starts acting. This edition puts AI at the center — agentic AI in particular: systems that reason, plan, and use tools to get real work done. Four pillars run through the program:
Models & generative AI — LLMs, multimodality, and building products on top of today's models.
Agents & tool use — reasoning, planning, orchestration: agents that call tools and APIs to act.
AI in production — from prototype to scale: cloud, evaluation, cost, and reliability.
Responsible AI — safety, privacy, and impact: building AI you can trust.
And because DevFest is a developer festival, not a single-topic conference, the rest of the stack is here too: Android, Web, Cloud, Flutter, Kotlin, Firebase, DevOps, Open Source and Accessibility.
What happens on the day
Talks. Parallel tracks from morning to evening, delivered by Googlers, Google Developer Experts and engineers who ship this stuff for a living. Real architectures, real trade-offs, real numbers — including what didn't work.
Hands-on workshops. Bring a laptop. Build something with the tools you've been reading about, with people in the room who can unblock you.
Community. The hallway track is half the reason to come. Between sessions you'll find the people who maintain the libraries you use, run the meetups you attend, and are hiring for the job you might want next. Coffee breaks and lunch are included, so nobody has to disappear at midday.
Sessions are in Italian and English — each one is labelled in the agenda, so you always know what you're walking into.
Is DevFest for you?
If you write software — backend, mobile, frontend, data, infra — or lead people who do, yes. Senior engineers come for the depth, students come for the entry point into a community that will still be here next year, and everyone leaves with a few ideas they didn't have at 9am. No prerequisites beyond curiosity.
What makes DevFest different
DevFest is run by volunteers, for developers, at a community price. Nobody is on that stage because they bought a slot: the program comes out of an open Call for Speakers, reviewed by a committee of practitioners. That's why the talks are technical, honest, and occasionally opinionated.
In 2025 we brought together 300+ developers around 20+ sessions across 3 tracks.
Practical info
📍 Randstad Box — Via San Vigilio 5, Milan (M2 Famagosta) 📅 Saturday, October 10, 2026, 09:00 – 19:00 🍽️ Coffee and lunch included 🎟️ 300 seats. Tickets are announced through our two communities — follow GDG Cloud Milano and GDG Milano on the GDG platform an telegram groups so you don't miss the drop.
The Call for Speakers is closed and the committee is building the agenda — speakers and full program go live at 👉 https://2026.devfestmilano.it
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/devfestmilano/
See you in Milan. 🎉
Agenda
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Hosted By
Davide Tresoldi, Organizer
Matteo Rocco, Analyst
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