DPE Summit 2027: Today’s SDLC is delivery-limited. An AI-native SDLC delivers at agent speed.

DPE Summit is the conference where the teams who make delivery keep pace with agents compare notes and learn from each other.

February 2–3, 2027 San Francisco, CA

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Why DPE Summit

At most companies, the teams that make delivery keep up with agents are small. The people who face similar problems at the same scale work elsewhere. DPE Summit puts all of these people in one room together.

This year, DPE Summit is about the delivery side of the AI-native SDLC, and about the developers who steer the agents. As agents write more of the code, your work on builds, tests, CI, code reviews, evals, and keeping the toolchain healthy decides how fast that code reaches production.

DPE Summit is not just another conference or tradeshow, it is an opportunity for people to join their peers, compare notes, and learn from some of the biggest companies in the world.

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DPE Summit 2027 Topics

  • Trusting what agents produce

    How you know an agent’s change is right when the agent also wrote the tests.

  • Keeping verification fast and reliable at agent volume

    Builds and tests that hold up when agents raise the load by an order of magnitude.

  • What builds and tests tell the agent

    The context that tells an agent whether its change caused a failure, and why.

  • Review, merge, and release at agent scale

    Which agent changes still need a human reviewer, and how review and merge queues keep up with the rest.

  • Evaluating the agents

    How you know a new model or harness made your agents better, not just different.

  • Cost

    What a merged change costs in compute, tokens, and developer time, and how to bring it down.

  • Engineers and agent fleets

    What limits one engineer steering agents, and what breaks as agents become a fleet.

  • Running the delivery system like production

    SLOs for build times and flaky tests, and the delivery metrics that show whether agents help.

  • Securing the toolchain

    Defending a toolchain that agents can reach, and tracing an attack to the software you shipped.

  • Developer experience with agents

    What steering agents all day does to focus, trust, and how engineers learn.

Who Should Attend

DPE Summit is for building the systems that turn AI code generation into software delivery at agent speed, and for hearing from the teams furthest along.

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  • Developers, and platform, build, and CI engineers
  • Engineers who run coding agents at scale
  • VPs and directors of platform engineering and DevEx
  • CTOs, VPs of engineering, and AI and platform architects
  • DevOps directors
  • Supply chain security and governance leaders
  • Speaker presenting on method execution detection on the DPE Summit 2025 main stage
  • Audience applauding a session at DPE Summit 2025
  • “DPE Summit is very special because we have people that are very interested in this space and work on it on a daily basis so we can share and learn from each other. This is why I will always get excited about coming to this conference.” — Roberto Perez Alcolea, Netflix
  • Speaker presenting in front of the DPE Summit backdrop
  • Attendees in the courtyard between sessions
  • Attendee asking a question at the audience mic
  • Speakers in matching tracksuits presenting "Institutional Knowledge" on stage
  • “I really like hearing about what’s going on at large organizations. Companies like Meta or Netflix or Airbnb can really show you like what’s possible if you prioritize things enough.” — Jason Erickson, Okta
  • Attendees gathering by the food trucks
  • Attendees talking at outdoor tables

Check out the DPE Summit 2025 session videos

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February 2–3, 2027 · San Francisco, CA

For two days, your peers are in one room.

Come to listen, or submit a talk about your own work. The call for papers is open until Friday, November 13.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is DPE Summit held?

DPE Summit 2027 takes place February 2–3, 2027 in San Francisco, CA. Venue details will be shared with registered attendees.

Are there hotel arrangements?

We have a discounted room block at The Clancy Hotel, about 20 minutes from the venue. The link to book is here, but attendees are welcome to select their preferred hotel!

Will sessions be recorded?

Yes. Session recordings are published on dpe.org after the event.

Do you provide visa support letters?

Yes. If you need an invitation letter for your visa application, email events@gradle.com with your full name, company, and registration confirmation, and we will send one within five business days.

How do I submit a talk?

We are accepting CFP submissions on Sessionize until Friday, November 13th. Speakers will be notified by the end of November.

How does my company sponsor DPE Summit?

Email events@gradle.com and we will send the sponsorship prospectus with available packages and pricing.

What is the refund policy?

Tickets can be transferred to a colleague at any time. Refund requests are handled under the Event Terms.