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IaCConf 2026: Keeping Pace

Thursday May 14th, 2026

Join IaCConf 2026, a virtual event with stories, demos and panel discussions on how infrastructure teams are adapting to meet modern development demands.

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Experts on IaC

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Corey Quinn

Chief Cloud Economist, Duckbill

Anton Babenko

CEO, Betajob

Matt Gowie

Matt Gowie

Founder, Masterpoint

Dimitri Vlachos

Chief Marketing Officer, Spacleift

Amin Astaneh

Consultant, Certo Modo

Marcin Wyszynski

Marcin Wyszynski

Chief R&D Officer, Spacelift

Davlet Dzhakishev

CTO, Cloudgeni

Reasons to attend

01

Stay Ahead of the Curve

Discover emerging IaC trends, tools, and strategies shaping the future of infrastructure automation.

02

Learn from the Masters

Hear real-world lessons from seasoned practitioners—what worked, what didn’t, and how they’d do it next time.

03

Level Up Your Skills

Dive into hands-on sessions and actionable insights you can apply right away to improve your workflows.

04

Connect with the Community

Meet peers, swap stories, and grow your network with fellow DevOps and Platform Engineering pros.

Agenda

Main Stage sessions zoom out on the big ideas and industry shifts shaping IaC and platform engineering, while Builder’s Stage sessions roll up their sleeves with live demos and technical walkthroughs

Main Stage

  • 11:00 AM EDT

    Welcome to IaCConf 2026

    Gareth KerseyOrganizer, IaCConf

  • 11:05 AM EDT

    AI Speaks Terraform Like a Tourist

    Keynote: A framework for knowing when AI-generated IaC helps or hurts

    Corey QuinnChief Cloud Economist, Duckbill

  • 11:35 AM EDT

    From IaC to Agents: AI's Disruption of Infrastructure Operations

    From engineers writing IaC to agents reasoning about infra

    Matt GowieCEO, Masterpoint

  • 12:15 PM EDT

    Replacing Terraform Module Forks with Automatic Policy Transformation Rules

    Rewrite Terraform modules automatically instead of forking

    Anton BabenkoCEO, Betajob

  • 12:50 PM EDT

    Platform Engineering in the Age of AI Teammates

    Building platforms when AI agents are the new consumers

  • 1:25 PM

    When 10x Code Velocity Could Mean 10x Operational Risk

    AI ships code 10x faster — your ops infra isn't ready for it

    Amin AstanehConsultant, Certo Modo

  • 2:00 PM

    How to Safely Deploy AI Agents that Write and Manage your IaC

    An architecture for running autonomous IaC agents safely

    Davlet DzhakishevCTO, Cloudgeni

  • 2:35 PM

    Founders Building with AI Panel

    Founders from Incident.io, Cortex.io, and Spacelift

  • 3:10 PM

    The AI Readiness Gap: When Adoption Comes Before Governance

    Key findings from the 2026 Infrastructure Automation Report

    Dimitri VlachosCMO, Spacelift

  • 3:45 PM

    Scaling Platform Engineering Without Slowing Developers Down

    From raw IaC to guardrails for scaled platform engineering

    Jean BurellierPrincipal Software Engineer, Sanofi
Builder Stage

  • 11:40 AM EDT

    Adding AI to Your IaC Workflow Without Starting Over

  • 1:25 PM EDT

    I Deleted 4,000 Lines of AWS CDK and Shipped Faster

    Joseph GoksuSr Platform Engineer, Obrizum

  • 2:00 PM

    Infrastructure at Scale Using ArgoCD

    Nitish ManeSoftware Infrastructure Engineer, Philo

  • 3:10 PM

    AI-Enforced Architecture Fitness Functions that Scale

    Alexandre Amado de CastroSenior Principal Engineer, Enova International