Accelerate Chicago 2026

Jun 23 - 24, 2026

Craft software with confidence in 2026. You ship it, you own it, you maintain it.

Experts from Accelerate Chicago 2026

Alistair Cockburn

Alistair Cockburn

from

Independent

Co-authored the Agile Manifesto

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Accelerate Chicago 2026
Bret Fisher

Bret Fisher

from

Core Enable

Container and CI/CD pro. Agentic DevOps advisor.

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Accelerate Chicago 2026
Cedric Hurst

Cedric Hurst

from

Spantree

Principal & Lead Software Engineer at Spantree

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Accelerate Chicago 2026
Cole Medin

Cole Medin

from

Dynamous AI

Founder of Dynamous AI

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Accelerate Chicago 2026
Diana Montalion

Diana Montalion

from

Mentrix Group

Systems architecture, thinking and design

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Accelerate Chicago 2026
Mike Amundsen

Mike Amundsen

from

Amundsen,com, Inc.

The ultimate API expert. #api

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Accelerate Chicago 2026
Nathen Harvey

Nathen Harvey

from

Google Cloud

DORA Lead and Product Manager at Google Cloud

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Accelerate Chicago 2026
PJ Hagerty

PJ Hagerty

from

GitButler

Open Source, AI, Developer Relations, Entrepreneur

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Accelerate Chicago 2026
Scott Hanselman

Scott Hanselman

VP, Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft/GitHub

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Accelerate Chicago 2026
Tim Berglund

Tim Berglund

from

Confluent

VP Developer Relations at Confluent

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Accelerate Chicago 2026

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