The world of software engineering and AI meets in the Bay Area this September

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September 9, 2026, 1:25 PM

• •WeAreDevelopers World Congress will take place September 23-25 in San José, California.
• •The article says AI is shifting from prototypes into production software, raising questions about reliability, security, and trust.
• •Named participating organizations include OpenAI, Anthropic, GitHub, AWS, SAP, Atlassian, Microsoft, and Docker.
• •The event is expected to host more than 10,000 attendees and several hundred speakers.
• •Speakers mentioned include Thomas Dohmke, Amjad Masad, Mark Cavage, Milin Desai, Leigh-Ann Russell, Daniela Dimitrova, Justin Boitano, and Kelsey Hightower.
• •TNW states that it is an official media partner of the conference.

The article previews the WeAreDevelopers World Congress, scheduled for September 23-25 in San José, California. It argues that software engineering is moving from AI experiments and pilots into production systems where reliability, security, and trust become critical. The event will bring together companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, GitHub, AWS, SAP, Atlassian, Microsoft, and Docker, alongside enterprise technology leaders and developers. According to the article, the conference’s central theme is how to take AI out of demos and deploy it safely and at scale in real-world software.

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