DevOps & Platform Leaders Summit
A senior summit for platform, DevOps and engineering leaders shaping internal platforms, delivery models and engineering capability across the UK.
Date
October 20th, 2026
Location
Leeds
Format
In-Person
About
About DevOps & Platform Leaders Summit
The DevOps & Platform Leaders Summit brings together engineering leaders, platform teams and DevOps practitioners responsible for building and operating modern software delivery capability. The summit focuses on the real decisions and trade-offs involved in running internal developer platforms, improving engineering productivity, building platform teams, shaping delivery models and operating production systems at scale. Talks are practitioner-led and vendor-neutral.
Who Attends
The Audience
- Platform engineers and platform team leads
- DevOps and site reliability engineers
- Engineering managers and VPs of engineering
- CTOs and technical leaders
- Internal developer platform product owners
- Cloud and infrastructure architects
- Developer experience leads
Programme
Topics we cover
Partners & Sponsors
Backed by industry leaders
Headline Partner
Platinum
AI Native
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Featured Speakers
Matthew Skelton
CEO/CTO, Conflux - Team Topologies
Holly Jukes
Head of Engineering, Lloyds Banking Group
Alexandra Moore
DevOps Strategic Advisor, CGI
Adam Wilbraham
Director of Technology, Flutter UK & Ireland
Brian Walker
Infrastructure Specialist, HSBC
Andy Burgin
Principal Platform Engineer
Watch the talks
Team Topologies as the Infrastructure for Agency with AI
Matthew Skelton - CEO/CTO, Conflux
Stop Building. Start Deciding.
Holly Jukes - Head of Engineering, Lloyds Banking Group
Sponsors
CGI
Headline
Conflux
Platinum
Ada Meher
Platinum
Overmind
Platinum
Accenture
Platinum
T5 Digital
Platinum
Hippo
Platinum
Axiologik
Platinum
Nearform
AI Native
Barnsley College
Education
Burendo
Community
Perforce
Community
Dash0
Community
Digital Endeavours
Community
Doza Consulting
Community
Nimble Approach
Community
Searchability
Community
Call for Speakers
We want practitioners on stage, not just presenters.
If you have shipped something, learned something hard, built a platform, led a migration, adopted AI, or made a decision that mattered, that is a talk worth giving. We prioritise specific, honest content over polished pitches.
What we look for
- Real production experience, not theoretical frameworks
- Specific decisions made, not general advice
- What went wrong as well as what worked
- Talks that practitioners can act on
- Speakers from operator and practitioner backgrounds
Ecosystem
Part of the DevOps & Platform Engineering ecosystem
This conference is part of the DevOps & Platform Engineering ecosystem on Community Stack. The ecosystem runs year-round communities, meetups and events for practitioners in this space.
Communities in this ecosystem
Conferences in this ecosystem
From the community
Talks from previous events
Types of Indexes in Databases
Brian Walker
Technical Specialist, HSBC
AI Ops in regulated industries
John-Paul Drawneek
Lead Site Reliability Engineer, OptumUK
I've built a Cloud Platform, and You Can Too!
Sean M. Tracey
Founding Technologist, Mitchell Technologies
Azure VMware Solution
Shane Porteous
Private Cloud Engineering Lead, Lloyds Banking Group
Sponsorship
Reach a focused, practitioner audience
The DevOps & Platform Leaders Summit connects you with senior engineering leaders, platform teams and DevOps practitioners across the UK. Sponsors can engage through talks, workshops, exhibition stands and year-round community involvement in the DevOps & Platform Engineering ecosystem.
Audience
Practitioners
Format
In-Person
Location
Leeds
CFP Status
Open