May 19th, 2026 · Leeds, England
Northern DevOps & Platform Conference
Real-world implementations. Senior engineers. DevOps professionals. Northern ecosystem focus. The flagship conference for platform leaders and DevOps professionals across the North of England.
About the Conference
The Northern DevOps & Platform Conference brings together practitioners, leaders, and engineers to share real-world stories on platform teams, internal developer platforms, DevOps culture, and engineering excellence.
Hosted at CGI Leeds, this is a single-track event providing a full day of practitioner-led content, with networking opportunities throughout.
Date
May 19th, 2026
Location
Leeds, England
Venue
CGI
Capacity
~120 attendees
Full Day Agenda
Day schedule
A packed day of talks, networking, and industry insights. Click any session to see details.
The Complexity Paradox
David Sugden
Head of Engineering, Axiologik
Stop Building. Start Deciding.
Holly Jukes
Head of Engineering / Lab Engineering Lead, Lloyds Banking Group
From Alpha to Handover: Shipping Government Platform Infrastructure
Adam King
AWS Platform Engineer / Director, Digital Endeavours
Finding signals in the noise: applying learning capabilities to navigate a complex, inherited system
Sorrel Harriet
RSE Consulting Lead, University of Leeds
Software is more than code
Edward Richardson-Lee
Full Stack Engineering Specialist, Accenture
The Question Your AI Agent Can't Answer
Nagalakshmi Janakiraman
Lead Data Engineer, KPMG
Rooted in the Region
Backed by Yorkshire communities
This conference grew out of two of Yorkshire's most active technical communities built on 70+ events and 2,600+ members who show up every month to learn, share, and connect.
The communities are the foundation. The conference is the next step.
Yorkshire DevOps
Community-driven DevOps meetups across Yorkshire
Yorkshire Azure User Group
Cloud and platform engineering in Yorkshire
Supported by
Featured Speakers
Learn from Industry Leaders
Practitioners and engineering leaders sharing real-world insights from the frontlines of DevOps and Platform Engineering.
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Our Audience
Who attends
Join platform leaders and practitioners from across the UK. From CTOs defining strategy to engineers building the platforms that power modern software delivery.
120+
Expected Attendees
35+
Companies
Attendee Roles
Conference Themes
From the Community
Watch Previous Talks
Highlights from Yorkshire DevOps & Yorkshire Azure User Group events.
NHS & Microsoft - Building a Future Ready Cloud Centre of Excellence
Keith Moyo, Senior Technical Specialist, NHS England & Andy Shepherd, Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft
Setting up the platform team
Tymofii Dmytrenko, Cloud Platform & Service Owner, University of Leeds
Revaluating DevOps
Edward Richardson-Lee, Full Stack Engineering Specialist, Accenture
Supercharging AI Agents with ML tools
Ethan Jones, Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft
Community Stack Ecosystem
The Northern DevOps & Platform Conference is part of the Community Stack ecosystem, connecting practitioners across Europe and globally. Our events, communities, and initiatives span data & AI, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, platform engineering, and more.
This conference joins a growing network of practitioner-led initiatives designed to foster real knowledge sharing and community growth in the North and beyond.
Members
25,000+
Conferences
5
Yearly Events
100+
Global Reach
15+ countries
Partner with the Ecosystem
Our partners don't sponsor events. They embed into the ecosystem, gaining sustained access to the practitioners, leaders, and communities shaping AI, cloud, and platform engineering.
Tier 1
Global Ecosystem Partner
Own the ecosystem. Shape the narrative. Operate at a global scale across all conferences and communities.
Best for: Global platforms, cloud providers