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Northern DevOps & Platform Conference 2027

Name: Northern DevOps & Platform Conference 2027
Start: 2027-05-18
End: 2027-05-18
Location: CGI Leeds

The flagship conference for platform leaders and DevOps professionals across the North of England. Real-world implementations, senior engineers and a full day of practitioner-led content.

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2027 · 220 days to go: 18 May; 2027 · 220 days to go
In person: Leeds; In person
Expected attendees: 150; Expected attendees
Companies: 40+; Companies

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.

Building on the 2026 edition, we're returning with another single-track event: a full day of practitioner-led content, with networking throughout. The 2027 agenda and speakers will be announced soon.

Date: Tuesday, 18 May 2027
City: Leeds, England
Venue: CGI Leeds
Format: Single-track, in person
Agenda: Announced soon

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Who attends

Built for the people doing the work.

Platform leaders and practitioners from across the UK, from CTOs defining strategy to engineers building the platforms that power modern software delivery.

Who you'll meet

Leadership

CTO
VP Engineering
Head of Engineering
Head of Technology
Head of Platform Engineering
Director of DevOps
Director of SRE

Management

Platform Engineering Manager
DevOps Manager
Engineering Manager

Senior Engineers

Principal Engineer
Staff Engineer
Solutions Architect
Cloud Architect
Technical Lead

Practitioners

Platform Engineer
DevOps Engineer
SRE
Cloud Engineer
DevSecOps Engineer
Security Engineer
Data Engineer
ML Engineer
AI Engineer
Technical Consultant

What we'll cover

Platform & Infrastructure

Platform Engineering in Practice
Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
Cloud Native Architecture
Kubernetes & Container Platforms
Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

DevOps & Operations

DevOps at Scale
CI/CD & Release Engineering
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Resilience & High Availability
Observability & Monitoring
Automation & Self-Service Platforms

Security & Efficiency

DevSecOps & Security Integration
AI in DevOps & Platform Operations
Cost Optimisation (FinOps)
Sustainable Engineering (GreenOps)

Culture & Scale

Developer Experience (DevEx)
Engineering Productivity & Performance
Platform Governance & Standardisation
Scaling Engineering Organisations

People at our events work at

Decathlon
Experian
Anthropic
Bank of England
Home Office
Engine by Starling
Starling Bank
Capital One
Bloomberg
NatWest Markets
Apple
NHS England
Zopa
Rightmove
American Express
AXA
Citi
JP Morgan
BAE
Airbus
Sainsbury's
Channel 4
OpenAI
Vodafone
BP
Legal & General
UBS
Unilever
ClearBank
Meta
Co-op
Trainline
Stripe
E.ON
Accenture
AWS
Microsoft
Barclays
HSBC
Lloyds Banking Group
KPMG
Capgemini
BT Group
Sky
ITV
Nokia
Thomson Reuters
Gartner
Bupa
Aviva
NatWest
Glencore
Mimecast
Sophos
Endava
HCLTech
NTT DATA
Virtusa
Defra
Ofsted
South Yorkshire Police
Medical Protection Society
UCL
King's College London
University of Leeds
Skipton Building Society
Leeds Building Society
Flutter
DeepL
Moonpig
Cockroach Labs
Chainguard
Daiwa Capital Markets
EBRD
Swift
Finbourne
Cleo
Curve
Teya
Karbon
Abound
Cutover
DataArt
Pythian
WSO2
Rasa
QuantCo
Syntasso
Luminovo
Utiq
Totaljobs
JD.com
Evoke
Harvey Nash
KnowBe4
Phrase
Transunion
Optum UK
CGI
Axiologik
Burendo
Hippo
Nearform
Perforce
Conflux
Dash0
Overmind
Searchability
Digital Endeavours
Doza Consulting
Nimble Approach
T5 Digital
Engaging Data
NetMind.AI
IT Experts UK
Rig
Enablis
Go Reply
Espire Infolabs
Frequentis
Incedo
MSQ DX
OpenAsset
Searce
IMG.LY
Morson Edge
WRK digital
ROQ
Bit Zesty
Build Circle
Cera Care
CFP Energy
cheqd
constellr
Eddyfi
Electric Miles
Beeline
itim
The Skills Network
Barnsley College
City, University of London
Ravensbourne University London
University of Essex
University of Staffordshire
University of Westminster
V&A
Decathlon
Experian
Anthropic
Bank of England
Home Office
Engine by Starling
Starling Bank
Capital One
Bloomberg
NatWest Markets
Apple
NHS England
Zopa
Rightmove
American Express
AXA
Citi
JP Morgan
BAE
Airbus
Sainsbury's
Channel 4
OpenAI
Vodafone
BP
Legal & General
UBS
Unilever
ClearBank
Meta
Co-op
Trainline
Stripe
E.ON
Accenture
AWS
Microsoft
Barclays
HSBC
Lloyds Banking Group
KPMG
Capgemini
BT Group
Sky
ITV
Nokia
Thomson Reuters
Gartner
Bupa
Aviva
NatWest
Glencore
Mimecast
Sophos
Endava
HCLTech
NTT DATA
Virtusa
Defra
Ofsted
South Yorkshire Police
Medical Protection Society
UCL
King's College London
University of Leeds
Skipton Building Society
Leeds Building Society
Flutter
DeepL
Moonpig
Cockroach Labs
Chainguard
Daiwa Capital Markets
EBRD
Swift
Finbourne
Cleo
Curve
Teya
Karbon
Abound
Cutover
DataArt
Pythian
WSO2
Rasa
QuantCo
Syntasso
Luminovo
Utiq
Totaljobs
JD.com
Evoke
Harvey Nash
KnowBe4
Phrase
Transunion
Optum UK
CGI
Axiologik
Burendo
Hippo
Nearform
Perforce
Conflux
Dash0
Overmind
Searchability
Digital Endeavours
Doza Consulting
Nimble Approach
T5 Digital
Engaging Data
NetMind.AI
IT Experts UK
Rig
Enablis
Go Reply
Espire Infolabs
Frequentis
Incedo
MSQ DX
OpenAsset
Searce
IMG.LY
Morson Edge
WRK digital
ROQ
Bit Zesty
Build Circle
Cera Care
CFP Energy
cheqd
constellr
Eddyfi
Electric Miles
Beeline
itim
The Skills Network
Barnsley College
City, University of London
Ravensbourne University London
University of Essex
University of Staffordshire
University of Westminster
V&A

Sponsors & partners

Backed by the industry.

Partner with us to reach the North's platform engineering community. Several sponsorship tiers are available.

Venue & Headline PartnerCGIVisit

Community partners

Last edition

Northern DevOps & Platform Conference 2026

Hosted at CGI Leeds on 19 May 2026. 156 attendees exploring platform engineering, DevOps culture and engineering excellence across the North of England.