Event dates: April 20-22, 2026 (April 20 is a hands-on labs day and required speaker rehearsals)
Event location: Barcelona, Spain
Event website: https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/
CFP closes: January 19, 2026 at 11:59pm PST

GrafanaCON is our largest community conference of the year. We’re looking for speakers to share their real-world experiences with Grafana, custom-built plugins, cool dashboards, and more. This is a community-driven conference focused on your favorite visualization tool, its big tent of data source plugins, and the surrounding open source ecosystem – Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry, Mimir, Alloy, and more.

Who should apply? We’re looking for open source contributors and hands-on practitioners to share their stories with the wider community. We’re open to a wide range of topics, from beginner to advanced, and speakers from all backgrounds and industries. First-time speakers are welcome!

All talks will be given in-person at the event. Speakers will receive free entry to the full event, plus access to a speaker gathering. If you need help with travel or accommodations, Grafana offers an outreach scholarship. The scholarship application form will open once registration goes live.

Types of talks:

• 10 minute lightning talks
• 25 minute use case stories
• New: Science Fair demo

Suggested topics, not required:

• Developments around the open source ecosystem (Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry, Mimir, etc.)
• Interesting and unexpected use cases of Grafana — from home labs and industrial IoT to space and beyond
• Success stories of implementing modern tooling or large installations of our OSS projects (e.g., Mimir, Loki, Tempo)
• Real world examples of how you use the LGTM Stack for business intelligence
• Demos of data source plugins for Grafana
• NEW: Science Fair demo: for projects with an interactive component or IoT. Rather than presenting on stage, Science Fair demos are staffed in the expo hall for duration of the event.

You’re welcome to submit multiple topics, please limit to 3 proposals maximum. Submissions may be modified until the deadline. If you have any questions send us a note at speakers@grafana.com.

By submitting a talk proposal and participating in GrafanaCON you agree to be bound by our speaker release agreement available here: https://grafana.com/legal/grafana-labs-event-speaker-release-and-consent/, and agreeing to receive communication from us about GrafanaCON and other speaking opportunities.

Submissions close on 2026-01-19 23:59 (UTC), 2 weeks from now.