Event dates: October 19-21, 2026 (October 19 is a hands-on labs day and required speaker rehearsals)
Event location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Event website: https://grafana.com/event/observabilitycon
CFP closes: July 1, 2026 at 11:59pm PDT

ObservabilityCON 2026 is where the teams running production observability decide what comes next. Bring the work you're stuck on, the wins worth sharing, and the calls you haven't made yet.

Who should apply? If your team reduced noise, cut cost, changed your engineering culture, moved to Grafana Cloud, adopted OpenTelemetry, built AI into your workflows, improved incident response, survived a migration, or learned something the hard way, that story belongs at ObservabilityCON.

All talks will be 30 minutes in length and will 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, please indicate the need on the application.

You’re welcome to submit multiple topics, but please limit to 3 proposals maximum. If you have any questions send us a note at speakers@grafana.com.

By submitting a talk proposal and participating in ObservabilityCON 2026 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 ObservabilityCON and other speaking opportunities.