If you think you’ve got a story worth sharing about Wagtail—whether you’re a developer, content creator, project lead, or business decision‑maker—we want to hear from you! Unsure if your idea fits? When in doubt, submit your talk !

There is only one session format currently: 25 minute talks (20min + 5min for Q&A). If you are interested in another format please let us know. If you would like to present your talk live, the talks will be presented on 18 November and 19 November from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM GMT (check your time zone) each day. If that schedule really doesn’t work for your time zone, you can also choose to submit a proposal for a recorded talk.

(Note: No selling or commercial promotion—this is about sharing knowledge, not ads.)

Themes

We welcome proposals representing a wide range of perspectives. We particularly want to hear from people who are direct users of the CMS, as well as people building sites and apps with Wagtail. Suggested topic areas:

For content professionals & decision makers (50%)

• Real‑world case studies and impact stories
• Content design, editorial process, UX/UI lessons
• Strategy / governance insights
• Bringing Wagtail to innovative sites and apps

For developers, designers, tech leads, and agencies (50%)

• Modern Django / Wagtail / Python workflows
• Accessibility, security, performance, sustainability, and sovereignty best practices
• Pushing Wagtail to its limits
• Packages and integrations : How you’re extending Wagtail and connecting to other things

For everyone (100%)

• AI + Wagtail: Innovative uses of AI in Wagtail projects and development
• Creating sites and apps with Wagtail: what works, what doesn’t
• Fundamentals, in a modern light
• Content and open source community stories
• Whatever you deem appropriate – if you think it fits, go for it!

A quick note on AI

While AI is a very exciting and timely topic, we want to maintain space for other topics as well. Ideally, no more than 50% of the talks across all audiences will be about AI. We definitely want to hear all about your amazing AI innovations! But please remember the name of this conference is Wagtail Space 2026, not AI Space 2026.

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If you would like to ask a question, you are always welcome to email the organizers: events (at) wagtail.org

Selection process

We are aiming for a balanced, inclusive lineup:

• Content editors, authors, designers, and managers
• Business leaders, decision‑makers, and tech advocates
• Developers and engineering managers
• Experienced Wagtailers & newcomers
• Contributions from diverse geographies and backgrounds are especially encouraged

Currently, we have two conference days reserved for talks, over 4 hours of main talks per day. For the main talks, we are aiming to include:

• Keynotes selected by us. We’re very much open to suggestions, so contact us if there is anybody you’d like to see or hear as a keynote speaker!
• Project presentations. These talks show ways and areas in which Wagtail may be used.
• Community talks. Showing up for each other as a community, demonstrating personal growth, or sharing challenges still to be resolved.
• Talks about Wagtail or working with Wagtail. We’re looking for several talks in this category that can serve attendees at different experience levels, ranging from newcomers to advanced Wagtail users.
• Talks on adapting to new technology trends and challenges. We’re curious to see how Wagtail users are responding to new technology like AI as well as the challenges these new technologies are introducing for security, accessibility, sustainability, and digital sovereignty.

If your talk idea does not match any of these categories, or matches more than one – don’t worry! This is not a strict list that every submission needs to fit in, it is just meant as a guide for attendees, submitters, and reviewers alike.

Selection criteria

We’re looking for:

• Relevance to Wagtail users / the Wagtail community
• Clear stories and actionable takeaways
• Content for experienced Wagtail devs, and also for newcomers
• Well-rounded representation of topics and communities
• Fresh insights, novel use cases, or inspirational stories

Review process

We’ll review and accept proposals on a rolling basis, starting from the CfP deadline on September 11th. We are aiming to have completed all reviews and gotten back to all speakers by the end of September.

Once your talk is accepted, we will reach out to let you know and get your confirmation before we publicly announce your presentation on the conference website.

Our AI policy

Please do not submit unreviewed AI-generated proposals. We will use our best judgement when reviewing proposals and any submissions that are obvious nonsense or AI slop will not be accepted. We suggest only using AI for refining or polishing the language and formatting of your proposal. Please review any AI-generated output before submitting it.

We understand these tools can be especially useful for people who aren’t native English speakers. However, we would rather see proposals with imperfect English and original ideas rather than proposals with flawless grammar and poor substance. Typos will not be penalized as much as shallow content will be.

If in doubt, give it a go or reach out on the Wagtail Slack workspace!

Submissions close on 2026-09-11 23:59 (UTC), 1 month, 3 weeks from now.