Support Engineering Conference Index 2027: IT, SRE, DevOps and ITSM conferences

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Support Engineering Conference Index 2027: IT, SRE, DevOps and ITSM conferences

By TechSupport Team. Published October 10, 2026. Updated October 25, 2026.

Summary

TechSupport Team's Support Engineering Conference Index 2027 ranks 52 in-person and hybrid IT, SRE, DevOps and ITSM conferences from October 2026 to November 2027. It scores each event on focus (50%), access cost (25%) and scale (25%). SREday Amsterdam, SEV0 London, SEV0 San Francisco and itSMF UK ITSM26 lead with 80 points each.

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Top 10 conferences in the Index

Top 10 ranked conferences with stacked scores for focus, access cost and scale. — Figure 1. Top 10 conferences by weighted Index score. TechSupport Team, reviewed 10 October 2026, CC BY 4.0.

Table 1. Top 10 conferences. Source: Support Engineering Conference Index 2027 by TechSupport Team, CC BY 4.0.
Rank	Event	Dates	City	Category	Score
1	SREday Amsterdam 2026	2 Nov 2026	Amsterdam	SRE and incident response	80
2	SEV0 London 2026	20 Oct 2026	London	SRE and incident response	80
3	SEV0 San Francisco 2026	27 Oct 2026	San Francisco, CA	SRE and incident response	80
4	itSMF UK ITSM26 Conference and Awards	9 to 10 Nov 2026	Milton Keynes	ITSM and IT operations	80
5	Service Desk & IT Support Show (SITS) 2027	19 to 20 May 2027	London	ITSM and IT operations	75
6	ServiceNow Knowledge 2027	4 to 6 May 2027	Las Vegas, NV	ITSM and IT operations	75
7	SREcon26 Europe/Middle East/Africa	13 to 15 Oct 2026	Dublin	SRE and incident response	70
8	SREcon27 Americas	12 to 14 Apr 2027	Seattle, WA	SRE and incident response	70
9	HDI Service & Support World 2027	25 to 29 Apr 2027	Las Vegas, NV	ITSM and IT operations	70
10	SREcon27 Europe/Middle East/Africa	5 to 7 Oct 2027	Dublin	SRE and incident response	70

All 52 ranked IT, SRE, DevOps and ITSM conferences

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Table 2. All ranked events in the Support Engineering Conference Index 2027. Source: TechSupport Team, CC BY 4.0.
Rank	Score	Event	Dates	City	Category	Lowest published price
1	80	SREday Amsterdam 2026 Format in-person Attendance 200+ Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 5 / 5 / 1 Free one-day SRE event. SREday Amsterdam 2026 official website · SREday Amsterdam 2026 date and price source · SREday Amsterdam 2026 event details	2 Nov 2026	Amsterdam	SRE and incident response	Free
2	80	SEV0 London 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 5 / 4 / 2 One-day reliability and incident response conference. Waiting list. SEV0 London 2026 official website · SEV0 London 2026 date and price source · SEV0 London 2026 event details	20 Oct 2026	London	SRE and incident response	£150 (standard)
3	80	SEV0 San Francisco 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 5 / 4 / 2 One-day reliability and incident response conference. SEV0 San Francisco 2026 official website · SEV0 San Francisco 2026 date and price source · SEV0 San Francisco 2026 event details	27 Oct 2026	San Francisco, CA	SRE and incident response	US$199 (standard)
4	80	itSMF UK ITSM26 Conference and Awards Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 5 / 4 / 2 Non-member one-day pass; VAT excluded. A two-day pass is a different price. ITSM26 official website · ITSM26 date and price source · ITSM26 event details	9 to 10 Nov 2026	Milton Keynes	ITSM and IT operations	£485 + VAT (one day)
5	75	Service Desk & IT Support Show (SITS) 2027 Format in-person Attendance 6,200+ Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 5 / 2 / 3 ExCeL London. The homepage retains free-entry copy for 2026; a free 2027 ticket has not been confirmed. SITS 2027 official website · SITS 2027 date and price source · SITS 2027 event details	19 to 20 May 2027	London	ITSM and IT operations	Not published (2026 was free)
6	75	ServiceNow Knowledge 2027 Format in-person Attendance 20,000+ (2026) Call for papers Open until 30 Oct 2026 Focus / cost / scale 4 / 2 / 5 Speaker interest form closes 30 Oct 2026. Deadline caveat: visible body copy says 30 Oct; page metadata says 24 Oct. Confirm before relying on the later date. Knowledge 2027 official website · Knowledge 2027 date and price source · Knowledge 2027 event details	4 to 6 May 2027	Las Vegas, NV	ITSM and IT operations	Not published
7	70	SREcon26 Europe/Middle East/Africa Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Deadline 27 May 2026 Focus / cost / scale 5 / 2 / 2 USENIX SRE conference. Presenters attend in person. SREcon26 EMEA official website · SREcon26 EMEA date and price source · SREcon26 EMEA event details	13 to 15 Oct 2026	Dublin	SRE and incident response	US$1,300 (late rate)
8	70	SREcon27 Americas Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Open until 19 Nov 2026 Focus / cost / scale 5 / 2 / 2 CFP open until 19 Nov 2026. SREcon27 Americas official website · SREcon27 Americas date and price source · SREcon27 Americas event details	12 to 14 Apr 2027	Seattle, WA	SRE and incident response	Not published
9	70	HDI Service & Support World 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Deadline 9 Oct 2026 Focus / cost / scale 5 / 2 / 2 Replaces SupportWorld Live and Service Management World. Published speaker deadline was 9 Oct 2026; closed as of the review date. HDI Service & Support World 2027 official website · HDI Service & Support World 2027 date and price source · HDI Service & Support World 2027 event details	25 to 29 Apr 2027	Las Vegas, NV	ITSM and IT operations	Not published
10	70	SREcon27 Europe/Middle East/Africa Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 5 / 2 / 2 Same venue as SREcon26 EMEA. SREcon27 EMEA official website · SREcon27 EMEA date and price source · SREcon27 EMEA event details	5 to 7 Oct 2027	Dublin	SRE and incident response	Not published
11	70	DevOpsDays Barcelona 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Deadline 22 Jun 2026 Focus / cost / scale 4 / 4 / 2 Workshop day 13 Nov; main conference 14 Nov. Full two-day pass at €145.20 was sold out at review. DevOpsDays Barcelona 2026 official website · DevOpsDays Barcelona 2026 date and price source · DevOpsDays Barcelona 2026 event details	13 to 14 Nov 2026	Barcelona	DevOps and platform engineering	€96.80 (Saturday main program)
12	70	DevOpsDays Raleigh 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Open until 1 Jan 2027 Focus / cost / scale 4 / 4 / 2 CFP open until 1 Jan 2027. DevOpsDays Raleigh 2027 official website · DevOpsDays Raleigh 2027 date and price source · DevOpsDays Raleigh 2027 event details	27 to 28 Apr 2027	Raleigh, NC	DevOps and platform engineering	US$99 (super early bird)
13	65	SREday NYC 2026 Format in-person Attendance 200+ Call for papers Open; no deadline published Focus / cost / scale 5 / 2 / 1 One-day SRE event on a Saturday. SREday NYC 2026 official website · SREday NYC 2026 date and price source · SREday NYC 2026 event details	7 Nov 2026	New York, NY	SRE and incident response	Not published
14	65	SREday Warsaw 2027 Format in-person Attendance 80+ Call for papers Open; no deadline published Focus / cost / scale 5 / 2 / 1 One-day SRE event. CFP open. SREday Warsaw 2027 official website · SREday Warsaw 2027 date and price source · SREday Warsaw 2027 event details	24 Feb 2027	Warsaw	SRE and incident response	Not published
15	65	TSIA Technology & Services World 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 5 / 1 / 2 Support services leaders at technology companies. TSIA Technology & Services World 2026 official website · TSIA Technology & Services World 2026 date and price source · TSIA Technology & Services World 2026 event details	19 to 21 Oct 2026	Las Vegas, NV	Technical and customer support	US$2,100 (limited access, non-member)
16	65	Pink27 IT Service Management Conference Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not verified Focus / cost / scale 5 / 1 / 2 Regular Pink Pass. The September early-bird package has expired; hotel packages and team discounts are not the scored price. Pink27 official website · Pink27 date and price source · Pink27 event details	1 to 4 Feb 2027	Las Vegas, NV	ITSM and IT operations	US$2,995
17	65	DevOpsDays Boston 2026 Format in-person Attendance 200+ Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 4 / 4 / 1 Boston-area event at Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge, MA. DevOpsDays Boston 2026 official website · DevOpsDays Boston 2026 date and price source · DevOpsDays Boston 2026 event details	19 to 20 Oct 2026	Cambridge, MA	DevOps and platform engineering	US$75
18	65	PlatformCon 2027 Live Day London Format in-person Attendance 900+ Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 4 / 4 / 1 Current early-bird live-day pass at review. Organizer also lists later ticket tiers. The online flagship week is free. PlatformCon Live Day London official website · PlatformCon Live Day London date and price source · PlatformCon Live Day London event details	22 Jun 2027	London	DevOps and platform engineering	£99 (early bird)
19	65	PlatformCon 2027 Live Day New York Format in-person Attendance 600+ Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 4 / 4 / 1 Current early-bird live-day pass at review. Organizer also lists later ticket tiers. The online flagship week is free. PlatformCon Live Day New York official website · PlatformCon Live Day New York date and price source · PlatformCon Live Day New York event details	24 Jun 2027	New York, NY	DevOps and platform engineering	US$99 (early bird)
20	60	Grafana ObservabilityCON 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Deadline 1 Jul 2026 Focus / cost / scale 4 / 2 / 2 Grafana Labs user conference. ObservabilityCON 2026 official website · ObservabilityCON 2026 date and price source · ObservabilityCON 2026 event details	19 to 21 Oct 2026	San Francisco, CA	Observability	Not published
21	60	HashiConf 2026 (at IBM TechXchange) Format in-person Attendance 1,209+ (HashiConf 2025) Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 4 / 2 / 2 Registration runs through IBM TechXchange. HashiConf 2026 official website · HashiConf 2026 date and price source · HashiConf 2026 event details	26 to 29 Oct 2026	Atlanta, GA	DevOps and platform engineering	US$1,599 (IBM TechXchange pass)
22	60	DevOpsDays Warsaw 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not verified Call for papers Deadline 30 Aug 2026 Focus / cost / scale 4 / 2 / 2 No attendance figure verified on the organizer proposal or sponsorship pages; scale uses the unknown-data band. DevOpsDays Warsaw 2026 official website · DevOpsDays Warsaw 2026 date and price source · DevOpsDays Warsaw 2026 event details	23 to 24 Nov 2026	Warsaw	DevOps and platform engineering	Not published
23	60	DevOpsCon Munich 2026 Format hybrid Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 4 / 2 / 2 Individual early-bird rate through 29 Oct 2026. Headline €989 includes a 3-person group discount and is not the scored rate. Dates include workshops/bootcamps; main conference 1 to 2 Dec. DevOpsCon Munich 2026 official website · DevOpsCon Munich 2026 date and price source · DevOpsCon Munich 2026 event details	30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026	Munich	DevOps and platform engineering	€1,099 + VAT (2-day early bird)
24	60	DevOpsDays Geneva 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Open until 7 Feb 2027 Focus / cost / scale 4 / 2 / 2 Venue in Carouge. CFP open until 7 Feb 2027. DevOpsDays Geneva 2027 official website · DevOpsDays Geneva 2027 date and price source · DevOpsDays Geneva 2027 event details	25 to 26 May 2027	Geneva	DevOps and platform engineering	Not published
25	60	DevOpsDays Chicago 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 4 / 2 / 2 Community DevOps event. DevOpsDays Chicago 2027 official website · DevOpsDays Chicago 2027 date and price source · DevOpsDays Chicago 2027 event details	10 to 11 Aug 2027	Chicago, IL	DevOps and platform engineering	Not published
26	60	Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategies Conference (North America) 2026 Format in-person Attendance 3,000+ Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 4 / 1 / 3 Standard registration; conditional team and public-sector rates are excluded. Gartner I&O NA 2026 official website · Gartner I&O NA 2026 date and price source · Gartner I&O NA 2026 event details	8 to 10 Dec 2026	Las Vegas, NV	ITSM and IT operations	US$4,925
27	60	Microsoft Ignite 2026 Format hybrid Attendance 20,000+ (2025) Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 3 / 1 / 5 Conference pass includes the main program. The cheaper Hub-only pass does not. Free digital attendance is separate; hybrid format confirmed by Microsoft. The attendance reference is in-person attendance at Ignite 2025, not digital registrations. Microsoft Ignite 2026 official website · Microsoft Ignite 2026 date and price source · Microsoft 2025 attendance recap · Microsoft 2026 format and dates · Microsoft Ignite 2026 event details	17 to 20 Nov 2026	San Francisco, CA	Cloud and cloud-native	US$2,325 (conference pass)
28	60	AWS re:Invent 2026 Format in-person Attendance 60,000+ (2025) Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 3 / 1 / 5 2025 in-person attendance from the AWS Serverless ICYMI Q4 2025 recap. Full event pass; travel and hotel extra. The attendance figure refers to the 2025 edition, not a forecast or online audience. AWS re:Invent 2026 official website · AWS re:Invent 2026 date and price source · AWS 2025 attendance recap · AWS re:Invent 2026 event details	30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026	Las Vegas, NV	Cloud and cloud-native	US$2,499
29	55	DevOpsDays Zurich 2027 Format in-person Attendance 250 (expected) Call for papers Open until 31 Dec 2026 Focus / cost / scale 4 / 2 / 1 Venue in Winterthur. CFP closes 31 Dec 2026 at 23:59 CET. Organizer expects 250 people. DevOpsDays Zurich 2027 official website · DevOpsDays Zurich 2027 date and price source · DevOpsDays Zurich 2027 event details	14 to 15 Apr 2027	Winterthur	DevOps and platform engineering	Not published
30	55	Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategies Conference (EMEA) 2026 Format in-person Attendance 2,000+ Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 4 / 1 / 2 ExCeL London. Gartner I&O EMEA 2026 official website · Gartner I&O EMEA 2026 date and price source · Gartner I&O EMEA 2026 event details	16 to 17 Nov 2026	London	ITSM and IT operations	€3,725 + VAT
31	55	Support Driven Summit New York 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 3 / 3 / 2 Regular admission price; event sold out at review. A listed price does not imply ticket availability. Support Driven Summit NY 2026 official website · Support Driven Summit NY 2026 date and price source · Support Driven Summit NY 2026 event details	27 to 29 Oct 2026	New York, NY	Technical and customer support	US$900 (sold out)
32	55	KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 Format in-person Attendance 9,000+ Call for papers Deadline 31 May 2026 Focus / cost / scale 3 / 2 / 3 Company-funded conference-only pass; main program 10 to 12 Nov. The indexed range includes co-located 9 Nov. The US$899 individual tier requires eligibility and approval and is not scored. The indexed range includes co-located events on 9 Nov; main conference sessions run 10 to 12 Nov. Co-located access needs a different All-Access pass. KubeCon NA 2026 official website · KubeCon NA 2026 date and price source · CNCF attendance and date source · KubeCon NA 2026 event details	9 to 12 Nov 2026	Salt Lake City, UT	Cloud and cloud-native	US$1,899 + tax (corporate, late rate)
33	55	Customer Contact Week (CCW) Las Vegas 2027 Format in-person Attendance 6,000+ Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 3 / 2 / 3 Organizer main-event page publishes 6,000+ attendees. Restricted practitioner discounts are not a general ticket price. CCW Las Vegas 2027 official website · CCW Las Vegas 2027 date and price source · CCW Las Vegas 2027 event details	14 to 17 Jun 2027	Las Vegas, NV	Technical and customer support	Not published
34	50	ICMI Contact Center Expo 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 3 / 2 / 2 Contact-center operations event. Check current pass eligibility and pricing with the organizer. ICMI Contact Center Expo 2026 official website · ICMI Contact Center Expo 2026 date and price source · ICMI Contact Center Expo 2026 event details	26 to 29 Oct 2026	Orlando, FL	Technical and customer support	Not published as text
35	50	KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Open until 11 Oct 2026 Focus / cost / scale 3 / 2 / 2 CFP open at review; deadline 11 Oct 2026 at 23:59 CEST. Dates include the co-located event day. KubeCon EU 2027 official website · KubeCon EU 2027 date and price source · KubeCon EU 2027 event details	15 to 18 Mar 2027	Barcelona	Cloud and cloud-native	Not published
36	50	Google Cloud Next 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 3 / 2 / 2 Same week as SREcon27 Americas. Google Cloud Next 2027 official website · Google Cloud Next 2027 date and price source · Google Cloud Next 2027 event details	13 to 15 Apr 2027	Las Vegas, NV	Cloud and cloud-native	Not published
37	50	Atlassian Team '27 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 3 / 2 / 2 Atlassian user conference. Dates and city listed on the organizer events page. Team '27 official website · Team '27 date and price source · Team '27 event details	20 to 22 Apr 2027	San Francisco, CA	ITSM and IT operations	Not published
38	50	ICMI Contact Center Expo 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 3 / 2 / 2 Moves from Orlando to Las Vegas. ICMI Contact Center Expo 2027 official website · ICMI Contact Center Expo 2027 date and price source · ICMI Contact Center Expo 2027 event details	2 to 5 Nov 2027	Las Vegas, NV	Technical and customer support	Not published as text
39	50	KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 3 / 2 / 2 Venue not announced. KubeCon NA 2027 official website · KubeCon NA 2027 date and price source · KubeCon NA 2027 event details	8 to 11 Nov 2027	New Orleans, LA	Cloud and cloud-native	Not published
40	50	SaaStr AI Annual 2027 Format in-person Attendance 10,000+ Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 2 / 2 / 4 San Mateo, SF Bay Area. Confirmed 2027 event, not the archived 2026 domain. SaaStr AI Annual 2027 official website · SaaStr AI Annual 2027 date and price source · SaaStr AI Annual 2027 event details	11 to 12 May 2027	San Mateo, CA	SaaS and general tech	Not published
41	45	Web Summit 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 2 / 3 / 2 General technology and startups. Web Summit 2026 official website · Web Summit 2026 date and price source · Web Summit 2026 event details	9 to 12 Nov 2026	Lisbon	SaaS and general tech	€995
42	45	Open Source Summit Japan 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 2 / 3 / 2 Linux Foundation event. Restricted hobbyist admission requires eligibility and an access request; the standard public pass is scored. Open Source Summit Japan 2026 official website · Open Source Summit Japan 2026 date and price source · Open Source Summit Japan 2026 event details	7 to 9 Dec 2026	Tokyo	Open source	US$558 (standard)
43	45	FOSDEM 2027 Format in-person Attendance 8,000+ Call for papers Open until 16 Nov 2026 Focus / cost / scale 2 / 2 / 3 Main track CFP until 16 Nov 2026. FOSDEM 2027 official website · FOSDEM 2027 date and price source · FOSDEM 2027 event details	30 to 31 Jan 2027	Brussels	Open source	Not stated on 2027 pages
44	40	Gartner Customer Service and Support Conference 2026 Format in-person Attendance 500+ Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 3 / 1 / 1 Customer service and support leaders. Gartner CSS 2026 official website · Gartner CSS 2026 date and price source · Gartner CSS 2026 event details	4 to 5 Nov 2026	Denver, CO	Technical and customer support	US$4,175
45	40	Gainsight Pulse Europe 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Closed Focus / cost / scale 2 / 2 / 2 Organizer page conflicts: ticket section says £949 standard, FAQ says £979 + VAT. No numeric price or Offer emitted until confirmed; unknown-cost band applies. Pulse Europe 2026 official website · Pulse Europe 2026 date and price source · Pulse Europe 2026 event details	19 to 20 Oct 2026	London	SaaS and general tech	Price needs confirmation
46	40	LeadDev Berlin 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 2 / 2 / 2 Engineering management. LeadDev Berlin 2026 official website · LeadDev Berlin 2026 date and price source · LeadDev Berlin 2026 event details	9 to 10 Nov 2026	Berlin	Software engineering leadership	Not published
47	40	Open Source Summit North America 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 2 / 2 / 2 Linux Foundation event. Open Source Summit NA 2027 official website · Open Source Summit NA 2027 date and price source · Open Source Summit NA 2027 event details	17 to 19 May 2027	Vancouver, BC	Open source	Not published
48	40	LDX3 London 2027 (LeadDev London) Format in-person Attendance 2,500+ (2026 reference) Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 2 / 2 / 2 Formerly LeadDev London. Scale is a reference-edition audience, not a guaranteed 2027 turnout. LDX3 London 2027 official website · LDX3 London 2027 date and price source · Organizer audience reference · LDX3 London 2027 event details	28 to 29 Jun 2027	London	Software engineering leadership	Not published
49	40	LDX3 New York 2027 (LeadDev New York) Format in-person Attendance 2,000+ (reference edition) Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 2 / 2 / 2 Formerly LeadDev New York. Scale is a reference-edition audience, not a guaranteed 2027 turnout. LDX3 New York 2027 official website · LDX3 New York 2027 date and price source · Organizer audience reference · LDX3 New York 2027 event details	8 to 9 Sep 2027	New York, NY	Software engineering leadership	Not published
50	40	Open Source Summit Europe 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 2 / 2 / 2 Linux Foundation event. Open Source Summit Europe 2027 official website · Open Source Summit Europe 2027 date and price source · Open Source Summit Europe 2027 event details	20 to 22 Sep 2027	Glasgow	Open source	Not published
51	35	QCon San Francisco 2026 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 2 / 1 / 2 Current three-day conference rate as of 10 Oct 2026. Training on 19 to 20 Nov is separate and is not included in the indexed conference dates. QCon SF 2026 official website · QCon SF 2026 date and price source · QCon SF 2026 event details	16 to 18 Nov 2026	San Francisco, CA	Software engineering leadership	US$2,955 (early bird through 13 Oct)
52	35	QCon London 2027 Format in-person Attendance Not published Call for papers Not announced Focus / cost / scale 2 / 1 / 2 Current three-day conference rate as of 10 Oct 2026. Separate certification day 16 Apr is not included in the indexed dates. QCon London 2027 official website · QCon London 2027 date and price source · QCon London 2027 event details	13 to 15 Apr 2027	London	Software engineering leadership	£2,290 + VAT (early bird through 13 Oct)

Best conferences by category

Each list shows the events of one category in Index order.

SRE and incident response conferences

SREday Amsterdam 2026 (score 80, rank 1): 2 Nov 2026, Amsterdam. Free.
SEV0 London 2026 (score 80, rank 2): 20 Oct 2026, London. £150 (standard).
SEV0 San Francisco 2026 (score 80, rank 3): 27 Oct 2026, San Francisco, CA. US$199 (standard).
SREcon26 Europe/Middle East/Africa (score 70, rank 7): 13 to 15 Oct 2026, Dublin. US$1,300 (late rate).
SREcon27 Americas (score 70, rank 8): 12 to 14 Apr 2027, Seattle, WA. Not published.
SREcon27 Europe/Middle East/Africa (score 70, rank 10): 5 to 7 Oct 2027, Dublin. Not published.
SREday NYC 2026 (score 65, rank 13): 7 Nov 2026, New York, NY. Not published.
SREday Warsaw 2027 (score 65, rank 14): 24 Feb 2027, Warsaw. Not published.

Observability conferences

Grafana ObservabilityCON 2026 (score 60, rank 20): 19 to 21 Oct 2026, San Francisco, CA. Not published.

DevOps and platform engineering conferences

DevOpsDays Barcelona 2026 (score 70, rank 11): 13 to 14 Nov 2026, Barcelona. €96.80 (Saturday main program).
DevOpsDays Raleigh 2027 (score 70, rank 12): 27 to 28 Apr 2027, Raleigh, NC. US$99 (super early bird).
DevOpsDays Boston 2026 (score 65, rank 17): 19 to 20 Oct 2026, Cambridge, MA. US$75.
PlatformCon 2027 Live Day London (score 65, rank 18): 22 Jun 2027, London. £99 (early bird).
PlatformCon 2027 Live Day New York (score 65, rank 19): 24 Jun 2027, New York, NY. US$99 (early bird).
HashiConf 2026 (at IBM TechXchange) (score 60, rank 21): 26 to 29 Oct 2026, Atlanta, GA. US$1,599 (IBM TechXchange pass).
DevOpsDays Warsaw 2026 (score 60, rank 22): 23 to 24 Nov 2026, Warsaw. Not published.
DevOpsCon Munich 2026 (score 60, rank 23): 30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026, Munich. €1,099 + VAT (2-day early bird).
DevOpsDays Geneva 2027 (score 60, rank 24): 25 to 26 May 2027, Geneva. Not published.
DevOpsDays Chicago 2027 (score 60, rank 25): 10 to 11 Aug 2027, Chicago, IL. Not published.
DevOpsDays Zurich 2027 (score 55, rank 29): 14 to 15 Apr 2027, Winterthur. Not published.

Cloud and cloud-native conferences

Microsoft Ignite 2026 (score 60, rank 27): 17 to 20 Nov 2026, San Francisco, CA. US$2,325 (conference pass).
AWS re:Invent 2026 (score 60, rank 28): 30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026, Las Vegas, NV. US$2,499.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 (score 55, rank 32): 9 to 12 Nov 2026, Salt Lake City, UT. US$1,899 + tax (corporate, late rate).
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2027 (score 50, rank 35): 15 to 18 Mar 2027, Barcelona. Not published.
Google Cloud Next 2027 (score 50, rank 36): 13 to 15 Apr 2027, Las Vegas, NV. Not published.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 (score 50, rank 39): 8 to 11 Nov 2027, New Orleans, LA. Not published.

ITSM and service desk conferences

itSMF UK ITSM26 Conference and Awards (score 80, rank 4): 9 to 10 Nov 2026, Milton Keynes. £485 + VAT (one day).
Service Desk & IT Support Show (SITS) 2027 (score 75, rank 5): 19 to 20 May 2027, London. Not published (2026 was free).
ServiceNow Knowledge 2027 (score 75, rank 6): 4 to 6 May 2027, Las Vegas, NV. Not published.
HDI Service & Support World 2027 (score 70, rank 9): 25 to 29 Apr 2027, Las Vegas, NV. Not published.
Pink27 IT Service Management Conference (score 65, rank 16): 1 to 4 Feb 2027, Las Vegas, NV. US$2,995.
Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategies Conference (North America) 2026 (score 60, rank 26): 8 to 10 Dec 2026, Las Vegas, NV. US$4,925.
Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategies Conference (EMEA) 2026 (score 55, rank 30): 16 to 17 Nov 2026, London. €3,725 + VAT.
Atlassian Team '27 (score 50, rank 37): 20 to 22 Apr 2027, San Francisco, CA. Not published.

Technical and customer support conferences

TSIA Technology & Services World 2026 (score 65, rank 15): 19 to 21 Oct 2026, Las Vegas, NV. US$2,100 (limited access, non-member).
Support Driven Summit New York 2026 (score 55, rank 31): 27 to 29 Oct 2026, New York, NY. US$900 (sold out).
Customer Contact Week (CCW) Las Vegas 2027 (score 55, rank 33): 14 to 17 Jun 2027, Las Vegas, NV. Not published.
ICMI Contact Center Expo 2026 (score 50, rank 34): 26 to 29 Oct 2026, Orlando, FL. Not published as text.
ICMI Contact Center Expo 2027 (score 50, rank 38): 2 to 5 Nov 2027, Las Vegas, NV. Not published as text.
Gartner Customer Service and Support Conference 2026 (score 40, rank 44): 4 to 5 Nov 2026, Denver, CO. US$4,175.

Software engineering leadership conferences

LeadDev Berlin 2026 (score 40, rank 46): 9 to 10 Nov 2026, Berlin. Not published.
LDX3 London 2027 (LeadDev London) (score 40, rank 48): 28 to 29 Jun 2027, London. Not published.
LDX3 New York 2027 (LeadDev New York) (score 40, rank 49): 8 to 9 Sep 2027, New York, NY. Not published.
QCon San Francisco 2026 (score 35, rank 51): 16 to 18 Nov 2026, San Francisco, CA. US$2,955 (early bird through 13 Oct).
QCon London 2027 (score 35, rank 52): 13 to 15 Apr 2027, London. £2,290 + VAT (early bird through 13 Oct).

Open source conferences

Open Source Summit Japan 2026 (score 45, rank 42): 7 to 9 Dec 2026, Tokyo. US$558 (standard).
FOSDEM 2027 (score 45, rank 43): 30 to 31 Jan 2027, Brussels. Not stated on 2027 pages.
Open Source Summit North America 2027 (score 40, rank 47): 17 to 19 May 2027, Vancouver, BC. Not published.
Open Source Summit Europe 2027 (score 40, rank 50): 20 to 22 Sep 2027, Glasgow. Not published.

SaaS and general tech conferences

SaaStr AI Annual 2027 (score 50, rank 40): 11 to 12 May 2027, San Mateo, CA. Not published.
Web Summit 2026 (score 45, rank 41): 9 to 12 Nov 2026, Lisbon. €995.
Gainsight Pulse Europe 2026 (score 40, rank 45): 19 to 20 Oct 2026, London. Price needs confirmation.

Conference calendar: October 2026 to November 2027

Figure 2. Ranked in-person and hybrid conferences by start month. Each event is counted once; online-only events and events without verified dates are excluded. TechSupport Team, CC BY 4.0.

Table 3. Ranked conferences by start month. Source: Support Engineering Conference Index 2027 by TechSupport Team, CC BY 4.0.
Month	Events	Ranked conferences that start this month
October 2026	10	SREcon26 EMEA (13 to 15 Oct 2026, Dublin) TSIA Technology & Services World 2026 (19 to 21 Oct 2026, Las Vegas, NV) DevOpsDays Boston 2026 (19 to 20 Oct 2026, Cambridge, MA) ObservabilityCON 2026 (19 to 21 Oct 2026, San Francisco, CA) Pulse Europe 2026 (19 to 20 Oct 2026, London) SEV0 London 2026 (20 Oct 2026, London) HashiConf 2026 (26 to 29 Oct 2026, Atlanta, GA) ICMI Contact Center Expo 2026 (26 to 29 Oct 2026, Orlando, FL) SEV0 San Francisco 2026 (27 Oct 2026, San Francisco, CA) Support Driven Summit NY 2026 (27 to 29 Oct 2026, New York, NY)
November 2026	14	SREday Amsterdam 2026 (2 Nov 2026, Amsterdam) Gartner CSS 2026 (4 to 5 Nov 2026, Denver, CO) SREday NYC 2026 (7 Nov 2026, New York, NY) ITSM26 (9 to 10 Nov 2026, Milton Keynes) KubeCon NA 2026 (9 to 12 Nov 2026, Salt Lake City, UT) Web Summit 2026 (9 to 12 Nov 2026, Lisbon) LeadDev Berlin 2026 (9 to 10 Nov 2026, Berlin) DevOpsDays Barcelona 2026 (13 to 14 Nov 2026, Barcelona) Gartner I&O EMEA 2026 (16 to 17 Nov 2026, London) QCon SF 2026 (16 to 18 Nov 2026, San Francisco, CA) Microsoft Ignite 2026 (17 to 20 Nov 2026, San Francisco, CA) DevOpsDays Warsaw 2026 (23 to 24 Nov 2026, Warsaw) DevOpsCon Munich 2026 (30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026, Munich) AWS re:Invent 2026 (30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026, Las Vegas, NV)
December 2026	2	Open Source Summit Japan 2026 (7 to 9 Dec 2026, Tokyo) Gartner I&O NA 2026 (8 to 10 Dec 2026, Las Vegas, NV)
January 2027	1	FOSDEM 2027 (30 to 31 Jan 2027, Brussels)
February 2027	2	Pink27 (1 to 4 Feb 2027, Las Vegas, NV) SREday Warsaw 2027 (24 Feb 2027, Warsaw)
March 2027	1	KubeCon EU 2027 (15 to 18 Mar 2027, Barcelona)
April 2027	7	SREcon27 Americas (12 to 14 Apr 2027, Seattle, WA) Google Cloud Next 2027 (13 to 15 Apr 2027, Las Vegas, NV) QCon London 2027 (13 to 15 Apr 2027, London) DevOpsDays Zurich 2027 (14 to 15 Apr 2027, Winterthur) Team '27 (20 to 22 Apr 2027, San Francisco, CA) HDI Service & Support World 2027 (25 to 29 Apr 2027, Las Vegas, NV) DevOpsDays Raleigh 2027 (27 to 28 Apr 2027, Raleigh, NC)
May 2027	5	Knowledge 2027 (4 to 6 May 2027, Las Vegas, NV) SaaStr AI Annual 2027 (11 to 12 May 2027, San Mateo, CA) Open Source Summit NA 2027 (17 to 19 May 2027, Vancouver, BC) SITS 2027 (19 to 20 May 2027, London) DevOpsDays Geneva 2027 (25 to 26 May 2027, Geneva)
June 2027	4	CCW Las Vegas 2027 (14 to 17 Jun 2027, Las Vegas, NV) PlatformCon Live Day London (22 Jun 2027, London) PlatformCon Live Day New York (24 Jun 2027, New York, NY) LDX3 London 2027 (28 to 29 Jun 2027, London)
July 2027	0	No ranked events listed.
August 2027	1	DevOpsDays Chicago 2027 (10 to 11 Aug 2027, Chicago, IL)
September 2027	2	LDX3 New York 2027 (8 to 9 Sep 2027, New York, NY) Open Source Summit Europe 2027 (20 to 22 Sep 2027, Glasgow)
October 2027	1	SREcon27 EMEA (5 to 7 Oct 2027, Dublin)
November 2027	2	ICMI Contact Center Expo 2027 (2 to 5 Nov 2027, Las Vegas, NV) KubeCon NA 2027 (8 to 11 Nov 2027, New Orleans, LA)

IT and help desk conferences in November 2026

November 2026 is the busiest month. For IT service and help desk teams, three events stand out:

itSMF UK ITSM26: 9 to 10 November, Milton Keynes.
Gartner Customer Service and Support Conference: 4 to 5 November, Denver.
Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategies Conference (EMEA): 16 to 17 November, London.

Call for papers deadlines (CFP tracker)

These deadlines were reviewed on 10 October 2026. KubeCon Europe is still open on that date; its deadline is 11 October, not a past deadline. Check the organizer's submission page for the local cutoff time and terms. Browser enhancement hides expired deadlines without changing the published review snapshot.

Nine dated calls for papers and speaker-interest opportunities, with source caveats, reviewed 10 October 2026. — Figure 3. Dated submission opportunities at the review date. Check organizer cutoffs and the Knowledge date conflict before submitting. TechSupport Team, CC BY 4.0.

Table 4. Call for papers deadlines. Check the official page before submitting.
Event	Deadline	Link	Note
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2027	11 Oct 2026	KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2027 call for papers	Closes 23:59 CEST; still open at the 10 October review.
Observability Day Europe 2027 (KubeCon Europe co-located)	18 Oct 2026	Observability Day Europe 2027 (KubeCon Europe co-located) call for papers	Separate co-located CFP; not an additional ranked event.
Platform Engineering Day Europe 2027 (KubeCon Europe co-located)	18 Oct 2026	Platform Engineering Day Europe 2027 (KubeCon Europe co-located) call for papers	Separate co-located CFP; not an additional ranked event.
ServiceNow Knowledge 2027	30 Oct 2026	ServiceNow Knowledge 2027 call for papers	Speaker interest, not a full CFP. Body: 30 Oct; metadata: 24 Oct. Confirm the conflict.
FOSDEM 2027	16 Nov 2026	FOSDEM 2027 call for papers	Main track only; other tracks can have different dates.
SREcon27 Americas	19 Nov 2026	SREcon27 Americas call for papers	Closes 23:59 Pacific time.
DevOpsDays Zurich 2027	31 Dec 2026	DevOpsDays Zurich 2027 call for papers	Closes 23:59 CET.
DevOpsDays Raleigh 2027	1 Jan 2027	DevOpsDays Raleigh 2027 call for papers	Check the organizer's submission cutoff.
DevOpsDays Geneva 2027	7 Feb 2027	DevOpsDays Geneva 2027 call for papers	Deadline published in the devopsdays organizer list.

SREday NYC 2026: an open submission link is published; no deadline is listed. Official event.
SREday Warsaw 2027: an open submission link is published; no deadline is listed. Official event.
Conf42 online events: see each event's submission link in the online list. No dated cutoff is included unless verified.
HDI Service & Support World 2027: its published 9 October 2026 deadline had passed at review. The homepage still carried an open-call heading.

Key dates for the most searched events

AWS re:Invent 2026

AWS re:Invent 2026: 30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026, Las Vegas, NV. US$2,499. Rank 28, score 60. 2025 in-person attendance from the AWS Serverless ICYMI Q4 2025 recap. Full event pass; travel and hotel extra. The attendance figure refers to the 2025 edition, not a forecast or online audience.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2026 and 2027

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026: 9 to 12 Nov 2026, Salt Lake City, UT. US$1,899 + tax (corporate, late rate). Rank 32, score 55. Company-funded conference-only pass; main program 10 to 12 Nov. The indexed range includes co-located 9 Nov. The US$899 individual tier requires eligibility and approval and is not scored. The indexed range includes co-located events on 9 Nov; main conference sessions run 10 to 12 Nov. Co-located access needs a different All-Access pass.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2027: 15 to 18 Mar 2027, Barcelona. Not published. Rank 35, score 50. CFP open at review; deadline 11 Oct 2026 at 23:59 CEST. Dates include the co-located event day.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027: 8 to 11 Nov 2027, New Orleans, LA. Not published. Rank 39, score 50. Venue not announced.

SREcon 2026 and 2027

SREcon26 Europe/Middle East/Africa: 13 to 15 Oct 2026, Dublin. US$1,300 (late rate). Rank 7, score 70. USENIX SRE conference. Presenters attend in person.
SREcon27 Americas: 12 to 14 Apr 2027, Seattle, WA. Not published. Rank 8, score 70. CFP open until 19 Nov 2026.
SREcon27 Europe/Middle East/Africa: 5 to 7 Oct 2027, Dublin. Not published. Rank 10, score 70. Same venue as SREcon26 EMEA.

ServiceNow Knowledge 2027

ServiceNow Knowledge 2027: 4 to 6 May 2027, Las Vegas, NV. Not published. Rank 6, score 75. Speaker interest form closes 30 Oct 2026. Deadline caveat: visible body copy says 30 Oct; page metadata says 24 Oct. Confirm before relying on the later date.

HDI Service & Support World 2027

HDI Service & Support World 2027: 25 to 29 Apr 2027, Las Vegas, NV. Not published. Rank 9, score 70. Replaces SupportWorld Live and Service Management World. Published speaker deadline was 9 Oct 2026; closed as of the review date.

Notable patterns in the 2026 and 2027 calendar

Las Vegas leads. 9 of the 52 ranked events take place there, including re:Invent, Knowledge, HDI and Pink27.
Overlap in the week of 12 April 2027. SREcon27 Americas, QCon London, Google Cloud Next and DevOpsDays Zurich run in the same week.
Same dates. AWS re:Invent 2026 and DevOpsCon Munich 2026 both run from 30 November to 4 December 2026.
9 and 10 November 2026. ITSM26, KubeCon North America, Web Summit and LeadDev Berlin overlap.
Spring 2027 for ITSM teams. Team '27, HDI, Knowledge, SaaStr AI Annual and SITS run in five weeks, from 20 April to 20 May 2027.

Data gaps: 25 of 52 ranked events have a verified numeric price and 21 have an organizer attendance figure. Unknown values use the published missing-data rule; they are not estimates.

How to choose a conference for your support team

Start with focus. Choose events that match the work of your team: SRE, ITSM, support or DevOps.
Check the total cost: pass, travel, hotel and the time away from on-call.
Submit a talk. Accepted speakers often get a free pass.
Ask the organizer about group rates and speaker benefits. Eligibility, minimum team size and deadlines vary; do not budget against an expired promotion.
Use free formats: SREday Amsterdam, the free PlatformCon online week and the Conf42 online events.
Plan on-call cover before you book.

Events without confirmed dates

These nine events are listed separately because exact dates were not verified in the 10 October 2026 source review. Some organizer pages were ambiguous. These events receive no rank or score and are excluded from the calendar and ranked-list data. Use each event link to check the latest organizer schedule.

Table 5. Events without verified exact dates. These events are not ranked or included in the calendar feed.
Event	Category	Last known edition or status
Datadog DASH 2027	Observability	June 2027, New York; exact dates not verified in this edition. Organizer writes 'June (14) 15-16, 2027' without clarifying June 14. Excluded from ranking and calendar until clarified.
Monitorama 2027	Observability	2027 dates not confirmed in this Index. Reference edition: 10 to 12 Jun 2024, Portland, OR.
DevOpsCon London 2027	DevOps and platform engineering	2026 edition: 11 to 15 May 2026, London
DevOpsCon Berlin 2027	DevOps and platform engineering	2026 edition: 15 to 19 Jun 2026, Berlin
SDI Spark27	ITSM and IT operations	2027 dates not confirmed in this Index. Organizer reference page: Spark26.
Support Driven Expo 2027	Technical and customer support	2027 dates not confirmed in this Index. Organizer reference page: US Expo 2026.
Zendesk Relate 2027	Technical and customer support	2027 dates not published
Forrester CX Forum East and West 2027	Technical and customer support	Successor to CX Summit North America
Gainsight Pulse 2027 (US)	SaaS and general tech	Pulse 2026: 2,000+ attendees

Online conferences

Online-only events are listed for planning but are not ranked. The six with exact dates are included in the ICS feed. PlatformCon's flagship week remains undated until its full schedule is confirmed.

Table 6. Online events. These events are not ranked.
Event	Dates	Category	Price
Conf42 Platform Engineering 2026	5 Nov 2026	DevOps and platform engineering	Free
Conf42 Chaos Engineering 2026	3 Dec 2026	SRE and incident response	Free
HDI Virtual Experience 2026	9 Dec 2026	ITSM and IT operations	Not published
Conf42 DevOps 2027	21 Jan 2027	DevOps and platform engineering	Free
Conf42 Site Reliability Engineering 2027	4 Mar 2027	SRE and incident response	Free
PlatformCon 2027 Flagship Week	June 2027 (exact dates not published)	DevOps and platform engineering	Free online
Conf42 Observability 2027	9 Sep 2027	Observability	Free

Verification notes and unresolved details

Several supplied figures changed during the organizer-source review. The CSV, rankings, accessible tables, calendar and ranked-list data all use the corrected values. Original artwork with outdated totals is not used as evidence.

DASH 2027: the organizer FAQ gives an ambiguous June date expression. New York and June 2027 are known, but exact dates were not verified in this edition. DASH is excluded from the ranked list and ICS calendar until clarified.
Gainsight Pulse Europe: the organizer page disagrees with itself on the standard price. The numeric price is held, no Offer is emitted, and the unknown-cost band is used.
ServiceNow Knowledge: speaker-interest body copy gives 30 October 2026 while page metadata gives 24 October. The tracker follows the visible body copy and flags the conflict; confirm directly before relying on the later date.
Microsoft Ignite: the published US$2,325 conference pass qualifies; the cheaper Hub-only pass does not. Its official overview also confirms in-person and digital attendance.
Attendance corrections: DevOpsDays Boston publishes 200+, DevOpsDays Zurich expects 250, and CCW Las Vegas publishes 6,000+. Warsaw's supplied count was not verified and is treated as unknown.
SITS 2027: confirmed dates and attendance are retained, but free-admission copy referring to 2026 is not treated as a verified free ticket for 2027.
Price corrections: current QCon early-bird, PlatformCon live-day and DevOpsCon individual rates replace inappropriate later or group-only tiers. KubeCon North America uses its public company-funded pass; its cheaper individual rate requires eligibility and approval. Each affected row states the pass type and review-date caveat.

Methodology

Method version 1.0. Scope: in-person and hybrid IT, SRE, DevOps, ITSM and support conferences with an edition between October 2026 and December 2027. Online-only events and events without confirmed exact dates are listed separately and are not ranked. Scores measure fit for this audience, not overall event quality.

Table 7. Scoring criteria. Score = 20 x (0.5 x focus + 0.25 x access cost + 0.25 x scale), rounded to a whole number. The maximum is 100.
Criterion	Weight	Score 5	Score 4	Score 3	Score 2	Score 1
Focus	50%	SRE, incident response, ITSM, service desk, technical support	Observability, DevOps, platform engineering, IT operations, ITSM platform user conferences	Cloud and cloud-native, customer support and contact centers, broad software vendor conferences	General tech, SaaS, customer success, engineering leadership, open source	Adjacent topics
Access cost	25%	Free	Under 500	500 to 999	1,000 to 1,999, or unknown	2,000 or more
Scale	25%	20,000 or more attendees	10,000 to 19,999	3,000 to 9,999	1,000 to 2,999, or unknown	Under 1,000

Prices: the lowest published in-person pass with access to the main conference program is used. A one-day main-program pass can qualify and is labeled. Workshop-only, expo-only, video-only and Hub-only passes do not qualify.
Price tiers: use the public individual-attendee rate current on 10 October 2026, including an active early-bird rate with its deadline where published. Do not substitute an expired or future tier. Student, academic, press, speaker, member-only, approval-only, coupon and group discounts are excluded. Sold-out passes can retain a clearly labeled published price; this is not a claim of availability.
Taxes and currencies: prices state VAT exclusions where the organizer does. USD, EUR and GBP amounts use the same numeric bands without currency conversion. The score is not a tax-inclusive or exchange-rate-adjusted budget comparison.
Attendance: use a verified organizer figure for the specific event, including a labeled expected count or a previous-edition reference. Series-wide totals and online viewers are excluded. Published audience claims are not audited attendance counts.
Missing or conflicting data: if a price or attendance figure cannot be verified, that criterion scores 2. This rule can score an unknown-size event above a verified small event; read the underlying values, not the total alone.
Ties: higher focus score first, then higher access-cost score (cheaper band), then higher scale score, then earlier start date. These are criterion-band comparisons, not comparisons of raw amounts in different currencies. The event slug is the final deterministic tie-break.
Date scope: the listed range follows the organizer's conference framing. Some ranges include associated workshop or co-located days; this is labeled in event details when verified. The index omits exact dates when the organizer wording is ambiguous; it does not substitute a guessed day.
Sources: organizer sites and organizer-linked ticket or submission pages, reviewed on 10 October 2026. Event details link the evidence; the CSV retains the primary source URL and caveats.
Independence: no organizer paid for inclusion or for a score. Focus assignments are editorial judgments using the categories in the table.
Updates: this is a dated review snapshot. Check official pages before booking or submitting a talk. Send corrections through the contact form; a new verification pass is required before advancing the review date.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Support Engineering Conference Index 2027?

The Support Engineering Conference Index 2027 is a ranking of 52 in-person and hybrid IT, SRE, DevOps and ITSM conferences by TechSupport Team. It scores each event on focus (50%), access cost (25%) and scale (25%).

What are the best SRE conferences in 2026 and 2027?

In the Index, the top SRE and incident response events are SREday Amsterdam 2026, SEV0 London 2026 and SEV0 San Francisco 2026 (80 points each). SREcon27 Americas and SREcon27 EMEA score 70.

What are the best ITSM and service desk conferences in 2027?

The Service Desk & IT Support Show (SITS) 2027 and ServiceNow Knowledge 2027 lead the 2027 ITSM events in the Index, with 75 points each. HDI Service & Support World 2027 follows with 70 points.

What are the best DevOps conferences in 2027?

In this Index, DevOpsDays Raleigh 2027 scores 70. PlatformCon's London and New York live days score 65. DevOpsDays Geneva and Chicago score 60; Zurich scores 55 using its published expected audience of 250.

When is AWS re:Invent 2026?

AWS re:Invent 2026 runs from 30 November to 4 December 2026 in Las Vegas. The full event pass costs US$2,499. DevOpsCon Munich 2026 runs on the same dates.

When and where is KubeCon 2027?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2027 takes place in Barcelona from 15 to 18 March 2027. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 takes place in New Orleans from 8 to 11 November 2027.

Which IT conferences are free or low cost?

At the 10 October 2026 review, SREday Amsterdam was free. The listed current prices for DevOpsDays Boston, Raleigh and Barcelona, SEV0 London and San Francisco, and both PlatformCon live days were below 200 in their ticket currencies. Availability and early-bird tiers can change; Conf42's listed online events are free.

Which conferences have open calls for papers?

At the 10 October 2026 review, KubeCon Europe was open until 11 October. Other dated calls included Knowledge speaker interest (30 October, with a conflicting metadata date), FOSDEM (16 November), SREcon27 Americas (19 November), and DevOpsDays Zurich, Raleigh and Geneva. Use the tracker and the linked official deadlines.

How does TechSupport Team score conferences?

Each event gets a score from 1 to 5 for focus, access cost and scale. TechSupport Team weights focus at 50% and the other two at 25% each, then multiplies by 20. The maximum is 100.

Can organizers update their event data?

Yes. Send the correction and an official source through the TechSupport Team contact form. Any update needs a fresh source check before its figures and review date change.

Why are some 2027 conferences listed without exact dates?

An announced month is not an exact date. Events without verified exact dates are listed separately and excluded from scores, ICS entries and ranked-list data. The 10 October 2026 review could not establish exact DASH 2027 dates from the organizer's June date wording. Use the organizer link for its current schedule.

Update log

10 October 2026: version 1.0 reviewed. 52 ranked events, 9 without verified exact dates, 7 online. Resolved current prices and attendance against organizer sources; held DASH dates and Pulse Europe numeric pricing; corrected KubeCon Europe's still-open CFP wording.

About TechSupport Team

TechSupport Team provides dedicated L2 and L3 support engineers who join your team, with coverage up to 24/7. We made this Index because support and SRE teams need a short, honest list of events worth the time. We are a new company, and no organizer paid for a place in the Index.