KCDC 2025 Track Descriptions

Primary Audience: Data scientists, machine learning engineers, and AI researchers

Description: This track focuses on cutting-edge AI and data science applications. Talks should cover advanced machine learning algorithms, deep learning techniques, and real-world AI implementations. Emphasis should be on practical applications and overcoming challenges in production environments.

Primary Audience: Senior developers, architects, and technical leads

Description: Explore sophisticated architectural approaches for building resilient, scalable, and future-proof systems. Presentations should cover advanced design patterns, microservices orchestration, event-driven architectures, and strategies for managing complex distributed systems.

Primary Audience: Cloud architects, DevOps engineers, and senior developers

Description: This track showcases advanced cloud-native development, serverless architectures, and complex problem-solving using AWS, Azure, and GCP. Talks should focus on real-world applications, performance optimization, and innovative uses of cloud technologies in enterprise environments.

Primary Audience: Data engineers, application developers, and database administrators

Description: This track focuses on managing data effectively for applications across various styles of data storage and retrieval. Presentations should cover topics such as data modeling, database optimization techniques, data integration strategies, and best practices for handling structured and unstructured data in modern applications.

Primary Audience: DevOps engineers, SREs, and platform engineers

Description: Explore advanced DevOps practices, tools, and methodologies. Presentations should cover sophisticated CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, advanced monitoring and observability, and strategies for managing large-scale complex deployments.

NOTE: This track is applicable only to KCDC DevOps Tracks, see below for more info on DevOpsDaysKC Focus Session

Primary Audience: Tech leads, managers, and senior developers

Description: This track focuses on advanced interpersonal and leadership skills crucial for making technology teams successful. Topics may include managing diverse teams, navigating complex organizational structures, advanced conflict resolution, and strategies for driving innovation and change.

Primary Audience: IoT developers, embedded systems engineers, and mobile developers

Description: Explore cutting-edge developments in IoT and edge computing. Talks should cover advanced topics such as edge AI, secure IoT architectures, and innovative applications of IoT in industrial and consumer settings.

Primary Audience: Experienced Java developers and architects

Description: This track focuses on advanced Java development techniques, the latest JVM features, and innovative uses of Java in enterprise environments. Presentations should cover performance optimization, advanced concurrency models, and integration with modern architectures.

Primary Audience: Senior JavaScript developers, Front-end architects, NodeJS Architects

Description: Explore advanced JavaScript concepts, modern frameworks, and innovative architectures for front-end or back-end. Talks should cover topics like advanced state management techniques, performance optimization strategies, and cutting-edge JavaScript features.

Primary Audience: Project managers, Scrum masters, and tech leads

Description: This track focuses on advanced project management methodologies and process optimization techniques. Presentations should cover innovative approaches to Agile at scale, metrics-driven process improvement strategies, and managing complex multi-team projects.

Primary Audience: Experienced .NET developers and architects

Description: This track focuses on advanced .NET-specific tools, patterns, and practices. Talks should highlight cutting-edge techniques, performance optimization, and innovative approaches within the .NET ecosystem. Topics may include the latest framework features, advanced debugging, and integration with emerging technologies.

Primary Audience: Polyglot programmers and language enthusiasts

Description: Explore advanced features and applications of emerging or niche programming languages. Talks should focus on solving complex problems using unique language features or cross-language interoperability.

Primary Audience: Security engineers, penetration testers, and DevSecOps professionals

Description: This track covers advanced security concepts including threat modeling and innovative security practices. Presentations should focus on cutting-edge security tools, advanced encryption techniques, and strategies for securing complex distributed systems.

Primary Audience: Senior UX designers, UI developers, and design system architects

Description: Explore advanced UI/UX concepts along with innovative design systems. Talks should cover topics like advanced animation techniques in user interfaces, accessibility in complex applications design strategies for creating scalable interfaces.

Primary Audience: Senior QA engineers, test automation specialists, and quality architects

Description: This track focuses on advanced testing methodologies along with innovative QA processes. Presentations should cover topics like performance testing at scale, strategies for ensuring quality in complex distributed systems, and AI-driven testing techniques.

Primary Audience: IT Management, Senior Engineers, SREs, DevOps Practitioners, Platform Engineers

Description: Talks in this track are a 30 minute session (25 min talk, 5 min Q&A) or a 5 minute Ignite Talk that focuses on the interplay between the human factor and technology, processes, automation, testing, security, platform engineering, reliability, organizational culture, CI/CD, DevOps practices, and career development.