RenderATL 2026 | August 12 & 13, 2026

The South's premier tech conference. 50+ speakers & workshops. 2 days. Plus more. Code, Culture, & Connecting – August 12-13. This is RenderATL.

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2025 was a great year for RenderATL attendees.

2026 already looks even better.

same ticket gets you:
conference days
expo floor
side events
OpenJS Summit
AI Summit
RenderFEST

we added more and didn’t raise the price (yet)

prices go up May 1 : https://t.co/Vgz8hS4Ovw

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ENGINEERING LEADERS:

One of the best things you can do for your team is put them in rooms with engineers outside of your company.

Different workflows. Different perspectives. Different ways to solve the same problem.

That’s what RenderATL is built for.

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Avi Press is speaking at RenderATL.

He’s spent years building tools and platforms for developers, with a strong focus on open source, infrastructure, and the future of modern engineering workflows.

Avi has a way of making deeply technical conversations feel practical and grounded in real-world experience.

Backend and infrastructure engineers are definitely gonna enjoy this one.

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Not enough people are talking about the fact that JSConf is happening INSIDE RenderATL this year.

Like… the JavaScript community is really pulling up to Atlanta.

Frameworks, tooling, infrastructure, open source, frontend, backend… all of it.

And the best part? You don’t need another conference ticket. It’s already included with your RenderATL pass.

https://t.co/Ft82imfHRa

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Ava Toro is speaking at RenderATL.

She’s a software engineer, educator, and creator who’s passionate about making tech feel more approachable for the next generation of developers.

A lot of people can code. Not everybody can teach and build community at the same time.

If you care about growth, learning, and the human side of tech, don’t miss this session.

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Last year was BIG.

8,000 attendees inside the conference. 15,000+ people across Atlanta Tech Week. Hundreds of events happening throughout the city.

And somehow… 2026 is already shaping up to be even bigger.

OpenJS. The A.I. Summit. More workshops. More community. More of the people building what’s next.

August 12-13 can't get here fast enough.

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Jackie Chambers de Freitas is speaking at RenderATL.

Everybody loves talking about innovation until it’s time to actually lead people through change.

That’s the work Jackie does every day.

She’s a VP at Salesforce leading AI delivery and transformation across a massive global organization, balancing speed, people, process, and the reality that change impacts actual humans, not just dashboards.

What makes her perspective interesting is that it’s not all theory. She’s been in the middle of the hard conversations, the scaling problems, the executive rooms, and the team dynamics that come with transformation at this level.

She’s also deeply invested in community here in Atlanta through Women in Agile, helping create more space for leadership that feels human.

If you manage teams, want to lead better, or are trying to navigate constant change without burning everybody out, don’t miss this one.

Get your ticket at https://t.co/Ft82imfHRa

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RenderATL ambassadors aren't just posting about a conference.

They're helping people discover community, opportunities, and a place where they actually belong in tech.

If you love sharing your perspective, connecting people, and being part of something bigger, the ambassador program might be for you.

Apply now: https://t.co/hmMfDGEGxR

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Arushi Singh is speaking at RenderATL.

She’s built a career across developer advocacy, cloud, and community, helping make technical education feel more accessible for engineers at every level.

What stands out about Arushi is how she blends technical depth with real community impact. She genuinely enjoys helping developers grow.

If you’re into cloud, DevRel, and the future of developer education, this is one to catch.

https://t.co/Ft82imfHRa

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the AI summit is back for year two and it's bigger. world-class speakers. hands-on workshops. breakthrough demos. all included with your renderatl ticket. i need you to understand this

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People always talk about the speakers, the workshops, the hiring, the networking. But one thing we hear over and over after RenderATL is: “I didn’t expect it to feel like this.”

One of the VPs at Warner Bros. Discovery described RenderATL as “an embrace from a long lost cousin,” and honestly… that’s probably one of the best ways to explain it. Yes, people come to learn. Yes, they come to grow their careers. But they also come to feel connected.

To be around other people who get them. To be in rooms where they don’t feel out of place. To feel welcomed instead of just tolerated. That matters more than people think. Get your tickets at https://t.co/Ft82imfHRa

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hot take: computer science students should be required to attend at least one tech conference before graduating so they stop thinking the industry is just leetcode

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drop your hottest tech take below and i'll quote tweet the ones that make me audibly gasp at my desk

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someone in my CS class recognized me from this account today and i didn't know whether to be proud or concerned

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People fly in from all over the country just to be at RenderATL.

And that’s one of the coolest parts of the week.

You end up having conversations with engineers, founders, designers, recruiters, and builders from completely different cities and backgrounds all in one place.

A lot of conferences say they’re about networking, but this attendee explained it best: you really have to come in with a game plan because there’s so much happening and so many people to meet.

That’s a good problem to have!

Get your ticket at https://t.co/Ft82imfHRa

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one badge. main conference. AI summit. openjs summit. executive summit. renderfest. expo. all of it. other conferences would charge you separately for each of those and you know it

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returning attendees: what's the one thing you tell people when they ask if renderatl is worth it?

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You know those communities that are always outside?

Hosting meetups after work. Helping people prep for interviews. Teaching workshops. Answering questions in Discord at 11PM. Actually putting people on.

Yeah… those are the kinds of communities we want to partner with.

RenderATL Community Partner applications are officially open for 2026, and selected organizations will receive complimentary tickets to bring members of their community to the conference.

Apply now at https://t.co/k24K1gRUmE

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Anurag Goel from Atlassian is speaking at RenderATL.

He’s spent more than a decade building large-scale backend systems and data platforms at companies like Uber, Salesforce, and now Atlassian.

So if you’re into infrastructure, real-time systems, data pipelines, or figuring out how AI fits into all of this, this is probably one to circle on your schedule.

Especially because he’s not just talking theory. He’s worked on systems processing billions of events at scale.

Tickets at https://t.co/Ft82imfHRa

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hot take: the best networking doesn't happen on online it happens when you're standing in line for food and the person next to you works at the company you've been stalking on linkedin. renderatl has very good food lines. just saying

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A lot of people come to RenderATL expecting to learn something technical. What they don’t expect is how many real relationships they leave with.

Mentors. Friends. Future coworkers. People who help them think bigger about their career and leadership journey. And honestly, people are always surprised by the energy too 😭

There’s this weird stereotype that tech people are awkward or boring until you get to RenderATL and realize everybody’s outside having a good time, learning, networking, and building community at the same time.

That’s what makes our conference feel so different.

Get your ticket at https://t.co/Ft82imfHRa