Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent)

Current San Francisco 2026 is Confluent's flagship data-streaming conference, held 4-5 November 2026 at Moscone West in San Francisco under the banner 'Where Real-Time Data and AI Come Together'. It is the North American edition of a series that also ran in Bengaluru in April and London in May 2026, and it succeeds Current New Orleans 2025, which drew more than 2,000 in-person attendees and over 100 speakers. The programme is built for developers, architects, data engineers, IT leaders and business innovators working with Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, stream processing and cloud-native architectures, and mixes keynotes with breakout sessions, lightning talks, hands-on workshops and AI-innovator discussions. More than 60 sponsors exhibited at the 2025 edition, including AWS, Databricks, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle across the platinum and gold tiers. The Data Streaming Awards are presented alongside the conference.

• Advance registration price endsOct 10, 2026
• Standard registration price endsOct 29, 2026

Date

November 4–5, 2026

Location

Moscone West, San Francisco, California

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Expected Attendance

2,000+ (2025 edition)

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

Confluent

Added

Jul 7, 2026

Updated

Aug 9, 2026

• ✓Data Engineer
• ✓Software Architect
• ✓Platform Engineering Lead
• ✓VP of Data
• ✓CTO
• ✓Head of Data Platform
• ✓Site Reliability Engineer
• ✓Engineering Manager

If your AI roadmap depends on getting fresh context to a model rather than on the model itself, these are the two days that matter. Current is where the Kafka and Flink roadmaps are laid out, where teams present the streaming architectures sitting behind production AI, and where AWS, Databricks, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle all have engineers on the floor at once - which turns a quarter of vendor calls into a fortnight of scheduled meetings. At US$699 for an advance pass it is one of the cheapest San Francisco enterprise conferences to send a platform team to, and the published price ladder lets you commit travel budget early instead of waiting on a quote.

• ✓Keynote programme on real-time data and AI
• ✓Breakout sessions across Apache Kafka and Apache Flink
• ✓Lightning talks
• ✓Hands-on technical workshops
• ✓AI innovator discussions
• ✓Sponsor expo with 60+ providers at the 2025 edition
• ✓Data Streaming Awards ceremony
• ✓Two-day format at Moscone West, 4-5 November

• ★The centre of gravity for the Apache Kafka and Apache Flink communities - Current absorbed Kafka Summit, so this is where the streaming roadmap conversation happens rather than a general data conference.
• ★Positioned squarely at the streaming/AI seam: the pitch is supplying real-time context to AI systems, not batch analytics.
• ★More than 60 sponsors at the 2025 edition including AWS, Databricks, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle, so every major platform vendor is reachable inside two days.
• ★Cheap for a San Francisco enterprise conference at US$699 for an advance pass, with the full price ladder published up front instead of quoted on request.
• ★The Data Streaming Awards are presented at the event, which pulls in named production reference architectures rather than vendor demonstrations.

Published individual-pass ladder: Early Bird US$499 through 15 August 2026, Advance US$699 through 10 October 2026, Standard US$899 through 29 October 2026, and Onsite US$999. Confluent allows pass transfers by notifying current@regsvc.com before the stated deadline; cancellations are fully refundable early, carry a 25% fee mid-window and are non-refundable in the final week before the event.

When is Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent)?

Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) takes place November 4–5, 2026 in San Francisco, California.

Where is Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) held?

Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) is held in San Francisco, California. The event format is in-person.

What is the Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) submission deadline?

The next Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) deadline is advance registration price ends on Oct 10, 2026. Remaining dates: Standard registration price ends — Oct 29, 2026.

How much does Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) cost?

Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) is paid. Published individual-pass ladder: Early Bird US$499 through 15 August 2026, Advance US$699 through 10 October 2026, Standard US$899 through 29 October 2026, and Onsite US$999. Confluent allows pass transfers by notifying current@regsvc.com before the stated deadline; cancellations are fully refundable early, carry a 25% fee mid-window and are non-refundable in the final week before the event.

Who should attend Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent)?

Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) is aimed at Data Engineer, Software Architect, Platform Engineering Lead, VP of Data, CTO, Head of Data Platform, Site Reliability Engineer, Engineering Manager.

What topics does Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) cover?

Current 2026 San Francisco (Confluent) covers Data Streaming, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Stream Processing, Real-Time AI, Event-Driven Architecture, Cloud-Native Data Platforms, AI Agents on Streaming Data.

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