FOST is a premier federation of IT and software events dedicated to the architects, builders, developers, CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and visionaries shaping the next decade of computing. We aren’t just looking at what’s "new"—we are deep-diving into the foundational shifts that will define the industry.
100,000+
Past attendees
80+
Global events
7,500+
Expert speakers
Jeff Lawson
Author of "Ask your Developers"
CEO of Twilio
Solomon hykes
CEO of Dagger
Creator of Docker
Daniel Jacobson
Author of "APIs a Strategy Guide"
Mary Poppendieck
Author of "Lean Software Development"
Kin Lane
The API Evangelist
Mike Amundsen
Author of "Restful Webservices"
Romain Huet
Head of DX at OpenAI
Bryan Helmig
Co-founder Zapier
Marshall Van Alstyne
MIT Professor and author of "Platform Revolution"
Steve Klabnik
author of "The RUST programming language" and creator of apis.json
Tony Tam
Creator of Swagger
Eve Maler
co-creator of XML and UMA
Fran Mendez
creator of AsyncAPI Specification
Claire L Evans
Author of "The Broadband"
Sangeet Paul Choudary
Author of "Platform Scale"
Dick Hardt
co-creator of OAuth
Jerry Cuomo
co-creator of WebSphere
Kenneth Reitz
Creator of Requests & Cerifi
Jean Marc Jancovici
Climate expert and author of "World without end"
Steve Lucas
CEO of Boomi
Sanjiva Weerawarana
CEO of WSO2
Sam Newman
Auhtor of "Building Microsorvices"
Gregor Hohpe
The Architect Elevator, author of "Platform Strategy"
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As technology advances, so do the conversations shaping its impact. FOST also hosts GenerationAI, apidays and Green IO, three sister events exploring the next wave of innovation.
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