Save the date! Kong [API Summit](https://konghq.com/events/conferences/api-summit)API Summit will be returning for its second year this coming October 2-3 at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco.
Focused on building the next era of software**, **Kong Summit 2019 will provide a fun and educational forum for discovering, learning and trying the technologies, practical solutions and techniques needed to create modern service architectures. The event will bring together members of the Kong user community, industry ecosystem contributors and industry thought leaders. Attendees will learn new strategies, explore novel ways of approaching technical and organizational problems, get hands-on experience with Kong's latest and greatest features, learn how to use popular open source ecosystem projects, and more.
Our call for speakers is now open through June 16. We're looking for community experts to share Kong use cases, best practices and lessons learned. Learn more and apply to be a speaker at [https://konghq.com/kong-summit/call-for-speakers/](https://konghq.com/kong-summit/call-for-speakers)https://konghq.com/kong-summit/call-for-speakers/! Accepted speakers will receive a complimentary VIP ticket to the Summit.
More than 200 people from the Kong community and beyond gathered for last year's inaugural event. This year, we're making it even bigger and better! Stay tuned for more on Kong Summit 2019, including early bird registration and agenda details.
This year, at our in-person API Summit , we’re excited to shine a light on the projects and people who aren’t just implementing Kong, but reinventing it. The Kong Innovator Awards recognize outstanding and future-facing projects from Kong custome
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API Summit 2023 is a wrap! Over the two-day conference (our sixth-annual event), we packed in over 40 hours of content in 100 sessions touching on everything from ensuring reliable connectivity to generative AI. We heard from investors about the fut
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Kong API Summit has come and gone! Whether you joined us in San Francisco or missed this year's big shindig, here are some of the highlights from the event and a round-up of all the Kong news dropped over the past two days. Kong Summit 2022 recap
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Join the builders and leaders taming the API jungle live and in person at Kong Summit 2022 September 28-29, 2022, at the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. Registration is now open . Kong Summit 2022 will feature more than 70 sp
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We are now deep into our most anticipated event of the year, Kong API Summit 2021 (there's still time to register for Day 2!). More than 4,000 people have registered from 87 countries for the virtual event. After a full day of knowledge and surpri
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This year's Kong API Summit is no ordinary virtual conference. We are taking our attendees into the heart of San Francisco for an action-packed interactive event. This is not one you will want to save for later. [iframe src="" data-src="https://ww
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Kong's much anticipated Summit is back. Focused on Developing the Connected World, Kong API Summit 2021 will give you the tools to build new ideas, create actionable best practices and get hands-on with guiding your organization through transforma
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