API Summit Live by Kong is an in-person event that brings together the brightest minds in the API space to share knowledge and learn about the latest innovations around APIs, microservices, and AI. Discover best practices to build, run, and govern APIs across any environment or deployment pattern; how to achieve zero-trust; secrets for boosting developer productivity; ways to reduce operational overhead and maximize return on investment; and more.

API Summit Live will take place October 14-15, 2025, in New York City at Convene Brookfield Place, 225 Liberty, located in Brookfield Place in downtown Manhattan's Financial District at 225 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10281. For more information about parking and public transportation, go here.

All-access passes to API Summit Live are available now for $495. Register now to secure you spot. Need to convince your boss? Get help justifying your trip here.

Maybe! We're looking for speakers from Kong’s user community, customers, and beyond to discuss trends and tips plus real-world solutions to building, securing, consuming, and connecting APIs and microservices. Head over to our call for proposals page to toss your hat in the ring.

The agenda and more details about the event will be released as we get closer to this year’s event.

Kong Events including API Summit by Kong, local Meetups, and any other public event organized by Kong are community-focused events with the goal of providing a collaborative environment for solution architects, users, developers, and other community members to learn not only how to be successful when leveraging Kong, but also in becoming Kong experts.

The Kong Events Team is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter, and other online media. API Summit by Kong participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the event at the discretion of the event organizers.

Event staff will be available and monitoring communication channels throughout the conference. We value your attendance. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please email events@konghq.com.

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Reach out to the team at events@konghq.com. Our team will respond within 1-2 business days.