Virtual EnvoyCon 2026

Join us at Virtual EnvoyCon, the go-to event for Envoy practitioners of all experience levels. Whether you're just getting started, refining your expertise, or pushing the boundaries of what's possible, this community-driven virtual conference offers deep technical content and practical insights from both contributors and users.

This event is all about real-world experience—no product pitches, just meaningful conversations, collaboration, and innovation within the Envoy open-source ecosystem.

KEY DATES:

CFP Closes: Sunday, March 8

Speaker Notifications: Wed, April 1

Schedule Announced: Wed, April 8

What to expect:

- Discover Envoy Proxy’s powerful capabilities for high-performance proxying and extensibility.

- Explore Envoy Gateway, a Kubernetes-native control plane that simplifies working with Envoy Proxy.

- Learn how Envoy is evolving to handle modern AI traffic and what’s next for the community.

A CNCF graduated project since 2017, Envoy powers diverse deployment models including edge proxies, service mesh sidecars, and load balancing.

Join us for a day of engaging talks and case studies, and connect directly with maintainers, community leaders, and adopters. Let’s build the future of Envoy—together!

CFP TOPICS:

1. Envoy Project Fundamentals - Sessions introducing key foundational concepts from across the Envoy ecosystem.

2. Envoy at Scale - Share stories, lessons learned, and technical insights from operating Envoy at production scale.

3. Extending Envoy - Examples of extending Envoy’s functionality include your design decisions, tradeoffs, and learnings.

4. Envoy and AI Traffic - Demonstrate how Envoy is or could be used to handle AI and inference traffic.

5. Configuring Envoy - Show how to configure, deploy, and operate Envoy Proxy.

6. The Future of Envoy and the Community - Share works-in-progress, design proposals, or community stories from the Envoy ecosystem.