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SEPTEMBER 14–17, 2026  |  DENVER, COLORADO

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Learning that’s built for everyone

.conf26 offers a range of learning experiences designed to help attendees build skills, discover new ideas, and hear how others use Splunk to solve business challenges.

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Explore a range of formats

Each session format is built for different ways of learning, from technical deep dives to hands-on experiences and more, so you can get the most from your .conf experience.

Technical sessions

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Dive into the details with your peers. Explore Splunk best practices, use cases, challenges, and solutions, providing actionable product insights you can apply immediately.

Interactive workshops

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Learn Splunk concepts interactively in sessions ranging from one to two hours. Bring your own laptop to dive into product use cases, walk through real scenarios, and demo as you go.

Panel discussions

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Hear multiple perspectives on shared challenges, emerging trends, and lessons learned as experts discuss how they approach real work with Splunk.

Theater sessions

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Theater sessions are concise and impactful, featuring new release announcements, customer case studies, or big ideas to share with a larger audience.

Demos on the show floor

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See Splunk solutions in action through live demos that highlight product capabilities, practical approaches, and new ways to solve real business challenges. 

Maximize your Splunk potential

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Turn machine data into agentic action

Analyze data wherever it lives at lower cost. Correlate data at scale and connect it in real time across domains. Power resilient agentic operations with custom AI.

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Defend at machine speed

Unify SOC and infrastructure to stop threats faster. Respond autonomously with trusted, governed defense. Mitigate any vulnerabilities across any attack surface.

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Optimize AI at scale

Make the entire tech stack work for AI. Evaluate and govern agents, manage token consumption and control costs, and troubleshoot autonomously to prevent and surface impacts with AI SRE.

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Developers — we’ve got you covered

Don’t miss tailored content to build and monetize Splunk apps and integrations. Drive value and unique business outcomes with advanced customizations.

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The ultimate education experience

Tap into deeper training opportunities during .conf26 with Splunk University. Take in-person classes during the conference using your existing paid training units. It’s time to take your skills to the next level!

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We can’t wait to see you!

Elevate your career, credentials, connections, and more at .conf26.

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