Sketch Development Services has announced DevOps Midwest 2026, a one-day technology conference focused on DevOps, AI, cloud computing, and software engineering. Scheduled for September 16, 2026, at Webster University in St. Louis, the event will bring together developers, architects, and technical leaders for expert-led sessions covering AI-enabled software development, cloud operations, Kubernetes, security, and modern DevOps practices.
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Sketch Development Services will host DevOps Midwest 2026 at Webster University in St. Louis, positioning the event as a conference designed specifically for developers, architects, and technical professionals.
The one-day conference will feature practitioner-led technical sessions covering emerging trends in artificial intelligence, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, software delivery, and security.
Wayne Brown, Senior Partner Solutions Architect at Atlassian, will deliver the keynote address. Brown brings more than two decades of enterprise IT experience from organizations including Oracle, AppDynamics, and Atlassian.
Additional featured speakers include:
Conference sessions will also explore:
Several presentations will include live coding demonstrations and hands-on technical examples.
Atlassian is sponsoring the 2026 edition of DevOps Midwest, reinforcing the conference's growing presence within the regional technology community.
“Atlassian’s sponsorship says a lot about what this event has become,” said Elizabeth Wheeler, VP of Partner Solutions at Sketch. “When a global software company puts its name behind a regional conference, that signals real credibility. I'm especially excited for the St. Louis development and DevOps community to see Atlassian Software Collection, which provides way more visibility into how AI is working within the software development lifecycle.”
According to Sketch, artificial intelligence will be a recurring theme across many conference sessions as organizations increasingly modernize software development processes.
“Several of this year’s talks are about modernizing the software development lifecycle, and AI runs through nearly all of them,” said Tyler Dougherty, VP of Business Development at Sketch. “That reflects where our clients are headed. Clients count on Sketch when they need the expertise of a leading custom AI firm, and this conference puts that expertise on stage.”
The agenda reflects broader industry interest in integrating AI into software engineering, cloud operations, and DevOps workflows.
Sketch emphasized that DevOps Midwest is designed to deliver practical, hands-on learning that attendees can apply within their organizations.
“We built DevOps Midwest to be genuinely valuable for our technical community,” said Calvin Horrell, General Manager at Sketch. “There’s enough hands-on learning packed into the conference to make it easy to justify the time away from work for a day.”
Early bird tickets are available for $149 through August 17, 2026, with standard pricing increasing to $199 afterward.
Sketch Development Services helps organizations build the right AI-enabled custom software, and the teams to run it. The 100% US-based custom software development and AI consulting firm turns its clients' custom technology into a competitive advantage through AI-enabled software development, software delivery consulting, AWS cloud services, and Atlassian consulting and training. Sketch is an AWS Select Tier Partner and an Atlassian Solutions Partner and Training Partner. The firm is known for delivering working software every two weeks with no change orders. Sketch also hosts community events for the St. Louis technology ecosystem, including DevOps Midwest and AI Tinkerers St. Louis. Learn more at sketchdev.io.
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