Frequently Asked Questions

We accept Paypal and major credit cards. A payment charged to your credit card or Paypal account is processed directly by us in the funds stated on the website. Please note that QCon AI is a trademarked and wholly-owned brand of C4Media Inc., which is located in Canada. Customers outside Canada or cards denominated in other currencies may incur foreign transaction or exchange fees from their issuing bank. C4Media does not control nor collect these fees.

You will receive confirmation of your registration by email once you have completed your registration details. If you can’t find your confirmation email, please check your spam folder, and email info@qcon.ai.

Registered attendees should log into their account at https://qcon.ai/my-account. You can reset your password at https://qcon.ai/user/password.

You can contact us for any payment questions at payments@qcon.ai.

No, badge sharing is not allowed.

We are happy to assist you with an invitation letter. To do so, you will need to provide the following information to info@qcon.ai from your work email address:

• A screen capture or link to your LinkedIn profile
• A paystub showing your name, current employer, and current payroll period (blocking out any personal information such as the amount or address.)
• Proof of Visa Appointment Date (a copy of the confirmation email). This should show the visa authorities name, your name, email, and appointment date. OR Proof of Schengen Visa (if you already have a visa).
• Full Name (as on passport):
• Date of Birth:
• Company Name:
• Position:
• Date of Employment with Current Company:
• Nationality:
• City and Country of Residence (where will you return after QCon AI):
• Travel Dates to and from New York:
• If you have been to New York before and if so, on what dates:

Note: we encourage you to apply for a visa before buying a conference ticket as we will not refund your registration fee if your visa application is turned down.

Groups of 10+ attendees working for the same company qualify for special group discounts.

Discounts for smaller groups will become available on Wednesday, June 11th, 2025. 

For more details and to apply for a discount code, please contact info@qcon.ai and mention the size of the group. Discounts cannot be combined or applied retroactively.

Registration fees are non-refundable. 

Please refer to QCon AI New York Terms of Participation for more information.

You are able to pay by invoice online by checking the "Do You Want to Pay Later by Invoice?" checkbox during registration. Payment by invoice online will be available until November 21st, 2025 (subject to change without notice).

The amount of your invoice reflects the published ticket price in effect at the time that your payment of the invoice is due, which is 30 days* from when you submit the order and receive your invoice. You can review our list of early bird discounts (i.e. early payment discounts) and dates of pricing changes on this pricing table. Pricing is based on the date of receipt of payment. If you pay by credit card instead, you will receive the same day's price and you will be emailed a full receipt, marked paid.

After November 21st, 2025 you can email us at payments@qcon.ai to request payment by invoice. Due to the proximity of the start date of the event, we encourage you to instead make a payment by credit card. All credit card payments will automatically generate a receipt, marked paid, that is emailed to the buyer for your accounting records. If you still require an invoice to pay by wire, please email us and will evaluate your request to confirm that your payment by wire will be received by us no later than November 28th, 2025. Please note that this will be less than 30 days to send payment.

Only participants who have paid for the event in full before the event start date, will be admitted to the conference.

*except where an invoice is issued between October 29th, 2025 and November 21st, 2025 in which case payment is due no later than November 28th, 2025.

The Terms of Participation can be found at https://ai.qconferences.com/terms-conditions/newyork2025.

Registration fees once paid are non-refundable. However, if for some reason you can no longer attend QCon AI, you can still make use of the ticket:

• Transfer: You can transfer your ticket to another person until Friday, December 12th, 2025 (transfer fee is waived). Email info@qcon.ai to request the transfer and include the new attendee's First and Last Name, Email Address, Job Title, and Preferred Pronouns.
• Watch recorded presentations online: You can watch the sessions recorded at QCon AI on the presentation page during the 6 months following the conference. Session recordings will become available 2 weeks after the conference.

It is the responsibility of the transfer-giver to make sure that the transfer-recipient receives and agrees to these Terms and Conditions, and is fully informed about the requirements of attending QCon AI. Failure of the transfer-recipient being made aware of or agreeing to these Terms and Conditions will not be a reason for a refund.

If you have purchased an in-person ticket, you can transfer your ticket to another person until December 12th, 2025 for free (the transfer fee is waived). Email info@qcon.ai to request the transfer.

All attendees are invited to the conference social events and activities. Mingle with your peers at the attendee socials, connect during the extended breaks and during lunch.

Learning from and with others who are facing similar challenges is one of the best parts of the conference.

Your feedback on sessions is important to us and we'd like you to rate the presentations that you attend. 
You will be able to vote in the Mobile app and on the website when logged in. You have the choice of selecting:

• red: failed to meet any of my expectations
• yellow: lacked fundamental details to meet expectations
• green: met my expectations
• super green: presenter went above and beyond my expectations

You will also have the option to leave written feedback (and speakers greatly appreciate this) either on the app or while logged into the website.

Use #qconai. Join the conversation on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and Instagram.

If you need any support during the event, you can visit the Info Desk in the registration area or email us at info@qcon.ai and a staff member will be happy to help you.

Most presentation slides will be available on the schedule page after the conference. Some sessions may feature a "no slides" icon in the schedule which designates that slides won’t be available.

We designed QCon AI as a place where everyone feels safe to express themselves, learn, and succeed in adopting new technology and practices. We enforce this through the Code of Conduct to provide a safe and inclusive learning space for our thousands of inspiring attendees.

By joining QCon AI, you agree to our Code of Conduct. All participants, speakers, sponsors, and staff are required to abide by our code of conduct.

Optimize your QCon AI experience by building your personal schedule:

1. Log into your QCon AI account on the website.
2. Once you've logged in, visit the schedule page, where you can build and access your custom schedule.
3. Click on the bookmark icon and the talk will be highlighted in yellow. This indicates that it’s saved in your personal schedule. All saved sessions will be listed under "My schedule". You can also save sessions to watch them later by clicking on the video icon. Please keep in mind that if a session is marked "In-person only" there will not be a video recording of it available after the conference.

QCon AI is a two-day in-person software development conference for senior software engineers, architects, and team leaders. 

The conference provides senior software developers with actionable insights and practical advice on critical software development challenges. 

The conference features practitioner-curated topics and technical talks from 27+ senior software practitioners on today's dev priorities.

QCon AI is designed for senior software engineers, software architects, and team leaders.

At QCon AI, we prefer engineers over evangelists, practitioners over trainers/coaches, and team leads over consultants. That is not to say we don't find value in the people on the right; we just prefer those on the left. This simple mantra guides our editorial content. We want to hear from the people who are making decisions and implementations in their fields.

Outside of the regular sessions, there might be some sponsored sessions on the agenda. If a presentation is sponsored by a vendor, it is separated from the main editorial content and labeled as sponsored. One of the core values of QCon is transparency; you will never find sponsored content hidden within editorial sessions at the conference.

InfoQ and QCon international software development conferences are presenting QCon AI. For over 18 years, InfoQ and QCon have guided senior software development teams with peer-validated, trustworthy insights in adopting new technologies and practices. Our passion to accelerate the software side of human progress is the driving force behind our conferences.

We do not have a formal CFP and usually directly invite our speakers, however, we do have a submission form for spontaneous submissions.

We offer discounted prices for purchasing earlier. We call this offer our “early bird” pricing. The earlier the ticket is purchased prior to the start of the conference, the larger the discount offered. You can review our list of early bird deadlines and pricing changes in our pricing table (subject to change without notice). For early bird pricing offers, we show the savings (as a percentage) if the ticket is purchased today versus the full price charged at the conference.