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The Biggest Community-Led Developer Conference in Indonesia

Join us at the Indonesia Software Developer Conference 2026 (IDSW 2026) – a community-driven event organized by PERKODI and seasoned members from various tech communities. With a track record of over 15 successful national and international events with over 3,500 attendees, IDSW 2026 promises in-depth sessions on essential and emerging topics like product engineering, programming languages, software architecture, generative AI, and tech leadership. Experience a fresh take on software development conferences with highly technical discussions in an engaging and accessible format. Don't miss out on this annual event!

Where

Usmar Ismail Hall, Jakarta Selatan.

Who

PERKODI is Perkumpulan Pengrajin Kode Indonesia, a non-profit organization that brought you RubyConfID, JSDay, SEA Machine Learning School, and Pycon Indonesia. We are the supporting organization that helps organize and manage funds for community and open source related events in Indonesia.

Why Speak in IDSW 2026?

  • A chance to solidify your knowledge on topics that you really care about.
  • A chance to find and network with like-minded people.
  • You will get a free and special ticket to the conference as “Speaker”.
  • Get invited to speaker dinner and get to know fellow speakers of the event.
November 21, 2026 - November 22, 2026 Jakarta, Indonesia CFP closes September 26, 2026 23:59

About

What speakers need to know

We welcome proposals from practitioners, researchers, maintainers, and builders at every career stage. You may speak in either English or Indonesian.

Here is the list of topics that we are interested to hear:

Product Engineering

How engineering teams combine product thinking, user needs, and technical execution to build valuable software.

Examples:

  • Balancing product speed with technical quality
  • Using customer feedback to guide engineering decisions
  • Measuring product impact beyond feature delivery

Latest Trends in Software Development

New tools, practices, and technologies that are changing how software is designed, built, tested, and maintained.

Examples:

  • AI-assisted software development and coding agents
  • Modern cloud, serverless, and edge architectures
  • Emerging frameworks, programming languages, and developer tools

Technology Leadership

How technical leaders guide teams, shape engineering culture, and make effective decisions in growing organizations.

Examples:

  • Leading engineering teams through organizational change
  • Building a healthy and productive engineering culture
  • Making strategic decisions about architecture and technology investment

In-Depth Software Engineering

Detailed technical discussions that explore complex engineering problems, implementations, and lessons learned.

Examples:

  • Designing scalable and reliable distributed systems
  • Debugging performance bottlenecks in production
  • Refactoring legacy systems without disrupting users

Tracks

Main Track

Formats

Talk (30 minutes)Lightning Talk (7 minutes)

Audience Levels

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Review process

Blind review first, speaker context later.

Reviewers evaluate proposal content before speaker identity is revealed at shortlist.

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