Technology, platform & developer events in California, 2026–2027

The four anchor technology events for 2026 to 2027 are Google I/O (Mountain View, May 19 to 20, 2026), Apple WWDC (Cupertino, June 8 to 12, 2026), Dreamforce (San Francisco, September 15 to 17, 2026), and NVIDIA GTC (San Jose, March 2027). Additional major events include Snowflake Summit, Databricks Data + AI Summit, AI Engineer World's Fair, GitHub Universe, OpenAI DevDay, and TechCrunch Disrupt, all in San Francisco.

Google I/O (May 19 to 20, Mountain View) and Apple WWDC (June 8 to 12, Cupertino) are the two anchor developer events, both with free livestreams. AI Engineer World's Fair (SF, June 2026) is the applied AI engineering event. GitHub Universe (SF, October 2026) covers the developer platform. OpenAI DevDay (SF, November 2026) covers the OpenAI developer platform.

Google I/O offers a free livestream (May 19 to 20). Apple WWDC is free online (June 8 to 12). AWS Summit Los Angeles (June 10) is free with registration. Google Marketing Live (May 20) is free and virtual. SF Tech Week (October 5 to 11) and LA Tech Week (October 12 to 18) include hundreds of mostly-free gatherings.

Dreamforce (SF, September 15 to 17, 2026) is the largest enterprise technology gathering. Snowflake Summit (SF, June 1 to 4), Databricks Data + AI Summit (SF, June 15 to 18), and SaaStr Annual (San Mateo, September 2026) all serve enterprise buyers. RSA Conference 2027 (SF, April) is the enterprise security anchor.

NVIDIA GTC 2027 (San Jose, March) is the AI compute event. Databricks Data + AI Summit (SF, June 15 to 18, 2026) and Snowflake Summit (SF, June 1 to 4) cover data and AI platforms. Ray Summit (SF, September 2026) covers distributed ML training and serving. AI Engineer World's Fair (SF, June 2026) covers applied AI engineering patterns.

The Bay Area hosts the majority of California's tech events: Google I/O (Mountain View), WWDC (Cupertino), Snowflake Summit (SF), AI Engineer World's Fair (SF), Databricks Data + AI Summit (SF), SaaStr (San Mateo), The AI Conference (SF), Ray Summit (SF), Dreamforce (SF), SF Tech Week, TechCrunch Disrupt (SF), TED AI SF, RoboBusiness (Santa Clara), GitHub Universe (SF), OpenAI DevDay (SF), IEEE-RAS Humanoids (Santa Clara), and NVIDIA GTC (San Jose).

AWS Summit LA (June 10, 2026) is the primary LA technology event. LA Tech Week (October 12 to 18) runs hundreds of decentralized gatherings across the city, with emphasis on mobility, creative tech, and applied AI.

Robot.com editorial verifies this directory weekly. Every event is sourced from a tier-1 publisher or the official event website: organizer domains (blog.google, apple.com, salesforce.com, nvidia.com, databricks.com, snowflake.com, aws.amazon.com, github.com, openai.com, anyscale.com, ted.com, ai.engineer, aiconference.com) and research bodies (ieee-ras.org). Aggregator sites are used only for cross-reference, never as primary sources. The directory covers a rolling 12-month window and is maintained by Natalia Gutierrez, Communications and PR Lead at Robot.com (ng@robot.com).