Airflow Summit is the annual conference for the worldwide community of Apache Airflow users and contributors. This conference is a celebration of the people who make Airflow what it is.
The 2026 edition took place from August 31st to September 2nd at the Hyatt Regency Austin, USA, bringing together the brightest minds in workflow orchestration. The event featured insightful talks, hands-on workshops, and plenty of opportunities to meet and collaborate with fellow Airflow enthusiasts. Attendees included those contributing code, shaping best practices, and beginning their Airflow journey, making it a valuable experience for the entire Airflow community.
The tracks were designed to better support the growing and diverse Airflow user community and help data teams operate Airflow more effectively, no matter where they were in their journey. Building on the strong engagement from practitioners, ML teams, data leaders, and Airflow power users in 2025, we introduced three focused tracks for 2026:
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Builder Track: Focused on building, operating, and scaling Airflow, including DAG development, deployments, performance optimization, reliability, orchestration, and platform engineering.
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Data & AI Application Track: Explored how Airflow powers data products, analytics workflows, ML pipelines, and downstream AI outcomes, including integrations with modern data and ML ecosystems.
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Data Strategy Track: Covered the organizational and strategic side of Airflow, including team structure, governance, observability, adoption, cross-functional alignment, and long-term platform strategy.
Each track provided attendees with practical guidance, proven patterns, and real-world insights they could take back to their teams.
About Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow thrives because of its vibrant, global community. From open-source contributors and maintainers to data engineers and companies using Airflow at scale, every member plays a crucial role in keeping the project evolving. Airflow Summit is the place where this community comes together to share knowledge, solve challenges, and drive innovation forward.
