Scrum Fest Osaka 2026
Overview
The Kansai region's largest Agile and Scrum conference, running since 2019. During the pandemic in 2020 it pioneered an online format where Scrum communities across Japan gathered as individual tracks, becoming a hub connecting regional communities. The 2026 edition is a hybrid event at Umeda Crystal Hall, with a keynote by Ryutaro Yoshiba (Attractor).
Foundation
- Founded
- 2019
- Founder
- Scrum Fest Osaka Committee (led by Toshiharu Akimoto)
Launched in 2019 by Kansai's Agile community. Its 2020 pivot to an online format, where Scrum communities nationwide joined as individual tracks, helped seed the spread of regional Scrum Fests across Japan (Niigata, Mikawa, Sendai and others).
Transition
- 2019 大阪で初開催
- 2020 コロナ禍でオンライン開催へ転換。全国のスクラムコミュニティがトラック単位で集結する形式を生む
- 2025 James Coplienが基調講演（7月18〜19日開催）
- 2026 7月31日〜8月1日に梅田クリスタルホールでハイブリッド開催。基調講演は吉羽龍太郎
Voices
A Timee member's report reflecting on being moved by speakers' passion and the insights carried back to their own team (from the Timee tech blog's 2025 report, in Japanese)
Money Forward's developer blog report with takeaways from members across multiple roles (from the 2025 report, in Japanese)
A report by SHIFT Group's Agile promotion team on what they saw and learned on site (from the 2025 report, in Japanese)
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