SRE Kaigi 2027
Overview
The third edition of a community conference where practitioners bring together knowledge and experience in Site Reliability Engineering. Themed "Evolve SRE !", it examines how the discipline itself evolves in a period of rapid change. One of Japan's two main SRE conferences alongside SRE NEXT, it runs primarily offline with some sessions streamed, and builds its programme through an open call for proposals.
Foundation
- Founded
- 2025
- Founder
- SRE Kaigi Organizing Committee
First held in January 2025 to share SRE knowledge and connect practitioners. Both the first and third editions use Nakano Central Park Conference as the venue
Transition
- 2025 First edition held January 26 at Nakano Central Park Conference
- 2026 Second edition held February 16 under the theme "Challenge SRE !"
- 2026 Official site for SRE Kaigi 2027 published in September, opening sponsor and proposal calls
- 2027 Third edition on February 20 under the theme "Evolve SRE !"
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