Laracon US has announced the full speaker lineup for its 2026 conference, headed to Boston on July 28-29. The list pulls together the Laravel core team, well-known community names, and a few faces from outside the framework.
If you have been waiting to see who is on stage before grabbing a ticket, the roster is now set, and it covers a wide range of the people building and teaching Laravel today.
Who's Speaking
The full lineup includes:
- Taylor Otwell, CEO of Laravel
- Aaron Francis, Founder at Try Hard Studios
- Nuno Maduro, creator of Pest and Laravel Core
- Thorsten Ball, Co-founder & Member of Technical Staff at Amp, Inc
- Pauline Vos, Senior Software Engineer at MongoDB
- Chris Fidao, Infrastructure Engineer at Laravel
- Joshua Alphonse, Community Engineer at Mux
- Kent C. Dodds, Software Engineer and Educator
- Matt Stauffer, CEO at Tighten
- Mary Perry, Developer at Active Engagement
- Will King, Design Engineer at Snowflake
- Kitze, Founder of Sizzy
- Freek Van der Herten, Developer at Spatie
- Povilas Korop, Founder & Educator at Laravel Daily
- Christina Martinez, DX Engineer at Resend
- Mateus Guimarães, Software Engineer at Laravel
- Devon Garbalosa, Solutions Engineer at Laravel
- Joe Tannenbaum, OSS Team Lead at Laravel
Why It's Notable
This year's lineup leans heavily on the people working on Laravel day to day, with Taylor Otwell, Chris Fidao, Mateus Guimarães, Devon Garbalosa, and Joe Tannenbaum all coming from the Laravel team. You also get familiar community voices like Freek Van der Herten from Spatie, Matt Stauffer from Tighten, and Povilas Korop from Laravel Daily, plus a few speakers from outside the usual Laravel circle, including including Kent C. Dodds and Pauline Vos from MongoDB.
The event tagline sums up the goal: "Come ready to level up, leave ready to ship."
Event Details
- Dates: July 28-29, 2026
- Venue: SoWa Power Station, 550 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
- Tickets: tickets.laracon.us
- Platinum sponsors: Vehikl, Tighten, Curotec, and Accel
Read more
Head over to the Laracon US site to see the full speaker list, and grab your ticket if you plan to be in Boston this July.
