Large-scale Tech Conference for Engineers "Qiita Conference 2026" Event Page Released! Announcing Esteemed Guests and Participating Companies
Qiita Corporation announced that its largest tech conference for engineers, "Qiita Conference 2026," will be held online from May 27-29, 2026, through Japan's largest engineer community, "Qiita." The conference will focus on the changing role of engineers in the AI era and feature prominent guest speakers.
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## Press Release Information
Title: Large-scale Tech Conference for Engineers "Qiita Conference 2026" Event Page Released! Announcing Esteemed Guests and Participating Companies
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Qiita Corporation (Headquarters: Nakamura-ku, Nagoya; Representative Director and President: Kensuke Shibata), a group company of Ateam Holdings Co., Ltd., which develops diverse IT services with creativity and technological capabilities, and operates "Qiita," a service for recording and sharing knowledge about engineers, will hold "Qiita Conference 2026," Qiita's largest tech conference for engineers, from Wednesday, May 27 to Friday, May 29, 2026 (online streaming/free viewing) within Japan's largest engineer community, "Qiita." The event page was released and registration began on Wednesday, April 15.
*Note: "Largest" is expressed based on a comparison of our registered members and unique users with the IT Human Resources White Paper (2020 edition), considering the market as an online community where engineers gather.
What is "Qiita Conference 2026"?
As we enter an era where AI takes on the implementation of development, we are at a turning point where the "role of engineers" is undergoing significant change. Even if the content of our work changes, our essence of "wanting to make the world better with technology" remains constant. How we utilize AI and what value we deliver to society is in our own hands.
"Qiita Conference 2026" is a conference that goes beyond mere knowledge sharing, aiming to collectively discover the future of engineering through various practices and challenges.
Believe in your unseen potential and find a path to future success.
We aim to create a "place for opportunities and insights to meet your new future self."
Click here for the special page
Guest Speakers (titles omitted, in order of appearance)
Masashi Kunogi / CEO, miibo Inc.
Has been involved in conversational AI development for over 10 years. Started his career as a software engineer at Yahoo Japan Corporation, then worked in software development at various companies. While working as a salaried engineer, he developed and operated multiple conversational AI products, including voice dialogue applications.
Developed miibo in 2020 and incorporated it in 2023. It is deployed to a wide range of users, from enterprise companies to local governments and sole proprietors.
Kimihiro Nishimi / CEO, Generative Agents Inc.
Founded the company in March 2024, specializing in the development and utilization of AI agents. Provides support for AI agent utilization and development, primarily for corporations. LangChain official ambassador.
Author of "That Job, the AI Agent Did It for You." and co-author of "LangChain and LangGraph RAG/AI Agent [Practical] Introduction," "Practical Claude Code Introduction," and "Practical AI Agent Introduction for Field Use." Serialized "Practical LLM Application Development" in Software Design magazine.
Daichi Hiroki / Representative Director, Rector Inc.
Born in 1983. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba Graduate School, he joined Mixi, Inc. in 2008 as a first-generation new graduate. As an architect at the company, he was involved in technology strategy and organizational development. After serving as Media Development Manager, Development Department Manager, and Executive Officer of Service Headquarters, he left the company in 2015.
Currently, he founded Rector Inc. and provides management support to numerous companies as an advisory for technology organizations that connect technology and management.
His book "Invitation to Engineering Organization Theory: Thinking and Organizational Refactoring for Facing Uncertainty" won the 6th Booklog Award, Business Book Division Grand Prize, and the Shoei-sha IT Engineer's Must-Read Technical Book Award 2019, Technical Book Grand Prize. Director of the Japan CTO Association. Outside CTO of Asahi Shimbun Company. Outside Director of Goodpatch Inc.
So Kano / Product Engineer, Ubie Inc.
Joined Ubie Inc. in 2024.
After studying media art at Kyushu University, he gained experience as a tech lead and front-end team leader.
Currently, he is a full-stack product engineer at Ubie, working on both front-end and back-end. It has been one year since he was reborn as an "old man who throws tasks to Claude Code."
Takuya Oikawa
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Title: Large-scale Tech Conference for Engineers "Qiita Conference 2026" Event Page Released! Announcing Esteemed Guests and Participating Companies
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Qiita Corporation (Headquarters: Nakamura-ku, Nagoya; Representative Director and President: Kensuke Shibata), a group company of Ateam Holdings Co., Ltd., which develops diverse IT services with creativity and technological capabilities, and operates "Qiita," a service for recording and sharing knowledge about engineers, will hold "Qiita Conference 2026," Qiita's largest tech conference for engineers, from Wednesday, May 27 to Friday, May 29, 2026 (online streaming/free viewing) within Japan's largest engineer community, "Qiita." The event page was released and registration began on Wednesday, April 15.
*Note: "Largest" is expressed based on a comparison of our registered members and unique users with the IT Human Resources White Paper (2020 edition), considering the market as an online community where engineers gather.
What is "Qiita Conference 2026"?
As we enter an era where AI takes on the implementation of development, we are at a turning point where the "role of engineers" is undergoing significant change. Even if the content of our work changes, our essence of "wanting to make the world better with technology" remains constant. How we utilize AI and what value we deliver to society is in our own hands.
"Qiita Conference 2026" is a conference that goes beyond mere knowledge sharing, aiming to collectively discover the future of engineering through various practices and challenges.
Believe in your unseen potential and find a path to future success.
We aim to create a "place for opportunities and insights to meet your new future self."
Click here for the special page
Guest Speakers (titles omitted, in order of appearance)
Masashi Kunogi / CEO, miibo Inc.
Has been involved in conversational AI development for over 10 years. Started his career as a software engineer at Yahoo Japan Corporation, then worked in software development at various companies. While working as a salaried engineer, he developed and operated multiple conversational AI products, including voice dialogue applications.
Developed miibo in 2020 and incorporated it in 2023. It is deployed to a wide range of users, from enterprise companies to local governments and sole proprietors.
Kimihiro Nishimi / CEO, Generative Agents Inc.
Founded the company in March 2024, specializing in the development and utilization of AI agents. Provides support for AI agent utilization and development, primarily for corporations. LangChain official ambassador.
Author of "That Job, the AI Agent Did It for You." and co-author of "LangChain and LangGraph RAG/AI Agent [Practical] Introduction," "Practical Claude Code Introduction," and "Practical AI Agent Introduction for Field Use." Serialized "Practical LLM Application Development" in Software Design magazine.
Daichi Hiroki / Representative Director, Rector Inc.
Born in 1983. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba Graduate School, he joined Mixi, Inc. in 2008 as a first-generation new graduate. As an architect at the company, he was involved in technology strategy and organizational development. After serving as Media Development Manager, Development Department Manager, and Executive Officer of Service Headquarters, he left the company in 2015.
Currently, he founded Rector Inc. and provides management support to numerous companies as an advisory for technology organizations that connect technology and management.
His book "Invitation to Engineering Organization Theory: Thinking and Organizational Refactoring for Facing Uncertainty" won the 6th Booklog Award, Business Book Division Grand Prize, and the Shoei-sha IT Engineer's Must-Read Technical Book Award 2019, Technical Book Grand Prize. Director of the Japan CTO Association. Outside CTO of Asahi Shimbun Company. Outside Director of Goodpatch Inc.
So Kano / Product Engineer, Ubie Inc.
Joined Ubie Inc. in 2024.
After studying media art at Kyushu University, he gained experience as a tech lead and front-end team leader.
Currently, he is a full-stack product engineer at Ubie, working on both front-end and back-end. It has been one year since he was reborn as an "old man who throws tasks to Claude Code."
Takuya Oikawa
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