"PagerDuty Challenge Cup 2026" Finals to Determine the Pinnacle of Incident Response, Scheduled for April 15 (Wed)!

PagerDuty Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & President: Nobuyuki Yamane) announced today that it will host the "PagerDuty Tech Day 2026," an engineering technical conference, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at Tokyo Midtown Hall. Additionally, as a special event within this conference, the "Challenge Cup 2026 Finals," a decisive battle for incident response capabilities, will feature elite teams that have advanced from the preliminary rounds held on February 25 and March 10.

**Elite Teams Who Broke Through Fierce Preliminaries, Finally Reach the Finals Stage**

This tournament is a unique technical contest in Japan that measures the overall capabilities in incident response, including rapid initial actions, accurate decision-making, and teamwork. In the preliminary rounds held on February 25 and March 10, carefully selected members from various companies participated as teams. Amidst a barrage of unexpected incidents, the following corporate teams, demonstrating high-level technical skills and collaboration, have successfully advanced to the finals on April 15:

**Companies Advancing to the Finals (in no particular order):** * Aeon Smart Technology Inc. * NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation * Globeride, Inc. * SECOM Trust Systems Co., Ltd. * Rakuten Group, Inc. * (Logos are displayed for only some companies.)

In the finals, teams will respond in real-time to incidents occurring in a simulated fault environment, utilizing PagerDuty. Not only the speed of recovery (MTTA/MTTR), but also appropriate information sharing with stakeholders, team communication, and the quality of post-incident post-mortems will be strictly scored.

The finals will feature "even more challenging scenarios" awaiting the elite teams who qualified from the preliminaries. How will they leverage PagerDuty to quickly and calmly arrive at optimal solutions when faced with unpredictable incidents and missions far more difficult than the preliminaries? This will be the ultimate test of technology and teamwork.

Witness the serious competition of engineers where split-second decisions determine victory.

Event Overview **Gain the "Operational Framework" for Tomorrow at "PagerDuty Tech Day 2026"**

This conference, "PagerDuty Tech Day," where the Challenge Cup will be held, aims not just for attendees to "listen to case studies and be done," but to equip them with knowledge that can be immediately applied in their own workplaces. Through sessions and watching the Challenge Cup, participants will gain concrete insights:

* **Acquisition of Practical Architecture:** Learn configuration examples for monitoring, ChatOps, and ITSM integration from leading companies such as JAL Digital and JR East Information Systems. An "Integration Configuration Diagram Sample" will be provided upon request. * **Operational Standardization Rules:** Share rotation designs and escalation policies that actually function in the field. Provided as "Design Templates" and "Policy Examples." * **Realistic Solutions for AI Utilization:** Explanation of AI application scope and implementation methods in operational environments. The "AI Application Judgment Framework" will help organize points for utilization within your own company.

**Event Overview: "PagerDuty Tech Day"** * **Date & Time:** Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 14:30 - 20:00 (Doors open 14:00 / Networking Reception 18:30 -) * **Venue:** Tokyo Midtown Hall & Conference Hall A/B (9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo) * **Format:** 2-track, in-person * **Admission:** Free (advance registration required) * **Target Audience:** Engineers, SREs, DevOps engineers, platform engineers

Venue Exhibition: "Words from That Night"

At the Tech Day venue, a special exhibition titled "#あの夜のことば" (#WordsFromTheOtherNight) will be held.

Post-mortems record the cause of an incident. Timelines record the response actions. But the feelings experienced at the time, or the gratitude towards someone, are left undocumented.

"#WordsFromTheOtherNight" is an initiative to visualize these "unrecorded emotions." Participants are invited to freely post their candid feelings experienced during incident response, gratitude towards team members, or resolve for the future, within 140 characters. The submitted messages will be anonymously displayed at the venue. We are accepting submissions from attendees, so please participate.

▼ "#WordsFromTheOtherNight" Submission Page: https://techday.pagerduty.co.jp/kotoba/?cpcode=Email-4 * Anonymous submissions, up to 140 characters. * Submitted words will be used for venue display.

Networking Reception

Following the sessions, a networking reception will be held at both venues. This is a valuable opportunity to directly interact with speakers and fellow attendees. We encourage you to join. * **Time:** 18:30 - 20:00 * **Venue:** Within the same venue * **Format:** A reception will be held in the same venue after the sessions. * **Admission:** Free

Registration

Due to high demand, registration is now closed as capacity has been reached for this year. Thank you very much for the numerous applications received again this year.

**PagerDuty Tech Day 2026 Official Website:** https://techday.pagerduty.co.jp/?cpcode=strategy-press * Advance registration required, participation is free.

About PagerDuty on Tour 2026

Following "PagerDuty Tech Day" on Wednesday, April 15, "PagerDuty on Tour Tokyo 2026" will be held on Thursday, April 16. This conference focuses on system operations, consolidating incident management in the AI era and practical know-how. We invite you to attend.

For details, please visit the official website.

Keywords: Incident Management, System Failure, PagerDuty, Challenge Cup, Postmortem, PagerDuty on Tour