# Snia Developer Conference

- Dates: September 2026
- Location: Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, Santa Clara, United States
- Organiser: SNIA
- Industry: Developer & Engineering

## About

The SNIA Developer Conference (SDC) provides vendor-neutral technical content on advancements in storage, networks, compute, and optimization of infrastructure for data. This event is for developers.

## Official links

- [Official website](https://www.snia.org/sniadeveloper/SDCUS)
- [Registration](https://www.snia.org/sniadeveloper/register-sdc-us)
- [Agenda](https://www.snia.org/sniadeveloper/sdc-2026-schedule-glance)

## Topics

- IT & Technology

## Speakers

- Joshua Freilich, Principal Engineer, Everpure
- Rebecca Weekly, VP of Platform and Infrastructure Engineering, GEICO
- Facundo Agriel, Staff Software Engineer and Technical Lead, Dropbox
- Richelle Ahlvers, Ecosystem Enabling Director, Datacenter - AI Business, Intel
- Mike Allison, Sr. Director NAND Product Planning - Standards, Samsung Semiconductor Inc
- Jens Birk Andersen, PhD Industrial Researcher, Samsung Electronics
- Brian Atkinson, HPC Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Curtis Ballard, Storage Technology Architect, AMD

## Sponsors and partners

- SNIA SMB3 Interoperability Lab

## Where to stay

- **Best Western University Inn Santa Clara**: 130 m from the venue, 1655 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, 95050
  - [Hotel website](https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotels-in-santa-clara/best-western-university-inn-santa-clara/propertyCode.05710.html)
  - Phone: +1 408-244-8313
- **Holiday Inn Express & Suites Santa Clara**: 250 m from the venue, 1700 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, 95050
  - [Hotel website](https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/santa-clara/sncca/hoteldetail)
  - Phone: +1 408-554-9200
- **SureStay Plus Santa Clara Silicon Valley**: 900 m from the venue, 859 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, 95050
  - [Hotel website](https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotels-in-santa-clara/surestay-plus-by-best-western-santa-clara-silicon-valley/propertyCode.52023.html)
  - Phone: +1 408-244-2840
- **Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites**: 1.2 km from the venue, 2455 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, 95051
  - [Hotel website](https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/santa-clara/sjcst/hoteldetail)
  - Phone: +1 408-241-0100
- **Hotel Stratford**: 1.3 km from the venue
- **Granda Inn - Silicon Valley**: 1.4 km from the venue, 2515 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, 95051
  - [Hotel website](https://www.granadainn.com/)
  - Phone: +1 408-241-2841
- **Mariani's Inn**: 1.4 km from the venue, 2500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, 95051
- **Candlewood Suites – Silicon Valley San Jose**: 1.8 km from the venue, 481 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, 95050

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Source: https://www.luminik.io/events/snia-developer-conference/