Call for Papers is open for dbt Summit 2026
We invite data practitioners, platform leaders, and executives to share real stories of how data gets done at the world’s largest gathering of dbt community members. If you’ve shipped faster, reduced costs, improved trust, or brought governed AI to life, the dbt community wants to hear from you.
What’s your data story?
Apply to speak for dbt Summit 2026 and help define how analytics & AI get done.
Submit your proposals on:
- Analytics engineering in practice
- Platform scale, reliability, and governance
- Cost optimization and efficiency
- AI readiness, agents, and structured context
- Developer experience and productivity
- Organizational change and operating models
What to expect
Access to the latest releases, product experts and thought leaders
100+ sessions across keynotes, breakouts, and hands-on sessions
Thousands of practitioners, leaders, and partners from around the world
You have a powerful story. Share it.
dbt Summit talks are opinionated, practical, and implementable. If your talk helps data teams do their best work, improve data quality and trust, reduce cost, or adopt AI safely, it belongs at dbt Summit.
The best sessions at dbt Summit:
- Practical talks with clear takeaways and patterns you can reuse
- Honest stories from teams scaling dbt in production
- Deep dives into performance, governance, and AI readiness
The benefit of speaking at dbt Summit:
- Shape the future of analytics engineering and AI
- Raise your profile in the dbt community
- Contribute to the knowledge loop
Important dates
- JANUARY 26
- Call for Papers opens
- MARCH 31
- Call for Papers closes
- MAY 5
- Session notifications begin
- SEPTEMBER 15-18
- dbt Summit
FAQs
What’s your data story?
Submit your session proposal for dbt Summit 2026. The data world is changing. Show the community how you’ve built a strong foundation for what comes next.