Whether you are building pipelines, scaling infrastructure, managing engineering teams, or navigating the evolving landscape of AI engineering, ShipItCon is designed to give you actionable insights you can implement on Monday morning.
Here are 5 compelling reasons why a day at ShipItCon is one of the highest-return investments you can make in your professional growth:
5 Reasons to Attend
1. Curated, Single-Track Focus
Say goodbye to “schedule FOMO” and rushing between packed breakout rooms. Our single-track format means you don’t have to guess which talk is worth your time—every attendee experiences the same carefully curated journey, sparking shared conversations and deeper discussions throughout the day.
2. Practical Strategies to Reduce & Leverage Friction
This year’s theme, “Friction,” tackles the real operational and cultural roadblocks engineering teams face every day: developer bottlenecks, architectural trade-offs, deployment hurdles, and emerging AI toolchains. You won’t just hear theory—you’ll learn practical patterns to streamline delivery and build resilient systems.
3. High-Value Local & Global Networking
ShipItCon brings together practitioners, leaders, and innovators from across Ireland’s top tech companies, scale-ups, and global industry hubs. It’s an informal, welcoming space to exchange war stories, benchmark your team’s delivery practices against industry peers, and meet future collaborators or talent.
4. Fresh Perspectives & Actionable Ideas
Hearing how other organizations solve common delivery headaches helps you avoid costly trial and error. From platform engineering boundaries to modern observability and developer experience (DevEx), you’ll leave with concrete ideas to optimize your team’s workflow and architecture.
5. 100% Community-Driven & Non-Profit
ShipItCon is run by practitioners, for practitioners. We aren’t here to pitch vendor sales decks. Every ticket directly supports technical community building and contributes to our annual charity raffle, supporting vital local causes.
Convince Your Manager / Boss
Need approval or budget support from your manager? Here are key talking points and a ready-to-use email template.
The Business Case
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High ROI, Low Cost: ShipItCon offers world-class content and networking at a fraction of the cost of international conferences—with zero travel or accommodation overhead for Dublin-based teams.
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Immediate Application: The focus on practical delivery, platform engineering, and developer tooling yields takeaways your entire team can benefit from.
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Benchmarking & Competitive Edge: Discover how peer engineering organizations are navigating CI/CD, AI-assisted development, and platform boundaries.
Email Template :
Subject: Professional Development Request: ShipItCon 2026 (Dublin)
Hi [Manager’s Name],
I’d like to request approval to attend ShipItCon 2026, taking place in Dublin at the Round Room at the Mansion House on Friday, September 4th.
ShipItCon is an annual, single-track conference focused on modern software delivery, DevOps, platform engineering, and developer experience. This year’s theme is “Friction,” with talks centered on removing engineering bottlenecks, establishing friction-free platform boundaries, and navigating delivery in the age of AI.
Attending will help me:
– Learn practical patterns for improving our delivery pipeline, tooling, and developer productivity.
– Benchmark how other engineering teams are solving platform and architectural challenges.
– Bring back key takeaways, notes, and actionable ideas to share with the wider team.
The ticket price is €150, which makes it a very cost-effective training and development opportunity compared to international conferences.
You can view the full agenda and speaker lineup here: https://shipitcon.com/agenda
Thanks for considering this, and let me know if you have any questions!
Best regards,
[Your Name]
