Portland 2026 speakers¶

We’re excited to announce the lineup of speakers and talks for our Portland 2026 conference! A huge thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal—this conference wouldn’t be possible without your contributions.

Each year, we curate a diverse range of voices to share insights from our community. As the role of “documentarian” varies greatly among us, we aim for topics that cover practical, philosophical, and technical ideas, with a touch of whimsy for good measure:

• Sarah Deaton: The Git Commands I Avoided for 9 Years (and Why I Wish I Hadn’t)

• Mary Elise Dedicke: Documentation Thinking Beyond the Docs: Lessons from Decision-Facing Technical Writing

• Alex Garnett: Writing the Docs when the Protocol is the Product

• Ethan Palm: What the Data Shows When Docs Meet LLMs (and Why I’m Excited for the Future)

• Annie Zempel: Pillars That Hold: Structuring Documentation Around User Progress

• Rakesh Pasupuleti: What I Learned Building an AI Documentation Auditor (And What It Found in 500+ Pages of Docs)

• Darlene ChaniMaya Postma: “Chat, Are We Cooked?” Help in the Moment: Designing Policy Documentation for High-Stakes, Real-Time Decisions

• Adam Michael Wood: Drops of Jupyter: An Exploration of the Notebook Ecosystem

• Busayo Ojo: You Don’t Need More New Contributors — You Need Onboarding That Actually Works

• Alina Desiatnikova: The Invisible Work: What It Takes to Be the First (and Only) Tech Writer on the Team

• Christian Miles: The Most Human Documentation

• Aileen Mary: How We Deprecated 500+ Articles: Cleaning Up Documentation at Scale

• Sarah Lin: How to Win Docs and Influence Robots: Improving Robot Accuracy Through Better Docs

Buy your tickets soon¶

If you haven’t gotten your ticket yet, now’s the time to begin the process to attend. Please ensure you arrange your travel only after buying a conference ticket. If you need additional information, we have a few resources to help you:

• Visit our Convince Your Manager page for assistance in making the case for attendance.

• Purchase your tickets on our Tickets page.

• Plan your journey with our Visiting Portland page.

Thanks again to our sponsors¶

We are thankful to our sponsors for their role in making these events possible every year. A big thank you to each of these companies for supporting our community:

• Promptless

• Mintlify

• ReadMe

• Stainless

• GitBook

• Waldium

• Fern

• MongoDB

• Expert Support

• KnowledgeOwl

• HelpDocs

• Read the Docs

If your company is interested in sponsoring, you can find all the necessary information in our sponsorship prospectus.

We look forward to seeing you in Portland!