We’re excited to be preparing the third edition of Plugin Developer Conf, coming this November 2026 — a free community event focused on developing and managing plugins for JetBrains products.
Over the past two years, Plugin Developer Conf has brought together experts and practitioners from across the ecosystem to share their experience and insights. From plugin testing and localization to handling user feedback and scaling projects, each session has offered practical takeaways for developers at every stage.
Last year, we welcomed two thousand developers who joined us live, asked questions, and shared their own perspectives — making the event not just a conference, but a truly interactive community experience.
What to expect in 2026
In 2026, we’re continuing this tradition by bringing the community together once again to explore the evolving plugin development landscape — sharing knowledge, real-world stories, and lessons learned to help plugin developers build better tools.
📅 November 10, 2026
📍 Online
We’re currently shaping the agenda and looking for speakers to join us!
Whether you want to talk about building and maintaining your plugin, overcoming challenges, or sharing lessons learned and best practices — we’d love to hear from you. Your experience could help other plugin authors on their journey.
We’ll highlight you as a speaker and any resources you may want to share, such as your blog, open-source projects, or online courses. All accepted speakers will also receive a complimentary 1-year personal subscription to the JetBrains All Products Pack.
The Call for Speakers will remain open until July 20, 2026.
JetBrains Plugin Developer Conf at a glance
- Talks are in English.
- Talks are presented live or pre-recoded
- Talks are 30 or 45 minutes, followed by an optional 5–10 minute Q&A session.
- Talks are scheduled during business hours in your time zone.
- Talks are presented live, recorded and published on YouTube, and shared in our newsletters, blogs, and other channels.
- You can present a slideshow, do a live demo, etc. – whatever you think works best for your content!
- If selected, you’ll get a one-year personal All Products Pack subscription as a gift from us.
- If you’re selected, we’ll be happy to help you with your preparation by facilitating dry-runs, giving feedback on your talk, and helping you smooth out any demos.
- Please make sure you read and adhere to the Code of Conduct prior to submitting.
- We look forward to receiving your talk submissions!
Call closes on July 20, 2026
What type of talks are we looking for?
While you’re welcome to submit any talk that you may find interesting (as long as it’s related to plugin development and JetBrains Marketplace, of course), some areas we’d love to hear about are:
- Finding a plugin idea
- Developing a plugin
- Navigating the approval process with the Marketplace team
- Marketing and monetizing a plugin
- Managing user feedback and support
- Maintaining plugin compatibility and handling technical issues
- Lessons learned and challenges you’ve overcome
- Best practices for plugin developers
- Anything else the community can learn from
To give you an idea, here are some talks from 2025:
- From Template to Marketplace: Creating Your First Plugin
- AI-powered Test Generation
- How to Investigate UI Freezes
Not sure if your talk idea will fit? Reach out to elena.kerpeleva@jetbrains.com and we can discuss!
We look forward to your talk submissions!
