.NET Conf 2025 Sets the Stage for .NET 10 and Visual Studio 2026”

Three-day virtual developer summit, Nov 11–13, packed with new platform reveals, global speakers, and community events.

The annual online gathering .NET Conf 2025 arrives this year with plenty of buzz. It’s set to be held from November 11 to 13, and developers and tech leaders around the world will tune in as .NET 10 officially launches.

According to the official agenda:

• Day 1 (Nov 11 | 8 AM–6 PM PST) will focus on the big reveal of .NET 10 and the upcoming Visual Studio 2026, including a closing Code Party with live prizes.
• Day 2 (Nov 12 | 9 AM–5 PM PST) digs into cloud, AI, and Azure-centric tracks.
• Day 3 (Nov 13 | 5 AM–5 PM PST) gives the floor to the broader community: global speakers, open-source stories, and more.
• Student Zone (Nov 14) Tailored for students and early-career developers exploring .NET for the first time.

Speakers to watch for in .NET Conference 2025

Here are some featured names for the event:

1. Scott Hanselman – Opening keynote host and longtime face of the .NET community.

2. David Fowler – Partner Software Engineer, known for his work on ASP.NET Core and .NET runtime.

3. Damian Edwards – Microsoft veteran and co-creator of Blazor, leading cloud-native innovation sessions.

4. Maddy Montaquila – Program Manager for .NET MAUI, demonstrating cross-platform mobile development.

5. Mike Kistler – Director of Program Management at Microsoft, highlighting developer productivity improvements.

6. Safia Abdalla – Software Engineer at Microsoft, speaking on AI and performance in modern .NET.

7. Dustin Campbell – Principal Software Engineer, presenting What’s New in C# 14.

8. Stephen Toub – Performance guru, covering speed and efficiency gains in .NET 10.

9. Jeremy Likness – Discussing Understanding Agentic Development and Microsoft’s new AI frameworks.

10. David Ortinau – Exploring updates to .NET MAUI and cross-device compatibility.

Why .NET Conference Matters?

Moreover, this year’s edition is being billed as more than a feature drop. Microsoft’s program lead, Jon Galloway, described .NET Conf 2025 as

“This year’s conference puts special emphasis on cloud-native development with Aspire, quickly and confidently upgrading existing applications to .NET 10, and building intelligent applications with AI, including the new Microsoft Agent Framework and Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.”

In particular, the conference has an emphasis on:

• Cloud-native app patterns with the new .NET Aspire framework,
• AI-driven experiences built into .NET workflows
• Faster modernisation of legacy .NET applications via built-in tooling

If you’re overseeing application platforms, engineering roadmaps, or digital transformations, this event is worth your attention. Additionally, the release of .NET 10 aligns with long-term support schedules and signals that Microsoft expects major adoption waves.

The cloud and AI sessions offer insight into how the Microsoft ecosystem is shaping .NET for enterprise-scale, intelligent systems. The community day at the event further adds perspective from real-world projects and open-source libraries, which can inform procurement, architecture, and talent strategies.

The conference is entirely virtual, free to register, and the content will stream via the official site (dotnetconf.net) and YouTube. Sessions are paced to accommodate multiple time zones. Local in-person events will run through January 15, 2026, for community meet-ups.