IncidentFest'26
Incident response in the age of AI
Attend for free from anywhere
“Incidents are where engineers are made.”
— Vanessa Huerta Granda
WHAT'S ON AT THE FESTIVAL?
Main Stage
The big show. Live keynotes, by industry leaders, all focused on the role of human expertise in the age of AI.
AMA Marquee
Ask anything. Get answered by John Allspaw, former CTO at Etsy, plus special guests.

Prize Booth
Play an incident drill for the chance to win vouchers, swag and premium prizes
featuring an all-star lineup of incident response classics.
Human in the loop?
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FAQ.
If your question's not in here, ask it in the AMA Marquee — that's literally what it's for.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. Zero. Free. We've never charged for Incident Fest and we're not going to start now. Uptime Labs pays for the bandwidth.
Do I have to attend live?
Technically no as the talks will be recorded and the prize & poll booths will stay open afterwards. But we encourage live attendance to ask questions at the AMA and talks.
What's the AI angle, really?
AI-assisted development is increasing (and will continue to increase) the rate at which software is created. AI will also continue to be rolled out across parts of incident response. What’s unknown is its effect on the volume, frequency and complexity of incidents. That’s the context which this festival aims to explore.