Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 Keynote
Kirill Gavrylyuk hosts a Cosmos DB Conf 2026 keynote panel with leaders from Vercel, OpenAI, Microsoft, Walmart, and AMD on how modern, high-demand applications are built and scaled on Azure Cosmos DB, and how AI and data platform needs are shaping the next wave of distributed systems.
Overview
The keynote is a panel conversation focused on building and operating modern applications at very large scale, with Azure Cosmos DB as the core data platform.
Panel and focus areas
- Host: Kirill Gavrylyuk (VP, Azure Cosmos DB, Microsoft)
- Panelists:
- Guillermo Rauch (Vercel; creator of Next.js)
- Jonathan Lee (OpenAI)
- Andrew Liu (Microsoft; Azure Cosmos DB)
- Steve Berg (AMD)
- Topics highlighted in the session description:
- Building modern applications and data platforms for planetary-scale workloads
- How demanding workloads are built, scaled, and run on Azure Cosmos DB
- The intersection of AI and modern data platform requirements
- Where modern data platforms are headed next
Links from the description
- Cosmos Conf 2026 playlist: https://aka.ms/CosmosConf26Playlist
- Cosmos Conf Challenge (DP-420 voucher details): https://aka.ms/CosmosDBConfChallenge
- Post-event survey: https://aka.ms/CosmosConf2026Survey
- Conference website: https://aka.ms/azurecosmosdbconf
- Azure Cosmos DB YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AzureCosmosDB
- Azure Cosmos DB on X: https://x.com/AzureCosmosDB
- Azure Cosmos DB on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/azure-cosmos-db/