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Platform Engineering 2026: Trends, Challenges and How to Stay Ahead

Platform Engineering’s Next Evolution

Recording Available Until May 9, 2026

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The Silent Enabler of Modern Software Organizations

Platform Engineering reaches a pivotal moment in 2026. As development teams build increasingly complex systems, the need for clear standards, scalable platforms, and an outstanding developer experience continues to grow. Yet platforms rarely take center stage—they work quietly in the background. That’s exactly where their strength lies: reducing cognitive load, creating structure, and enabling teams to unlock their full potential.

In this Fullstack Live Event, Mark Boyd shows how Platform Engineering becomes a strategic enabler—not as a replacement for DevOps, but as a force multiplier for teams, products, and organizations.

Trends, Structures, and Strategies for the Next Evolutionary Stage

Together, we’ll take a deep dive into current and emerging trends in Platform Engineering. You’ll learn how modern platform teams are structured, the role of internal developer portals, and how standards, CI/CD pipelines, as well as API and data governance sustainably improve developers’ day-to-day work.

The event also explores the impact of AI on platforms, new approaches to measuring developer productivity, and how platforms amplify knowledge, automate quality, and simplify decision-making. The focus is always on team value: delivering faster, deploying more safely, and making more informed decisions.

Join us and learn...

  • how Platform Engineering will evolve in 2026 and which trends truly matter

  • how platform teams act as silent enablers, empowering other teams to perform at their best

  • how standards, CI/CD pipelines, and internal developer portals increase quality and delivery speed

  • the role of API, data, and AI governance in modern platforms

  • how to measure developer productivity meaningfully and evolve platforms with purpose

Expert Knowledge for

  • Platform engineers who want to build and evolve scalable, sustainable platforms

  • DevOps and SRE leads shaping the transition from traditional DevOps to platform thinking

  • Architects, engineering managers, and DevEx leaders aiming to improve developer experience and empower their organizations

Get to know our expert

Mark Boyd is a researcher, policy analyst, and author with over 30 years of experience in data systems, APIs, and digital governance. He is the lead author of the European Commission’s API Framework, has advised organizations such as the World Bank and the WHO, and conducts research on best practices in data and platform ecosystems. His focus is on designing complex technological structures in ways that sustainably empower both organizations and people.

Mark Boyd – Platformable

Mark Boyd

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