React Summit 2026

Kitze loves to rant about webdev. He is the founder of founded Sizzy - the browser for developers. He created React Academy to teach web development. He's the creator of Zero To Shipped - the interactive video course for mastering Fullstack Development. He's documenting his journey on YouTube, steams on Twitch and has a blog that he maintains one in a blue moon. He made Benji, Twizzy, ok-google.io, JSUI, Glink, showGPT and etc.

I own and make video tutorials teaching web development for Level Up Tutorials, releasing a new premium series every month. I also co-host Syntax.fm with Wes Bos. Syntax is a popular, light hearted web development podcast that teaches full stack topics while staying fun. I enjoy breaking also known as breakdancing, and have been dancing for over 15 years doing shows for professional NFL and NBA teams. I'm inspired by a hot cup of green tea, excellent music, and Shaw Bros. kung fu movies.

Dominik is a Frontend Engineer, React-Query maintainer working at Sentry, who blogs about all things React and TypeScript (https://tkdodo.eu/blog/).

As a Solutions Architect for the FireTV Appstore, I guide amazon's partners in developing and hosting applications tailored for FireTV. I work collaboratively with engineering, product, marketing, and business teams—both within Amazon and across amazon's partner organizations—to drive innovation and success.

Kadi is a Software Developer at Expo, working on tools and experiences to help developers get the best out of building React Native apps with Expo. She is also an enthusiastic teacher, and has created React Native courses for Frontend Masters and Egghead.

David is a design engineer and creator of React Bits, building animated, highly customizable React components and contributing actively to open source tools that help developers build faster and more creatively.

Krasimir Tsonev is a coder with over 20 years of experience in web development. Author of books on JavaScript he works at Antidote.me where he helps people reaching clinical trials. Loves React and its ecosystem.

Aurora Scharff is a software developer and Microsoft MVP from Norway. She serves as a consultant at Crayon Consulting, while also contributing as React Certification Content Owner at certificates.dev. She focuses on web development with extensive experience in React and Next.js, including active use of React Server Components. Aurora shares her knowledge through workshops, technical blog posts, social media, demo applications, and supporting fellow developers. She regularly presents internationally at recognized conferences, contributing to the global developer community through both her speaking engagements and educational content creation.

Jemima Abu is a self-taught front-end developer, Google Developer Expert, Microsoft MVP, and Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies. She is passionate about diversity in technology and accessibility in web development.

Nathaniel is a Developer Evangelist at Twilio working to create magical moments for developers with their products. He is a die hard fan of JavaScript, sports, superheroes and mixed martial arts. His life goals are to have Batman's brains, Deadpool's humour, T'Challa's fashion sense, Killmonger's Wokeness, and Thanos' determination! He serves the Javascript community in the UK and the rest of Europe.

Maurice de Beijer is an independent software consultant and trainer. He specializes in TypeScript, ECMAScript, React and Svelte. His work includes popular collaboration software as well as a large, global, safety application for the oil and gas industry. He has a preference for working with startups and smaller, more dynamic companies. Maurice is also active in the open source community. He teaches ECMAScript, TypeScript, React, Cypress, Playwright and RxJS courses. Since 2005, he has received Microsoft’s Yearly Most Valuable Professional Award. Further, Maurice is active in the Dutch dotNed user group and helps organize its meetings.

Kiril Peyanski is a Principal Software Engineer focused on the intersection of design systems, user experience, and AI-assisted interface design. He explores how both humans and LLMs can shape the next generation of front-end architecture.

Passionate Code Wizard at ING 🦁 | AI & JavaScript Enthusiast 😍 | Lifelong Learner 🌀 | Public Speaker 😊 | Family Lover 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Tech Lead • Front-End Advocate • Mentor & Educator • Tech Blogger • Published Author • 100+ IT Certifications • 30K+ Followers • Docker Captain • Expert in React.js, Next.js, Angular, DevOps, Web Accessibility & Security Kristiyan Velkov is a seasoned software developer and technical leader with more than 10 + years of expertise in JavaScript and open-source development. His comprehensive skill set includes: JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Angular, Vue.js, Next.js,DevOps,Web accessibility,Security and DevOps. A lifelong learner, Kristiyan has earned over 100 IT certifications. With experience at some of the world’s leading IT organizations, Kristiyan thrives as a technical lead, driving innovative projects and mentoring teams to achieve growth and excellence. His thought leadership has garnered a significant following: - 30,000 LinkedIn connections - 7,000 Medium subscribers - 100,000+ monthly readers - 4 IT books.

Alex is Partner Program Manager on the Microsoft Edge team and Blink API OWNER. Before joining Edge in 2021, he worked on Chrome’s Web Platform team for a dozen years where he helped design many new features. He served as overall Tech Lead for Chromium’s Project Fugu, lead Chrome’s Standards work, and acted as a platform strategist for the web. He also served as a member of ECMA TC39 for more than a decade and was elected to three terms on the W3C’s Technical Architecture Group. His technical projects have included Fugu, Progressive Web Apps, Service Workers, and Web Components, along with ES6 features like Classes and Promises. Previously he helped build Google Chrome Frame and led the Dojo Toolkit project. Alex plays for Team Web.

Ryan has been building for the web for 25 years. He created rari, a React Server Components framework running on a Rust runtime that delivers 46.5x higher throughput and 9.1x faster response times than Next.js. He believes performance shouldn't be an afterthought and that the web deserves frameworks that are both fast and beautiful to work with.