GraphQL Day@ FOST NYC
hosted at
New York City
About
GraphQL Day is a one-day community event hosted at FOST (Future of Software Technologies, think federation of conferences!).
It is an opportunity to connect with other API ecosystems, meet new and seasoned GraphQL users, educate about GraphQL, share best practices, and have fun!
The event is open to everyone — whether you run GraphQL in production or are evaluating it for your next project.
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Why attend GraphQL Day?
Real-World Talks
Hear how teams actually use GraphQL — what worked, what didn't, and what they'd do differently.
Cross-Community
FOST brings together GraphQL, AsyncAPI, OpenAPI, and JSON Schema communities. Learn across boundaries.
Open Source
Meet library maintainers and core contributors. Ask questions, report bugs, discuss roadmaps.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions to try new tools and techniques with guidance from the people who build them.
Networking
A focused single-day format means everyone's in the same room. Easy to meet people.
Free for Speakers
All speakers get a free conference ticket. Submit a talk and share what you've learned.
Past Speakers
GraphQL Spec contributors, engineers from Apollo, ChilliCream, The New York Times, and more shared the stage at GraphQL Day Paris 2025.
Benjie Gillam
GraphQL TSC, GraphQL Foundation
Michael Staib
Co-Founder, ChilliCream
Ivan Goncharov
Head of R&D, Keenethics
Martin Bonnin
Android Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Benjamin Coenen
Sr Staff Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Aurélien David
Co-founder & CTO, Pennylane
Benjie Gillam
GraphQL TSC, GraphQL Foundation
Michael Staib
Co-Founder, ChilliCream
Ivan Goncharov
Head of R&D, Keenethics
Martin Bonnin
Android Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Benjamin Coenen
Sr Staff Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Aurélien David
Co-founder & CTO, Pennylane
Benjie Gillam
GraphQL TSC, GraphQL Foundation
Michael Staib
Co-Founder, ChilliCream
Ivan Goncharov
Head of R&D, Keenethics
Martin Bonnin
Android Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Benjamin Coenen
Sr Staff Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Aurélien David
Co-founder & CTO, Pennylane
Benjie Gillam
GraphQL TSC, GraphQL Foundation
Michael Staib
Co-Founder, ChilliCream
Ivan Goncharov
Head of R&D, Keenethics
Martin Bonnin
Android Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Benjamin Coenen
Sr Staff Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Aurélien David
Co-founder & CTO, Pennylane
An Ngo
Lead Engineer, bol
Jens Neuse
CEO, WunderGraph
Pascal Senn
COO, ChilliCream
Matthias Le Brun
Frontend Developer & Designer
Vanessa Johnson
Android Engineer, The New York Times
Jonathan Rainer
Staff Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
An Ngo
Lead Engineer, bol
Jens Neuse
CEO, WunderGraph
Pascal Senn
COO, ChilliCream
Matthias Le Brun
Frontend Developer & Designer
Vanessa Johnson
Android Engineer, The New York Times
Jonathan Rainer
Staff Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
An Ngo
Lead Engineer, bol
Jens Neuse
CEO, WunderGraph
Pascal Senn
COO, ChilliCream
Matthias Le Brun
Frontend Developer & Designer
Vanessa Johnson
Android Engineer, The New York Times
Jonathan Rainer
Staff Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
An Ngo
Lead Engineer, bol
Jens Neuse
CEO, WunderGraph
Pascal Senn
COO, ChilliCream
Matthias Le Brun
Frontend Developer & Designer
Vanessa Johnson
Android Engineer, The New York Times
Jonathan Rainer
Staff Engineer, Apollo GraphQL
Event Partners
GraphQL Day is organized by the community for the community and hosted at FOST (Future of Software Technologies).
Gallery
Photos from GraphQL Day Paris 2025.
Schedule
All times in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4)
Built to Evolve: 13 Years of GraphQL
GraphQL Stage
GraphQL HistoryOpen Source
In 2015, we promised GraphQL would be “easy to learn and use.” Ten years, and hundreds of billions of daily API calls later, we’ve learned that not all our hopes and promises turned out to be true.
Teach yourself GraphQL in 2026: an anti-blueprint
GraphQL Stage
LearningSchema DesignBest Practices
After eleven years as an open source technology, GraphQL has never had a more favorable learning curve. Clearer mental models, better educational materials, and a deeper collective understanding of best practices have transformed the “wild west” of 2015 to a much more manageable landscape today.
GraphQL as the Execution Layer for AI Agents
GraphQL Stage
AI AgentsFederationPublic Sector
Closing the Loop: How GraphQL Gives Coding Agents Eyes on What Actually Matters
GraphQL Stage
AI AgentsSchema EvolutionObservability
Coding agents are reshaping how we build software. Implementing features, refactoring systems, and shipping changes at a pace unthinkable 6 months ago. But to be successful with agents you need the right feedback loop. One that guides your agent to success, not into the spiral of death.
TBD
GraphQL Stage
GraphQL
Server Assisted Accessibility (Part 2): Enforcing Consistent Semantics via GraphQL + CI
GraphQL Stage
AccessibilitySchema DesignCI/CD
In my apidays Paris session last year, I introduced a “shift left” pattern for accessibility: attach accessibility metadata to GraphQL fields using lightweight directives, expose it through code generation, and let Android (Jetpack Compose), iOS (SwiftUI), and web clients map it into native accessibility semantics for consistent defaults.
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