2026 Cesium Developer Conference Session Recordings Now Available
2026 Cesium Developer Conference highlights
In June, the global 3D geospatial community gathered in Philadelphia for the 2026 Cesium Developer Conference. Over three days, hundreds of developers, creators, and open-source advocates from 18 countries came together to exchange ideas, tackle real-world challenges, and build the future of 3D geospatial technology.
Today, we are excited to share that all session recordings from Cesium DevCon 2026 are now available on demand.
Patrick Cozzi delivered remarks in the opening keynote.
Keith Bentley (right), Founder and Former CTO, Bentley Systems, presented the Bentley Lifetime Achievement Award to Richard Hipp (left), creator of SQLite.
The 2026 Cesium Developer Conference featured several panels, including this open standards panel moderated by Amanda Morgan, Senior Director, Open Standards at Bentley Systems.
DevCon’s closing keynote featured Shehzan Mohammed, Senior Director, Product and Developer Community at Bentley Systems highlighting the work of Dakota Mohan, Digital Delivery Lead at JMT, who discussed a Cesium-based project he developed during the conference.
In the ionosphere, developers connected with Cesium’s engineers and product teams about their projects.
This year’s conference featured four tracks, including next-gen data and 3D workflows; digital twins and AEC innovation; aerospace, defense and simulation; and Cesium core technologies. Across keynotes, technical sessions, lightning talks, and panels, attendees explored new workflows, open standards, AI, simulation, digital twins, and the technologies powering the next generation of geospatial applications.
There was no shortage of highlights at this year’s conference. We honored Richard Hipp, creator of SQLite, with the Bentley Lifetime Achievement Award. His keynote explored the power of SQL in the age of AI, and throughout the event attendees had the opportunity to continue conversations with Richard and fellow experts during meals, receptions, and informal networking. DevCon participants also chatted in-depth with Richard during breaks, at meals, and at receptions. Those moments of connection—where ideas become collaborations and technical discussions lead to real solutions—are at the heart of what makes the Cesium Developer Conference unique.
This year also introduced two new community initiatives. Base Map welcomed students and developers who are new to geospatial technology with programming designed to help them launch their journey in the space, while the ionosphere provided dedicated spaces for attendees to meet directly with engineers and technical experts to discuss projects, solve implementation challenges, and explore new ideas. The response to both programs reinforced the value of creating more opportunities for meaningful, hands-on engagement.
Interest in technical learning continued to grow as well. Our pre-conference workshop nearly doubled in attendance, giving developers immersive, interactive training before the conference officially began.
To close out this year’s DevCon, attendees gathered for our closing event at Philadelphia's iconic Reading Terminal Market. It was a fitting finale to a conference defined by learning, collaboration, and community.
We closed out the conference with a party at the iconic Reading Terminal Market.
We closed out the conference with a party at the iconic Reading Terminal Market.
We’re grateful to our technology sponsor, Google Cloud, and to every speaker, volunteer, partner, and attendee who helped make the 2026 Cesium Developer Conference our most impactful event yet.
We’ll share details about future Cesium Developer Conference events in the fall. While you wait, you can revisit a session you attended, catch up on the tracks you missed, or share technical insights with your team, right here.