Atlas Camp 2026, Atlassian’s flagship conference for developers, wrapped up last month at the Anantara Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam. The place was buzzing with over 320 developers from all walks of life, from software teams driving R&D at Fortune 500 companies, to Marketplace builders, to AI-savvy makers.

What happens when you get hundreds of developers together in a room? You get live debugging sessions in the hallways, prototypes being built between sessions, and a nonstop stream of breakthrough moments. We saw that firsthand in Amsterdam. Days 1 and 2 led with product announcements and technical sessions. During the workshops on days 3-5, attendees put the new features through their paces, shipping dozens of impressive demos. It’s a winning formula: with access to the latest dev tools and the support of Atlassian experts, attendees shipped weeks worth of progress in just a few days.

Keynote Highlights: A Vision for AI-First Development

Setting the stage for the week, the Atlas Camp opening keynote explored why Atlassian believes the age of AI will result in even more developers – not fewer. Tiffany To (EVP, Enterprise and Platform) and Alan Braun (VP, Ecosystem and Marketplace) took the stage to demonstrate how AI is a force multiplier, and how Rovo Dev and Forge are enabling software teams to remove blockers and ship innovative new solutions. To make that vision real, Atlassian is creating a richer platform for builders, with several major EAPs announced for partners and customers.

Featured EAPs

  • Teamwork Graph connectors and APIs. Developers can now add external data and build apps and agents on top of Teamwork Graph, enabling solutions that understand people, projects, and work across tools. Express interest ->
  • Forge‑hosted LLMs, powered by Amazon Bedrock. Forge-hosted models allow developers to build AI features that still qualify for Runs on Atlassian, without having to manage model infrastructure. Express interest ->
  • Forge Container Service. If you’ve got complex, long‑running services or you prefer a different language or framework, you can still run that logic inside Atlassian’s environment. Express interest ->

Together, they’re a big step toward an AI‑first ecosystem where more builders can ship powerful, deeply integrated experiences

The momentum continued into the closing keynote, where Sven Peters (AI & Dev Evangelist) sat down with Reena Agarwal (Head of Engineering, Ecosystem and Marketplace) and Nitin Kumar (Senior Partner Solution Architect, AWS) to talk about how AI is changing software development today and what’s coming next.

Their conversation dug into how AI is changing day‑to‑day development work where it helps, where it falls short today, and what needs to be true for teams to trust it. They contrasted the current state of scattered AI helpers with a future where agents are woven into the way teams plan, build, and ship software, and where developer happiness is treated as a first‑class success metric alongside delivery and quality.

Key panel takeaways included:

  • AI as a teammate, not a replacement: The panel focused on using AI to augment engineers, protect creativity through team rituals, and track developer happiness (up from 49% to 83%) alongside delivery metrics.
  • From utilities to orchestrated agents: Atlassian and AWS are investing in extensible, AI‑ready platforms so partners can build agents and apps that feel native, coordinate work across tools, and even tackle legacy modernization at scale.
  • Trust, specs, and expertise matter most: Strong guardrails, spec‑driven development, and deep domain knowledge were called out as the real differentiators ensuring AI leads to better outcomes for developers and customers, not just more “10x productivity” claims.

Top Sessions: Scaling, Delivery, and the Teamwork Graph

This year’s sessions provided a deep dive into practical strategies for modern development. Standout presentations included:

How we scaled code & CI/CD at Atlassian with Bitbucket and Forge: While most companies are adopting AI, Atlassian’s AI Collaboration Index reports that 96% haven’t seen dramatic improvements in efficiency, innovation, or work quality because gains remain siloed. This session explores how Atlassian scaled code management and CI/CD using Bitbucket Cloud and Forge—powering over one billion minutes of automation—to streamline workflows, boost collaboration, and accelerate delivery across thousands of repositories.

Rolling releases and features: The future of app delivery in the Atlassian Ecosystem

This session introduced Atlassian’s new rolling releases and feature-based approvals model, designed to keep apps secure and up to date without constant manual intervention. Attendees learned how decoupling permissions from versions reduces version sprawl, simplifies support, and gives admins more confidence to adopt new features faster.

Teamwork Graph Connectors: Connecting the invisible work:

This talk showed how Pio Software’s Teamwork Graph Connectors bring together scattered collaboration data from tools like Jira, Confluence, Slack, Google Workspace, and Notion into a single knowledge graph. By mapping relationships between people, projects, and content, it unlocks meaningful cross-tool intelligence to power automation, analytics, and AI-driven insights inside Atlassian Cloud.

Event Atmosphere: Community & Connection

It’s not all hard work at Atlas Camp – this community likes to have fun too! Whether it was making a new connection during an afternoon break or reflecting on the day over a frosty beverage in the evening, social activities were the glue that bonded attendees over the course of a busy week.

From the packed auditorium during the opening keynote to the vibrant networking during afternoon breaks the atmosphere was one of collaboration. This year’s Atlas Camp brought a fresh mix of faces and ideas, with both customers and partners expanding the community into more new technical topics and interests than ever before.

What’s Next: The Journey Continues

The energy from Amsterdam was just the beginning for 2026. Whether you’re a first-time attendee or a seasoned partner, the road ahead is packed with opportunities to dive deeper into the AI-powered System of Work.

For our developer community in the East, the wait is almost over! We are bringing the Atlas Camp experience to Bengaluru in June. We’ll be carrying forward the best developer updates for two days of intense learning and collaboration in the heart of India’s tech hub.

🌴 See you in Anaheim: Atlassian TEAM ’26

Mark your calendars for May 5–7, 2026. We’re taking over the Anaheim Convention Center for our biggest event of the year. While Atlas Camp is where we go deep on the “how,” TEAM ’26 is where we showcase the “why” and “what’s next” for the entire Atlassian portfolio. Expect major AI breakthroughs, new app collections, and the chance to connect with thousands of peers from around the globe.

Register for TEAM ’26 here (Early bird rates are live!)