MCP Dev Summit Scheduled for NYC in April 2026
Linux Foundation Agentic AI Foundation hosts first major conference April 2-3 for Model Context Protocol developers.
The Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation announced that the MCP Dev Summit will take place April 2-3, 2026 in New York City, bringing together Model Context Protocol developers and agentic AI practitioners.
Conference Focus
The summit will feature technical sessions on MCP implementation, agentic system design, tool integration patterns, and real-world deployment case studies. Anthropic, OpenAI, and other foundation members will present on MCP roadmap and governance.
Growing Ecosystem
Since MCP's donation to the Linux Foundation in January, adoption has accelerated. The protocol now has official SDKs with 97 million+ monthly downloads across Python and TypeScript, with 1.1 million public GitHub repositories importing LLM SDKs.
Registration Details
Early bird registration opens February 1, with discounted tickets for students and open source contributors. The event will be hybrid, with virtual attendance options for global participants.
Agentic Day Europe
Following the NYC summit, the foundation will host "Agentics Day: MCP + Agents Europe" in Amsterdam on May 15, 2026, extending the conversation to European developers and enterprises.
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