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Incontro DevOps Italia is Italy's principal DevOps conference, organised by the GrUSP community and now in its fifteenth edition. The 2027 event runs from 8 to 9 March at the Hotel Savoia Regency in Bologna, with a workshop day in Italian followed by a two-track conference day carrying sessions in both Italian and English. The programme is deliberately practitioner-led and favours accounts of real operational experience over vendor presentation, covering platform engineering, Kubernetes and container orchestration, infrastructure-as-code, observability, continuous delivery, and the organisational side of running production systems. The bilingual second day makes the event accessible to international speakers and attendees while keeping it grounded in the Italian engineering community. Its scale keeps hallway conversation practical, and the workshop format supports hands-on work rather than passive attendance. For engineers and technical leads working on infrastructure and delivery in southern Europe, this DevOps summit in Bologna is the region's most established annual meeting.
Incontro DevOps Italia 2027 takes place March 8–9, 2027 in Bologna, Italy.
Incontro DevOps Italia 2027 is an in-person event.
Travel questions? See Good to know in the travel guide below.
Incontro DevOps Italia gathers at the Hotel Savoia Regency, a converted villa complex on Bologna's northern edge rather than in the medieval core. Early March here is cool and often grey, with the Po valley fog that gives the region its winter character. That suits a two-day conference: little temptation to skip sessions, and evenings that push everyone toward the porticoed streets and long dinners the city is genuinely famous for.
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi (BLQ) is six kilometres northwest of the centre, linked by the elevated Marconi Express people mover to Bologna Centrale in seven minutes. Many attendees instead arrive by train: Centrale is a high-speed hub with Milan and Florence both around forty minutes away and Rome in just over two hours. The Savoia Regency sits outside the ring road, so budget a short taxi or shuttle from the station.
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Italian mobile networks perform well across Emilia-Romagna, and conference hotel wifi generally holds up for a technical audience. An eSIM bought before departure spares non-EU attendees roaming charges and works from the moment the plane lands. Set up an eSIM with Airalo before you board and you're online the moment you land.
The porticoes of Bologna. Nearly forty kilometres of covered walkway thread the city, a UNESCO-listed system that makes March drizzle irrelevant. The longest run climbs to the Santuario di San Luca on the hill southwest of the centre, six hundred and sixty arches over roughly three and a half kilometres. Allow half a day including the return.
Quadrilatero market streets. A grid of narrow lanes east of Piazza Maggiore where the old guild trades became food shops. This is where to understand why Emilia-Romagna dominates Italian cooking: cured meats, fresh pasta counters, cheese ageing rooms. Best in late morning when shops are stocked and before the lunch crowd fills the standing bars.
Archiginnasio and the Anatomical Theatre. The former main building of Europe's oldest university, its walls covered in the coats of arms of centuries of students. The seventeenth-century wooden anatomical theatre upstairs is the reason to come. It takes under an hour, sits beside Piazza Maggiore, and rarely has a queue outside summer. Tickets on Tiqets →
Torre degli Asinelli. The taller of the two leaning towers at the city's centre, just under a hundred metres with roughly five hundred wooden steps and no lift. The reward is a view over terracotta rooftops to the Apennines. Booking is now required and slots fill; the climb takes about forty-five minutes round trip. Tickets on Tiqets →
Which airport serves Bologna?
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi (BLQ), six kilometres from the centre. The Marconi Express monorail reaches Bologna Centrale station in about seven minutes and runs frequently through the day.
What is the weather like in early March?
Cool and often damp, with daytime highs around ten to thirteen degrees Celsius and colder mornings. Fog is common in the valley. Bring a warm coat and waterproof shoes.
Do I need a car to reach the venue?
No. The Savoia Regency is outside the historic centre but a short taxi ride from Bologna Centrale, and the city core itself is best covered on foot under the porticoes.
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