TL;DR: Submit to CfgMgmtCamp 2027 (Ghent, zero travel) today — its CFP closes tonight [1]. Then VisugXL 2026 (Sint-Katelijne-Waver, ~50 min from Ghent) is the best topical fit for a .NET/Azure/AI catalog, deadline Sept 30 [3]. PHPBenelux 2027 (Antwerp) rounds it out with an explicit “AI & Agentic Workflows” track, deadline Oct 31 [6].
Open now
| Event | Date & city | CFP deadline | Submit | Language | Format | Fit / travel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CfgMgmtCamp 2027 | Feb 1–3 2027, Ghent [2] | Sept 20 2026, 23:59 CEST — today [1] | cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org | English | Talks, ignites, workshops | ⚠ Zero travel (own city), but audience is infra/config-mgmt (Puppet/Ansible/K8s); pitch AI-agents-for-ops or Docker/CI angles, not plain web-dev |
| VisugXL 2026 | Nov 17 2026, Sint-Katelijne-Waver [4] | Sept 30 2026, 23:59 CEST [3] | sessionize.com/visugxl-2026 | English, some Dutch [4] | 1-day multi-track, 20th VISUG anniversary edition | Direct hit: .NET/Azure/AI/DevOps is the whole conference theme; ~50 min from Ghent; community-run, historically speaker-friendly |
| PHPBenelux 2027 | Jan 23 2027, Edegem (Antwerp) [7] | Oct 31 2026, 23:59 CET [6] | sessionize.com/phpbenelux-2027 | English | 2-track, 40-min sessions | ⚠ Core PHP audience, but explicit “AI & Agentic Workflows” + “speaker’s journey” tracks fit an AI-assisted-dev talk; ~45 min from Ghent; travel/hotel reimbursed [6] |
Checked and confirmed closed for their current cycle (excluded above): DevFest Belgium 2026 (closed June 22 2026) [8], plus dataMinds Connect 2026, Techorama Belgium, and J-Fall 2026 — all verified by fetching their live CFP pages, not inferred.
Rolling / no fixed deadline
- VISUG regular meetups (Antwerp/Ghent/Brussels chapters) — permanent call, open through Dec 31 2026 [5]. Low-stakes venue to road-test a new AI-assisted-dev or vibe-coding talk before pitching it to VisugXL or Devoxx.
- BeJUG (Belgian Java User Group meetups) — no formal CFP tool; propose via a GitHub issue or by talking to organisers at an event [9]. Java-centric audience, but cross-topic AI/agent talks have run there before.
Worth a calendar reminder, not yet open: Voxxed Days Luxembourg 2027 (10th edition) — CFP opens early November 2026 [10]; it’s the only major Luxembourg dev conference and the sole cross-border option in this list, so flag it for a November resubmission pass.
Method note
Every “open” status above was confirmed by fetching the live CFP page (Sessionize, pretalx, or Conference Hall), not inferred from a search snippet or last year’s calendar. DevFest Belgium 2026’s page loads its status client-side — confirmed via rendered DOM, not the static HTML — and reads closed since June 22 2026.