Orchard Harvest 2026 Online
Two days of talks and time with the people who build on Orchard Core, with a chance to meet the maintainers and the wider community. Tickets are available now.
Why come to Orchard Harvest.
Orchard Harvest is the annual conference for the Orchard Core community: two days of technical talks, product updates, and time with the people who build it. Here is what is in it for you, and for your team.
Meet the maintainers
Ask the people who build Orchard Core itself. Questions that sit in your backlog for months tend to get answered right then and there.
Learn from real builds
Practical talks from teams running Orchard Core in production, not vendor sessions. Take the ideas straight back to your own projects.
See what comes after 3.0
Hear where the project is heading, straight from the people who build it, so you can plan with a clear picture.
Dedicated developer community
You actually talk to the maintainers and other builders.
Every talk recorded
Catch anything you miss, and share the talks with the rest of your team when you get back.
Hands-on and current
Talks span the year's themes: from CMS to content platform, AI and automation, performance and reliability, and what comes next.
Need to convince your boss?
The one-pager sums up the case for coming, ready to share with your team.
Who is speaking.
Our awesome speakers are renowned members of the community and here to bring you the Orchard Core topics your care!
Host of Orchard Harvest.
Community member since 2011 and core contributor for more than a decade.
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lombiq Technologies, mostly focusing on operational, marketing and business development tasks, but still putting his full-stack development and software architecture knowledge to good use as much his other responsibilities allow.
Brian Haydin is a Solution Architect at Concurrency, where he helps organizations design and operationalize practical AI, data, and Microsoft cloud solutions. His work focuses on enterprise AI architecture, agentic application patterns, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Fabric, and the operating models needed to move AI from demo to production. Brian regularly speaks on AgentOps, AI governance, hybrid low-code/pro-code agents, and practical enterprise architecture. He focuses on real-world implementation patterns including observability, evaluations, human-in-the-loop controls, data readiness, and the governance needed to keep AI systems useful, safe, and accountable.
Matt Kenney is the Director of Software, GovBuilt at MCCI, with more than 15 years of experience leading engineering teams and building software businesses in the GovTech and IoT industries. He has helped drive significant company growth, scale development organizations, and contribute to multiple successful acquisitions and business exits. His background includes software architecture, cloud platforms, AI adoption, product development, and turning technology investments into scalable commercial solutions.
As a software engineer, I have a passion for collaborating with the Microsoft Stack, specializing in ASP.NET Core.
For more than 10 years, I have been working on projects built with Microsoft technologies, including ASP.NET, Azure, and SharePoint. I’ve had the opportunity to contribute at leading organizations such as EPAM and 8 West, taking part in challenging projects across diverse industries like banking, oil and gas, automotive, and insurance.
Niraj is a technical lead and architect specializing in scalable, audit‑ready systems. He architects modular, multi‑tenant platforms used across nationwide operations, with a focus on clarity, compliance, and long‑term maintainability. His work leverages Orchard Core as a foundation for building robust enterprise applications that go far beyond traditional CMS use cases. At Harvest, he shares practical patterns and real-world lessons on using Orchard Core to power complex, mission‑critical business workflows.
Fullstack developer in BiQ pux a.s. focusing on delivering custom-made portal solutions.
Founder of Clever Graft (Pty) Ltd, internationally recognized digitization and process automation expert, panelist and contributing author, entrepreneur and coach. He is a combination of a tech evangelist, creator and techpreneur. Experience ranges for large scale systems implementation, venture building and experiments.
Developer at Microsoft, benevolent dictator of Orchard Core.
Co-founder and managing director of Lombiq, a company focused on Orchard Core. His main expertise is in Orchard Core development and software architecture design. Active in open-source, core contributor of Orchard Core, guest lecturer at Óbuda University, John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics.
The two days.
Two days of talks and community. Times are local to US East Coast (Pacific Time).
Day one
Thursday 10 September
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AMRegistration
Leisurely arrive at the venue, grab your badge, and mingle with other community members with a cup of coffee and some snacks.
- 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
OpeningBenedek Farkas
We officially open Orchard Harvest 2026.
- 9:10 AM – 9:20 AM
Announcement of the Winner of the Jean-Thierry Kéchichian Community AwardBenedek Farkas
Every year, the community votes on who has done the most for Orchard Core and thus who we can bestow the Jean-Thierry Kéchichian Community Award on.
- 9:20 AM – 9:45 AM
State of the OrchardZoltán Lehóczky · Co-founder and managing director, Lombiq
Orchard Core as it is today, a review of what happened since last year, milestones and big events, what's in focus now, and what do we have planned for the foreseeable future.
- 9:55 AM – 10:50 AM
Unpacking AI OrchestratorMike Alhayek · Software engineer
Coming soon.
- 11:05 AM – 12:00 PM
Scaling Orchard Core: Lessons from Building and Selling a GovTech PlatformMatt Kenney · Director of Software, GovBuilt, MCCI
Learn how GovBuilt leveraged Orchard Core to build a modern government content and application platform that ultimately became part of a successful acquisition. We'll explore the architectural decisions, scaling challenges, and lessons learned while developing more than 170 custom Orchard Core modules across a growing SaaS platform serving local governments throughout North America.
- 12:00 PM – 1:30 PMLunch break
Please note that lunch is not included in the conference ticket. A few recommendations are coming soon.
- 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Orchard Core for Enterprise SystemsNiraj Soni · Technical lead and architect
Orchard Core gives developers a clean, modular foundation for building real business applications - not just CMS sites. This talk shows practical patterns for structuring custom modules, handling complex business needs, and integrating external services in scalable, maintainable ways.
- 2:45 PM – 3:25 PM
Containerizing Orchard-Based ApplicationsMostefai Mohammed Amine
In this talk I will discuss deploying Orchard-based application as docker containers. I will present also how I will leverage Azure Container Apps to deploy these applications.
- 3:25 PM – 3:45 PMCoffee break
Mingle with other community members and grab a cup of coffee and some snacks.
- 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
When Workflows Meet Agents: AgentOps Patterns for AI-Enabled .NET Content PlatformsBrian Haydin · Solution Architect, Concurrency
AI agents are starting to show up in content platforms, workflow-driven applications, and automation-heavy business systems, including the kinds of solutions Orchard Core teams build. This session introduces practical AgentOps patterns for safely running those agents in production: tracing behavior, evaluating output quality, managing prompt and tool changes, designing human approval gates, and preventing issues like stale content, context leakage, and untraceable decisions. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for wrapping agents in workflows so AI automation can move beyond demos without turning the platform into a mystery box.
Day two
Friday 11 September
- 8:30 AM – 9:00 AMCoffee and Breakfast Snacks
No need to register this time, just arrive at the venue and mingle with other community members with a cup of coffee and some snacks.
- 9:00 AM – 9:40 AM
Privacy-friendly web analytics in Orchard CoreZoltán Lehóczky · Co-founder and managing director, Lombiq
Since GDPR, other privacy laws, and both people and browsers becoming more privacy-aware, Google Analytics is broken. But there's a better way: privacy-friendly, cookie-less analytics that still delivers insights. We'll see how you can do this with the open-source analytics platform Pirsch and the Orchard Core Marketing module.
- 9:55 AM – 10:50 AM
Coming soonMike Alhayek · Software engineer
Coming soon
- 11:05 AM – 11:45 AM
Green Lights All the Way: A Real-Time SEO Analysis Module for Orchard CorePatrik Navratil · Fullstack developer, BiQ pux a.s.
We built an SEO Analysis Module for Orchard Core that brings actionable insights directly into your CMS dashboard. In this session we'll show how it analyzes published content items for common SEO signals - meta titles, descriptions and more - and surfaces the results through a live dashboard with aggregated health scores across your content library and per-item drill-downs that tell editors exactly what needs fixing and why.
- 11:45 AM – 1:15 PMLunch break
Please note that lunch is not included in the conference ticket. A few recommendations are coming soon.
- 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Powered by EF core, managed by OCPaul Bull · Founder, Clever Graft (Pty) Ltd
Experience with integrating EF Core into multi-tenanted OC solution. Model management, consumption challenges and an answer.
- 2:30 PM – 3:30 PMPanel discussion
Submit your questions in advance or bring surprise questions and engage with our expert panel. We'll announce the participants soon.
- 3:30 PM – 3:50 PMCoffe break
Mingle with other community members and grab a cup of coffee and some snacks.
- 3:50 PM – 4:50 PM
Surprise TalkSebastien Ros · Developer; benevolent dictator of Orchard Core, Microsoft
We can't reveal any more about it just yet, but you're surely love it!
Like the look of it?
One ticket covers both days, including lunch, breaks and the evening social.
Last year in Prague.
Last year's Orchard Harvest brought the community to Prague for two days of talks and time between sessions. A look back at the highlights.
“I came away with ideas I could put to work straight away, and with direct relationships with the people who build Orchard Core. Everyone was genuinely friendly - it's rare to get this much time with the community behind a platform you rely on.”
See it for yourself.
Every session is online and free to watch, so you can get a feel for the event.
The organizers.
The team organizing Orchard Harvest 2026 consists of long-time Orchard community members working on providing you with a great event.
Common questions.
Short answers to what people ask most. Can't find yours? Email contact@orchardcore.net.
Who is Orchard Harvest for?
Anyone who builds with Orchard Core, or is thinking about it. That includes developers, technical leads, and the teams around them, from first-timers to long-time contributors.
Do I have to give a talk to come?
No. Most people come to listen and meet others. Talks are welcome but never required.
When and where is it?
On 10 and 11 September 2026 on Microsoft Teams.
What does a ticket include?
You can attend every presentation on both days online for free.
How big is Orchard Harvest?
When in person, it is deliberately small, usually around 30 to 40 people. That is the point: you get real time with the maintainers and other people who build on Orchard Core, not a seat in a crowd. For online events, in can easily be multiple times that.
Will the talks be recorded?
Yes. Every talk is recorded and published after the event, so you can catch up on anything you miss and share it with the rest of your team.
How can I ask something else?
Email contact@orchardcore.net, or ask on the GitHub discussion board where the community can help.
Stay up to date.
Questions about the conference, or ideas for it? Here is where to ask, and how to hear about updates first.
Discussion board
Do you have questions about the conference, or ideas for it? Bring them to the discussion board and talk them through with the organizers.
Newsletter
Subscribe to know about updates right away, from speaker announcements to the final schedule.
Contact the team
If you have questions the FAQs do not cover, the organizer team is happy to hear from you directly.