--- title: .NET Conf 2026 | daily.dev description: .NET Conf 2026 will run November 10-12, free and online, coinciding with the launch of .NET 11. Highlights previewed so far include C# 15 union types, a move... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/net-conf-2026-lptflqe14 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: .NET Conf 2026 | daily.dev og:description: .NET Conf 2026 will run November 10-12, free and online, coinciding with the launch of .NET 11. Highlights previewed so far include C# 15 union types, a move... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/net-conf-2026-lptflqe14 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lPTFlqE14.png og:image:alt: .NET Conf 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [.NET Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/dotnet) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/lPTFlqE14) # [.NET Conf 2026](https://api.daily.dev/r/lPTFlqE14 "Go to post") .NET Conf 2026 will run November 10-12, free and online, coinciding with the launch of .NET 11\. Highlights previewed so far include C# 15 union types, a move to CoreCLR for .NET MAUI on Android, iOS, and Mac Catalyst, richer Blazor static SSR and form validation, smaller Blazor WebAssembly apps, a new dev server, smoother Aspire integration, async validation and union type support in Minimal APIs, OpenAPI 3.2 as the default, and v2.0 of the official MCP C# SDK with a stateless-by-default protocol. Session schedules and the call for speakers are coming soon on dot.net/conf and dotnetconf.net. [#.net](/tags/.net "Check all #.net posts")[#c#](/tags/c%23 "Check all #c# posts")[#conference](/tags/conference "Check all #conference posts")[#aspnet](/tags/aspnet "Check all #aspnet posts")[#.net-maui](/tags/.net-maui "Check all #.net-maui posts") Aug 25•3m read time•From [devblogs.microsoft.com](https://api.daily.dev/r/lPTFlqE14 "devblogs.microsoft.com") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/lPTFlqE14 "Go to post") Table of contents [Get ready for the release of .NET 11 Copy link](https://api.daily.dev/r/lPTFlqE14?a=get-ready-for-the-release-of-.net-11 "Get ready for the release of .NET 11 Copy link")[Schedule coming soon Copy link](https://api.daily.dev/r/lPTFlqE14?a=schedule-coming-soon "Schedule coming soon Copy link")[Interested in speaking? Copy link](https://api.daily.dev/r/lPTFlqE14?a=interested-in-speaking "Interested in speaking? Copy link") Questions this post answers When is .NET Conf 2026 happening and what will be announced? .NET Conf 2026 runs November 10-12, free and online, with the event centered on the launch of .NET 11\. Sessions will cover the runtime, libraries, SDK, ASP.NET Core, C#, .NET MAUI, and Entity Framework Core, with schedules published on dot.net/conf and the community-run dotnetconf.net closer to the event. Developers tracking the .NET 11 rollout can follow coverage and release details on daily.dev. What are C# 15 union types and what changes with .NET MAUI's runtime? C# 15 introduces union types as a language feature, and .NET MAUI is moving to CoreCLR as its runtime for apps on Android, iOS, and Mac Catalyst, replacing the prior Mono-based approach. Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core also gain support for these new C# union types alongside async validation. Teams planning a MAUI or C# upgrade can follow these runtime and language changes on daily.dev. What changed in version 2.0 of the official MCP C# SDK? Version 2.0 of the official MCP C# SDK introduced a stateless-by-default protocol, designed to make building and scaling AI tools with ASP.NET Core simpler than before. This release ships alongside the broader .NET 11 preview work across the runtime, SDK, and ASP.NET Core. Developers building AI tooling on ASP.NET Core can track SDK updates like this on daily.dev. 856 Impressions Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/dotnet) [.NET Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/dotnet "https://daily.dev/sources/dotnet") dotnet offers insights into .NET development, C# programming language, and cross-platform applicatio... Read more 1.2K Followers • 2.3K Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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