Render isn't just another conference. It’s professional continuing education in real time. The kind that sharpens how you think, lead, and contribute in this industry.”
Victoria E.
SLALOM BUILD

Node.js Interactive is coming to RenderATL, August 12 and 13 in Atlanta. The flagship technical gathering for the people who build and maintain the JavaScript runtime, hosted alongside thousands of engineers, contributors, and open source leaders. Real production lessons, sharp edges, and the kind of depth you cannot get from the docs.
Co-located with RenderATL 2026 in downtown Atlanta, Node.js Interactive is built for the engineers who run JavaScript in production. Runtime performance, the module ecosystem, security, async patterns, and the kind of hard-won lessons that never make it into the docs. You'll spend two days with Node.js maintainers, OpenJS contributors, and the wider RenderATL community, the rare room where the person next to you actually maintains the dependency you ship on.You’ll leave with:
• A deeper handle on how Node behaves under real production load, not just in the tutorial
• Patterns the maintainers actually use, straight from the people writing the runtime
• Practical answers on performance, security, and the sharp edges you hit at scale
• Direct connections to the contributors and engineers shaping where JavaScript goes next
Engineers, leaders, and teams who have been to RenderATL — in their own words.
Render isn't just another conference. It’s professional continuing education in real time. The kind that sharpens how you think, lead, and contribute in this industry.”
Victoria E.
SLALOM BUILD
Great energy at RenderATL! We cut through the AI hype and dove deep into the real-world challenges of building secure, enterprise-ready workflows.
Shawn M.
Okta, VP Security
Render is truly one of the marquee events for the developer community —bringing together incredible energy and innovation like no other tech conference. At Netlify, we look forward to RenderATL each year and are thrilled to be a part of it.
Mathias B.
Netlify, CEO
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It's included. One RenderATL ticket gets you Node.js Interactive plus the full conference: every track, the workshops, the expo, and all of Atlanta Tech Week. There's no separate Node.js Interactive pass and nothing extra to buy.
Engineers who run JavaScript in production. That includes Node.js and OpenJS maintainers and contributors, backend and full-stack engineers, platform and infrastructure teams, and the senior builders who care about how the runtime behaves at scale. If you ship on Node, this room is for you.
Practical, technical content on the modern JavaScript stack: runtime performance, security, the module ecosystem, async patterns, and real production lessons from the people who maintain the projects you depend on. The focus is depth and hard-won experience, not introductory material.
No, but the content is aimed at people with real experience shipping software, generally three or more years. Sessions prioritize lessons learned and sharp edges over the basics, so you'll get the most out of it if you already work with Node or JavaScript day to day.
It runs alongside the full conference rather than as an isolated event, so you can move between deep Node sessions and the wider RenderATL programming, the AI Summit, the expo, the workshops, and the community. You get the technical depth and the energy of the larger event in one badge.
Yes, and the case is straightforward. Node.js Interactive is hosted at RenderATL by the OpenJS Foundation, the organization that maintains the JavaScript runtime your team builds on. One ticket covers the technical depth, the broader conference, and the networking, which makes it easy to justify against the cost of a typical single-track conference. Visit our convince your boss section under the resources in the nav bar
Node.JS Interactive is included with every RenderATL ticket — no separate pass required.