GraphQLConf 2025
2025-09-08..2025-09-10
Amsterdam, Netherlands
[GraphQLConf 2023, GraphQLConf 2024, GraphQLConf 2025, GraphQLConf 2026]
as the organisers put it
Join the official GraphQL Conference by the GraphQL Foundation in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from September 8-10, 2025. Discover the future of GraphQL with leading experts, workshops, and networking opportunities.
who it's for
graphql engineers, api architects, frontend developers, mobile engineers, platform engineers, developer tooling engineers, infrastructure architects, ai integration engineers
topics
GraphQL federation namespacing; Apollo Router and MCP; Apollo Client v4 changes; normalized cache for mobile; Jetpack Compose with GraphQL; REST-to-GraphQL connectors; semantic query comparison tool; composite schema lookup directives; variable and request batching; agentic apps with GraphQL; Model Context Protocol workflows; GraphQL Foundation governance
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Keynote: How GraphQL is Redefining API Orchestration for the AI Era | Matt Debergalis | 21m |
Claims that GraphQL is the right language for agent-driven apps because its declarative schema, types and field-level granularity let models target precise… | ||
| Schema Design Patterns: Leveraging Existing REST APIs for Rapid GraphQL | Michael Watson | 30m |
Shows how Apollo Connectors declaratively replace dozens of thin resolvers (claims deleting ~40 resolvers) by mapping REST shapes into GraphQL, demonstrated… | ||
| Compose Your Mobile App With GraphQL | Martin Bonnin | 36m |
Claims that Jetpack Compose apps can drop view models by using a GraphQL normalized cache as the single source of truth, demonstrated with an experimental… | ||
| Panel: APIs for AIs | Kewei Qu, Fredrik Björk, Boris Besemer, Michael Watson, Stephen Spalding | 27m |
MCP is exploding since last November and integrates with GraphQL but it does not replace it: teams report 70+ internal MCP servers at one company… | ||
| Namespacing Is the Next Frontier of GraphQL Federation | Martijn Walraven | 44m |
Claims that namespacing, when paired with GraphQL Federation, lets teams safely add fields and extend types without breaking a unified schema, backed by… | ||
| The State of GraphQL Federation | Michael Staib, Martijn Walraven | 47m |
A new composite schema spec defines concrete mechanics: a lookup model (one-off and choice-based lookups) and per-argument require directive mapping so… | ||
| Workshop: Apollo Router & MCP: A Modern Agentic Development Approach | Michael Watson | 01h 23m |
Hands‑on workshop that builds a complete e‑commerce stack from GraphQL API to AI: configure Apollo Router to compose federated services, add a Model Context… | ||
| Efficient Semantic Comparison of GraphQL Queries | Derek Kuc | 13m |
A static analyzer that compares queries by building a lightweight expected response shape and checking subset test relationships both ways to prove… | ||
| Keynote: What Is the GraphQL Foundation? | Jeff Auriemma | 15m |
The GraphQL Foundation acts as the infrastructure and funding arm under the Linux Foundation and does not write the spec; the GraphQL Specification Project and… | ||
| Reintroducing Apollo Client: V4 and Beyond | Lenz Weber-Tronic | 30m |
Apollo Client v4 is a major cleanup: 250 commits produced stricter TypeScript (TData then TVariables), renamed types into namespaces, and a documented… | ||
| Lightning Talk: Next-Generation GraphQL Cache Management in Your Android and iOS Apps | Benoit Lubek | 16m |
Apollo Kotlin and Apollo iOS add a new alpha Apollo Kotlin Normalized Cache library that actually merges paginated cursor pages into a single observable record… | ||
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