##TechdexCloud & Infrastructure

Kubernetes, platforms, and the people who keep them up.

15 verified events across the next twelve months. Deadlines are re-read weekly; the full search runs every third week. Nothing here published without an organiser's own page confirming it.

Next deadline31days leftKCD Provence 2026closes 2026-09-13 · see all deadlines

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Aug 2026 · this month

15–16 Aug2 days500–2k

FrOSCon 2026

Twenty-first edition, free entry, seven parallel tracks on a university campus.

verifiedcfp closedHybridfree

Two days of free and open source software talks and workshops at the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, run by its computer science faculty with the FrOSCon association. Seventy-seven talks and twelve workshops across seven tracks plus a project exhibition, all streamed live. Entry is free for everyone, funded by partners rather than tickets.

Keynote: Aleix Pol on thirty years of KDE and the next thirty
Keynote: Gina Häußge (OctoPrint) on maintaining open source in public
Seven parallel tracks plus two workshop rooms, all live-streamed
Dedicated programme for children and teenagers, and LPI certification exams on site

Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Grantham-Allee 20 · Sankt Augustin, Germany · CGN · talks in DE/EN

ConferenceOpen sourceLinuxFreeCloud

Sep 2026

2–4 Sep3 days500–2k

ContainerDays Hamburg 2026

Back to a three-day single-city format in a listed harbour warehouse.

verifiedcfp unknownnew

Three days of Kubernetes, containers and platform engineering at Schuppen 52, a listed Imperial-era warehouse on the Hamburg waterfront, with a second stage aboard the historic vessel MS Bleichen. Ten tracks including observability, storage, Go and networking, plus a co-located AI Context event on the Model Context Protocol. Kelsey Hightower returns as the headline speaker.

Four stages across three days, 120+ sessions
Second stage aboard the MS Bleichen
Co-located AI Context event on the Model Context Protocol
Kelsey Hightower headlining

Schuppen 52 · Hamburg, Germany · HAM · talks in EN

ConferenceKubernetesCloudPlatform engObservability

29 Sep500–2k

Kubernetes Community Days Sofia 2026

Bulgaria's CNCF-backed community day, capped at 600 seats.

verifiedcfp unknown

A one-day community-run Kubernetes conference at Sofia Event Center, in its second CNCF-backed year after growing out of a 2018 meetup. The programme covers platform engineering, observability, security and AI on Kubernetes, mixing local and international speakers with hands-on workshops. Attendance is hard-capped at 600.

Hard cap of 600 attendees
Chris Aniszczyk (CNCF CTO) listed as a speaker
Tracks on platform engineering, observability, security and AI on Kubernetes

Sofia Event Center, Mall Paradise floor 3, Hladilnika · Sofia, Bulgaria · SOF · talks in EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudPlatform engObservability

30 Sep – 1 Oct2 days100–500

DevOpsDays Vilnius 2026

Fourth Lithuanian edition, in-person only at Kablys 2.0.

official · partialcfp unknown

The fourth DevOpsDays Vilnius, run over two days at Kablys 2.0 and explicitly in-person only this year. The DevOpsDays format pairs curated talks with open-space discussions set by attendees on the day, which makes it a better fit for practitioners wanting to compare operational practice than for anyone after vendor product sessions.

Fourth edition; in-person only, no virtual track
Open-space sessions alongside the curated talk track

Kablys 2.0 · Vilnius, Lithuania · VNO · talks in EN

ConferenceDevOpsSREPlatform engUnconference

Oct 2026

5 Oct100–500

DevOpsDays Prague 2026

One-day Czech edition of the DevOpsDays circuit.

official · partialcfp unknown

The Prague edition of DevOpsDays, a single day of talks and open-space sessions on delivery practice, platform operations and the organisational side of running systems. Programme not yet published; the call for proposals is hosted on the DevOpsDays pretalx instance.

Single-day format
Open-space sessions set by attendees on the day

Prague, Czechia · PRG · talks in EN

ConferenceDevOpsSREPlatform engUnconference

7–9 Oct3 days2k–10k

Open Source Summit Europe 2026

Co-located with Embedded Linux Conference Europe; eleven tracks under one umbrella.

verifiedcfp closed

The Linux Foundation's main European gathering, running alongside Embedded Linux Conference Europe. Eleven tracks covering the kernel, cloud and orchestration, supply-chain security, open AI and data, and OSPO management, with two days of co-located events beforehand. Scholarships and travel funding are available, and childcare is provided on site.

Co-located events fill Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 October, before the main programme opens
Embedded Linux Conference Europe runs in the same venue
Zephyr Developer Summit and PX4 Dev Summit are inside the same CFP umbrella
Scholarships, travel funding and on-site childcare available

Prague, Czechia · PRG · talks in EN

ConferenceOpen sourceLinuxCloudEmbedded

19–20 Oct2 days

Kubernetes Community Days UK - Edinburgh 2026

Two days at the University of Edinburgh; CfP already closed.

verifiedcfp closed

The UK's community-organised cloud native conference, back in Edinburgh for a second year across two days at the John McIntyre Conference Centre. Talks cover successes and failures running cloud native technology in production, alongside free vendor-run workshops offered first-come first-served. Volunteer-run, with surplus donated to charity.

Free hands-on workshops alongside the talk track, first-come first-served
Breastfeeding-friendly, with a quiet room and support for parents and caregivers
Governed by the Linux Foundation Code of Conduct

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh, 18 Holyrood Park Road · Edinburgh, United Kingdom · EDI · talks in EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudOpen sourcePlatform eng

22 Oct100–500

Cloud Native Days Poland 2026

KCD Warsaw rebranded and widened beyond Kubernetes, on the 43rd floor of Varso Tower.

verifiedcfp closednew

The team behind KCD Warsaw 2025 has renamed and broadened the event into Cloud Native Days Poland, adding software architecture and DevOps to the Kubernetes programme. One day at Varso Tower in central Warsaw, CNCF-supported and run with SysOps/DevOps Polska. Keynotes from Alex Chircop of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee and a strong OpenTelemetry and platform-engineering strand.

Successor to KCD Warsaw 2025 (200+ attendees)
Held in Varso Tower, the tallest building in the EU
Keynote by Alex Chircop, CNCF TOC
Two minutes from Warszawa Centralna

Varso Tower, Chmielna 69 · Warsaw, Poland · WAW · talks in EN

ConferenceKubernetesCloudPlatform engObservability

Nov 2026

13–14 Nov2 days100–500

DevOpsDays Barcelona 2026

Two-day Catalan edition of the DevOpsDays circuit.

official · partialcfp unknown

The Barcelona edition of DevOpsDays, two days of talks and attendee-driven open spaces on delivery, platform operations and the culture side of running production systems. Programme not yet published; proposals are handled through the DevOpsDays pretalx instance.

Two-day format
Open-space sessions set by attendees on the day

Barcelona, Spain · BCN · talks in EN

ConferenceDevOpsSREPlatform engUnconference

19–20 Nov2 days500–2k

KCD Porto 2026 (with DevOpsDays Portugal)

Third Porto edition, merged with DevOpsDays Portugal at Super Bock Arena.

verifiedcfp closed

Portugal's largest Kubernetes and cloud native event, running two days at the Super Bock Arena and combined this year with DevOpsDays Portugal into a single programme. Last year's edition drew over 330 participants and 40 talks; organisers expect 500-plus across keynotes, parallel technical sessions and a sponsor floor.

Combined programme with DevOpsDays Portugal for the first time
Organisers expect 500+ attendees, up from 330 last year
Two keynotes on day one, closing ceremony on day two

Super Bock Arena - Pavilhao Rosa Mota, Jardins do Palacio de Cristal · Porto, Portugal · OPO · talks in EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudDevOpsPlatform eng

Dec 2026

9–10 Dec2 days100–500

KCD Suisse Romande 2026

Two days at CERN, bilingual French and English.

verifiedcfp unknown

The second Kubernetes Community Day run by the Association Cloud Native Suisse Romande, held over two days at CERN's Science Gateway in Meyrin. Talks are delivered in both French and English and the organisers plan for roughly 300 participants, making it one of the few cloud native events in scope that is not English-only.

Held at CERN's Science Gateway
Talks in both French and English
Around 300 participants planned

CERN Science Gateway, 1 Esplanade des Particules · Meyrin, Switzerland · GVA · talks in FR/EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudOpen source

10 Dec100–500

KCD Provence 2026

First Provence edition, bilingual, and the only French cloud native event in the index.

verifiedcfp 31dnew

A first-time Kubernetes Community Day at the Centre des congres in Aix-en-Provence, run by the Cloud Native Provence group with organisers from Dynatrace, Red Hat, Exoscale and Isovalent. Sessions in French and English across Kubernetes, GitOps, platform engineering, observability, security and AI. Deliberately small-format to keep the hallway track usable.

First KCD in Provence
Talks in French and English
Call for papers open until 13 September 2026
Organising team drawn from Dynatrace, Red Hat, Exoscale and Isovalent

Centre des congres, 14 Bd Carnot · Aix-en-Provence, France · MRS · talks in FR/EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudPlatform engObservability

Feb 2027

22–23 Feb2 days500–2k

ContainerDays & AI Context Warsaw 2027

First Warsaw edition of the German ContainerDays series, co-located with AI Context.

official · partialcfp unknownnew

The ContainerDays series leaves Germany for the first time, pairing its cloud native programme with AI Context, an event built around the Model Context Protocol and agent tooling. Two days of Kubernetes, platform engineering, security and observability talks plus hands-on workshops, aimed at the central European engineering market rather than the Amsterdam-Berlin circuit.

First ContainerDays edition outside Germany
Co-located with AI Context Warsaw on the Model Context Protocol
Organiser projects 1500+ attendees and 60+ sessions

Warsaw, Poland · WAW · talks in EN

ConferenceKubernetesCloudPlatform engAI/ML

Mar 2027

15–18 Mar4 days10k+

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2027

The CNCF flagship, moving from Amsterdam to Barcelona.

verifiedcfp unknown

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation's flagship European conference, four days at the Barcelona convention centre. As of this run the organiser has published dates, city and sponsorship terms but no programme and no call for proposals - the diamond sponsorship lottery closes 1 October 2026, which is usually the point the rest of the event machinery starts moving.

Diamond sponsorship lottery entries close 1 October 2026, drawn 2 October
Four days, 15-18 March, at the Barcelona convention centre

Barcelona, Spain · BCN · talks in EN

ConferenceKubernetesCloudOpen sourcePlatform eng

Jun 2027

13–15 Jun3 days

Berlin Buzzwords 2027

Eighteenth edition; barcamp first, then two days of sessions.

verifiedcfp not open

Berlin Buzzwords covers modern data infrastructure, search and machine learning with a strong open source bias, run by Plain Schwarz at the Kulturbrauerei. The format opens with a barcamp and continues with two days of sessions. The organiser announced 2027 dates in July 2026 and says the call for papers opens in November.

Opens with a barcamp, then two days of sessions
Call for papers opens November 2026
Eighteenth edition, at the Kulturbrauerei again

Kulturbrauerei, Schonhauser Allee 36 · Berlin, Germany · BER · talks in EN

ConferenceOpen sourceDatabasesDistributed systemsAI/ML

##Techdex

##TechdexCloud & Infrastructure

Kubernetes, platforms, and the people who keep them up.

15 verified events across the next twelve months. Deadlines are re-read weekly; the full search runs every third week. Nothing here published without an organiser's own page confirming it.

Next deadline31days leftKCD Provence 2026closes 2026-09-13 · see all deadlines

state

format

country

tag

Aug 2026 · this month

15–16 Aug2 days500–2k

FrOSCon 2026

Twenty-first edition, free entry, seven parallel tracks on a university campus.

verifiedcfp closedHybridfree

Keynote: Aleix Pol on thirty years of KDE and the next thirty
Keynote: Gina Häußge (OctoPrint) on maintaining open source in public
Seven parallel tracks plus two workshop rooms, all live-streamed
Dedicated programme for children and teenagers, and LPI certification exams on site

Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Grantham-Allee 20 · Sankt Augustin, Germany · CGN · talks in DE/EN

ConferenceOpen sourceLinuxFreeCloud

Sep 2026

2–4 Sep3 days500–2k

ContainerDays Hamburg 2026

Back to a three-day single-city format in a listed harbour warehouse.

verifiedcfp unknownnew

Four stages across three days, 120+ sessions
Second stage aboard the MS Bleichen
Co-located AI Context event on the Model Context Protocol
Kelsey Hightower headlining

Schuppen 52 · Hamburg, Germany · HAM · talks in EN

ConferenceKubernetesCloudPlatform engObservability

29 Sep500–2k

Kubernetes Community Days Sofia 2026

Bulgaria's CNCF-backed community day, capped at 600 seats.

verifiedcfp unknown

Hard cap of 600 attendees
Chris Aniszczyk (CNCF CTO) listed as a speaker
Tracks on platform engineering, observability, security and AI on Kubernetes

Sofia Event Center, Mall Paradise floor 3, Hladilnika · Sofia, Bulgaria · SOF · talks in EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudPlatform engObservability

30 Sep – 1 Oct2 days100–500

DevOpsDays Vilnius 2026

Fourth Lithuanian edition, in-person only at Kablys 2.0.

official · partialcfp unknown

Fourth edition; in-person only, no virtual track
Open-space sessions alongside the curated talk track

Kablys 2.0 · Vilnius, Lithuania · VNO · talks in EN

ConferenceDevOpsSREPlatform engUnconference

Oct 2026

5 Oct100–500

DevOpsDays Prague 2026

One-day Czech edition of the DevOpsDays circuit.

official · partialcfp unknown

Single-day format
Open-space sessions set by attendees on the day

Prague, Czechia · PRG · talks in EN

ConferenceDevOpsSREPlatform engUnconference

7–9 Oct3 days2k–10k

Open Source Summit Europe 2026

Co-located with Embedded Linux Conference Europe; eleven tracks under one umbrella.

verifiedcfp closed

Co-located events fill Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 October, before the main programme opens
Embedded Linux Conference Europe runs in the same venue
Zephyr Developer Summit and PX4 Dev Summit are inside the same CFP umbrella
Scholarships, travel funding and on-site childcare available

Prague, Czechia · PRG · talks in EN

ConferenceOpen sourceLinuxCloudEmbedded

19–20 Oct2 days

Kubernetes Community Days UK - Edinburgh 2026

Two days at the University of Edinburgh; CfP already closed.

verifiedcfp closed

Free hands-on workshops alongside the talk track, first-come first-served
Breastfeeding-friendly, with a quiet room and support for parents and caregivers
Governed by the Linux Foundation Code of Conduct

John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh, 18 Holyrood Park Road · Edinburgh, United Kingdom · EDI · talks in EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudOpen sourcePlatform eng

22 Oct100–500

Cloud Native Days Poland 2026

KCD Warsaw rebranded and widened beyond Kubernetes, on the 43rd floor of Varso Tower.

verifiedcfp closednew

Successor to KCD Warsaw 2025 (200+ attendees)
Held in Varso Tower, the tallest building in the EU
Keynote by Alex Chircop, CNCF TOC
Two minutes from Warszawa Centralna

Varso Tower, Chmielna 69 · Warsaw, Poland · WAW · talks in EN

ConferenceKubernetesCloudPlatform engObservability

Nov 2026

13–14 Nov2 days100–500

DevOpsDays Barcelona 2026

Two-day Catalan edition of the DevOpsDays circuit.

official · partialcfp unknown

Two-day format
Open-space sessions set by attendees on the day

Barcelona, Spain · BCN · talks in EN

ConferenceDevOpsSREPlatform engUnconference

19–20 Nov2 days500–2k

KCD Porto 2026 (with DevOpsDays Portugal)

Third Porto edition, merged with DevOpsDays Portugal at Super Bock Arena.

verifiedcfp closed

Combined programme with DevOpsDays Portugal for the first time
Organisers expect 500+ attendees, up from 330 last year
Two keynotes on day one, closing ceremony on day two

Super Bock Arena - Pavilhao Rosa Mota, Jardins do Palacio de Cristal · Porto, Portugal · OPO · talks in EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudDevOpsPlatform eng

Dec 2026

9–10 Dec2 days100–500

KCD Suisse Romande 2026

Two days at CERN, bilingual French and English.

verifiedcfp unknown

Held at CERN's Science Gateway
Talks in both French and English
Around 300 participants planned

CERN Science Gateway, 1 Esplanade des Particules · Meyrin, Switzerland · GVA · talks in FR/EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudOpen source

10 Dec100–500

KCD Provence 2026

First Provence edition, bilingual, and the only French cloud native event in the index.

verifiedcfp 31dnew

First KCD in Provence
Talks in French and English
Call for papers open until 13 September 2026
Organising team drawn from Dynatrace, Red Hat, Exoscale and Isovalent

Centre des congres, 14 Bd Carnot · Aix-en-Provence, France · MRS · talks in FR/EN

Community dayKubernetesCloudPlatform engObservability

Feb 2027

22–23 Feb2 days500–2k

ContainerDays & AI Context Warsaw 2027

First Warsaw edition of the German ContainerDays series, co-located with AI Context.

official · partialcfp unknownnew

First ContainerDays edition outside Germany
Co-located with AI Context Warsaw on the Model Context Protocol
Organiser projects 1500+ attendees and 60+ sessions

Warsaw, Poland · WAW · talks in EN

ConferenceKubernetesCloudPlatform engAI/ML

Mar 2027

15–18 Mar4 days10k+

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2027

The CNCF flagship, moving from Amsterdam to Barcelona.

verifiedcfp unknown

Diamond sponsorship lottery entries close 1 October 2026, drawn 2 October
Four days, 15-18 March, at the Barcelona convention centre

Barcelona, Spain · BCN · talks in EN

ConferenceKubernetesCloudOpen sourcePlatform eng

Jun 2027

13–15 Jun3 days

Berlin Buzzwords 2027

Eighteenth edition; barcamp first, then two days of sessions.

verifiedcfp not open

Opens with a barcamp, then two days of sessions
Call for papers opens November 2026
Eighteenth edition, at the Kulturbrauerei again

Kulturbrauerei, Schonhauser Allee 36 · Berlin, Germany · BER · talks in EN

ConferenceOpen sourceDatabasesDistributed systemsAI/ML