Cloud cost, FinOps and Kubernetes events
Conferences and community days worth the trip, with dates, places and each event’s own page. Updated 19 October 2026.
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October 2026
- Open source
All Things Open 2026
A two-day conference about open source tools, practices and communities.
Details
- About
- Day one has workshops, deep-dive sessions and free co-located events; day two is the main conference day with many tracks.
- Dates
- 19–20 October 2026
- Where
- Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- All Things Open
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- A broad US open source audience that includes cloud and DevOps engineers.
- Platform and SRE
DevOpsDays Boston 2026
A two-day community DevOps conference run by local volunteers, mixing curated talks with open-space discussions on delivery, operations and team practice.
Details
- Dates
- 19–20 October 2026
- Where
- Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142, Cambridge, MA (Boston area), United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- devopsdays Boston (local volunteer organizers, devopsdays.org)
- Why go
- Practitioners who run Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure day to day; good for conversations about cluster cost.
- Kubernetes
KCD UK - Edinburgh 2026
A two-day Kubernetes Community Day for the UK cloud native community, run by volunteers.
Details
- About
- It has technical talks, open source demos and panels.
- Dates
- 19–20 October 2026
- Where
- John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD UK community organizers (CNCF-supported; tickets sold for Open Source Events UK Ltd)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Closed
- Why go
- The main UK community Kubernetes event this autumn, where end users talk about running clusters in practice.
- FinOps
FinOps Weekly Summit 2026
A two-day online FinOps conference from the FinOps Weekly newsletter community, with keynotes and practitioner sessions on cost governance, automation and unit economics.
Details
- About
- Sessions run in the afternoon and evening, Madrid time.
- Dates
- 20–21 October 2026
- Where
- Online
- Format
- Virtual
- Organizer
- FinOps Weekly
- Why go
- No travel needed, and it gives a quick view of what FinOps practitioners are working on now.
- Kubernetes
KCD Indonesia 2026
A full-day community cloud native conference with four tracks covering Kubernetes, DevOps, security, observability and AI.
Details
- Dates
- 24 October 2026
- Where
- Selah Hall, Jl. Pelajar Pejuang 45 No.119, Turangga, Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Indonesia community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Closed (deadline was 2 Sep 2026)
- Why go
- Reaches Southeast Asian Kubernetes teams at community level.
- Kubernetes
KCD Nigeria 2026
A one-day Kubernetes Community Day themed on the African cloud native story, covering Kubernetes, platform engineering, security, observability and AI.
Details
- Dates
- 24 October 2026
- Where
- Zone Tech Park, Plot 9 Gbagada Industrial Scheme, Gbagada, Lagos, Nigeria
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Nigeria community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Call for talks
- Apply-to-speak link still shown; no deadline stated
- Why go
- The main cloud native community event in West Africa.
- Cloud
Oracle AI World 2026
Oracle's annual customer conference, covering Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, databases and AI through keynotes, demos and training sessions.
Details
- About
- A free online pass covers the keynotes and selected content.
- Dates
- 25–28 October 2026
- Where
- The Venetian Convention and Expo Center, Las Vegas, United States and online
- Format
- Hybrid
- Organizer
- Oracle
- Tickets
- Free online, paid in person
- Why go
- OCI infrastructure and pricing news, useful for teams that compare workloads across clouds.
- Platform and SRE
HashiConf at IBM TechXchange 2026
HashiCorp's conference on infrastructure automation, now held as part of IBM TechXchange.
Details
- About
- Sessions, labs and certification testing cover Terraform, Vault and related tooling.
- Dates
- 26–29 October 2026
- Where
- Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313, Atlanta, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- HashiCorp, an IBM company
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- Infrastructure-as-code teams decide how clusters and node pools are provisioned, which drives much of the cloud bill.
- Kubernetes
ContainerDays & AI Context Singapore 2026
The first Asia-Pacific edition of ContainerDays, paired with an AI Context track.
Details
- About
- Two days of technical sessions on Kubernetes, platform engineering, AI infrastructure and security.
- Dates
- 27–28 October 2026
- Where
- Suntec Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- ContainerDays
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- A cloud native event close to India, with an infrastructure and operations audience.
- Platform and SRE
PlatformCon Live Day Sydney
A one-day stop of the PlatformCon world tour with main-stage talks, hands-on workshops and roundtables on platform engineering.
Details
- Dates
- 28 October 2026
- Where
- Sydney Masonic Centre, Sydney, Australia
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- PlatformCon
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- Platform teams own the internal platforms where Kubernetes cost defaults and guardrails are set.
- FinOps
Hyderabad FinOps Meetup
An afternoon FinOps community meetup in HITEC City for networking and sharing experience on cloud cost management, from 3:00 to 6:00 PM IST.
Details
- About
- The page shows it at capacity.
- Dates
- 30 October 2026
- Where
- AT&T, 5th Floor, Argus Block 2, Knowledge City Rd, HITEC City, Hyderabad, India
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- FinOps Foundation community (hosted at AT&T)
- Why go
- Meet Hyderabad's cloud cost practitioners in person.
- Kubernetes
KCD Budapest 2026
A one-day, English-language Kubernetes Community Day with talks and workshops, ending with an evening social.
Details
- Dates
- 30 October 2026
- Where
- Óbuda University, Bécsi út 96/B, Budapest, Hungary
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Budapest community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- Community-scale access to Central European Kubernetes users and their operating experience.
November 2026
- Platform and SRE
PlatformCon Live Day São Paulo
The Latin American stop of the PlatformCon world tour, a one-day event on platform engineering with talks, panels and workshops.
Details
- About
- The programme includes a session on FinOps for agentic platforms.
- Dates
- 7 November 2026
- Where
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- PlatformCon
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- Brings platform engineering and FinOps topics together for a regional audience.
- Kubernetes
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026
CNCF's North American conference for Kubernetes and cloud native projects.
Details
- About
- Keynotes, breakouts and the solutions showcase run 10 to 12 November; Monday 9 November holds co-located events such as Platform Engineering Day, ArgoCon, Observability Day and OpenTofu Day.
- Dates
- 9–12 November 2026
- Where
- Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), The Linux Foundation
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Closed (deadline was 31 May 2026)
- Why go
- The largest gathering of Kubernetes platform and operations teams in the Americas, where autoscaling and efficiency practice is shared by maintainers and end users.
- FinOps
India FinOps Community Call: Building FinOps Agents
A one-hour, practitioner-led virtual call for the India FinOps community, this month on building FinOps agents.
Details
- About
- It is open to approved FinOps Foundation practitioners or members, who should apply at least 24 hours ahead.
- Dates
- 12 November 2026
- Where
- Online
- Format
- Virtual
- Organizer
- FinOps Foundation
- Tickets
- Invitation or approval needed
- Why go
- A regular vendor-neutral forum where Indian FinOps practitioners discuss current problems; a good place to listen and answer questions.
- Platform and SRE
Rootconf 2026 Annual Conference
India's long-running community conference on infrastructure, SRE and platform engineering, themed this year around platforms for AI and AI for platforms.
Details
- About
- Talks cover reliability, security, performance and cost, with an online livestream.
- Dates
- 13–14 November 2026
- Where
- TERI Auditorium (The Energy Resources Institute), Domlur, Bengaluru, India and online
- Format
- Hybrid
- Organizer
- Hasgeek (Rootconf)
- Tickets
- Members only
- Call for talks
- Closed (proposals were due 9 Oct 2026)
- Why go
- The main Bengaluru gathering of platform and SRE engineers, where infrastructure cost is an explicit topic.
- Storage
Ceph Days Chicago 2026
A one-day community event about the Ceph open source storage system, covering project status, recent improvements and the roadmap, with a networking reception at the end.
Details
- Dates
- 16 November 2026
- Where
- City View Room, 1201 East 60th Street, Chicago, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Ceph community (ceph.io)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Closed (deadline was 15 Oct 2026)
- Why go
- Ceph, often through Rook, backs block and object storage for many Kubernetes clusters, so storage sizing and cost come up directly.
- Cloud
Microsoft Ignite 2026
Microsoft's main annual conference for IT professionals, developers and partners, covering Azure, AI, data and security through keynotes, breakouts, labs and on-site certification.
Details
- About
- A free digital pass gives online access to keynotes and sessions.
- Dates
- 17–20 November 2026
- Where
- Moscone Center, San Francisco, United States and online
- Format
- Hybrid
- Organizer
- Microsoft
- Tickets
- Free online, paid in person
- Why go
- Azure and AKS roadmap and pricing announcements land here.
- Kubernetes
KCD Porto 2026 (with DevOps Days Portugal)
A two-day Kubernetes and cloud native conference run jointly with DevOps Days Portugal, with keynotes, technical talks, parallel sessions and sponsor booths.
Details
- Dates
- 19–20 November 2026
- Where
- SuperBock Arena, Jardins do Palácio de Cristal, Porto, Portugal
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Porto community organizers with DevOps Days Portugal (CNCF-supported; operator xgeeks Portugal Lda)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Closed (deadline was 15 Jul 2026)
- Why go
- Combines Kubernetes and DevOps audiences in one Iberian event.
- Platform and SRE
DevOpsDays Warsaw 2026
A two-day community DevOps conference in the devopsdays series, with talks on delivery, operations and culture.
Details
- Dates
- 23–24 November 2026
- Where
- Sound Garden Hotel, Warsaw, Poland
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- devopsdays Warsaw (local organizers, devopsdays.org)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- One of the larger European devopsdays, attended by engineers who run cloud and Kubernetes workloads.
- Cloud
Civo Navigate India 2026
A one-day Bengaluru conference run by the cloud provider Civo on cloud native infrastructure, AI and data sovereignty, with main-stage sessions, workshops and networking.
Details
- About
- The organizer states over 1,000 attendees.
- Dates
- 24 November 2026
- Where
- Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center, Bengaluru, India
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Civo
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- Brings together Bengaluru's platform engineers and cloud native builders, the people who run Kubernetes clusters day to day.
- FinOps
Gurugram FinOps Meetup
A FinOps community meetup in Gurugram (Delhi NCR) where cloud cost practitioners network and exchange ideas, from 11:00 AM IST.
Details
- Dates
- 27 November 2026
- Where
- Expedia Group, Tower C, DLF Cyberpark (5th floor training room), Gurugram, India
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- FinOps Foundation community (hosted at Expedia Group)
- Tickets
- Free
- Why go
- The only in-person FinOps community meetup listed for Delhi NCR in this window.
- Cloud
AWS re:Invent 2026
AWS's largest annual conference, with keynotes, service launches, an expo and over 2,200 sessions across five days.
Details
- Dates
- 30 November – 4 December 2026
- Where
- Several venues in Las Vegas (see the official venues and hotels page), Las Vegas, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Amazon Web Services
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- Most major AWS pricing, EC2, EBS and EKS announcements come out this week.
- Platform and SRE
DevOpsCon Munich 2026
A commercial conference on CI/CD, Kubernetes, platform engineering and DevSecOps: two conference days (1 to 2 Dec) surrounded by workshop, AI platform engineering and bootcamp days.
Details
- About
- On-site and remote tickets are offered.
- Dates
- 30 November – 4 December 2026
- Where
- Holiday Inn Munich City Centre, Hochstraße 3, 81669 Munich, Munich, Germany and online
- Format
- Hybrid
- Organizer
- DevOpsCon
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- Its Kubernetes and cloud-platform tracks draw the DACH teams that run and pay for clusters.
- Kubernetes
KCD Hangzhou 2026
A Kubernetes Community Day for the Hangzhou cloud native community.
Details
- About
- CNCF lists it for late November; the exact date and venue are not yet on the CNCF event page.
- Dates
- November 2026, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Hangzhou, China
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Hangzhou community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Call for talks
- Closed (organizers' call ran 15 Aug to 4 Oct 2026)
- Why go
- A community view of how Chinese teams run Kubernetes, including AI workloads.
December 2026
- Open source
Open Source Summit Japan 2026
The Linux Foundation's open source conference for Japan, covering Linux, cloud and orchestration, containers, security and AI.
Details
- About
- It runs alongside Automotive Linux Summit and Embedded Linux Conference Asia.
- Dates
- 7–9 December 2026
- Where
- Toranomon Hills Forum, Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 5F, 1-23-3 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- The Linux Foundation
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Closed (deadline was 24 Aug 2026)
- Why go
- A broad open source infrastructure audience in Japan, including Linux and cloud platform engineers.
- Platform and SRE
Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2026
Gartner's annual conference for infrastructure and operations leaders, with analyst-led sessions on cloud and hybrid infrastructure, operations, resilience and AI.
Details
- About
- Optimizing cost and value is one of its featured themes.
- Dates
- 8–10 December 2026
- Where
- The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Gartner
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- Reaches the infrastructure and cloud leaders who own infrastructure budgets and buy cost tooling.
- Kubernetes
KCD Suisse Romande 2026
A two-day community event on cloud native projects for French-speaking Switzerland: a warm-up workshop day on 9 December, then the main conference day on 10 December at the CERN Science Gateway.
Details
- About
- Talks are in French and English.
- Dates
- 9–10 December 2026
- Where
- CERN Science Gateway, 1 Esplanade des Particules, Meyrin (Geneva area), Switzerland
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Association Cloud Native Suisse Romande (CNCF-supported)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Closed (open 30 Aug to 30 Sep 2026)
- Why go
- Reaches Swiss enterprise and research platform teams in one place.
- FinOps
India FinOps Community Call: 2026 Year-end Recap and Vision for 2027
A one-hour virtual call for the India FinOps community looking back at 2026 and ahead to 2027, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM IST.
Details
- About
- It is open to approved FinOps Foundation practitioners or members.
- Dates
- 10 December 2026
- Where
- Online
- Format
- Virtual
- Organizer
- FinOps Foundation
- Tickets
- Invitation or approval needed
- Why go
- Shows what Indian FinOps teams plan to focus on in 2027, useful input for articles and outreach.
- Kubernetes
KCD Provence 2026
A first Kubernetes Community Day in Provence, with sessions in French and English on Kubernetes and cloud native practice.
Details
- Dates
- 10 December 2026
- Where
- Centre des congrès, 14 Bd Carnot, Aix-en-Provence, France
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- CloudNative Provence (CNCF-supported)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Closed (deadline was 13 Sep 2026)
- Why go
- Community access to French platform and DevOps teams outside Paris.
- Kubernetes
KCD Florida 2026 - Miami
A one-day Kubernetes Community Day in Miami covering Kubernetes, platform engineering, DevOps, AI infrastructure, security, observability and FinOps.
Details
- Dates
- 11 December 2026
- Where
- Convention Center, Miami, FL 33142 (as listed on the page), Miami, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Florida community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Closed (closed 6 Sep 2026)
- Why go
- Lists FinOps among its topics, so cost talks have a natural home there.
- Platform and SRE
DevOpsDays Tel Aviv 2026
A one-day devopsdays conference for Israel's DevOps and cloud community.
Details
- Dates
- 22 December 2026
- Where
- David Intercontinental Expo, Kaufmann 12, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- devopsdays Tel Aviv (local organizers, devopsdays.org)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- A dense cloud native community with many cloud-first startups that watch their infrastructure bills closely.
January 2027
- Kubernetes
KCD Panama 2027
The first Kubernetes Community Day in Panama, with talks and hands-on sessions on container orchestration and platform engineering.
Details
- Dates
- 22 January 2027
- Where
- Centro de Convenciones de Ciudad del Saber, Panama City, Panama
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Panama community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Call for talks
- Open via Sessionize; no deadline stated
- Why go
- A new Central American cloud native community event.
- Open source
FOSDEM 2027
A developer-run weekend of free and open source software talks spread across many topic rooms; this is its 27th edition.
Details
- Dates
- 30–31 January 2027
- Where
- ULB Campus Solbosch, Brussels, Belgium
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- FOSDEM VZW
- Call for talks
- Main track talks due 16 Nov 2026; stand proposals due 31 Oct 2026; devroom proposals closed 4 Oct 2026
- Why go
- Europe's biggest open source developer gathering, with rooms on containers, infrastructure and storage.
February 2027
- FinOps
Conf42 FinOps 2027
A one-day online conference on FinOps for engineers and practitioners.
Details
- About
- Talks premiere on YouTube on the day and stay available on demand.
- Dates
- 4 February 2027
- Where
- Online
- Format
- Virtual
- Organizer
- Conf42
- Tickets
- Free
- Call for talks
- Open; no deadline stated
- Why go
- A free, cost-focused online stage that matches Zoorik's topic directly.
- FinOps
Tokenomicon + FinOps X London 2027
The European edition of the FinOps X conference, now run together with Tokenomicon on AI economics and technology value.
Details
- About
- An evening reception on 8 February is followed by a full day of sessions on 9 February; the organizer states 650 attendees.
- Dates
- 8–9 February 2027
- Where
- Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Tokenomics Foundation (LF Projects) with the FinOps Foundation
- Why go
- The main vendor-neutral FinOps gathering in Europe, attended by cloud and AI cost practitioners and FOCUS contributors.
- Kubernetes
ContainerDays London 2027
Two days of practitioner sessions and workshops on Kubernetes, platform engineering, storage, observability and AI, with AI Context London and Physical AI Summit London under the same ticket.
Details
- Dates
- 10–11 February 2027
- Where
- The Truman Brewery, London, United Kingdom
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- ContainerDays
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- The page invites talk proposals; no deadline stated
- Why go
- A sizeable London cloud native event with a storage track, close to KubeCon Europe in the calendar.
- Cloud
Microsoft Frontier Tour Mumbai
A free one-day Microsoft event with keynotes, sessions, hands-on workshops and access to Microsoft experts on AI and cloud adoption.
Details
- About
- Registrations are reviewed, and the venue is not yet published.
- Dates
- 10 February 2027
- Where
- Mumbai, India
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Microsoft
- Tickets
- Invitation or approval needed
- Why go
- One of the main Microsoft and Azure gatherings in India in this window.
- Cloud
Microsoft Frontier Tour Bengaluru
The Bengaluru stop of Microsoft's free one-day event series, with keynotes, sessions, hands-on workshops and Microsoft experts on AI and cloud adoption.
Details
- About
- Registrations are reviewed, and the venue is not yet published.
- Dates
- 15 February 2027
- Where
- Bengaluru, India
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Microsoft
- Tickets
- Invitation or approval needed
- Why go
- Brings Bengaluru's Azure users and decision makers together, a close match for Azure and AKS cost conversations.
- Storage
FAST '27: 25th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies
A peer-reviewed research conference on storage systems, from devices to distributed storage and data management, with papers from academia and industry.
Details
- Dates
- 23–25 February 2027
- Where
- Hyatt Regency Lake Washington, 1053 Lake Washington Blvd. N, Renton, WA 98056, Renton, WA, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- USENIX
- Call for talks
- Closed (fall paper submissions were due 15 Sep 2026)
- Why go
- Where new ideas in block and distributed storage first appear; useful background for storage cost work and technical articles.
- Platform and SRE
PlatformCon Live Day San Francisco
A two-day PlatformCon world-tour stop: day one on platform engineering foundations, day two on agentic platforms, with main-stage talks, workshops and roundtables.
Details
- Dates
- 24–25 February 2027
- Where
- San Francisco, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- PlatformCon
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Call for proposals linked; status and deadline not stated
- Why go
- Bay Area platform teams set the defaults for how workloads are sized and scheduled on Kubernetes.
- Kubernetes
KCD Pune 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day for the Pune cloud native community, returning after its 2024 edition.
Details
- About
- Date and venue are not published yet.
- Dates
- February 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Pune, India
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Pune community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- A local Kubernetes community in one of India's largest engineering hubs; a good place to meet Indian platform teams.
March 2027
- Kubernetes
Cloud Native Rejekts EU 2027
A two-day community conference held the weekend before KubeCon Europe, giving a stage to strong talks that did not make the KubeCon programme.
Details
- Dates
- 13–14 March 2027
- Where
- Barcelona, Spain
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Cloud Native Rejekts organizers
- Tickets
- Free
- Call for talks
- Opens 7 Dec 2026, closes 3 Jan 2027
- Why go
- A low-cost way to reach the KubeCon crowd early and to speak on Kubernetes cost topics.
- Kubernetes
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2027
CNCF's main European conference for Kubernetes and cloud native technology.
Details
- About
- Keynotes, breakouts and the solutions showcase run 16 to 18 March; Monday 15 March holds co-located events such as ArgoCon, Observability Day, OpenTofu Day and Platform Engineering Day.
- Dates
- 15–18 March 2027
- Where
- Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), The Linux Foundation
- Call for talks
- Main CFP closed 11 Oct 2026; speaker notifications 7 Dec 2026, schedule 9 Dec 2026
- Why go
- The largest Kubernetes event of the year and the main European place to meet platform teams, maintainers and buyers working on cluster efficiency and cost.
- Kubernetes
KCD Beijing 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day for the Beijing cloud native community.
Details
- About
- Date and venue are not published yet.
- Dates
- March 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Beijing, China
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Beijing community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- A community view of large-scale Kubernetes practice in China.
April 2027
- Open source
SCaLE 24x
A four-day community-run open source conference with sessions, workshops and community activities on open source, security, DevOps and cloud native.
Details
- Dates
- 1–4 April 2027
- Where
- Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Southern California Linux Expo (community-run)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Open until 1 Nov 2026
- Why go
- A large practitioner audience with dedicated cloud native and DevOps content.
- Kubernetes
Conf42 Cloud Native 2027
A one-day online conference on cloud native engineering.
Details
- About
- Talks premiere on YouTube on the day and stay available on demand.
- Dates
- 8 April 2027
- Where
- Online
- Format
- Virtual
- Organizer
- Conf42
- Tickets
- Free
- Call for talks
- Open; no deadline stated
- Why go
- A free online slot for publishing a Kubernetes cost talk to a global audience.
- Platform and SRE
SREcon27 Americas
USENIX's conference for site reliability engineers, on reliability, systems engineering and running large production systems.
Details
- Dates
- 12–14 April 2027
- Where
- Sheraton Grand Seattle, 1400 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, Seattle, WA, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- USENIX
- Call for talks
- Open: talk proposals due 19 Nov 2026, 11:59 pm PT; notifications 12 Dec 2026; lightning-talk call opens January 2027
- Why go
- SREs own capacity planning and autoscaling, the levers that set Kubernetes spend.
- Cloud
Google Cloud Next 2027
Google Cloud's flagship annual conference, with keynotes, product launches and technical sessions on Google Cloud infrastructure, data and AI.
Details
- About
- Some programming starts on 12 April; registration has not opened yet.
- Dates
- 13–15 April 2027
- Where
- Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Google Cloud
- Why go
- GKE and Google Cloud pricing and infrastructure launches are announced here.
- Kubernetes
KCD Washington DC 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day co-located with DC State of the Stack (formerly DevOpsDays DC), moved from September 2026 to this date.
Details
- Dates
- 13 April 2027
- Where
- American Red Cross Hall of Service, 1730 E Street NW, Washington, DC, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Washington DC community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Not stated on the page
- Why go
- Reaches public sector and enterprise platform teams around Washington.
- Platform and SRE
DevOpsDays Zurich 2027
A two-day devopsdays conference for the Swiss DevOps community, with talks on delivery, operations and culture.
Details
- Dates
- 14–15 April 2027
- Where
- Alte Kaserne Winterthur, Technikumstrasse 8, 8400 Winterthur, Winterthur (Zurich area), Switzerland
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- devopsdays Zurich (local organizers, devopsdays.org)
- Call for talks
- Open via Sessionize; deadline not stated
- Why go
- Reaches platform and operations engineers in Switzerland's finance and enterprise sector.
- Platform and SRE
GIDS 2027 (Great International Developer Summit)
The 20th edition of a four-day software engineering conference in Bengaluru with 150+ sessions on architecture, AI, DevOps, data and engineering practice.
Details
- Dates
- 27–30 April 2027
- Where
- Bengaluru, India
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Saltmarch
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- A large Indian engineering audience where cloud, DevOps and reliability sessions sit alongside architecture talks.
- Kubernetes
KCD Guadalajara 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day for the Guadalajara cloud native community.
Details
- About
- Date and venue are not published yet.
- Dates
- April 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Guadalajara community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- The main community Kubernetes event in Mexico's tech hub.
- Kubernetes
KCD Hyderabad 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day for the Hyderabad cloud native community.
Details
- About
- The exact date and venue are not published yet.
- Dates
- April 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Hyderabad, India
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Hyderabad community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- Hyderabad has a large base of cloud and platform engineers; a strong India community event to attend or speak at.
- Kubernetes
KCD Texas 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day for the Texas cloud native community; the chapter is based in Austin.
Details
- About
- Date, city and venue for 2027 are not published yet.
- Dates
- April 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Texas community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- A regional US community event with a mix of enterprise and startup Kubernetes users.
May 2027
- Open source
Open Source Summit North America 2027
The Linux Foundation's main North American conference for open source developers and technologists, covering Linux, cloud, security and AI.
Details
- About
- The page is currently a save-the-date.
- Dates
- 17–19 May 2027
- Where
- Vancouver, Canada
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- The Linux Foundation
- Call for talks
- Not yet announced on the official page
- Why go
- A large vendor-neutral open source audience, including Linux, storage and cloud infrastructure maintainers.
- Kubernetes
KCD Czech & Slovak 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day shared by the Czech and Slovak communities; recent editions were in Bratislava (2025) and Prague (2026).
Details
- About
- City, date and venue for 2027 are not published yet.
- Dates
- May 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Czechia / Slovakia
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Czech & Slovak community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- Community-scale access to Central European Kubernetes users.
- Kubernetes
KCD Helsinki 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day for the Finnish cloud native community.
Details
- About
- Date and venue are not published yet.
- Dates
- May 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Helsinki, Finland
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Helsinki community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- Community access to Nordic platform teams.
- Kubernetes
KCD Toronto 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day for the Toronto cloud native community.
Details
- About
- Date and venue are not published yet.
- Dates
- May 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Toronto, Canada
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD Toronto community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- The main community Kubernetes event in Canada's largest tech market.
June 2027
- Kubernetes
Cloud Native Days France 2027
A one-day community event on DevOps and cloud native for the French-speaking community, built around experience reports.
Details
- Dates
- 3 June 2027
- Where
- CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Paris, France
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Cloud Native Days France
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Not yet open
- Why go
- The main French cloud native community event, useful for reaching French platform teams.
- Platform and SRE
DevOpsCon London 2027
The London edition of DevOpsCon, covering CI/CD, Kubernetes, platform engineering and DevSecOps over conference, workshop and bootcamp days.
Details
- About
- The 2026 edition offered on-site and remote tickets.
- Dates
- 7–11 June 2027
- Where
- London, United Kingdom and online
- Format
- Hybrid
- Organizer
- DevOpsCon
- Why go
- Gathers UK teams running Kubernetes and cloud platforms, including cost and observability topics.
- FinOps
Tokenomicon + FinOps X San Diego 2027
The FinOps Foundation's flagship conference (FinOps X), now held together with Tokenomicon on AI economics.
Details
- About
- A pre-conference day with the FOCUS User Conference and ITAM and ITFM/TBM tracks comes first, then two main days of keynotes, breakouts and an expo; the organizer states 3,000+ attendees.
- Dates
- 7–10 June 2027
- Where
- Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, 333 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Tokenomics Foundation (LF Projects) with the FinOps Foundation
- Call for talks
- Open; submissions close 31 Dec 2026
- Why go
- The largest vendor-neutral FinOps conference, with buyers, practitioners and FOCUS spec contributors; its call for talks is open.
- Platform and SRE
PlatformCon Live Day London
An in-person day during PlatformCon's June Flagship Week, with keynotes, talks, demos and hands-on platform engineering workshops.
Details
- Dates
- 22 June 2027
- Where
- St Paul's, London (building not named), London, United Kingdom
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- PlatformCon
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- A focused room of European platform engineers who shape Kubernetes standards inside their companies.
- Platform and SRE
PlatformCon Live Day New York
PlatformCon's New York in-person day during Flagship Week, with keynotes, talks, demos and workshops on platform engineering.
Details
- Dates
- 24 June 2027
- Where
- Hudson Yards, New York (exact venue not named), New York, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- PlatformCon
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- Brings together US enterprise platform teams, many from large companies with big cloud bills.
- Platform and SRE
DevOpsCon Berlin 2027
The Berlin edition of DevOpsCon, with tracks on Kubernetes and cloud native, CI/CD, cloud platforms, DevSecOps and observability, plus a platform engineering summit.
Details
- About
- The 2026 edition offered on-site and remote tickets.
- Dates
- June 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Berlin, Germany and online
- Format
- Hybrid
- Organizer
- DevOpsCon
- Why go
- A sizeable European audience of Kubernetes and platform teams.
- Kubernetes
KCD New York 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day for the New York cloud native community.
Details
- About
- Date and venue are not published yet.
- Dates
- June 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- New York, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD New York community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- Reaches finance and enterprise platform teams with large cloud bills.
- Kubernetes
KCD San Francisco Bay Area 2027
A Kubernetes Community Day for the Bay Area cloud native community.
Details
- About
- Date and venue are not published yet.
- Dates
- June 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- KCD SF Bay Area community organizers (CNCF-supported)
- Why go
- Close to many cloud native startups and vendors, useful for networking and partnerships.
- Platform and SRE
PlatformCon 2027 Flagship Week
PlatformCon's main annual event: a week of platform engineering talks streamed live and free, anchored by in-person days in London and New York.
Details
- Dates
- June 2027, exact dates to be announced
- Where
- Online (streamed live, on demand afterwards), Place to be announced and online
- Format
- Hybrid
- Organizer
- PlatformCon
- Tickets
- Free online, paid in person
- Why go
- A large free platform engineering event that a whole team can follow, and a good source of article topics.
July 2027
- Storage
FMS 2027: the Future of Memory and Storage
A large industry conference and exhibition on memory and storage technology for AI systems, data centres and hyperscalers, previously known as Flash Memory Summit.
Details
- Dates
- 27–29 July 2027
- Where
- Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Terrapinn
- Tickets
- Paid
- Call for talks
- Speaker applications via an 'Apply to speak' form; no deadline stated
- Why go
- Shows where SSD, flash and storage-tier prices and capabilities are heading, which feeds into block storage cost.
August 2027
- Platform and SRE
DevOpsDays Chicago 2027
A long-running US devopsdays event with two days of talks, ignite talks and open spaces on DevOps practice.
Details
- Dates
- 10–11 August 2027
- Where
- UIC Forum, 725 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, Chicago, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- devopsdays Chicago (local organizers, devopsdays.org)
- Call for talks
- Not yet open (call for proposals TBD)
- Why go
- A large Midwest crowd of operations and platform engineers who run enterprise cloud workloads.
- Kubernetes
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2027
The Japan edition of CNCF's Kubernetes and cloud native conference, two days for the Japanese and wider Asia-Pacific community.
Details
- About
- The page is currently a save-the-date.
- Dates
- 25–26 August 2027
- Where
- Yokohama, Japan
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), The Linux Foundation
- Call for talks
- Not yet announced
- Why go
- The main Kubernetes conference in Japan, for meeting Asia-Pacific platform teams.
September 2027
- Open source
Open Source Summit Europe 2027
The Linux Foundation's European conference for open source developers and technologists, with Linux, cloud, security and AI tracks.
Details
- About
- The page is currently a save-the-date.
- Dates
- 20–22 September 2027
- Where
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- The Linux Foundation
- Call for talks
- Not yet announced
- Why go
- The main European open source infrastructure event, useful for meeting Linux storage and cloud platform contributors.
October 2027
- Platform and SRE
SREcon27 Europe/Middle East/Africa
The European edition of USENIX's SRE conference, on reliability, operations and running production systems at scale.
Details
- Dates
- 5–7 October 2027
- Where
- Dublin, Ireland
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- USENIX
- Why go
- The main European SRE gathering, where capacity and efficiency talks are common.
- Open source
Open Source Summit Korea 2027
A Linux Foundation open source conference for the Korean ecosystem.
Details
- About
- The page is currently a save-the-date.
- Dates
- 14–15 October 2027
- Where
- Seoul, South Korea
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- The Linux Foundation
- Call for talks
- Not yet announced
- Why go
- Reaches the Korean open source and cloud infrastructure community in one place.
- Storage
FMS Europe 2027: Future of Memory and Storage Europe
The European edition of the Future of Memory and Storage event, a two-day conference and exhibition on memory and storage for AI, data centres and enterprises.
Details
- Dates
- 19–20 October 2027
- Where
- RAI Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Terrapinn
- Tickets
- Paid
- Why go
- A European view of storage technology and pricing trends that affect block storage cost.
November 2027
- Kubernetes
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027
The 2027 North American edition of CNCF's flagship Kubernetes and cloud native conference.
Details
- About
- The page is currently a save-the-date with sponsorship details.
- Dates
- 8–11 November 2027
- Where
- New Orleans, United States
- Format
- In person
- Organizer
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), The Linux Foundation
- Call for talks
- Not yet announced
- Why go
- The year-end North American meeting point for Kubernetes operators, maintainers and buyers of optimization tooling.
Dates and places come from each organizer’s own page. Check there before you book.