KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 runs 9–12 November 2026 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Monday 9 November is given over to co-located events and project lightning talks; Tuesday to Thursday carry the keynotes, breakout sessions and solutions showcase. Run by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, it is the flagship gathering for CNCF graduated, incubating and sandbox projects, and the 2026 edition foregrounds the infrastructure behind modern AI systems. Eleven co-located events run on the Monday, including Agentics Day: MCP + Agents, Cloud Native AI + Inference Day, Platform Engineering Day, Open Source SecurityCon and Observability Day. The 2025 North America edition in Atlanta drew more than 9,300 attendees.

Date

November 9–12, 2026

Location

Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Expected Attendance

9,000+

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

Added

Jun 21, 2026

Updated

Aug 8, 2026

• ✓Platform engineers
• ✓Site reliability engineers
• ✓DevOps and infrastructure engineers
• ✓Cloud architects
• ✓VPs of Engineering and CTOs
• ✓Open source maintainers
• ✓Security engineers

KubeCon is where a platform engineering organisation learns what its next two years of infrastructure look like, from the maintainers rather than from a booth. For enterprises now running inference on Kubernetes, the Cloud Native AI + Inference Day and Agentics Day co-located tracks go into GPU scheduling, model serving and agent tooling at a depth no general AI conference reaches. Because the CNCF is vendor-neutral, roadmap conversations happen with the people who merge the code, and the All-Access pass buys the Monday co-located days where most of the substantive arguments actually take place.

• ✓Agentics Day: MCP + Agents
• ✓Cloud Native AI + Inference Day
• ✓Platform Engineering Day
• ✓Open Source SecurityCon
• ✓Observability Day
• ✓ArgoCon, CiliumCon, FluxCon and BackstageCon
• ✓Kubernetes on Edge Day and OpenTofu Day
• ✓Project lightning talks and the solutions showcase

• ★Vendor-neutral: the CNCF runs it, and the agenda comes from graduated, incubating and sandbox project communities rather than one vendor's roadmap
• ★Eleven co-located events on 9 November covering AI agents, inference, platform engineering, security and observability
• ★Academic registration is a flat $275 all-access with no price escalation — one of the cheapest routes into a major infrastructure conference
• ★A separate individual/hobbyist tier priced at roughly half the corporate rate, so maintainers are not gated out
• ★The 2025 North America edition drew more than 9,300 attendees, making it the largest open source infrastructure gathering in the region

All-Access: corporate $1,798 standard (13 May–2 September) rising to $2,278 late (3 September–12 November); individual $978 rising to $1,278; academic a flat $275 at every tier. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon only: corporate $1,499 rising to $1,899; individual $679 rising to $899; academic a flat $200. Early-bird rates (corporate all-access $1,199, individual $599, academic $275) expired 12 May 2026. Salt Lake City sales tax of 8.45% is not included in the listed prices.

When is KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 takes place November 9–12, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Where is KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 held?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 is held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event format is in-person.

How much does KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 cost?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 is paid. All-Access: corporate $1,798 standard (13 May–2 September) rising to $2,278 late (3 September–12 November); individual $978 rising to $1,278; academic a flat $275 at every tier. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon only: corporate $1,499 rising to $1,899; individual $679 rising to $899; academic a flat $200. Early-bird rates (corporate all-access $1,199, individual $599, academic $275) expired 12 May 2026. Salt Lake City sales tax of 8.45% is not included in the listed prices.

Who should attend KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 is aimed at Platform engineers, Site reliability engineers, DevOps and infrastructure engineers, Cloud architects, VPs of Engineering and CTOs, Open source maintainers, Security engineers.

What topics does KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 cover?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 covers Kubernetes, Cloud native infrastructure, AI inference and model serving, Platform engineering, Observability, Open source supply chain security, Service mesh and networking, GitOps and continuous delivery, AI agents and MCP, Edge computing.

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