KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 runs 8-11 November 2027 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's flagship conference, gathering adopters and top technologists from the Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Argo, Cilium and wider CNCF project communities to advance cloud native computing. The North American edition is fronted by 10-15 CNCF-hosted co-located day events; the current series line-up includes Agentics Day: MCP + Agents, Cloud Native AI + Inference Day, Platform Engineering Day, Observability Day, Open Source SecurityCon, ArgoCon, CiliumCon, BackstageCon, FluxCon, OpenTofu Day and Kubernetes on Edge Day, all reachable on the All Access Pass. Sponsorship opens well ahead of attendee registration: the Diamond tier contract deadline is 25 February 2027, with the lottery drawing the following day.

• Diamond sponsorship contract deadlineFeb 25, 2027
• Diamond sponsorship lottery drawingFeb 26, 2027

Date

November 8–11, 2027

Location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), The Linux Foundation

Added

Aug 11, 2026

Updated

Aug 11, 2026

• ✓VPs of Infrastructure
• ✓Platform engineering leaders
• ✓Site reliability engineers
• ✓DevOps engineers
• ✓Cloud architects
• ✓CTOs
• ✓Open source maintainers

Cloud native is the substrate enterprise AI actually runs on, and KubeCon is the one week the people maintaining it are all in one place. For a platform or infrastructure VP the co-located days do most of the work: Cloud Native AI + Inference Day and Agentics Day cover GPU scheduling, inference serving and agent protocols, Platform Engineering Day covers internal developer platforms, and Open Source SecurityCon covers supply chain. You leave with a read on which CNCF projects are graduating versus stalling, which is the single best input to a build-versus-buy decision on your own platform, plus direct access to the maintainers you will be filing issues against all year.

• ✓Agentics Day: MCP + Agents - CNCF-hosted co-located event
• ✓Cloud Native AI + Inference Day
• ✓Platform Engineering Day
• ✓Observability Day
• ✓Open Source SecurityCon
• ✓Project-specific co-located days including ArgoCon, CiliumCon, BackstageCon, FluxCon, OpenTofu Day and Kubernetes on Edge Day
• ✓All Access Pass covering the CNCF-hosted co-located events as well as the main conference

• ★CNCF's flagship conference and the largest gathering of Kubernetes maintainers and adopters in North America
• ★10-15 CNCF-hosted co-located day events, two of them dedicated to AI (Cloud Native AI + Inference Day, and Agentics Day: MCP + Agents), all included in the All Access Pass
• ★Vendor-neutral - run by the Linux Foundation, so the agenda is project-driven rather than one vendor's roadmap
• ★Dates and host city confirmed more than two years ahead (8-11 November 2027, New Orleans)

Registration for the 2027 North America edition is not open and CNCF has published no pass prices; the event page currently carries sponsorship information only. The pass to watch is the All Access Pass, which covers the CNCF-hosted co-located events as well as the main conference. Sponsorship, unlike attendee registration, is already dated: the Diamond tier contract deadline is 25 February 2027, with the lottery drawing on 26 February 2027.

When is KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 takes place November 8–11, 2027 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Where is KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 held?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 is held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event format is in-person.

What is the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 submission deadline?

The next KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 deadline is diamond sponsorship contract deadline on Feb 25, 2027. Remaining dates: Diamond sponsorship lottery drawing — Feb 26, 2027.

How much does KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 cost?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 is paid. Registration for the 2027 North America edition is not open and CNCF has published no pass prices; the event page currently carries sponsorship information only. The pass to watch is the All Access Pass, which covers the CNCF-hosted co-located events as well as the main conference. Sponsorship, unlike attendee registration, is already dated: the Diamond tier contract deadline is 25 February 2027, with the lottery drawing on 26 February 2027.

Who should attend KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 is aimed at VPs of Infrastructure, Platform engineering leaders, Site reliability engineers, DevOps engineers, Cloud architects, CTOs, Open source maintainers.

What topics does KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 cover?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027 covers Kubernetes, Cloud native infrastructure, Platform engineering, AI inference and GPU infrastructure, AI agents and MCP, Observability, Open source security, GitOps and continuous delivery.

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