21 upcoming events worldwide
Kubernetes has become the operating system of the cloud. The cloud-native ecosystem — containers, service meshes, observability, and platform engineering — is evolving fast. KubeCon and CNCF events are where the community shapes the future of distributed systems.
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon (organized by CNCF) is the flagship Kubernetes event, held in North America, Europe, and India each year. Argo Conf, Helm Summit, and Istio Con are notable co-located events.
Container orchestration, Helm, GitOps (Argo CD, Flux), service meshes (Istio, Linkerd), observability (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus), security (OPA, Falco), and platform engineering with IDPs are core Kubernetes conference topics.
Yes — CNCF publishes all KubeCon session recordings on YouTube for free. The CNCF also runs free online events and webinars throughout the year.
The CNCF offers the CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), CKAD (Developer), and CKS (Security) certifications. KubeCon often features exam preparation workshops and certification study groups.