KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam: 13,414 registrations from 3,644 companies

2026-03-23 · Publisher : CNCF · Domain : Cloud & DevOps

From 23 to 26 March 2026, KubeCon Europe gathers 13,414 registrations from 3,644 companies in Amsterdam, with 31 keynotes and 234 breakout sessions; AI, digital sovereignty and platform engineering dominate.

### Background KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 takes place in Amsterdam from 23 to 26 March 2026. The CNCF transparency report counts **13,414 registrations** and **3,644 companies** represented, against 12,048 in Paris in 2024 and 12,087 in London in 2025 according to the CNCF table. Sessions cover AI infrastructure, digital sovereignty, platform engineering and observability. ### Key facts - Program: 31 keynotes, 234 breakout sessions, 82 maintainer-track sessions and 2,478 proposals received. - 44% first-time attendees; 78.6% of attendees come from Europe, 13% from North America and 4% from Asia. - Most represented countries: Germany (2,320), the Netherlands (2,057), the United States (1,455), the United Kingdom (1,014) and France (721). - CNCF announcements of the week: AI Conformance update (31 platforms), Kyverno graduation, a platform engineering tools study, llm-d entering the CNCF. - On 23 March, a day of co-located events (AI, observability, platform engineering, security, WebAssembly). ### Why it matters For a European IT services firm, the lesson lies in the breakdowns: the event is overwhelmingly European, with Germany first, and the community is young (44% newcomers). The agenda's themes confirm that AI and sovereignty have become infrastructure topics in their own right in cloud native, alongside Kubernetes. The figures come from the CNCF itself, the event's organizer. ### Takeaway Amsterdam 2026 gathers more than 13,000 registrations, with AI and sovereignty at the top of the agenda.

Tags : Conférence, Kubernetes, Cloud natif, Europe, IA