KCD Suisse Romande 2026
Kubernetes Community Days · 09–10 December 2026 · CERN, Geneva📋 Program · 🎟️ RSVP and Tickets · 💬 Contacts · 🗄️ 2025 Archive
About This Event#
On 09–10 December 2026, join us at CERN for Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Suisse Romande!
This will be a two-day event focused on cloud native projects and the local community. Talks will be in both French and English. We plan to welcome around 300 participants. The event is organized by the Association Cloud Native Suisse Romande.
KCDs are community-organized events that gather adopters and technologists from open source and cloud native communities for education, collaboration, and networking. KCDs are supported by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
| 📅 When | 09–10 December 2026, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM (CET) |
| 📍 Where | CERN Science Gateway, 1 Esplanade des Particules, Meyrin 1217 |
| 📋 Program | KCD Suisse Romande 2026 Program |
| 📋 Speakers | Our speakers |
| 🎟️ Registration | RSVP and Tickets |
| 📢 Call for Speakers | Closed, see you next year? |
Agenda#
Full program can be found here
09 Dec#
- Workshops (3+ parallel tracks)
- Optional tours to CERN and the LHC
Main Day - 10 Dec#
- 2 keynotes
- Conference talks - 3 tracks
- After-party
Speakers#
Thanks to all our awesome speakers!
Venue#
Main Day - CERN Science Gateway#
The main day will happen at the CERN Science Gateway - 1 Esplanade des Particules, Meyrin 1217, Switzerland. How to get there.
Warmup Day#
The workshops will take place at HPE's Customer Innovation Center (CIC) Geneva / HPE AI Excellence Center, Route du Nant d’Avril 150, 1217 Meyrin.
We are planning 3+ parallel workshop tracks, with more details to follow.
Organizers#
This event is organized by the Association Cloud Native Suisse Romande and all volunteers, with help from our sponsors and community partners.
 Diana Gaponcic |
 Emmanuel Wagner |
 Iveta Babulenkova |
 Laura Llinares |
 Nacera Tazi |
 Neila Muminovic |
 Nuno do Carmo |
 Oleg Nenashev |
 Raphael Pinson |
 Ricardo Rocha |
 Thierry Predhom |
Sponsors#
We can host the event and keep the prices low thanks to our awesome sponsors!
ℹ️ We still have a few sponsoring opportunities are available! If you are interested, please reach out via our contact email or the
#kcd-suisse-romandechannel on the CNCF Slack.
Venue Sponsors#
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Special Sponsors#
🐟 Mascot |
 ☕ Coffee |
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Community Partners#
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You can find more information about our sponsors and community partners here.
Chat#
- Public channels:
#kcd-suisse-romandeor#switzerlandon the CNCF Slack
Tickets#
Individual and group tickets#
You can purchase tickets on this platform. For groups of 5 or more, you can also purchase tickets directly via invoice and bank transfer. Contact treasurer@cloud-native-romandy@ch if needed.
Student and job seeker tickets#
Thanks to our sponsors, we're happy to offer 25 discounted tickets for those who need them! It applies to students and job seekers. This includes students from unofficial institutions, e.g., Powercoders or École 42. The ticket price is 49CHF. To get a discount code, send an email with proof of enrollment to contact@cloud-native-romandy@ch.
References#
- kcd.cloud-native-romandy.ch - main link to the current KCD Suisse Romande event
- Media Kit - Media Kit for the event. We would appreciate promotion by all community members!
KCD Suisse Romande 2025#
On 04-05 Dec 2025, we hosted the first edition of the event! Conference Highlights:
Materials from the event can be found here: