October 13th, 2026 · Global · Virtual
Cloud Native & Open Source AI Conference
Cloud native systems. Open source AI. Production at scale. A global virtual conference for engineers and leaders building AI on modern cloud native infrastructure.
About the Conference
The Cloud Native & Open Source AI Global Conference brings together engineers and leaders who build AI systems on cloud-native platforms, from Kubernetes-based AI platforms to open source LLM deployments and agentic systems.
A full-day virtual experience delivering practitioner-led content with no vendor-heavy sessions and no surface-level demos, just builders sharing what actually works in production.
Date
October 13th, 2026
Format
Global Virtual
Time
2:00 PM – 8:00 PM BST
Capacity
500–1,200+ attendees
Full Day Agenda
Conference Programme
An afternoon of keynotes, panels, practitioner talks, and lightning sessions.
Opening Keynote
From Prompt to Production: How Spotify Builds Internal Tools in Days with AI and Platform Engineering
Stuart Clark
Senior Developer Advocate, Spotify
AI Meets Platform Engineering: Spec-Enable and Deploy Cloud Native AI Workloads at Scale
Marco Antonio Silva
Senior Global Black Belt, Microsoft
CVE Triage with LLMs: Cutting Scanner Noise with Runtime Context
Fahed Dorgaa
Software Engineer | Maintainer of @containerd & @crossplane, CircleTech
Session to be announced
Panel Discussion
An Open-Source Developer Platform Built for the Agentic Era
Amila Mahaarachchi
SVP & Head of Engineering, WSO2
Lightning Talk 1
Lightning Talk 2
Lightning Talk 3
Lightning Talk 4
Lightning Talk 5
Closing Keynote
Our Audience
Who attends
Join AI engineers and cloud native practitioners from around the world. From CTOs defining AI strategy to engineers building the infrastructure that powers modern AI systems.
500+
Expected Attendees
15+
Countries
Attendee Roles
Conference Themes
Our Track Record
Northern DevOps & Platform Conference
Our flagship conference in Leeds brings together 120+ practitioners for a day of deep technical talks, hands-on workshops, and genuine community connection.
120+
Attendees
20+
Speakers
15
Sponsors
1
Tracks
Featured Speakers
Matthew Skelton
Conflux
Alexandra Moore
CGI
Holly Jukes
Lloyds Banking Group
Vernon Richards
Phrase
Adam Wilbraham
Flutter UK & Ireland
Akash Joshi
DeepL
Conference Sponsors
Community Stack Ecosystem
The Cloud Native & Open Source AI Conference is part of the Community Stack ecosystem, connecting practitioners across Europe and globally. Our events, communities, and initiatives span data & AI, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, platform engineering, and more.
This conference joins a growing network of practitioner-led initiatives designed to foster real knowledge sharing and community growth in the North and beyond.
Members
25,000+
Conferences
5
Yearly Events
100+
Global Reach
15+ countries