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Cloud, Platform & Open Source ecosystem
Built for the people who deliver.
For platform teams, DevOps practitioners, engineering leaders, SREs and developer experience teams building modern software delivery and internal platform capability.
Where platform engineers and delivery practitioners have been comparing notes since before it had a name. Honest conversations about what ships, what breaks and what the roadmap never mentions.
- Communities
- 7
- Communities
- Upcoming conferences
- 4
- Upcoming conferences
- Meetups, always
- Free
- Meetups, always
- Where we meet
- UK & online
- Where we meet
About this ecosystem
The community for platform teams and modern software delivery.
This ecosystem brings together the people building, operating and leading platform capability: platform engineering, DevOps, internal developer platforms, developer experience, SRE, software delivery, and the culture and tooling that make modern teams effective.
Communities meet in London, across Yorkshire and online globally. No vendor demos, no keynote theatre. The agenda is driven by what practitioners actually want to talk about.
Who comes to these events
Platform Engineer
building internal developer platforms
Site Reliability Engineer
keeping things running and improving on-call
DevOps Engineer
owning delivery pipelines end-to-end
Head of Engineering
responsible for how the whole machine delivers
Principal Engineer
setting technical direction and raising the bar
Developer Experience Engineer
making other engineers faster and less frustrated
Engineering Manager
building teams that can ship reliably
DevSecOps Engineer
baking security in rather than bolting it on
Cloud Architect
designing the infrastructure teams depend on
CTO
accountable for engineering capability and culture
Communities
7 communities. Find the one that fits.
From open practitioner meetups to closed leadership forums. Every one is free to join.
- Yorkshire Azure User GroupJoin on Meetup
- Yorkshire DevOpsJoin on Meetup
- Cloud Native & Open Source LondonJoin on Meetup
- Cloud Native & Open Source GlobalJoin on Meetup
- Cloud Platform Engineering GlobalJoin on Meetup
- Cloud Platform Engineering LeadersJoin on Meetup
- Cloud Platform Engineering LondonJoin on Meetup
Conferences
4 conferences. Bigger rooms, deeper conversations.
Flagship summits and specialist events that sit on top of the communities. Every one is taking talk submissions.
- 15Apr 2027
Manchester · in person
Developer Experience Summit
A specialist summit focused on developer experience, internal developer platforms, engineering productivity and modern software delivery.
- 27Apr 2027
Online, worldwide
AI & Platform Security Global Summit
A global summit exploring the security challenges created by AI adoption, platform engineering, cloud operations and modern software delivery.
- 18May 2027
Leeds · in person
Northern DevOps & Platform Conference
A flagship conference for DevOps, platform engineering, engineering culture and software delivery across the North of England.
- 24Jun 2027
London · in person
Cloud Native & Open Source AI Conference London
A practitioner-led summit for cloud native engineers, open source maintainers, platform teams and developer tooling communities.
Recent event
Northern DevOps & Platform Conference 2026
Hosted at CGI Leeds on 19 May 2026. 156 attendees, 18 speakers and 17 sponsors: the biggest platform engineering and DevOps conference to come out of the North of England.
- Attendees
- 156
- Attendees
- Speakers
- 18
- Speakers
- Sponsors
- 17
- Sponsors
Matthew Skelton
CEO/CTO, Conflux (Team Topologies)
Holly Jukes
Head of Engineering, Lloyds Banking Group
Alexandra Moore
DevOps Strategic Advisor, CGI
Adam Wilbraham
Director of Technology, Flutter UK & Ireland
Brian Walker
Infrastructure Specialist, HSBC
Andy Burgin
Principal Platform Engineer
Watch the talks
What we cover
Topics across every community and event.
- Platform engineering and internal developer platforms
- DevOps culture and practices
- Developer experience and developer productivity
- Site reliability engineering and reliability practices
- CI/CD, deployment pipelines and release engineering
- Kubernetes and cloud native operations
- Infrastructure as code and platform automation
- AI in software delivery and platform operations
- Engineering culture, team structures and effectiveness
- Platform security and DevSecOps
- Observability, monitoring and incident management
- Software supply chain and build systems
Speaking
Practitioners on stage, not just presenters.
Shipped something recently? Led a tricky platform migration? Wrestled a 200-service monolith into shape? Submit a talk idea. The speaking guide explains what we look for.
Sponsors & partners
Sponsors and event partners supporting the Cloud, Platform & Open Source ecosystem.
- Colibri DigitalHeadline Data & AI Sponsor
- NearformAI Native Sponsor
- Skipton GroupPlatinum
- OvermindPlatinum
- ANSPlatinum
- SearchabilityPlatinum
- Digital EndeavoursPlatinum
- Ada MeherPlatinum
- AppviaPlatinum
- AccenturePlatinum
- CGIPlatinum
- Digital FuturesPlatinum
- X4 TechnologyPlatinum
- AxiologikPlatinum
- T5 DigitalGold
- ValarianGold
- Lloyds Banking GroupEvent Partner
- Leeds Building SocietyEvent Partner
- HippoEvent Partner
- Valorem ReplyEvent Partner
- AWSEvent Partner
- Financial Conduct AuthorityEvent Partner
- Zühlke EngineeringEvent Partner
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Find your place in Cloud, Platform & Open Source.
Join a community for free, come to a conference, or share what you've learned on stage.