On May 6th, 2025, the Kubernetes and Cloud Native Community will gather in Helsinki for an exciting one-day, in-person technical conference celebrating the cloud-native ecosystem. Supported by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and organized by local Cloud Native Finland ry non-profit, this non-profit community event is your chance to connect, learn, and collaborate with like-minded professionals.
KCD Helsinki will bring together hundreds of engineers, IT professionals, architects, and cloud-native stakeholders from Finland and beyond. Expect engaging technical talks, open source project demos, and opportunities for networking with local and international speakers and attendees.
Whether you're sharing success stories, tackling lessons learned, or exploring the latest tools and technologies, KCD Helsinki is the perfect event to celebrate all things Kubernetes and cloud-native.
📍 Location: OP Headquarters, Valilla (1 Gebhardinaukio, Helsinki, 00510)
Get a ticket now and join the cloud native community in Finland on May 6, 2025!
Schedule
KCD Helsinki 2025 features 3 tracks and more than 30 sessions on different levels about Cloud Native in the form of Keynotes, Sessions and Lightning Talks.
Thanks to everyone that submitted a talk proposal through our open Call For Proposals process! We got 195 proposals.
KCD Helsinki Sponsorship gives companies prime visibility and access to a targeted cloud-native audience. Tiers (Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Community) offer benefits like logo recognition, exhibit space, social media/email promotion, complimentary passes, and transparency report mentions. Sponsors gain valuable networking and branding opportunities, supporting KCD Helsinki's mission to foster collaboration and growth in the Kubernetes ecosystem.
Our diversity scholarship program provides support to those from traditionally underrepresented and/or marginalized groups in the technology and/or open source communities (including, but not limited to: persons identifying as LGBTQ, women, persons of color, and/or persons with disabilities) who may not otherwise have the opportunity to attend KCD Helsinki for financial reasons. Recipients will receive complimentary registration to KCD Helsinki. Scholarships are awarded based on a combination of need and impact. Selection will be made by an assembled group of reviewers who will assess each applicant’s request. All application information will be kept confidential.
📢 Apply here: Diversity Scholarship Application Form
Application deadline is 21 March. We encourage you to apply and share this opportunity with your network!
CNCF
CTO
Waovo
Founder, CNCF Ambassador
Kosai / Operant AI
Advisor
CERN
Platform Infrastructure Lead
Cloud Developer Advocate
Ericsson
Senior Developer
Intel
Principal Engineer
AlphaSense
Senior Cloud Native Engineer
IKEA
Domain Security Engineering Manager
OVHcloud
Developer Advocate
Relex Solutions
Senior Devops Engineer
Aalto University & NTNU
Security and Cloud Computing (SECCLO) Master Student
Red Hat
Specialist Solution Architect
Chariot Tech Ltd
Founder
ConfidentialMind Oy
Co-Founder and Chief Architect
EDB
Staff SDE
AWS
Solutions Architect
OP Financial Group
Expert Lead Developer
AlphaSense
Senior Tech Lead - Cloud Platform
Yleisradio (the Finnish Broadcasting Company)
Ops Engineer
Trice
Cloud Architect
Novo Nordisk
Lead Platform Engineer
Metacore Games
Platform Engineer
Mirantis
Senior Principal Engineer
Suomen Asiakastieto
Solutions Architect
Nokia
Cloud Architect
Dash0
Developer Advocate
Intel
Ericsson
Senior Developer
Kubernetes & Cloud Native Developer and Speaker
Cast AI
Staff Engineer
GitHub
Solutions Engineer
OP Financial Group
Senior Specialist, DevOps
Intel
Supermetrics
Senior Engineering Director
Yon Labs
Principal consultant and Founder
Isovalent by Cisco
Senior Sales engineer
Metacore Games
Security Engineer
Liftoff Mobile
Software Engineer in Production Engineering team
Chariot Tech Ltd
Founder
Upbound
Principal Solutions Architect
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
6:00 AM – 5:00 PM (UTC)
Join our free KCD Helsinki co-located event the day after our KCD; a joint effort between Cloud Native Finland, Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, and the OSPO Helsinki meetup!
Join us for an exciting evening of insights, networking, and community-building at the intersection of open source, entrepreneurship, and global-scale technology collaboration.
Register here!
The Open Source Evening will feature the following KCD Helsinki keynote speakers:
Sarah Novotny, ex-Kubernetes Steering Committee
Ricardo Rocha, CERN and CNCF TOC
Annie Talvasto, CNCF Ambassador
💡 Learn firsthand how companies are not just using open source, but co-creating with it to drive innovation, build trust, and scale globally. The Linux operating system and Kubernetes ‘cloud native’ ecosystems, with hundreds of related projects, 100,000s of contributors involved, and millions of contributions are examples of how technology, businesses, and community members can thrive.
The event will be livestreamed on the Cloud Native Nordics Youtube channel.
View livestream here!
Relex Solutions
Senior Cloud Engineer
Nokia
Senior Open Source Specialist at Nokia
Ericsson Software Technology
Open Source Architect, Maintainer, PhD
CNCF Ambassador
Nokia
Software Engineer
OP Financial Group
Expert Developer at OP Financial Group
Stratacache Oy
DevOps/SRE Lead at Stratacache Oy
Upbound
Senior Software Engineer, Kubernetes Contributor
Greenstep
Cloud Architecht
In Cooperation With
Sponsors
We are committed to ensuring that everyone participating in this event has an experience free from any form of harassment. Kubernetes Community Days adhere to the Linux Foundation Code of Conduct, which outlines our standards for respectful and inclusive behavior. Check out the full Terms of Conditions here for all Cloud Native Finland ry events.
If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact kcd-organizers@cloudnativefinland.org. Follow us on LinkedIn to stay up to date.
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