KCD New York 2025

KCD New York

Jun 4, 1:00 PM – Jun 5, 12:00 AM (UTC)

Convene, 1 Liberty Street, New York, 10006

After a sold-out debut in 2024, we’re returning to Manhattan on June 4, 2025, for another full day of cloud-native insights, technical talks, roundtable discussions, and community connection. Whether you're a Kubernetes veteran or just getting started, KCD New York is your chance to learn from industry leaders, discover the latest in open source innovation, and connect with others who are shaping the future of infrastructure.

Join developers, platform engineers, SREs, and cloud-native enthusiasts from across the New York region (and beyond!) as we come together in one of the world’s most iconic tech cities. Expect hands-on content, thoughtful conversations, and the same warm, welcoming vibe that made last year such a success.

Let’s build on the momentum—see you in New York!

📅 Date: June 4, 2025

📍 Location: Manhattan, NYC

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Speakers

  • Danielle Cook

    CNCF Ambassador, Co-Organizer, Cartografos Working Group

  • Daniel Krook

    CNCF

    Senior Director of Developer Experience

  • Stephen Augustus

    Cisco

    Head of Open Source

  • Prithvi Raj

    Mirantis

    Community Manager and Developer Advocate

  • Nic Vermande

    Otterize

    Head of DevRel

  • Marino Wijay

    CNCF

    Ambassador

  • Christian Posta

    Solo.io

    Field CTO

  • Cornelia Davis

    Spectro Cloud

    Technology Fellow

  • Michael Levan

    Independent Consultant/Engineer In Cloud-Native

  • Rachel Leekin

    Amazon Web Services

    Containers Specialist Solutions Architect

  • Peter Zaitsev

    Coroot, Percona, FerretDB

    Co-Founder

  • Graziano Casto

    Mia-Platform

    Developer Relations

  • Eric D. Schabell

    Chronosphere

    Director Evangelism

  • Michel Murabito

    Mia-Platform

    Developer Advocate

  • Tiffany Jernigan

    VMware

    Senior Developer Advocate

  • Marina Moore

    Edera

    Research Scientist - Head of Edera Research

  • Hrittik Roy

    Loft Labs

    Platform Advocate

  • Simon Forster

    Technical Architect and CNCF Ambassador

  • Stefana Muller

    Salesforce

    Vice President of Infrastructure

  • Engin Diri

    Pulumi

    Community Engineer

  • Viktor Farcic

    Upbound

    Developer Advocate & CNCF Ambassador

  • Raj Saha

    AWS

    Principal SA - Containers/Serverless

  • Nicolas Frankel

    Apache APISIX

    Developer Advocate

  • Fabrizio Sgura

    Veritas Automata

  • Christopher Tineo

    Banreservas

    Fullstack Engineer

  • Hajed Khlifi

    SFEIR

    DevOps & Cloud Lead engineer - Kubestronaut -

  • Jérémy Albrecht

    BIL (Banque Internationale à Luxembourg)

    DevOps Tech Lead - Kubestronaut -

  • Henrik Rexed

    Dynatrace

    CNCF Ambassador , Cloud Native Advocate

  • Daniel Oh

    Red Hat

    Senior Principal Developer Advocate

  • Nancy Chauhan

    Independent

    Engineer

  • Aman Sardana

    Discover Financial Services

    Expert Application Architect

  • Vijay Kumar Soni

    Discover Financial Services

    Expert Engineer

  • Christopher Nuland

    Red Hat

    Architect

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KCD New York 2024 Recap

KCD New York 2024 became NYC's first major CNCF community event, bringing together 250+ cloud native professionals for an impactful day of technical exchanges and networking. The sold-out inaugural event featured industry experts delivering cutting-edge talks on Kubernetes and cloud native technologies.

The event's success highlighted the power of community-driven initiatives, with local user groups, international speakers, and industry veterans creating an inclusive knowledge-sharing environment. The overwhelmingly positive response established KCD New York as a significant addition to the cloud native ecosystem, setting a strong foundation for future growth in North America's tech community.

"Thoughtfulness in the event, the activities were enjoyable. The support for speakers was fantastic."

"The event offered fantastic networking opportunities, a well-located venue, and a wide range of session topics."

Organizers

  • Ahmed Bebars

    The New York Times

    Principal Engineer

  • Julia Furst Morgado

    Veeam

    Global Technologist

  • Scott Rigby

    Replicated

    Developer Advocate

  • Kelly Revenaugh

    Testkube

    Developer Relations Lead

  • Cedric Clyburn

    Red Hat

    Developer Advocate

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