Call for Papers

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CNCF-hosted Co-located Events North America 2026

event date

9 Nov 2026

location

Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

website

events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/

CNCF-hosted co-located events are masterfully designed to foster discussion, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing in a vendor neutral space with participants just like you! From technical sessions to lightning talks, CNCF-hosted co-located events support the future of cloud native computing. Please review this page in its entirety and if you are unable to find an answer to your questions, please email cncfcolocatedevents@linuxfoundation.org.

CFPs for all CNCF-hosted Co-located events will be open May 6, including Agentics Day: MCP + Agents, ArgoCon, BackstageCon, CiliumCon, Cloud Native AI + Inference Day, FluxCon, Kubernetes on Edge Day, Observability Day, Open Source SecurityCon, and Platform Engineering Day.

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Call for Papers
Call opens at 9:59 AM

06 May 2026

Call closes at 11:59 PM

21 Jun 2026

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CFP GUIDE

Please review our CFP Guide to answer many common questions before submitting.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

All CNCF-hosted Co-located Events - CURRENTLY OPEN:

  • CFP Opens: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
  • CFP Close: Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:59pm Mountain Time (GMT-6)
  • CFP Notifications: Monday, August 17, 2026
  • Schedule Announced: Wednesday, August 19, 2026
  • Event Date: Monday, November 9, 2026

Reminder: This is a community event — so no product and/or vendor sales pitches.

AI AND MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS

Please avoid submitting low-effort, AI-generated proposals. While CNCF does not ban the use of AI, especially since it can be a helpful tool for non-native English speakers, we strongly discourage submissions that appear to be low-quality or clearly AI-generated “slop.” If we identify that a submitter is consistently submitting AI-generated slop, it may result in removal from the review process and/or a ban from future CNCF CFPs.

CODE OF CONDUCT

By submitting, you agree to the CNCF Code of Conduct.

COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY

Please review The Linux Foundation's Inclusive Speaker Orientation and Inclusive Language Initiative.

Question about submitting a proposal? Contact us at cncfcolocatedevents@linuxfoundation.org.

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