Where is KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026?

At the Salt Palace Convention Center, 90 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. The event runs on Mountain Time.

What is the difference between the All-Access and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Only passes?

All-Access includes every CNCF-hosted co-located event on Monday, November 9 plus the three-day main conference. The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Only pass covers the three main days, keynotes, breakouts and the Solutions Showcase, plus Project Lightning Talks on November 9, but not the co-located events.

How much does registration cost?

Late rates (September 3–November 12, 2026) are $2,278 corporate, $1,278 individual and $275 academic for All-Access, or $1,899, $899 and $200 for the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Only pass. Utah sales tax of 8.45% is added.

Groups of five or more on corporate registrations get 10% off. Scholarships and travel funding can be applied for, and there is an academic rate for full-time students and faculty.

Monday, November 09, 2026

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026

Name: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026
Start: 2026-11-09T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-12T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center

CNCF's flagship conference for Kubernetes and cloud native engineers, maintainers and platform teams across North America.

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

Date and Time

November 9 - November 12

Location

Salt Palace Convention Center

100 South West Temple Utah 84101

About This Event

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 is a Technology event taking place 9-12 Nov 2026 at Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, United States.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America is the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's main annual gathering for the people who build and run Kubernetes and the wider open source cloud native stack. The 2026 edition runs over four days in Salt Lake City: a day of CNCF-hosted co-located events and project lightning talks, followed by three days of keynotes, breakout sessions and the Solutions Showcase. This year's programme puts particular weight on running production AI, inference and agents on open infrastructure.

Who attends

The organizer expects 9,000-plus attendees from more than 2,100 organizations, with 400-plus sessions. The audience is technical and community-driven.

Developers and software engineers
Platform and infrastructure engineers
SREs and operations teams
Security engineers
Open source maintainers and contributors
Technical leaders and architects

Programme structure

Monday, November 9 is given over to co-located events and Project Lightning Talks. Tuesday to Thursday, November 10–12, bring keynotes each morning in Hall DE, breakouts across tracks, and the Solutions Showcase and Project Pavilion.

AI inference and agentic track
Platform engineering
Operations and observability
Security
Maintainer sessions and the Maintainer Summit
Cloud Native Theater and Community Hub

CNCF-hosted co-located events

All-Access pass holders can join any of the CNCF-hosted co-located events on November 9 without pre-selecting one.

Agentics Day: MCP + Agents
ArgoCon
BackstageCon
CiliumCon
Cloud Native AI + Inference Day
FluxCon
Kubernetes on Edge Day
Observability Day
Open Source SecurityCon
OpenTofu Day
Platform Engineering Day

Keynotes

Keynotes open on November 10 with welcome remarks from the Linux Foundation's Chris Aniszczyk and Jonathan Bryce, followed by talks from end users and vendors including CVS Health, Solo.io, Syntasso, Oracle, Nutanix, HAProxy Technologies, Google, Microsoft and AWS.

Tickets & passes

All-Access – Corporate (late rate) — USD 2,278: Co-located events on Nov 9 plus the three-day conference; plus 8.45% Utah sales tax
All-Access – Individual (late rate) — USD 1,278: Self-funded, non-profit or unaffiliated attendees; eligibility review; plus sales tax
All-Access – Academic — USD 275: Full-time students and faculty/staff with valid ID; plus sales tax
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Only – Corporate (late rate) — USD 1,899: Three-day main conference, keynotes, breakouts and Solutions Showcase; plus sales tax
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Only – Individual (late rate) — USD 899: Eligibility review applies; plus sales tax
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Only – Academic — USD 200: Full-time students and faculty/staff; plus sales tax