We sincerely invite you to submit a talk proposal for Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Beijing! At the same time, we are also looking for volunteers ( Apply here ), partner communities ( Apply here ), and sponsors to join us in making this a landmark tech event.
Beijing’s winter is nurturing the vitality of spring. On March 21, 2026, we will reunite in early spring in Beijing to witness the collision and integration of AI and Cloud Native technologies. And it all begins with this invitation today.
On December 5, the Call for Proposals (CFP) for KCD Beijing 2026 officially opens! We warmly welcome frontline developers, operations experts, tech enthusiasts, and open source contributors to help create a pure technical exchange platform.
Topics We Want to Hear From You
There are several tracks for you to share your insights.
AI/ML Track
- AI Infrastructure (AI Infra): Deploying ML models in cloud native environments, GPU scheduling and utilization on Kubernetes, etc.
- Platform & Operations (MLOps / AIOps / AgentOps): Building AI/ML platforms, model governance, pipelines, agent operations, and related experiences.
- AI + ML Best Practices: The latest progress, toolchains, and best practices of AI/ML in cloud native, including GenAI implementation cases.
Cloud Native Track
- Application Development: Best practices for cloud native development, build, testing, CI/CD, and developer experience (DX) optimization.
- Platform Engineering: Platform building, automation, developer self-service toolchains, and workflows.
- Operations + Performance: Availability, auto-scaling, Operators, operational experience, and performance challenges.
- Observability: Metrics, logs/events, tracing, observability platforms, and technologies.
- Connectivity: Networking, edge computing, telecom, service mesh, L4/L7 traffic management, security, etc.
- Data + Storage: Streaming data, containerized databases, data management, and large-scale storage system practices.
- Security: Threat modeling, zero trust, supply chain security, confidential computing, security audits, etc.
- Emerging + Advanced Technologies: Research technologies, HPC, PoC, and innovations in specialized fields.
- Cloud Native Experience: Community building, business value, startup experiences, lessons learned, and retrospectives.
- Cloud Native Novice: Introductory topics on networking, storage, security, application development, and open source contributions.
- Community Promotion + Project Participation (10 min Lightning Talk): Project highlights to attract developers to join your community.
Session Formats
- Standard Presentation: 30 minutes (solo or duo)
- Lightning Talk: 10 minutes
Important Dates
- CFP Opens: December 5, 2025
- CFP Closes: February 24, 2026
- Acceptance Notification: Sent within 1–2 weeks after the deadline
How to Submit a Proposal
- Prepare an Abstract: Clearly describe the topic, target audience, value, and takeaways.
- Submit Your Proposal: https://sessionize.com/kcd-beijing-2026/
What We Are Looking For
- Engaging Talks: Real-world experience, actionable insights, and technical depth.
- Practical Insights: Best practices, lessons learned, and industry experience.
- Diverse Perspectives: We welcome people from all backgrounds and especially encourage women speakers to submit.
Note: The final speaker lineup is determined by the program committee. KCD generally does not provide travel expenses.
Meet the KCD Beijing Organizers
- Miley Fu: WasmEdge DevRel, CNCF Ambassador
- Jintao Zhang: CNCF Ambassador, Kong
- Iceber Gu: CNCF Ambassador, DaoCloud
- Jimmy Song: CNCF Ambassador, Founder of ArkSphere AI Native Community
- Dinah Zhang: OceanBase DevRel
- Qing Hao: CNCF Ambassador, Red Hat
- Zhenyu Zheng: Senior Engineer at Huawei, Head of openEuler Operations
- Shuangkun Tian: Argo Maintainer, Alibaba Cloud
- Addo Zhang: CNCF Ambassador
- Betty Zheng: Senior Developer Advocate, AWS
Stay tuned for further updates. For sponsorship, open source booths, and other collaborations, please contact: