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KCD New York 2026

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elebrating our 3rd year, KCD New York 2026 is the premier community-run conference dedicated to the cloud native ecosystem. Under the theme "Building Bridges in Cloud Native," we connect developers, platform engineers, and practitioners to share knowledge and strengthen the connections powering modern infrastructure. Join us for a day of expert technical ta…

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6Voices
14Underwriters
0Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
17Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at KCD, in alphabetical order.
Ahmed Bebars
Principal Engineer · The New York Times
Cedric Clyburn
Developer Advocate · Red Hat
Christopher Tineo
Software Engineer · Game Plan Tech
Julia Furst Morgado
Global Technologist · Dash0
Kelly Revenaugh
Co-organizer
Scott Rigby
Developer Advocate · Replicated
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AkamaiPlatinum
BroadcomPlatinum
KomodorPlatinum
PluralPlatinum
UnionAIDiamond
TeleportGold
AkuityBronze
CloudBoltBronze
Dash0Bronze
Red HatBronze
Kube CareersCommunity Partner
Kube EventsCommunity Partner
KubeFMCommunity Partner
OpenSSFCommunity Partner
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 17 companies show up — and 2 bet on three roles at once?

“Seventeen companies. two are betting more than once.”

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
2All threespeak · spons · exh
12Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
3Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Dash0·Red Hat

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority
  • Manager / Lead117%
  • Engineer · IC350%
  • Other roles233%

Of 6 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Dash0Sp·B1V
  2. 02Red HatSp·B1V
  3. 03AkamaiSp·P
  4. 04AkuitySp·B
  5. 05BroadcomSp·P
  6. 06CloudBoltSp·B
  7. 07KomodorSp·P
  8. 08Kube CareersSp·C
  9. 09Kube EventsSp·C
  10. 10KubeFMSp·C
  11. 11OpenSSFSp·C
  12. 12PluralSp·P
  13. 13TeleportSp·G
  14. 14UnionAISp·D
№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier
diamond1
7% of 14
platinum4
29% of 14
gold1
7% of 14
bronze4
29% of 14
community partner4
29% of 14
№ 05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

№ 06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters