Cloud Computing

KCD Melbourne 2026

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KCD Melbourne 2026 ran on Aug 5, 2026 at Collins Square Events Centre in Docklands, Australia. It is a Cloud Computing conference. ConferenceGrid lists 14 speakers, 11 sponsors, 13 exhibitors and 9 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jul 30, 2026 · dates verified May 24, 2026

OverviewOn 5th of August, 2026 the Kubernetes and Cloud Native community will gather in Melbourne, Australia for a one-d...

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14Speakers
11Sponsors
13Exhibitors
9Sessions
34Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at KCD, in alphabetical order.

Andrew Jeffree
Senior Staff Engineer · SafetyCulture
Ashan Senevirathne
Senior Domain Lead · Telstra
Cathy Weng
Senior Cloud Engineer · Mantel Group
Dale Orders
Software Engineer · Five9
Gabriele Bartolini
Co-organizer · EDB
James Bannan
Principal Consultant · Microsoft
Kugamoorthy Gajananan
Senior Consultant · Vivanti
Mark Farrell
Senior DevOps Engineer · Telstra
Nick Young
Staff Engineer · Isovalent
Olga Mirensky
Lead Platform Engineer · Macquarie Group
Robert Kenefeck
Field CTO · ControlPlane
Tatiana Selezneva
Engineering Manager · REA Group
Thiago SinjiShimada Ramos
Cloud & AI Engineer · DNX Solutions
Wendy Ha
Software Engineer · SEEK

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

EDB (EnterpriseDB)Platinum
Red HatPlatinum
IsovalentGold
VeeamGold
MetalBearSilver
NutanixSilver
PortworxSilver
Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) MelbourneCommunity Partner
EasyGoReception Event
Kube EventsMedia Partner
SRE MelbourneCommunity Partner

Agenda

Selected from 9 sessions.

  • 10:30

    Inside KEP: The Hidden Journey Behind Kubernetes Feature Development

  • 11:00

    Telstra's GitOps Journey: Scaling Reliable Mobile Core Operations with Kubernetes

  • 11:30

    What Managed Kubernetes Hid and Why It Matters Now

  • 12:00

    Zero-Friction DevSecOps: Automated Code Signing Done Right

  • 1:30

    ingress-nginx is gone. Now what?

  • 2:00

    How Kubernetes Gets Released: A Contributor's View from the Release Team

  • 2:30

    One Cluster, 150 Engineers: Ephemeral Environments Without the Duplication Tax

  • 3:30

    The myth of stateless infrastructure

  • 4:00

    Lightning Talks (5 x 5 min)

Quick answers

When is KCD Melbourne 2026?
KCD Melbourne 2026 ran on Aug 5, 2026 at Collins Square Events Centre in Docklands, Australia.
Where is KCD Melbourne 2026 held?
KCD Melbourne 2026 was held at Collins Square Events Centre in Docklands, Australia.
Who is speaking at KCD Melbourne 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 14 speakers, including Andrew Jeffree (Senior Staff Engineer, SafetyCulture), Ashan Senevirathne (Senior Domain Lead, Telstra) and Cathy Weng (Senior Cloud Engineer, Mantel Group).
Who sponsors KCD Melbourne 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 11 sponsors, including EDB (EnterpriseDB), Red Hat, Isovalent, Veeam and MetalBear.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 34 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

34 companies. three 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.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
8Sponsoringsponsor only
11Exhibitingexhibitor only
12Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Kube Events·Red Hat·Isovalent

Speakers by seniority

7% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite17%
  • Manager / Lead643%
  • Engineer · IC643%
  • Other roles17%

Of 14 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Kube EventsSponsor · Media PartnerExhibitor-
2Red HatSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
3IsovalentSponsor · Gold1
4Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) MelbourneSponsor · Community Partner-
5EasygoSponsor · Reception Event-
6EDB (EnterpriseDB)Sponsor · Platinum-
7MetalBearSponsor · Silver-
8NutanixSponsor · Silver-
9PortworxSponsor · Silver-
10SRE MelbourneSponsor · Community Partner-
11VeeamSponsor · Gold-
12BCPExhibitor-
13Cloud Native AcademyExhibitor-
14DynatraceExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
platinum2
18% of 11
gold2
18% of 11
silver3
27% of 11
community partner2
18% of 11
media partner1
9% of 11
reception event1
9% of 11
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.

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