KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 Guide

KubeCon is the flagship conference organized by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), focused on Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. It brings together developers, DevOps engineers, architects, and IT leaders to discuss trends, best practices, and advancements in container orchestration and cloud-native infrastructure. 

KubeCon is held annually in North America and Europe, with occasional regional editions (e.g., India/Asia).

Here are some things you should know before attending this year’s event:

When and where is KubeCon North America 2025 taking place?

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 will take place from November 10 to 13, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Georgia World Congress Center (Building B).

The pre-event day (November 10) is reserved for co-located events hosted by CNCF and the community. The main conference (Nov 11 onward) includes keynotes, breakout sessions, tutorials, workshops, panels, and vendor/project booths.

Pricing and access types

Attendees can choose between two pass types: All‑Access (includes CNCF‑hosted co‑located events on November 10) or KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Only (access to the core conference only).

Each pass type is offered under multiple pricing tiers (early bird, standard, late), and across registration categories: Corporate, Individual, and Academic.

• Corporate: for attendees sponsored by for‑profit companies or government entities
• Individual: for self‑funded registrants, non‑profit workers, or independent professionals
• Academic: discounted rate for full‑time students and faculty (requires valid ID)

In addition, accepted speakers receive complimentary All-Access passes, and there is no single-day pass for CNCF-hosted co-located events.

Accommodation

The Linux Foundation has secured official hotel blocks at multiple downtown Atlanta hotels near the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC), all of which offer special rates for attendees. However, as with any popular event, attendees are strongly encouraged to book early before blocks sell out.

Here are some of the recommended hotels:

• Hilton Atlanta
• The Westin Peachtree Plaza
• Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Downtown
• Hyatt Place Atlanta Centennial Park

Transport

The conference is held at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) in downtown Atlanta, which is well-connected by public and private transport.

For convenience and cost-efficiency:

• MARTA (Atlanta’s metro system) offers direct service from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) to downtown; the GWCC/CNN Center (W1) Station is the closest stop to the venue.
• Rideshare apps like Uber and Lyft are widely used, with designated drop-off zones at GWCC.
• Parking is available on-site, but spots are limited; pre-booking via the GWCC parking portal is recommended.
• Attendees staying at official hotels can walk to the venue or take short rideshare trips, as most are within a 1-mile radius.

For faster local movement, Atlanta also offers e-scooters and bike shares, though availability may vary near the venue.

Co-located events

On Monday, November 10, CNCF will host a slate of co‑located, deep‑dive events (accessible via the All‑Access pass), including:

To help you navigate the packed agenda of this year’s Kubecon North America, here are some of our top picks:

• OpenTofu’s Performance Pillars, Pitfalls, and Profiling – Christian Mesh, Spacelift | Monday, November 10, 2025, 1:35 PM – 2:00 PM EST | Building B, Level 2, B203
• Platform Engineering: Day Zero, The Origin Story – Murriel McCabe, Google | Tuesday, November 11, 2025 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM EST | Building B, Level 3, B312-314
• No Joke: Two Security Maintainers Walk Into a Cluster – Jackie Maertens & Nilekh Chaudhari, Microsoft | Tuesday, November 11, 2025 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM EST | Building B, Level 2, B206
• No Chicken Left Behind: Reliability and Observability With Service Mesh at Chick-Fil-A – Christopher Lane, Chick-fil-A | Wednesday, November 12, 2025 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST | Building B, Level 3, B312-314
• Keynote: Beyond Operations: Scaling Platform Engineering in the CNCF Community – Abby Bangser, Principal Engineer, Syntasso | Thursday, November 13, 2025 9:07 AM – 9:23 AM EST | Building B, Level 1, Exhibit Hall B2

If you work with Kubernetes, attending KubeCon is a no-brainer. It’s where ideas, people, and open-source projects collide — and where you’ll probably learn more in three days than in three months online.

• See what’s next – From new CNCF projects to emerging platform patterns, KubeCon gives you a front-row seat to where cloud-native is heading
• Learn from people actually doing the work – Real engineers sharing what broke, what scaled, and what they’d do differently next time
• Meet the humans behind the tools – Maintainers, contributors, vendors, platform teams — they’re all there. The hallway chats often turn into long-term connections (or GitHub PRs)
• Bring home ideas you can actually use – You’ll leave with fresh tactics for making your clusters faster, safer, and cheaper
• Be part of the community – KubeCon is the heartbeat of the ecosystem. Show up, share what you know, and help shape what’s next.

As a Silver Sponsor of KubeCon and Platinum Sponsor of OpenTofu Day, Spacelift will be on-site to showcase how teams can orchestrate infrastructure more efficiently. Drop by Booth #541 to meet our engineers, see live demos, and discuss how you can elevate your infrastructure workflows.

We’ll spotlight our approach to orchestration at scale — how Spacelift ties together provisioning, configuration, and governance in one seamless workflow. Whether you’re managing Terraform, OpenTofu, or hybrid stacks, we’ve built the toolkit that helps dev teams move fast and stay safe.

Don’t miss our OpenTofu Day session, where we’ll explore how OpenTofu performs at scale, where it shines, where it slows, and how we’re instrumenting performance to go bigger than ever.

We’re also bringing the IaCConf energy to Atlanta! Join us for IaCConf Connect on Monday, November 10, from 6–9 PM at Wild Leap Atlanta. After an amazing debut in May, we’re back with an in-person evening of food, drinks, swag, and conversation with fellow infrastructure-as-code pros. Expect great people, real talk, and plenty of laughs as we kick off KubeCon week in style.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 will be the go-to event for anyone serious about Kubernetes, DevOps, and cloud-native scale. With co-located events like OpenTofu Day, attendees can dive deep into the tools driving infrastructure automation forward.

Missed KubeCon + North America 2025? Don’t worry, we keep an up-to-date list of DevOps conferences and events – there’s something happening somewhere almost every week. In the meantime, check out IaCConf, the first community-driven virtual IaC conference that we’re hosting!