APIs evolve but can your CRDs keep up?
We welcome Alper Rifat Uluçınar and Sergen Yalçın from @upbound.io to KCD Istanbul! 🤘💥
In their talk, they’ll dive into how to handle CRD versioning without breaking everything.
Register now:
👉 kcd.ist/tickets
#kubernetes #cncf #community #speaker
We’re excited to welcome Armagan Karatosun, Cloud & Data Services Expert at @eumetsat.int, to KCD Istanbul 2026.
In his talk, he’ll dive into how cloud native technologies help turn massive Earth observation data into meaningful climate insights.
Register now:
👉 kcd.ist/tickets
We welcome Linus Basig from CARU AG and Fabrizio Lazzaretti from Wavestone to KCD Istanbul #2026.
In the talk, they’ll share how #cloudnative technologies can make a real-world impact where it matters most.
Register now:
👉 community.cncf.io/events/detai...
#kubernetes #cncf #community #speaker
⏳ 10 days left until we set the #EarlyBird free!
KCD Istanbul is always fun but it would be way more fun if you could pay less... and here is your opportunity!
Save your spot before birds fly away 💁♀️
👉 kcd.ist/tickets
We welcome Cylana as a #GoldSponsor of Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul this year
Support from companies like Cylana helps make community events like KCD Istanbul possible
A big thank you to the Cylana team for supporting the Kubernetes community and helping us grow the cloud-native ecosystem ❤️
CFP is closed - thank you to everyone who submitted talks! 🫶
We’re excited to go through all the amazing proposals from the community. Updates will follow soon, so stay tuned!
#CFP for KCD Istanbul closes in less than a week.
If you’ve been procrastinating… it’s officially getting risky 💁♀️
Bizden söylemesi 👀
Submit your talk now! 💥
👉 kcd.ist/cfp/
And if you just want to join us from here you can get your ticket:
👉 kcd.ist/tickets
Can't wait to welcome you !! 🫂
It’s happening! 🎟️
KCD Istanbul 2026 tickets are officially available.
Can’t wait to reunite with this amazing community. 🫶
👉 community.cncf.io/events/detai...
We’re 4 days late - we were out with our valentines and missed celebrating yours.... soooo happy belated Valentines Day you all! 💌
if you are hyped enough, it can be the right time to submit your CFP 🤏
👉 kcd.ist/cfp/
KCD Istanbul 2026 keynote lineup keeps getting stronger 🔥
Our next keynote speaker: Annie Talvasto @annietalvasto.bsky.social, CNCF Ambassador & Sr. Manager – Product Marketing & Community at Upbound!
We honestly can’t wait to welcome her to the stage as a keynote speaker 🤘💥
We’re kicking off Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul 2026 with a bang 💥
Meet our first #keynote speaker 🗣️
We cannot wait to host Abby Bangser @abangser.bsky.social, Founding Principal at Syntasso at KCD Istanbul 2026🫶
#kubernetes #community #event #talk
You bring the talk.
We bring the community.
#CFP for KCD Istanbul is open 🚀
👉 Submit your proposal here:
sessionize.com/kcd-istanbul...
THE WAIT IS OVER!
CFP is finally live 💣 💥
Lessons learned, things that broke, things that worked.... Bring'em all to the stage.
Here is the link:
sessionize.com/kcd-istanbul...
#cfp #community #event #kubernetes #cncf
We know you’ve been waiting 👀
We announced that the #CFP would go live on Jan 12, but due to some technical hiccups, we couldn’t make it happen 🙈
We’ll announce it as soon as it’s ready - and we’ll make it up to you with the best KCD Istanbul so far 🫶
Stay tuned 💥
#KCDIstanbul #CFP #Community
🎤 Mic check ✅
Excited to announce that #CFP for Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul 2026 opens on January 12 💥
Got a Kubernetes / cloud-native story? Get it ready and drop it. Can't wait to host you as our speaker 🫂
#KCDIstanbul #CFP #Kubernetes #kcdist2026
We are super proud to announce our #Platinum #Sponsor: HEPAPI! 🫀
Hepapi’s commitment to innovation, engineering excellence, and developer-first thinking aligns perfectly with what we’re building again as Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul in #Istanbul on 15–16 May 2026!
We’re quietly working in the background to shape next year’s #KCD Istanbul. Nothing to announce just yet - but the preparation energy is definitely here.
If you’re planning to join, speak, or get involved in any way just stay close.
More soon!! 💎
#cncf #cloudnative #kubernetes #event
We’re the Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul organizers powered by community spirit and fair amount of caffeine.
Huge thanks to every speaker, sponsor and attendee who made this possible ❤️🫂
We’re tired. We’re proud. And yes, we’re already thinking about next year.
#KCDIstanbul
Next up: Carlos Mestre del Pino from Microsoft is on stage with one of the best-titled talks ever👌🤝
„The Infinite Hotel“ ♾️
Scaling multi-tenant platforms through a unified API—and yes, it’s just as cool as it sounds. 🏨🔗
Sponsor talk 🌝🙌
At the stage we have Feyza Demirel & Ugur Kazdal from Amazon Web Services (AWS) sharing valuable insights on cost management👌
#KCDIstanbul #cloudnative #kubernetes
Aaaand Celalettin Çalış from Chronosphere is up now exploring telemetry magic with #WASM and #FluentBit — turning logs into insights like a pro🤯📊🧙
#KCDIstanbul #cloudnative
Kicking off Day 2 with a keynote from one of the sharpest minds in the cloud-native space 🤯
Katie Gamanji from Apple is at the stage breaking down interoperability, community, and how to reverse-engineer the cloud-native ecosystem to make it work for everyone.✨🎤☁️
She’ll be around all day 🌝
Now on stage: Abdel SGHIOUAR and Ahmet ÖZTÜRK from Google💣💥
They’re diving into distributed machine learning on Kubernetes with Ray.
Smart workloads, smarter infra.🧠⚡
#KCDIstanbul #cloudnative #kubernetes
Sponsor talk 🙌
Founder of our sponsor Artifact Systems Vedit Fırat Arığ was at the stage💥
Massive thanks to the awesome folks of Artifact Systems who power #KCDIstanbul🥰
Next up: Christian Melendez from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Jan Wozniak from Kedify are doubling the autoscaling magic🤘
They kept it real (and fun) while diving into Kubernetes autoscaling with Karpenter and KEDA.
Smart insights, lots of laugh what else would you expect from a technical talk 🤌⚙️
Back for Day 2! 💥
Breakfast is on, badges are back, and we’re ready to dive into another day full of cloud-native goodness. Let’s go!
☕🥐✨
#KCDIstanbul #cloudnative #kubernetes #vegan
Last but not least:
The lucky winner of HEPAPI ’s raffle was none other than Batuhan Uyar!🎁🤝
Wrapping up quite strong with @frankel.ch
He’s guiding us through end-to-end pull request testing on Kubernetes—because testing in prod isn’t always the answer. ❤️✅🔁
#KCDIstanbul #kubernetes #cloudnative
Antonela Cukurin from Novo Nordisk & Yury Tsarev from Upbound are teaming up for an epic hybrid talk on air-gapped control planes!💥
While we’d love to have Antonela with us in person, the duo synced perfectly tackling secure, cloud-native deployments for global pharma. 🧪🔐🌍
#kubernetes #cloudnative
