Cloud-native technology conference at Schuppen 52, a historic waterfront warehouse in Hamburg, set for 1–2 September 2027. The 2026 edition (2-4 September) offered over 120 speaking sessions across four stages covering Kubernetes, containers, DevOps, platform engineering and AI infrastructure, with a co-located AI Context Series dedicated to AI agent infrastructure.
ContainerDays Hamburg is an annual cloud-native technology conference held at Schuppen 52, a former Imperial Era warehouse on Hamburg's waterfront. The next edition is set for 1–2 September 2027 at Schuppen 52; its programme had not been published as of 2026-10-26. The 2026 edition ran for three days with 120+ speaking sessions and 100+ speakers across four stages, including a special off-site stage aboard the historic vessel MS Bleichen. Its programme covered Kubernetes, containers, DevOps, cloud-native architecture, platform engineering and AI/ML infrastructure, and a co-located AI Context Series ran alongside the main programme, dedicated to the infrastructure powering real-world AI agents. The conference is organised by Loovent UG and sits within the developer and AI-engineering circuit tracked by Events Index.
ContainerDays Hamburg is Germany's primary annual gathering for cloud-native practitioners. The conference covers the operational and engineering side of running containerised workloads at scale, from Kubernetes and storage to networking, observability, security and platform engineering. The 2026 addition of the AI Context Series signals a direct response to AI infrastructure becoming a core concern for cloud-native engineering teams, a shift that also runs through adjacent events on the developer and AI-engineering circuit.
The event returned to Hamburg for 2026 after the September 2025 edition ran on 9-11 September at the same waterfront setting, and it returns to Schuppen 52 on 1–2 September 2027. Independent recaps of that edition, including one from Cyso Cloud, put attendance at roughly 10 percent of KubeCon's scale and framed the smaller size as a deliberate trade of breadth for technical depth. The 2026 edition kept that community-first character while expanding the four-stage format and the AI track.
Schuppen 52 is a listed warehouse on Hamburg's Elbe waterfront, built during the Imperial Era, and provides the primary conference space across its main stages. Its address is Australiastraße 52b, 20457 Hamburg. For 2026 a special off-site stage was added aboard MS Bleichen, a historic vessel moored nearby, giving one track a distinct maritime setting; whether it returns in 2027 had not been confirmed as of 2026-10-26. The venue sits in Hamburg's harbour district with a view of the city skyline. It is reachable by S-Bahn line S3 toward Neugraben to Veddel station, followed by a complimentary shuttle bus laid on by the organiser, or a 28-minute (2 km) walk from the station. No on-site parking is available.
The four main stages span ten declared programme tracks: Kubernetes and operations, security for container environments, cloud-native experience (patterns and architectural practice), networking, observability, Go programming, storage, application development, platform engineering, and AI/ML.
The AI Context Series, co-located with the main programme, focuses specifically on infrastructure for real-world AI agents: LLMOps, AI workload orchestration, agentic-system platforms, and GPU and accelerator infrastructure patterns.
Session formats include technical talks (typically 25 to 35 minutes), deep-dive sessions and panel discussions. Sessions are conducted in English, which opens the programme to the international cloud-native community rather than German-speaking attendees alone.
Speakers for the 2027 edition had not been published as of 2026-10-26. The 2026 line-up included:
The organiser stated 100+ international speakers across the four stages of the 2026 edition. The full 2026 line-up is published at containerdays.io/containerdays-hamburg-2026/speakers.
Kubernetes is central but the programme spans the full cloud-native stack: containers, service meshes, observability, storage, networking, Go, security and platform engineering. The AI Context Series adds a dedicated AI infrastructure dimension. Attendees come for the breadth as much as the Kubernetes depth, which is what separates it from a single-topic event.
The AI Context Series is a co-located track within ContainerDays Hamburg dedicated to the infrastructure powering real-world AI agents. It covers LLMOps, AI workload orchestration, agentic-system platforms, and GPU and accelerator infrastructure patterns, and it runs alongside the main cloud-native programme rather than replacing it.
Yes. ContainerDays Hamburg conducts its sessions in English, making the programme accessible to the international cloud-native community rather than German-speaking attendees only.
ContainerDays is deliberately smaller. For the 2026 edition the organiser expected 1,000+ attendees, and an independent recap of the 2025 edition by Cyso Cloud estimated attendance at roughly 10 percent of KubeCon's scale, describing the result as a concentrated community of technical practitioners where technical depth took precedence over breadth. It is a community-oriented conference rather than a large vendor expo.
Loovent UG (haftungsbeschränkt) is a Hamburg-based event company registered at the Amtsgericht Hamburg (HRB 140339) and headquartered at Willy-Brandt-Straße 23, 20457 Hamburg. It runs ContainerDays as its flagship conference series for cloud-native technologies, DevOps, platform engineering and AI, and also operates the event's ticketing through tickets.loovent.com. Beyond the Hamburg edition, the organiser has extended the ContainerDays brand to a London edition, positioning the series as a recurring European cloud-native fixture rather than a single annual event.
Sponsors for the 2027 edition had not been published as of 2026-10-26. The 2026 partner roster was organised in tiers on the official site. Confirmed 2026 sponsors as of the 2026-08-18 verification included:
The presence of the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) as a partner reinforces the event's positioning within the official cloud-native community. Attendees comparing cloud-native and AI-engineering events elsewhere on the circuit also track the Cloud Native and Open Source AI Conference, the Enterprise DevOps Summit 2026, and Berlin Buzzwords for adjacent audiences.
ContainerDays Hamburg draws practitioner and vendor coverage rather than mainstream technology-press reporting, which is consistent with its community scale. The confirmed coverage below reflects that pattern:
No independent national or trade-press coverage (for example from a general technology newsroom) was confirmed for the event as of this verification. Media and press passes are free on request via info@containerdays.io; the organiser does not publish accredited-journalist counts.
ContainerDays Hamburg earns its place on the calendar precisely because it is not KubeCon: a four-stage, English-language, practitioner-first conference at roughly a tenth of the scale, where the trade is breadth for depth. The 2026 addition of the AI Context Series is the signal worth watching, cloud-native engineering teams are now treating AI-agent infrastructure as a core operational concern, and this event is one of the first on the developer and AI-engineering circuit to give it a dedicated co-located track.
Ticket prices and registration for the 2027 edition had not been published as of 2026-10-26. The 2026 edition was sold through the official ticket shop at tickets.loovent.com, with three-day conference passes tiered by purchase window and prices excluding VAT:
| Pass tier | Window | Individual | Corporate | Team (3+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy Bird | Oct 2025 – Feb 2026 | €299 | €599 | not available |
| Early Bird | Mar – Apr 2026 | €399 | €699 | not available |
| Normal Bird | May – Jun 2026 | €499 | €799 | €649 each |
| Late Bird | Jul – Sep 2026 | €599 | €999 | €849 each |
Student tickets are €99 + VAT with a valid student ID (discount code via info@containerdays.io). A Public Sector Conference Pass is also available at €99 + VAT, by voucher request to info@containerdays.io, for employees of government agencies and public institutions at federal, state or local level. Press and media passes are free on request. Corporate passes apply to registrants whose employer is paying; individual passes apply to those not employed by a company or working for a non-profit. As of the 18 August 2026 verification, the Late Bird window remained the active tier for the 2026 edition, confirmed live on the ticket shop at €599 individual, €999 corporate and €849 corporate team.
Schuppen 52 is at Australiastraße 52b, 20457 Hamburg, in the harbour district. Take the S3 S-Bahn toward Neugraben to Veddel station, then the organiser's complimentary shuttle bus to the venue, or walk (approximately 28 minutes, 2 km) from the station. No on-site parking is available. The MS Bleichen off-site stage is moored nearby.
Ticket prices for 2027 had not been published as of 2026-10-26. For the 2026 edition, three-day passes were tiered by purchase window, from €299 (individual, earliest tier) up to €999 (corporate, Late Bird). Team pricing of €649 to €849 per pass applies to corporate groups of three or more from May onwards. Students and public sector employees pay €99 + VAT with valid ID or voucher, and press passes are free on request. All prices exclude VAT.
Recording availability is not confirmed at time of verification. Check containerdays.io after the event for any published session recordings.
| Official website | https://www.containerdays.io/containerdays-hamburg-2026/ |
| Register | https://tickets.loovent.com/cdshamburg2026/ |
| Speakers | https://www.containerdays.io/containerdays-hamburg-2026/speakers/ |
| Partners | https://www.containerdays.io/containerdays-hamburg-2026/partners/ |
| Developer and AI-engineering circuit (Events Index) | /developer-ai.html |
| Upcoming EMEA events (Events Index) | /upcoming.html |