A two-day Kubernetes, platform engineering, and DevOps conference at Super Bock Arena Pavilhao Rosa Mota in Porto, 19-20 November 2026, jointly organised by KCD Porto community and DevOpsDays Portugal, targeting 500+ attendees.
KCD Porto 2026 is a two-day conference co-organised by the KCD Porto CNCF community and DevOpsDays Portugal, held at Super Bock Arena Pavilhao Rosa Mota in Porto on 19-20 November 2026. With platform engineering, Kubernetes, cloud native, DevOps, and AI listed as primary themes, the event is described by the organisers as the largest Kubernetes and cloud-native event ever organised in Portugal. The collaboration merges the CNCF-certified KCD Porto format with the DevOpsDays community format, combining technical Kubernetes depth with the DevOps culture and Open Spaces structure characteristic of the DevOpsDays series.
The 2026 edition runs across two full days at Super Bock Arena Pavilhao Rosa Mota, a concert and event arena in the Jardins do Palacio de Cristal area of Porto. Registration is via the CNCF community platform. Pricing details are not fully confirmed; an early blind ticket was announced for April 2026. The CFP is open via Sessionize.
The November 19-20 dates place KCD Porto in the late-autumn cluster, alongside the we.CONECT Berlin summits (Enterprise DevSecOps November 15-16 and Enterprise DevOps Summit November 30 - December 1). KCD Porto is the only EMEA platform engineering event of scale in November outside Germany, and the final major cloud-native conference of the 2026 EMEA calendar.
KCD Porto is a CNCF-certified Kubernetes Community Days event organised by a volunteer CNCF Ambassador team in Porto. DevOpsDays Portugal is the Portuguese edition of the global DevOpsDays community conference series. For 2026, the two events have merged into a joint conference at a shared venue, combining their audiences and programme formats into a single two-day event.
The joint KCD Porto / DevOpsDays Portugal collaboration is presented by the organisers as a new combined format for 2026. KCD Porto and DevOpsDays Portugal have run as separate events in prior years.
Open Spaces is a participant-driven session format where attendees propose topics at the start of the day and self-organise into groups around the chosen topics. It is a signature element of DevOpsDays events. Platform engineering, IDP tooling, and developer experience topics frequently emerge in Open Spaces sessions at cloud-native community events.
Super Bock Arena Pavilhao Rosa Mota is a multi-purpose arena in the Jardins do Palacio de Cristal area of Porto, Massarelos. The venue hosts concerts and events and provides flexible configuration for large conferences. The Palacio de Cristal gardens are one of Porto's most accessible green spaces, 15-20 minutes' walk from the city centre and accessible by tram (historic tram line 1 to Massarelos) and bus.
KCD Porto is organised by a CNCF Ambassador volunteer team from Porto. The CNCF certifies the event and coordinates the global KCD calendar. DevOpsDays Portugal is co-organised by the Portuguese DevOps community. For event updates: community2.cncf.io/kcd-porto/. For speaker submissions: sessionize.com/kcd-porto.
By merging KCD Porto and DevOpsDays Portugal into a two-day, 500-person event at a Porto arena, the organisers are making a calculated bet that the Iberian cloud-native community has the density to sustain a proper conference -- and listing platform engineering as a primary theme signals that the audience has moved beyond Kubernetes administration into the IDP conversation.
Registration is via the CNCF community platform at community2.cncf.io. Early blind ticket pricing was announced for April 2026; current pricing and availability should be checked at the registration page. A CFP is open at sessionize.com/kcd-porto.
Super Bock Arena Pavilhao Rosa Mota is at Jardins do Palacio de Cristal, Massarelos, Porto. From Porto city centre (Aliados): approximately 20 minutes by taxi or bus. From Porto Campanha railway station: taxi or bus, approximately 25 minutes. Porto's historic tram line 1 stops at Massarelos (a scenic option from the riverside area). From Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport (OPO): taxi approximately 25-30 minutes; Metro (line E, violet) to Trindade then bus, approximately 40 minutes.
Porto Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport (OPO) has direct connections from across Europe including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, and Lisbon. Porto is also served by direct high-speed trains from Lisbon (Alfa Pendular, approximately 2h45m) and by connections from Madrid and Paris via Lisbon.
KCD events are typically conducted in English. DevOpsDays Portugal sessions may include both English and Portuguese. Check the programme for individual session languages.
| Official website | https://community2.cncf.io/kcd-porto/ |
| Register | https://community2.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-porto-presents-kcd-porto-2026-collab-with-devops-days-portugal/ |
| CFP | https://sessionize.com/kcd-porto/ |
| DevOpsDays Portugal | https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-portugal/welcome/ |