KCD Istanbul

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:

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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:

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#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

Çiğdem Kadakoğlu from @epamsystems.bsky.social shows us how to scale smarter and push CI/CD to the next level using KEDA. Efficient and elegant!📈⚙️👏

#KCDIstanbul

Next up: the dark arts of Kubernetes security.
Patrycja Wegrzynowicz is on stage giving us the hacker’s perspective—so we can defend like pros. Don’t blink!⚔️🔓👩‍💻

#KCDIstanbul #cloudnative #kubernetes #hacker

@systemcraftsman.com from Red Hat taking us into #Rust land!💥
He’s unveiling a shiny new Operator #SDK plugin—rustaceans, rejoice!
🦀🔧📦

#KCDIstanbul

Taking the stage now: Mehmet Kesiktaş from our sponsor GlassHouse!
A big thank you to GlassHouse for supporting #KCDIstanbul and helping us bring the community together.
Let’s hear what they’ve been up to in the cloud-native world! 🎤☁️
#SponsorTalk

Following up with an awesome duo—Ayşegül and Eren are here to #Tekton things up!
They’re showing us how CI/CD pipelines can be supercharged in the Kubernetes world. Let the YAML flow!
⚙️✨📦 #KCDIstanbul

And we’re live!
The @eminalemdar.dev from #KCDIstanbul team is on stage welcoming you all to a day full of cloud-native insights, connections, and caffeine. Let’s gooo!🎤🚀

Starting strong with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)’s CTO Chris Aniszczyk on stage!
He’s walking us through what’s next for the cloud-native landscape—and spoiler alert: the future looks fast, open, and exciting.
🔮☁️

#KCDIstanbul #keynote #cncf

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