Kubernetes community Days France

What Kubernetes community Days France does

Cloud Native Days France, legally organized as the Association loi 1901 "Cloud Native France," is a Paris-based non-profit that operates a single annual French-language conference dedicated to Cloud Native, DevOps, and Open Source technologies. Founded in 2019 (originally as Kubernetes Community Days France, later rebranded to reflect a broader scope), the organization convenes the francophone DevOps community — from curious juniors to senior architects and decision-makers — for a one-day, vendor-neutral program of keynotes, technical sessions, and real-world experience reports. The 2026 edition, held on February 3 at CENTQUATRE-PARIS in Paris, featured 60+ conferences, drew 1,700+ attendees, and was supported by 40+ partners; the 2027 edition is scheduled for June 3, 2027.

The organization has no proprietary technology product: its core deliverable is the conference itself, supplemented by a YouTube replay channel (@CNDFrance), a SendInBlue-powered newsletter, and a CFP-driven speaker curation process. Marquee French enterprises and public-sector bodies — including Mistral AI, Renault, Air France, SNCF, Ubisoft, Ledger, Decathlon, Winamax, INSEE, and DINUM — contribute speakers and case-study content. Programming is explicitly structured to exclude commercial pitches, preserving vendor-neutral credibility.

The business model is event-driven and community-funded. Revenue is generated primarily through ticket sales via the organization's own billetterie (direct-to-attendee self-serve channel) and partner sponsorships. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the team consists of 8 employees/volunteers, and the entity operates without external investors, parent company, or disclosed funding rounds. Distribution is concentrated in the Île-de-France region, with content reach extended digitally via social media (Twitter/X hashtag #CNDFrance) and YouTube replays, serving as both marketing and post-event learning assets for the francophone cloud native community.

Name

Kubernetes community Days France

Legal name

Cloud Native France

Website

https://kcdfrance.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cloud Native Days France is a Paris-based non-profit (Association loi 1901) that organizes a single annual French-language conference for the francophone DevOps and Cloud Native community, drawing 1,700+ attendees and 40+ partners per edition with vendor-neutral programming and self-serve ticketing plus sponsorship revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Conference & Community Events

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Virtual/Hybrid Conference Production & Platform Management (THAHACAM)

Keywords

• Cloud native conference
• Devops community events
• Open source meetup
• Kubernetes community
• Technology conference services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Event Ticketing: Revenue generated from selling tickets to the annual Cloud Native Days France conference. The event offers general admission with a 'Take your place' ticket purchasing call-to-action on the website.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cloud Native Days France organise chaque année à Paris (CENTQUATRE-PARIS) une conférence d'une journée en langue française dédiée aux écosystèmes Cloud Native, DevOps, Kubernetes et Open Source. L'événement réunit 1 700+ participants, 60+ conférences et 40+ partenaires autour de keynotes, retours d'expérience (REX) d'entreprises françaises et sessions techniques. La billetterie constitue l'offre principale, accessible via une page dédiée « Prenez votre place » sur le site officiel.

Product overview

Cloud Native Days France is a single annual conference event organized by the Cloud Native France association (under French law 1901). The event brings together the French-speaking DevOps and Cloud Native community for a day of technical sessions, keynotes, and networking. The 2026 edition featured 60+ conferences covering Infrastructure, DevOps, Cloud Native, and Open Source topics with over 1,700 attendees and 40+ partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cloud Native Days France Conference Annual one-day French-language conference in Paris dedicated to Cloud Native, DevOps, Kubernetes and Open Source technologies. Features keynote speeches, technical sessions, and real-world experience reports (REX) from French enterprises and government agencies. Tickets are sold via the official website (billeterie). Target audience ranges from junior developers to senior architects and decision makers in the francophone DevOps and Cloud Native community.

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Various Partners (40+)minorOthers · 1 January 2026The 2026 edition of Cloud Native Days France had 40+ partner organizations supporting the event. Specific partner names are not individually listed on the website source. Partners are organized into categories including 2027, 2026, and 2023 editions, with dedicated partner pages available.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Devoxx France: Major annual French-language developer conference held in Paris, run by a Belgian non-profit association. Directly comparable as a French-tech community event targeting developers and architects with a vendor-neutral stance, multi-track program, and tiered sponsor model.
• Kubernetes Community Days (CNCF global series): Global network of locally organized Kubernetes Community Days events (the lineage from which CND France originated). Same brand heritage, same CNCF sponsorship umbrella, same community-led model — the most direct format peer.
• Paris Open Source Experience (POSSE): A French open-source conference organized by OW2 in Paris, targeting enterprise and government open-source adopters. Overlaps with CND France on open-source content and the French enterprise/government speaker audience (including DINUM).
• Voxxed Days Paris: Parisian developer conference organized by the Voxxed/Devoxx family, covering cloud, JVM, architecture and DevOps topics. Comparable French technical audience and community-conference scale with tiered sponsorships.
• DevOps Days Paris: Paris edition of the global DevOps Days community-run conference series. Directly competes for the same French DevOps persona (practitioners, SREs, platform engineers) using the same Ignite-style, vendor-light, community-organizer format.
• Cloud Native Days Netherlands: A community-organized Cloud Native Days event in the Netherlands following the same Kubernetes Community Days origin as CND France. Closely analogous in format (community-run, single-/multi-day, neutral, talk-driven) and served by many of the same CNCF-aligned sponsors and speakers.

Broad incumbents

• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon (CNCF): The flagship global conference of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation covering Kubernetes and the broader cloud-native ecosystem. Directly comparable audience (DevOps/cloud-native practitioners, sponsors) but operates at a much larger, multi-track, multi-day global scale, making it the primary direct substitute for attendee and sponsor attention.
• Open Source Summit Europe: Linux Foundation's flagship European open-source event (often co-located with KubeCon Europe). Competes for the same open-source and cloud-native audience in Europe, with comparable multi-track programming and a deep Linux/CNCF sponsor pool.

Regional players

• BDX I/O: Community-organized French developer conference held in Bordeaux, covering web, cloud, DevOps and software craftsmanship. Comparable community-non-profit format and francophone attendee base, though regional rather than Paris-based.
• RivieraDEV: Community-run French developer conference held on the French Riviera, focused on software craftsmanship, DevOps and cloud. Comparable community-organizer model and francophone audience, though based in a different region (PACA vs. Île-de-France).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CNDFrance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kubernetes-community-days-france

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Investors

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Investments

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