KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 was our largest event to date with record-breaking registrations, attendance, sponsorships, and co-located events. With nearly 12,000 attendees, this year’s event in San Diego saw a 49% increase in attendance over last year’s event in Seattle. Sixty-five percent of attendees were first-timers.

We’ve published KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 conference transparency report.

Key Takeaways:

The conference had 11,891 registrations, a 49% increase over last year.

65% were first-time KubeCon + CloudNativeCon attendees.

Attendees came from 67 countries across 6 continents.

More than 55% of attendees participated in one or more of the 34 co-located events.

Feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly positive, with an overall average rating of 4.2 out 5.

We received 1,801 submissions – a new record for our North American event – and 2,128 potential speakers submitted to the CFP.

The three-day conference offered 366 sessions.

Of the keynote speakers, 58% identified as men, and 42% as women or non-binary/other genders.

CNCF offered travel support to 115 diversity scholarship applicants, leveraging $177,500 in available funds.

2,631 companies participated in KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, of them were 1,809 End User companies.

Keynote sessions garnered 3,804 live stream views.

The event generated more than 15,000 articles, blog posts, and press releases.

Save the Dates for 2020!

After a massive 2019, we’re looking forward to bigger and better KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events in 2020.

We’ll be in Amsterdam from March 30-April 2, Shanghai from July 28-30, and Boston from November 17-20.

We hope to see you at one of or all of these upcoming events!