June 11th, 2026 - London, England
Cloud Native & Open Source AI Conference
Where cloud native infrastructure meets the future of AI.
Multi-track conference designed for engineers and leaders working at the intersection of cloud native platforms, open source AI, and production-scale systems.
About the conference
The Cloud Native & Open Source AI Conference brings together engineers, architects, and leaders building at the intersection of cloud native computing and open source AI.
Hosted with BrainStation in London, this is a conference for people building real systems - from Kubernetes-based AI platforms to open source LLM deployments and agentic systems in production.
No vendor roadmaps.
No theoretical future-gazing.
Just practitioners sharing what actually works.
Date
June 11th, 2026
Location
London, England
Venue
BrainStation
Format
In-Person - Multi-Track
Capacity
~120 attendees
Full Day Agenda
Conference Programme
A full day of keynotes, panels, practitioner talks, executive sessions, and workshops.
Main Stage
Workshop Track
Doors Open
All attendees
Opening Keynote
To be announced
Principal Product Manager, Office of the Chief Product Officer, Microsoft
From HFT to Enterprise Banking: The Talent War for Cloud Native, Open Source and AI Engineers
Craig Whiting
Director, RLS Search
Jon Freedman
Chief Technology Officer, Quant Fin
The Massively Parallel Agent Stack
Peter Bhabra
Member of Technical Staff, Doubleword
Micro-Hackathon: Collaborative AI Development in Shared Kubernetes Environments
Jake Page
Developer Advocate, Metalbear
Platform as a Product: What happens when we treat security as a user?
Hannah Foxwell
Co-Founder, Bimp
No Single Model to Rule Them All: Building Resilient AI Agents Across Open & Closed LLMs
Emmanuel Acheampong
Senior DevRel Manager, Crusoe
Prompt Driven Platforms: The Future of Self-Service Infrastructure
Salman Iqbal & Amir Tayabali
Solutions Architect & Tech Lead, Appvia
Workshop to be announced
TBC
Maebh Booth
Senior Engineering Leader, Former M&S
Beyond the Portal: Architecting AI-Native Platforms with CNOE and MCP
Hossein Salahi
Senior Principal Engineer, Liquid Reply
Ignite Talks
All attendees
Closing Keynote (TBC)
All attendees
Main conference programme concludes at 17:30
Evening Programme
Tech Startup, Venture & Operators
An evening programme focused on founders, operators, investors, and startup leaders.
Navigating Scaling an Open Source Startup
A discussion for founders and operators on the challenges and opportunities of building and scaling open source companies.
Break
Running a Software Consultancy in the Age of AI
A panel discussion on running, scaling, and operating modern software consultancies in the age of AI.
Jon Shanks
CEO, Appvia
Ben Davidson
Founder, Axiologik
Networking
Additional Evening Event
AI Dependency Trap – Where Do We Go Next?
Hosted by Engaging Data and X4 Group
Backed by 6 London Communities
Built on 5,000+ members across London's AI and cloud native ecosystem.
Our Audience
Who attends
Join AI engineers and cloud native practitioners from across the UK. From CTOs defining AI strategy to engineers building the infrastructure that powers modern AI systems.
120+
Expected Attendees
40+
Companies
Attendee Roles
Conference Themes
Our Track Record
Northern DevOps & Platform Conference
Our flagship conference in Leeds brings together 120+ practitioners for a day of deep technical talks, hands-on workshops, and genuine community connection.
120+
Attendees
20+
Speakers
15
Sponsors
1
Tracks
Featured Speakers
Matthew Skelton
Conflux
Alexandra Moore
CGI
Holly Jukes
Lloyds Banking Group
Vernon Richards
Phrase
Adam Wilbraham
Flutter UK & Ireland
Akash Joshi
DeepL
Conference Sponsors
From the Community
Highlights from our meetups and past events across the ecosystem.
Watch Previous Talks
Async Agents in Production: Failure Modes and Fixes
Meryem Arik
Co-Founder & CEO, Doubleword
My first year as an AI Engineer at incident.io
Rory Malcolm
Product Engineer, Incident.io
Maximize Productivity with the Amazon Q Developer CLI Agent
Faye Ellis
Principal Solutions Architect (AWS), Pluralsight
I've built a Cloud Platform, and You Can Too!
Sean M. Tracey
Founding Technologist, Mitchell Technologies
Community Stack Ecosystem
The Cloud Native & Open Source AI Conference is part of the Community Stack ecosystem - connecting practitioners across the UK, Europe, and globally.
This conference sits at the intersection of AI, cloud native infrastructure, and platform engineering - forming a core pillar of our global ecosystem.
Communities
18
Members
25,000+
Events / Year
100+
Global Reach
15+ countries
Partner with the Ecosystem
Our partners don't sponsor events. They embed into the ecosystem, gaining sustained access to the practitioners, leaders, and communities shaping AI, cloud, and platform engineering.
Tier 1
Global Ecosystem Partner
Own the ecosystem. Shape the narrative. Operate at a global scale across all conferences and communities.
Best for: Global platforms, cloud providers