Platform Engineering Day

Platform Engineering Day is dedicated to exploring the real-world challenges and advanced practices behind building and scaling Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs). IDPs provide curated capabilities, frameworks, and developer-centric experiences to accelerate internal teams such as application developers. The process and techniques described in the CNCF Platforms White Paper and Platform Engineering Maturity Model highlight how achieving a high-impact Developer Experience (DevEx) requires more than tools; it demands a holistic, socio-technical investment. We invite proposals that include deep dives into platform engineering case studies, practical strategies for measuring and maturing platform capabilities, and innovative approaches to improving golden paths. Join Platform Engineers, Product Managers, Solutions Architects, and cloud-native stakeholders as we share lessons learned in building and managing internal platforms.

This event is one of our KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe CNCF-hosted Co-located Events. In-person attendees have the option to register for an All-Access In-Person KubeCon + CloudNativeCon pass that will include entry to ALL CNCF-hosted co-located events + KubeCon + CloudNativeCon.

Please check back — registration will open in October.

Contact sponsor@cncf.io to secure your sponsorship today! Signed contracts must be received by Monday, 2 February 2026!

Submit a proposal to speak! Submissions are being accepted through Sunday, 2 November 2025.

Click above to submit a proposal to speak at Platform Engineering Day, or one of the other CNCF-hosted Co-located events.

Platform Engineering Day topics include:

• Platform engineering case study
• Improving platform maturity
• Building platforms for Day 2 and beyond
• Platform adoption stories
• Using platforms to drive developer experience
• Platform product management practices
• Measuring platform success
• Designing paved paths
• Platform team composition
• Examples of internal platform evangelism

Submission Types:

• Presentation: 25 minutes with 1 or 2 speakers presenting on a topic
• Panel Discussion: 35 minutes of discussion amongst 3 to 5 speakers (In an effort to promote speaker diversity, CNCF does not accept submissions with all-male panels, and three different organizations must be represented).
• Lightning Talk: A brief 10-minute presentation with a maximum of 1 speaker