Know Before You Go: Maintainer Summit EU 2026
Natalie Fisher
The countdown is on! Maintainer Summit Europe 2026 is just around the corner. With less than a week to go we wanted to share a quick checklist to help you prepare.
Maintainer Summit is a full day of collaboration, discussion, and community-led sessions for cloud native project maintainers and contributors.
Your quick reference checklist
Maintainer Summit requires registration and a KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe ticket. 👉Registration is full, but please join the waitlist Register here [1]
Need to plan your day? Browse the full Maintainer Summit schedule [2] and plan which sessions you’d like to attend.
Interested in Unconference sessions? Unconference sessions are community-driven discussions proposed by attendees. If you have an idea for a topic, keep an eye out for the submission issue and add your suggestion!
Want to meet other contributors during KubeCon? Join us at the Meet & Greet Lunch on March 25 from 12:00-3:00 CET [3]— a great opportunity to connect with SIGs and working groups across the project.
Have questions before the event? Join us in the #contributor-summit channel on Kubernetes Slack where the Maintainer Summit team and community members can help.
📅 Maintainer Summit EU 2026 Details
Date: Sunday, March 22, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CET
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
As a reminder, the Maintainer Summit is a community-driven event, and the Code of Conduct [4] applies to all attendees.
We’re excited to bring together maintainers and contributors from across the cloud native ecosystem for a day of meaningful conversations and collaboration.
See you soon in Amsterdam!
— Natalie Fisher
On behalf of the Summit team
[1] https://register.linuxfoundation.org/kccnc-eu-maintainer-summit-2026