Registration Is Open: Maintainer Summit NA 2026 in Salt Lake City 🇺🇸

[Natalie Fisher]

Hi Kubernauts!

Registration is now open for Maintainer Summit NA 2026 — the annual gathering for Cloud Native project maintainers, contributors, and community leaders to collaborate, connect, and help shape the future of the ecosystem.

📅 Event Details

Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026

Time: Full-day event

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

👉 Register here: https://register.linuxfoundation.org/kccnc-na-maintainer-summit-2026 

🎟 A KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA ticket is required to attend.

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👥 Who Can Attend?

Maintainer Summit is open to (Eligibility requirements):

✅ Kubernetes Org Members

✅ Graduated & Incubating Project Org Members

✅ Sandbox Maintainers

✅ CNCF TOC Members

✅ CNCF TAG Chairs, Technical Leads and Working Group Leads

This includes members of official Kubernetes GitHub organizations such as kubernetes, kubernetes-sigs, kubernetes-client, and kubernetes-csi.

Not yet an org member but actively contributing? We encourage you to apply!

Questions about eligibility? Reach us at summi...@kubernetes.io.

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🌐 Event details and updates: Maintainer Summit NA 2026 page

You can also connect with fellow contributors in the #contributor-summit channel on Kubernetes Slack.

We’re excited to welcome you to Salt Lake City!

— Natalie Fisher

On behalf of the Summit team