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KCD Budapest 2026

Óbuda University

The Kubernetes Community Days are coming back to Budapest. Tickets are on sale now, and the call for papers is still open until .

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Whether it's a hard-won production lesson, a deep dive into a cloud native project, or a fresh perspective on the ecosystem, we want to hear from you. Submit your talk and help shape KCD Budapest 2026.

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What is KCD Budapest?

Kubernetes Community Days (or KCD) is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) supported event that takes place in 30 cities every year. You may have attended KCDs before in neighboring countries, but KCD is back in Budapest for us to enjoy a day together in the local cloud native community.

KCDs are community-organized events that gather adopters and technologists from open source and cloud native communities for education, collaboration, and networking.

Keynotes

Keynote speakers

Two industry leaders open the day with their take on what's changing for the people who keep software running.

László Kollár
Keynote

László Kollár

Technology Manager

SMP Solutions

Don't panic! Somebody Has to Carry the Pager

Keynote

Don't panic! Somebody Has to Carry the Pager

AI makes creating software cheaper. Does it make running it cheaper too? Somebody Has to Carry the Pager explores the less-discussed side of AI-assisted development: more software, more dependencies and more automation ultimately reaching the teams responsible for production. From AIOps and AI agents to operational skills, security and accountability, the talk asks a deceptively simple question: when the machine writes and increasingly operates the system, who is responsible when it fails?

About the speaker

László Kollár is a technology manager with 35+ years of experience in IT transformation, cloud computing, engineering and financial services. He has held senior leadership positions at Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Cloudera, OTP Bank and SMP Solutions.

Most recently, he built OTP Bank's Cloud Centre of Excellence and led its Azure transformation, before moving to SMP Solutions to develop a standardized cloud platform serving OTP Group.

Throughout his career, László has focused on the intersection of technology, business and organizational change—from building and transforming large engineering and IT service organizations to helping enterprises adopt cloud and emerging technologies. He regularly writes about cloud, AI, technology strategy and their broader economic and organizational consequences on his blog, The Floorshrink Diaries.
Piotr Trębacz
Keynote

Piotr Trębacz

Senior DevOps Manager

Escaping the DevOps Hamster Wheel of Busywork

Keynote

Escaping the DevOps Hamster Wheel of Busywork

You automate away millions in costs, yet you remain invisible. You're the first call when things break, but the last person with the authority to truly fix them. This isn't the strategic role you signed up for — it's a hamster wheel of thankless tasks and shifting priorities, and it's time to get off.

This session delivers a practical framework to break the cycle. No vague advice. Just battle-tested tactics to reclaim your focus and prove your value.

About the speaker

Piotr is Senior DevOps Manager in the casino industry, where he cultivates North Star, Continuous Improvement and Measurable Outcomes. For 13 years he's been leading efforts in compressing release cycles and scaled platform engineering across hundreds of developers and thousands of microservices on AWS/GCP: for gaming, air defense, industry 4.0, banking, convenience and fuel retail sectors.

His maverick mantras: "Culture eats Strategy", "Velocity Wins", "Automation is Oxygen", create digital transformations that actually stick.

To prove it he shares his battle-tested playbooks most organizations are too comfortable to write, on conference stages and behind the scenes.

What to expect?

A day of Kubernetes and Cloud Native, full of talks, workshops and fun, ending with a party! We are a locally-focused but English-speaking community of engineers, developers, professionals and students of all things Cloud Native, coming together to celebrate our love and passion for technology.

Red-brick and glass facade of Óbuda University's main building on Bécsi út, with the blue Óbudai Egyetem sign above the entrance
Venue

Óbuda University

Bécsi út 96/B, 1034 Budapest

Modern lecture halls and a bright, glass-walled aula on the Buda side of the city.

  • Trams 17, 19 and 41 stop right outside the door
  • Bike-share station at the entrance
  • Lunch and coffee breaks served on site
Getting there and parking

Sponsoring

KCD is a community-organized and not-for-profit event and would not be possible without our partners. Don't miss the opportunity to be part of and support this community event. If you have questions about the sponsorship or would like to discuss it in more detail, please reach out to [email protected].

Community sponsors

We welcome community projects and influencers to be community sponsors too. Please don't hesitate to contact us for any questions at [email protected].

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A taste of what's coming

Missed us last year? Relive the energy of KCD Budapest 2025 and get ready for an even bigger 2026.

Revisit 2025

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2025 Recap

Highlights, photos and sponsors from last year's edition.

Session Recordings

Watch every talk from KCD Budapest 2025 on YouTube.

Slides

Browse the speaker slide decks from last year.

The team

Meet the organizers

KCD Budapest is put together by volunteers from the local cloud native community, in their own free time.

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