Managing the Dapr Project Kiosk at KubeCon Europe 2026
From March 24th to 26th, I was at KubeCon Europe 2026 in my role as Dapr Community Manager, managing the Dapr OSS kiosk in the project pavilion alongside Oliver Tomlinson (Dapr STC member). While I wasn’t speaking at the conference this year, it was still an incredibly busy and rewarding week!
The Dapr project update video was shown before the keynote sessions, which drove many attendees to our kiosk. It was fantastic to see so much interest in Dapr from the community — we had a steady stream of people stopping by throughout the week to learn more, ask questions, and share how they are using Dapr in their own projects. Oliver did a brilliant job explaining Dapr concepts and answering all kinds of technical questions from the attendees. I’m very grateful he could join me again this year 🙏.
Dapr was clearly a hot topic at the conference this year. Dapr Agents just went GA and was mentioned in several talks, including a keynote by Fabian Steinbach from ZEISS!
All the KubeCon Europe 2026 sessions are available on the CNCF YouTube playlist. There are so many great talks in there — well worth a watch!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Dapr kiosk! If you have any questions about Dapr make sure to join the Dapr Discord. Until next time, KubeCon! 👋
I wasn’t in full health when KubeCon started and being there every day talking to dozens and dozens of people was not beneficial for my health either 😬. On the Friday after KubeCon, I went to my physician and heard I got a sinus infection and a starting double pneumonia! 😱 Since then I finished my antibiotics treatment and I’m feeling much better after taking plenty of rest. I hope I’ll be in a better shape at the next KubeCon! 😅
