On July 21 and 22, we had the joy of bringing together cloud native enthusiasts and like-minded individuals at smartvillage in Munich. In collaboration with Liquid Reply, we hosted the Cloud Native Summit Munich 2025. Keep reading our recap for highlights and key technology insights.
Cloud Native Summit Munich 2025
Cloud Native Summit Munich is a local, community-organized event that gathers adopters and technologists from open source and cloud native communities. This was the fourth edition in Munich, aiming to bring the community together. The event provides a platform for professionals and experts from all levels and backgrounds to learn, network, and share their knowledge about cloud-native technologies.
This is white duck’s third edition as a co-organizer, and we could not be happier that we decided to invest our time and energy in such an event organization. Along the way we met great people, learned a lot, and had fun together with our friends from the Liquid Reply team.
Conference recap
This year, we were officially sold out! We had more than 400 attendees, 57 speakers, and 14 sponsors who helped us call this summit a true success. The attendees had a chance to take part in hands-on workshops and listen to talks by top-notch experts in the areas of platform engineering, Kubernetes, DevOps and the cloud universe. For the third time in a row, the summit took place in smartvillage, a roomy two-floor venue with a cozy garden offering enough space for learning and networking. We wrapped up the first evening with burgers, sweet delicacies, and drinks our attendees could enjoy thanks to our burger sponsor Ape Factory. 👏🏻
Technology News and Insights
As always, this year’s CNS Munich edition featured numerous high-quality talks, workshops, and unconference sessions led by prominent tech experts and CNCF ambassadors. Our sponsors also presented during lunch and coffee breaks. Among the most notable topics were:
- Observability – The real challenge is not the tools themselves, but how they are organized.
- WebAssembly – Changing how workloads run on Kubernetes by offering faster, smaller, and more portable execution for modern microservices.
- Edge Computing – Lightweight Kubernetes distributions bring scalability, resilience, and workload management to resource-constrained edge environments.
- Platform Engineering – Building resilient, manageable, and scalable platforms requires strong collaboration, communication, and continuous user feedback.
- KCP – A Kubernetes-compatible control plane enabling scalable multi-tenant platform architectures.
- EU AI Act – Teams working with AI and LLMs should also pay close attention to NIS2 requirements around monitoring, logging, incident response, and reporting.
Achievements and Successes
The CNS Munich team is proud of the overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees, speakers, sponsors, and the community. While we also received constructive criticism on a few aspects, it provides valuable input for making the next edition even better. Overall, we achieved our goal of delivering high-quality technical content while creating a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere for everyone.
Stay connected with us and discover more event impressions on Bluesky, LinkedIn, and the CNS Munich social channels on X, Bluesky, and LinkedIn. Thanks to our sponsor Ape Factory, all session recordings are available on the CNS Munich YouTube channel.
Looking forward to 2026
Finally, we would like to thank all sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and attendees who made this event possible. We hope to see you again next year at CNS Munich 2026. Save the date: June 29–30, 2026!
