# Maintainer Summit: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026

- Dates: 8 November 2026
- Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, United States
- Organiser: LF Events
- Industry: Cloud & DevOps

## About

The CNCF Maintainer Summit is an exclusive event for the people behind Cloud Native projects to gather face-to-face, collaborate, and celebrate their work. Programming focuses on sharing best practices, diving into contributing processes, and solving common problems across projects for maintainers.

## Official links

- [Official website](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/features-add-ons/maintainer-summit/)
- [Registration](https://register.linuxfoundation.org/kccnc-na-maintainer-summit-2026)
- [Agenda](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/program/schedule-at-a-glance/)

## Topics

- Main Track
- Growing Contributors
- CI / CD / Distribution
- Project Meeting\*

## Where to stay

- **Little America Hotel Salt Lake City**: 350 m from the venue, 500 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, 84101
  - [Hotel website](https://saltlake.littleamerica.com/)
  - Phone: +1 801-363-6781
- **Fairfield Inn and Suites Salt Lake City Downtown**: 380 m from the venue, 130 West 400 South, Salt Lake City, 84101
  - [Hotel website](https://www.marriott.com/slcfd)
- **Peery Hotel**: 390 m from the venue, 110 W 300 South, Salt Lake City
- **Hilton Salt Lake City Center**: 400 m from the venue, 255 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, 84101
  - [Hotel website](https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/slccchh-hilton-salt-lake-city-center/)
  - Phone: +1 801-328-2000
- **Kimpton Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City**: 440 m from the venue, 15 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, 84101
  - [Hotel website](https://www.monaco-saltlakecity.com/)
  - Phone: +1 801-595-0000
- **Salt Lake City Marriott City Center**: 440 m from the venue, 220 South State Street, Salt Lake City, 84111
  - [Hotel website](https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/slccc-salt-lake-city-marriott-city-center/overview/)
  - Phone: +1 801-961-8700
- **Metropolitan Inn**: 450 m from the venue, 524 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, 84101
- **Comfort Inn**: 470 m from the venue, 171 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, 84101
  - [Hotel website](https://www.choicehotels.com/utah/west-valley-city/comfort-inn-hotels)
  - Phone: +1 801-325-5300

## What people are saying

- [KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America | LF Events](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX0sYHHiFvg)
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Source: https://www.luminik.io/events/maintainer-summit-kubecon-cloudnativecon-salt-lake-city/