● Online · December 10–11, 2026 · Free

AenixCon 2026 — the open cloud-native conference

Two days, two tracks, one community. Deep technical sessions on Kubernetes, storage, networking, virtualization and AI infrastructure — running alongside a business track of real production case studies. Built by the team behind Cozystack, open to the whole cloud-native world.

Free & fully online Technical + Business tracks Vendor-deep, community-first Talks, cases, fireside chats & networking
2
days, fully online
2
parallel tracks — technical & business
20+
talks, cases & fireside chats
Free
ticketed registration

What is AenixCon

A vendor conference that respects the community

AenixCon is where the people building open clouds compare notes. One track goes deep on the engineering — distributed clusters, storage, networking, KubeVirt, GPUs and the guts of Cozystack and the CNCF projects around it. The other track is honest business: how real teams left VMware, launched public clouds, monetized hosting, and ran AI on hardware they own. No slideware marathons — every session leaves you with something you can use.

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Technical track

Deep, generic-enough-to-reuse talks on Kubernetes, storage, networking, virtualization, edge and AI infra — not just Cozystack.

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Business track

Case studies with numbers: private cloud in banks, hosting-to-cloud, universities, marketplaces and the economics of open source.

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More than talks

Fireside interviews, live Q&A, online networking rooms, a community job board and giveaways across both days.

Program Draft

Two tracks, across two days

A first look at the schedule. Talk titles, speakers and ordering are a working draft and will change as the program committee finalizes selections. Times are announced closer to the event.

Technical track
Keynote
The year in Cozystack — and where the open cloud goes next
Andrei Kvapil & Timur Tukaev — Ænix
Building a fault-tolerant distributed cluster on Cozystack
Marek Kowalski — Vistula Systems
Inside the storage layer: LINSTOR & DRBD in production
Sofia Almeida — Kubernetes SIG-Storage
The network under a multi-tenant cloud: Kube-OVN + Cilium
Rajesh Iyer — Meridian Cloud
KubeVirt at scale: running VMs as first-class citizens
Elena Novak — Nordcloud Collective
Business & case studies
Case study
Private cloud in a European bank: a VMware-exit story
Diego Fernández — CNCF Ambassador
From hosting provider to cloud provider in 90 days
Lena Fischer — HelioHost
Research compute on open source: a university case
Dr. Hannah Berger — TU Rhein
Selling through the marketplace: a partner's story
Pavel Roman — StackForge
The economics of leaving VMware
Timur Tukaev — Ænix
Draft program filled with placeholder sessions. The Call for Proposals is open — submit a talk and help shape the final agenda.

Beyond the talks

An event, not a webinar playlist

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Fireside interviews

Short, candid conversations with speakers between sessions — hosted like a live podcast. Some become the first episodes of our English-language show.

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Networking rooms

Opt-in breakout rooms and an attendee intro board, so an online event still gets you real conversations and new contacts.

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Live Q&A

Every talk ends with real questions and answers — no pre-recorded silence.

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Community job board

Curated openings from Ænix and our partners, with fast-track chats for candidates during the event.

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Giveaways

Prizes and a few surprises across both days for people who show up and take part.

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Recordings & content

Every session is recorded. Ticket holders get the videos, slides and write-ups afterward.

Program committee Forming

Who curates the program

The committee reviews every submission and shapes the two tracks. Membership is still being finalized — the people below are placeholders while invitations go out.

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Andrei Kvapil
Creator of Cozystack · Founder, Ænix — Chair
TT
Timur Tukaev
Cozystack maintainer · Co-founder, Ænix — Co-chair
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Elena Novak
Principal Platform Engineer, Nordcloud Collective
RI
Rajesh Iyer
Staff SRE, Meridian Cloud
SA
Sofia Almeida
Kubernetes SIG-Storage contributor
MK
Marek Kowalski
Head of Infrastructure, Vistula Systems
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Dr. Hannah Berger
Research Computing Lead, TU Rhein
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Diego Fernández
Cloud Native Consultant · CNCF Ambassador

Register

Free to attend — grab your ticket

AenixCon is free, but ticketed: registering reserves your seat and gets you the calendar invite, the networking rooms and the recordings afterward. Registration opens soon.

Registration link coming soon — this button is a placeholder.