● Call for Proposals is open · Closes November 1, 2026

Speak at AenixCon 2026

Share what you've actually built. AenixCon is a free, online, two-day conference for the cloud-native community — deep technical sessions on one track, honest business and production case studies on the other. We want talks that teach, not talks that pitch.

Submit your talk → Read the speaker handbook
Nov 1
submissions close (23:59 AoE)
Nov 5
decisions sent to everyone
Dec 10–11
conference, online
Free
to submit & to attend

What we're looking for

Deep, useful, and not only about us

Yes, we build Cozystack and the Ænix platform — but this is a community conference. We actively want strong, vendor-neutral cloud-native talks that help the whole ecosystem, alongside real stories from people running open clouds in production.

Technical track
  • Kubernetes internals, operators & controllers
  • Storage: LINSTOR/DRBD, Ceph, SeaweedFS, CSI in production
  • Networking: Cilium, Kube-OVN, multi-tenant fabrics
  • Virtualization & KubeVirt, VM/container convergence
  • GPU tenancy, inference serving, AI infrastructure
  • Platform engineering, IDP, GitOps
  • Edge & distributed clusters
  • Observability, databases on Kubernetes, security
  • Contributing to open source & the CNCF landscape
Business & case studies
  • Migrating off VMware — the plan, the numbers, the pain
  • Launching a public cloud on open source
  • Hosting provider → cloud provider monetization
  • Private cloud in regulated industries (finance, gov)
  • Research & university computing on open source
  • Sovereign cloud & data-residency strategy
  • Selling through a cloud marketplace as a partner
  • FinOps, billing & unit economics for a k8s cloud
  • How teams actually adopt AI internally
Not on the list? If it's genuinely useful to people building or running cloud-native platforms, submit it anyway. Depth and honesty beat topic-fit.

Session formats

Pick the shape that fits your idea

🎤

Conference talk

~30 minutes including live Q&A. The main format for both tracks.

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Lightning talk

~10 minutes, one sharp idea. Great for a first-time speaker.

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Panel / fireside

A hosted conversation, 30–40 minutes. Propose the topic and who you'd want on it.

Sessions are delivered live where possible; some may be pre-recorded with the speaker live for Q&A. See the speaker handbook for details.

Key dates

How the CFP runs

  • Now → November 1, 2026Submissions openSubmit as many proposals as you like using the form below. Deadline is 23:59 Anywhere-on-Earth on Nov 1.
  • By November 5, 2026Decisions for everyoneEvery submitter hears back — accepted or not — by Nov 5. No long silences.
  • NovemberPrep & tech checksAccepted speakers get the handbook, slide template and a scheduled dry-run.
  • December 10–11, 2026AenixCon, onlineTwo days, two tracks, live.

How we choose

Selection criteria

  • Usefulness — the audience leaves with something they can apply.
  • Depth & honesty — real trade-offs, real numbers, what didn't work.
  • Not a sales pitch — product talks that are 100% marketing are declined.
  • Clarity — a clear takeaway and a title that says what you'll get.
  • Speaker & topic diversity — across companies, backgrounds and subjects.
  • New voices welcome — first-time speakers are actively encouraged.

Submit

Send us your talk

You'll need a title, a short abstract, the track and format, and a one-paragraph speaker bio. Aim for a clear takeaway — tell us what the audience will walk away knowing. Submit one form per proposal.

What speakers get & expect

By submitting you agree to the AenixCon Code of Conduct. Questions? Email cfp@aenix.io.