---
title: "Announcing H1 2027 KCDs"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h1-2027-kcds-plct2zhd4
source_url: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/08/20/announcing-h1-2027-kcds
type: article
source: "CNCF"
published: 2026-08-20T16:03:17.039Z
updated: 2026-08-20T16:03:35.732Z
tags: ["kubernetes", "cncf"]
reading_time: 2
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comments: 0
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# Announcing H1 2027 KCDs

**[CNCF](https://daily.dev/sources/cncf)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

CNCF has kicked off Kubernetes Community Days (KCDs) for the first half of 2027, with events scheduled across cities including Panama, Pune, Vancouver, Beijing, Bangkok, Cairo, Texas, Guadalajara, Hyderabad, Valencia, San Francisco Bay Area, Toronto, Helsinki, Cali, and New York. The tiering system introduced previously has been renamed: Tier 0 (formerly First-time KCDs, up to 200 attendees, guaranteed funding), Tier 1 (returning events with 350+ attendees, eligible for funding and monthly organizer syncs), and Independent (formerly Tier 2, established events up to 600 registrations with elevated branding). Readers can participate by attending, speaking, or sponsoring.

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