--- title: From global stages to a local landmark: Organizing KCD... description: The KCD Sri Lanka 2025 organizing team shares their journey from attending KubeCon events globally to organizing a local conference. They introduced breakout... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/from-global-stages-to-a-local-landmark-organizing-kcd-sri-lanka-2025-dp1gixakm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: From global stages to a local landmark: Organizing KCD Sri Lanka 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The KCD Sri Lanka 2025 organizing team shares their journey from attending KubeCon events globally to organizing a local conference. They introduced breakout... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/from-global-stages-to-a-local-landmark-organizing-kcd-sri-lanka-2025-dp1gixakm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dp1GIxakm.png og:image:alt: From global stages to a local landmark: Organizing KCD Sri Lanka 2025 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # From global stages to a local landmark: Organizing KCD Sri Lanka 2025 **[CNCF](https://daily.dev/sources/cncf)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The KCD Sri Lanka 2025 organizing team shares their journey from attending KubeCon events globally to organizing a local conference. They introduced breakout rooms for parallel technical sessions, received over 100 CFP submissions and selected 20 talks, hosted international speakers, organized the first Battle of DevOps hackathon with a custom-built platform, and created networking spaces. Despite production delays on event day, the conference successfully brought KubeCon-level energy to the local community. The team is now planning future editions with expanded technical sessions and interactive formats. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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