Canada Cloud Native Meetups - 2026 Sponsor Deck

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1. Sponsorship Deck 2026
2. In the beginning... It all began with a Kubernetes birthday party in Montreal in the summer of 2016. Since then, our Canadian meetup initiative has grown to become a beacon around which the Cloud Native community gathers.
3. Who are we? We are all about open source Our philosophy is about bringing developers and sys admins together so we can educate, empower and connect the community that will change the future of DevOps/SRE Our goal is to promote Kubernetes and other CNCF projects, explain their features, increase community involvement, discuss use cases, and develop the ecosystem. Our meetups are currently happening both in person and online on a quarterly basis across all meetup cities (events are shared/socialized approximately 3-4 weeks before event)
4. We have +1K MEMBERS In our Slack We cover 7 CITIES We present 40 SPEAKERS per YEAR Some key numbers... We host 9 MEETUPS per year We have +8K MEMBERS
5. MEETUPS ACROSS CANADA Montreal 1000+ Members Up to 150 Attendees each Meetup Quebec City 300 Members Up to 50 Attendees each Meetup Toronto 1500+ Members Up to 150 Attendees each Meetup Ottawa 1000+ Members Up to 85 attendees each Meetup Vancouver, Edmonton New in 2024 Calgary New in 2023
6. Let’s look at our attendees... THEY WORK AS DevOps SRE Platform Engineers and AI/ML Platform teams O11y Teams Developers or Engineers IT Operations or Infrastructure Information Security Consultants Team Leads Executives THEY WORK IN Information technology Finance, Healthcare, Insurance SaaS E-commerce Tele-communications Government THEIR SKILLS Highly technical Hands-on Early adopters of Kubernetes Knowledgeable about the Cloud Native ecosystem
7. Our meetups attract a strong turnout of Developers, Site Reliability Engineers, System Administrators, and Platform Engineers. The audience is diverse in both experience and background, including students, open-source contributors, and seasoned industry professionals. As of 2025, regular meetups consistently draw around 100 attendees, and we’re aiming to grow to approximately 150 people per event—a size that fits perfectly with the best venues available across cities. Our members
8. Our meetups feature a few different session formats: • Quick Tech Demo (10 minutes) • Session Talk (~20 minutes) • Panel Discussion (~30 minutes) Events typically run for about 3 hours and combine one or two of these formats. We hold meetups on weeknights, most often Wednesday or Thursday. Our events
9. YOUR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
10. IN-PERSON MEETUP SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES Gold - $4500 ⬤ Silver - $2,500 ⬤ Event Hosting Partner ⬤ • Guaranteed speaking slots 5 per year (In-Person) • 1 Virtual Webinar across Canada • Three (3) Sponsor Announcement • Logo placement on slides • Logo placement on event page • Logo placement on partner page • Mention in opening and closing remarks • Swag distribution 4 available • Guaranteed speaking slots 2 per year • Two (2) Sponsor Announcements (e.g. conference, major release) within a year • Logo on intro slides • Logo on the website • Social media posts • Presentation sharing on meetup.com and Slack • Swag distribution 4 available • Logo on intro slides • Social media posts • 5 minutes for opening remarks • Access to market open roles to our attendees • Guaranteed speaking slot and attendance for employees • Brand exposure to the local technology community Unlimited
11. © 2026 Cloud Native Computing Foundation 11 Venue requirements: • Capacity for at least 100 attendees, with at least 50 seats available in a lecture seating or roundtable format. • A lobby or welcome area to check-in attendees. • Accessible and inclusive washroom facilities. • Food and non-alcohol beverages • (Optional) Beer Event Host responsibilities
12. © 2026 Cloud Native Computing Foundation 12 Past Sponsors
13. © 2026 Cloud Native Computing Foundation 13 Past Hosting Partners
14. Let’s talk! Click on one, or more, of the cities below to submit a talk! Content will be shared with community members Talks are selected based on topic relevance and technical depth. Tech Talks Join us in the Canadian Kubernetes Slack channel! k8scanadaslack.herokuapp.com
15. Ayrat “Archy” Khayretdinov CNCF Ambassador ayrat.khayretdinov@gmail.com Say hi to the creator of the Canadian CNCF meetups
16. Anthony Dahanne Dave Ambrand Frederic Medery Sébastien Thomas Marino Wijay Mathieu Benoit Cailyn Edwards Alex Gervais Chris Carty Jason Hadi Michael Foster Archy Kevin Evans The Meetup organizing team! Andre Marcelo-Tanner Nicolas Morey
17. Canadian CNCF ambassadors
18. Find more @ linktr.ee/cloud.native.canada