KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Co-located Event Deep Dive: OpenTofu Day

Who will get the most out of attending this event? What is new and different this year? What will the day look like? Should I do any homework first? Find your community! Posted on March 9, 2026 by Program chair, Sebastian Stadil CNCF projects highlighted in this post OpenTofu Day debuted at KubeCon Europe 2024 in Paris and has been held at every KubeCon since. As the infrastructure-as-code ecosystem reaches a clear inflection point with recent licensing shifts, industry consolidation, and changes to commercial Terraform offerings, organizations are actively evaluating open source, community-governed alternatives. As a CNCF Sandbox project with more than 10 million GitHub downloads, OpenTofu offers a vendor-neutral foundation that the cloud native community can rely on for the long term. DevOps engineers, platform engineers, and infrastructure leaders will benefit most from OpenTofu Day — particularly those running Terraform in production who are evaluating or planning a migration to OpenTofu in 2026. Platform engineering teams building or evolving internal developer platforms will find the sessions highly relevant, as OpenTofu is increasingly becoming a core building block in that space. The event is also valuable for infrastructure leadership looking to understand the broader strategic implications of licensing shifts in the IaC landscape. Maintainers and contributors who want to get more involved will find this the best single venue to connect directly with the core team and community. This marks the fifth edition of OpenTofu Day and the project’s first full year as a CNCF Sandbox project. The conversation has moved beyond early momentum and initial adoption toward production maturity and long-term sustainability. Sessions this year focus on real-world enterprise adoption, including innersource models inside large organizations, OpenTelemetry-based performance debugging for infrastructure runs, and scaling OpenTofu across complex environments. The speaker lineup also reflects a broader and more diverse community, with more end-user enterprises sharing experiences alongside project maintainers. OpenTofu Day is a half-day event featuring keynote-style talks, interactive panels, community experience sessions, and lightning talks.