• KCD Sri Lanka 2025 infused KubeCon India energy, elevating local conference standards. • Organizers gained global insights by attending and speaking at KubeCon India 2024-25. • Breakout rooms introduced, offering deeper technical sessions parallel to main talks. • Over 100 CFPs submitted, leading to a diverse, high‑quality speaker lineup. • Global speakers and connections were brought to Sri Lanka, enriching networking opportunities. • Design focus on speaker diversity, attendee experience, and community‑driven networking.

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  • Learning from the global cloud native community Before KCD Sri Lanka 2025, our organizing team received an incredible opportunity to attend and speak at KubeCon events for the very first time. Our organizers Chamod Perera, Kemila De Silva, and Suresh attended KubeCon India 2024, experiencing firsthand the scale, energy, and community spirit of a global CNCF event. In 2025, Chamod and Kemila, returned to the same event, this time as speakers at KubeCon India 2025, delivering a talk on lessons learned from lessons from running a Cloud Native community. Kaveesha also joined KubeCon India 2025, ad

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