CNCFRonald Requena | CNCF Ambassador7 min readpostmortemintermediate
What I learned organizing KCD Lima 2026
Summary
KCD Lima 2026 drew 2,244 registrations (900+ attendees), 60 speakers, and 11 sponsors, marking 75% growth over 2025. The organizer shares hard data and concrete takeaways: budgeting across currencies, vendor onboarding, venue layout, and the need for better coffee capacity, session timing, pre‑registration, and gender balance. The post also highlights the community profile (45% from finance, 15%…
- Event grew from 500 to 900+ attendees in three years, showing scaling challenges (e.g., coffee stations, room capacity).
- Documented processes (sponsor guide, contracts, run‑of‑show, cash‑flow) were crucial for repeatability.
- Budgeting required dual‑currency handling (soles for expenses, dollars for revenue).
- Survey feedback identified four actionable improvements: coffee capacity, session punctuality, pre‑registration, and speaker gender diversity.
Organizers of mid‑size community conferences can use these concrete metrics and lessons to anticipate scaling pain points, improve operational documentation, and set measurable diversity goals, reducing reliance on ad‑hoc effort.
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