As community

Do you think people would be interested traveling to KubeCon from where you’re based? 🚄

First of all, contact us 👥

You are not alone in this. We are a community and help each other. Organizing such an initiative can feel overwhelming and we are here to help.

The first step is to let us know you are there 😄

Write an email to info@kubetrain.io and tell us about you. Where are you based, which community are you part of, which departure would you like to take care of and what help you need. By doing this we can put you in contact with other people that might be interested in organizing the same thing.

Contact the local train company 🚝

Find out which train company takes care of the trip between your location and KubeCon’s hosting city. Send an email to request a group booking and figure out how much it would cost to rent a whole carriage on the day before the start of KubeCon. It’s important to have a precise idea of how much that would cost and how many people would be able to take a seat onboard.

Contact local sponsors 📌

To support this initiative you need sponsors to cover at least part of the cost of renting a train. We would like participants to get their tickets at a discount while at the same time providing values to the companies sponsoring us.

The good news is: you don’t need many sponsors. Two or Three sponsors should be enough to cover the cost and provide an economic advantage to our participants. This part will be covered in the financial section (coming soon).

Make it happen 💥

Spread the voice, invite friends, contact more companies and invite them to join you in this trip to KubeCon.

Organize on-board activities 🧑‍💻

Make the trip fun! With the help of sponsors and the local community plan some fun activities during the trip. Lightning talks, hackathon… nothing is off limit!