KCD Nigeria 2025

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KCD Organizer Checklist

Please fill in information, organizers, and sponsors as you assemble them, and then make a new comment when this application is ready for review.

Event Details

• Event type: In person
• Event Venue:
• Event Date and Time: June 19 or 20, 2025
• Expected Number of Attendees: 500
• Event cost per ticket:

Organizers Details (identify at least 3 organizers). For example, designate who will be the CFP admin, as well as the financial officer:

• Team email alias: [email protected]
• Organizer ROLE: Anita Ihuman | [email protected] | Developer advocate | Lagos | SLACK: Anita Ihuman | https://community.cncf.io/u/mrmexk/
• Organizer ROLE: Ileriayo Adebiyi | [email protected] | CloudNative Solutions | SLACK: Ileri | https://community.cncf.io/u/mwg2mk/
• Organizer ROLE: Divine Odazie | [email protected] | Developer Advocate | SLACK: Divine Odazie | NEED COMMUNITY PROFILE
• Organizer ROLE: Edidiong Asikpo | [email protected] | Ambassador Labs | SLACK: Edidiong Asikpo (Didi) | https://community.cncf.io/u/m4ww7y/
• Organizer ROLE: Somtochi Onyekwere | [email protected] | Infra Ops Engineer | SLACK: somtochiama | https://community.cncf.io/u/mm6csz/
• Organizer ROLE: Uche Obasi | [email protected] | Developer Advocate, CNCF | SLACK: Uche | https://community.cncf.io/u/mbb2nf/

Terms

IMPORTANT: These are the terms within the checklist that must be abided by. Note - There are exceptions to these requirements in some jurisdictions due to applicable laws & regulations.

• This team's fiscal sponsor has signed the terms & conditions set forth by the Linux Foundation
• This team has gone through a formal review process, where standards on timing, organizers requirements, and location collaboration have been reviewed, and approved.
• Every organizer has an account on Cloud Native Community Groups
• The majority of the organizers live within the KCD city or just outside of it. For small countries, the organizers can live within the region, but must be able to easily travel to the KCD if it were in-person.
• All organizers agree to follow the CNCF Code of Conduct
• All organizer inquiries / communication for CNCF must be summarized via GitHub (comment under your KCD issue) for easy tracking
• All organizers have taken Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation (LFC102)
• Agree to get logo creation and approval with and from CNCF. NOTE: Previously existing KCDs ideally use their previous year's logo
• Agree to use the designated CNCF registration platform
• Offer at least 3 complimentary tickets to increase diversity for the event
• Share the sponsor prospectus with CNCF via [email protected].
• Agree to use Sessionize for CFP and to close it at least 8 weeks before the event, and launch the agenda at least 6 weeks prior to your event. CNCF will provide an event code so Sessionize is free to use if you are charging an event fee.
• Agree to ensure the final program schedule is diverse (e.g., not all speakers of one gender, one culture, or from 1 or 2 of the same company). Here are some tips on how to create a diverse lineup.
• Submit your final speaker lineup and schedule to [email protected] for review, prior to publishing the agenda.
• Produce a transparency report after your KCD (template below).

Resources & Templates

• Make a copy of this timeline based on whether your event is In-person, Hybrid, or Virtual.
• CNCF to share an editable version of this Sponsor Prospectus once team decides who owns this role.
• Dynamic Agenda Builder for your speaker lineup
• CNCF will provide a editable copy of this Canva transparency report template for guidance.
• NOTE: Access to Sessionize, your microsite platform with registration, and an email alias (if desired) will be provided by a core CNCF program manager.

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CNCF Kick-off Meeting

Team Roles

• Uche will manage Page Builder in Bevy
• Team will meet with OSCA and find out what their expectations are from these KCD organizers in terms of planning

Venue

• Co-located to Open Source Community Africa (OSCA)
• OSCA has attracted international speakers, and will take care of the majority of sponsorships

CNCF Monetary Support Can be Used For:

• swag and other giveaway items
• speaker travel
• possibly food and beverage dedicated to the KCD (if OSCA does not provide this)
• Livestream or video recordings (if OSCA does not provide this)

Discuss registration platform for use

• There will be a ticket fee, but the team will discuss with OSCA on exactly how much that is
• There is a way they can indicate registration for the KCD specifically and provide that data to the KCD organizers
• Audra will discuss internally to see if there will be an issue around this given Bevy is a mandatory registration system for all 2025 KCDs

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December 20 CNCF Monthly Check-in

Team alias has been updated by Audra: [email protected]

Summary on how meeting with OSCA went

• Group chat started with two teams
• Team will sync early next year
  team roles and what OSCA expects from the KCD

Content - Sessionize as CFP platform

• The team would like to open the CFP in January
• Audra will send Sessionze details with event code for free usage
• Team to possibly share with OSCA

CNCF Sponsorship

• Discuss again in January logistics of wire transfer
• CNCF can pay the venue directly if need be