KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 is one of the biggest open-source conferences in the world, organized by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (part of the…

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A high school student shares their experience presenting a hurricane prediction project at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam. The project combined Kubernetes, kgateway, vLLM, FourCastNet, and a custom CFD model to make hurricane prediction more efficient using inference-aware routing. The post covers the poster session experience, notable conference sessions, the solution showcase, and personal reflections on the open source community.

What I Learned at My First KubeCon + CloudNativeCon as a High School Speaker