The Heart of the Open Web
Open Web Summit
We invite you to a focused one-day event for the build-and-publish layer of the open web.
Monday, March 15, 2027—Day One of CloudFest Global
Europa-Park, Rust, Germany
Please note: The Cloud Fair Exhibition Hall is closed during Open Web Summit—this is all about you and your open web community.
The Open Web Means Business
This Summit started as a WordPress event—and 2026 was its biggest year yet, with 1,155 open web professionals in the room. But the best web projects are rarely built on WordPress alone. They come alive through different CMS platforms, proprietary (headless) tools, hosting infrastructure, and custom stacks, built by teams who solve problems with whatever combination actually works.
That’s exactly why 2027 is going bigger, better, bolder: evolving with and beyond WordPress.
Who you’ll meet
- Web agencies
- Hosters, CSPs, and MSPs
- SaaS companies and product teams
- Open-source CMS communities like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, TYPO3, and more
- Web-native platforms like Wix, Squarespace, and their ecosystems
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What this is
CloudFest Open Web Summit is a results-oriented gathering where win-win partnerships are born: where the power of the community drives your business forward. If you build for the open web, you’re invited.
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What this is not
A home for closed, walled platforms. If you build a walled garden, this isn’t for you—and that’s on purpose. It’s nothing personal.
Built for the Ecosystem… Built for You
Web Agencies
Pricing that scales, hiring, AI adoption, client acquisition—the practical, unglamorous stuff that actually grows a business. 2026’s agency-focused sessions were the ones that packed the room. 2027 doubles down.
Open Source CMS Ecosystem
WordPress, TYPO3, Drupal, Joomla! and more — different platforms, one shared commitment to open standards. This Summit has grown with the WordPress industry, and it’s now becoming just as much a home for every other open-source CMS shaping the open web.
Hosters, CSPs, MSPs, Saas Providers
This is where you meet agencies and open web professionals actively looking for partners—an active and motivated crowd. If you’re building for an open, interoperable internet, you belong here.
Geeky Media
Run a content business, media site, or newsletter on the open web? Watch this space—there’s more here for you in 2027 than there’s ever been.
Partner with Open Web Summit
Put your brand in the spotlight for your most qualified future customers.
Open Web Summit Format
Engage with insightful keynotes, agency-CEO panels, business roundtables, partner “office hours,” and dedicated networking time and spaces—because the best conversations at CloudFest Global can happen anywhere and everywhere.
It all plays out across three hotels at Europa-Park Resort—one stage for the big moments, one built for interactive formats that pull the audience in, and purpose-built spaces for everything in between.
How to Participate
The Open Web Summit Pass can be added for free to any CloudFest Global Pass through your CloudFest account.
You can do that right now: just log into your account, go to My Events → CloudFest Global 2027 → Manage Pass → Add-ons.
If you don’t have a CloudFest Global Pass yet, let’s get that sorted out:
Avoid a Manic Monday: Get Here Sunday
Landing Monday morning means arriving mid-conversation. Come in Sunday evening instead, for the pre-event: Welcome Drinks, and walk into Monday’s opening keynote already knowing half the room instead of starting from scratch.
Sunday, March 14, 2027
Evening (exact time & details TBA)
