We challenged developers at Devoxx Belgium to build and deploy a real application, with a real database, in roughly 15 minutes. We gave them a little help from AI, a Belgian twist, and some LEGO as motivation. Here's what happened.

I've been attending Devoxx Belgium for almost 20 years. It's one of those conferences that means a lot to me, both personally and professionally. It's where I got the inspiration to create what would eventually become FinistDevs, where I started imagining myself as a conference speaker, and where, a few years later, I discovered that Developer Relations could actually be a job.

So when Clever Cloud decided to sponsor Devoxx Belgium this year, I was particularly happy.

But there was one question I wanted to answer before arriving in Antwerp: what could we do at our booth that would be genuinely interesting for developers?

Of course, we wanted people to discover Clever Cloud. That's why companies sponsor developer conferences in the first place.

But I didn't want to spend three days telling people how easy it is to deploy an application on our platform.

I wanted them to experience it.

And that's how the 15-minute Clever Cloud Challenge was born.

Stop Prompting. Start Shipping.

The idea was pretty simple.

Come to our booth. Open your laptop. Build a tiny application. Connect it to a real database. Deploy everything on Clever Cloud.

And do it in roughly 15 minutes.

There were only a few rules:

• Any stack. JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, whatever you prefer.
• Any AI. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, or your favorite coding agent. We didn't care.
• A little Belgian flavor. Fries, beer, comics, cycling, Magritte, Devoxx itself. Anything vaguely connected to Belgium.
• A real database and a real deployment. Not a mockup, not a screenshot, not an application running only on your laptop. Something publicly accessible, with data that actually persists.

And because 15 minutes is a target, not a reason to punish someone for spending a little longer debugging, we weren't particularly strict about the stopwatch.

The important thing was to ship something.

We prepared a dedicated challenge page with instructions, a starter prompt people could copy into their favorite AI assistant, and a coupon giving them €200 in Clever Cloud credits, valid for six months.

The prompt suggested three small application ideas, helped the participant choose one, and guided them through development, database creation, and deployment.

We also added a little incentive: everyone who successfully completed the challenge could enter a daily LEGO draw. Because, well, LEGO.

But there was no jury, no ranking, and no prize for the most sophisticated application. A tiny, functional app had exactly the same chance of winning as an ambitious one.

We weren't organizing a hackathon, we were inviting developers to discover a platform by actually using it.

40 developers. 48 deployed applications.

And it worked.

Over the three days, 40 developers created and deployed an application with a real database on Clever Cloud.

I want to insist on that number for a moment.

Not 40 people who scanned a QR code, not 40 email addresses collected at a booth, not 40 coupons handed out.

40 developers who actually built something, provisioned a database, deployed their application, and came back to show us what they had shipped.

For me, that's a much more interesting result than the number of people who walked past our booth.

And the best part? What they built.

We deliberately kept the challenge open-ended. We didn't provide a template application or a predefined tutorial that everybody had to follow.

We gave people a goal, a few constraints, and the freedom to be creative.

The results were far more varied than I expected.

Some of my favorite applications

I couldn't possibly feature all 48 applications here, but I wanted to share a few that particularly caught my attention.

Not necessarily because they were the most technically sophisticated, but because they were fun, original, or made particularly good use of the challenge's constraints.

It's Raining Devs: Magritte meets Devoxx

Try It's Raining Devs

This one is probably among my favorites.

Take René Magritte's surrealist paintings, add a crowd of developers attending Devoxx, and turn the whole thing into an interactive, collaborative artwork.

Participants can create their own floating developer, choose what hides their face, give themselves a name, and join the painting.

And those developers aren't just temporary elements rendered in a browser. Each one is stored as a record in PostgreSQL on Clever Cloud.

There are even little interactions, a roll call, and postcards you can save or share.

I love this one because it combines something very Belgian, a genuinely playful idea, and a database that is an integral part of the experience.

It also illustrates something I really appreciate about these coding challenges: a tiny application doesn't have to be a boring application.

Roll for Waffle: let the dice decide your destiny

Roll your own Belgian waffle

What happens when you combine Belgian waffles with polyhedral dice, the kind you would normally use in a tabletop role-playing game?

You get Roll for Waffle, and I absolutely love it.

The concept is wonderfully simple: instead of choosing your waffle ingredients, you let the dice decide.

First, roll for your waffle base. Then roll for your primary topping. And finally, roll for a secondary topping. Each roll comes with a lovely animated polyhedral die, and the result is added to your creation.

Will you end up with a classic Liège waffle covered in speculoos spread and fresh strawberries? Or some completely improbable combination that no Belgian pastry chef would ever dare to serve?

That's the beauty of it. You don't get to choose. The dice have spoken.

And once your creation is complete, you can share your randomly generated masterpiece.

As someone who has spent a ridiculous number of hours rolling polyhedral dice over the years, this one immediately made me smile.

It's a perfect example of what I loved about the challenge: give developers a simple theme, a little freedom, and the opportunity to experiment, and they'll come up with ideas you would never have imagined yourself.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a waffle to roll.

Devoxx Bingo: because every conference has its clichés

Play Devoxx Bingo

If you've attended enough developer conferences, you know that some things are almost guaranteed to happen.

Certain expressions will be repeated. Certain technologies will be mentioned. Certain conference moments will feel strangely familiar.

Why not turn that into a bingo game?

Devoxx Bingo gives you a card of conference clichés to spot during the event. Mark them as you encounter them, and try to complete a row.

It's presented as an unofficial side quest, with absolutely no prizes and some very questionable bragging rights.

Exactly the kind of application that makes me smile.

And honestly, I can imagine people actually using it during a conference.

Devoxx YouTube Search: rediscovering conference talks

Explore Devoxx YouTube Search

Devoxx has an incredible collection of recorded conference talks on YouTube, accumulated over many years.

And as someone who has been attending Devoxx for almost two decades, I love the idea of making that knowledge easier to explore.

That's the idea behind Devoxx YouTube Search, another application created during our challenge.

What I particularly appreciate is the choice of subject. While many participants went for something playful or distinctly Belgian, this developer chose to build something directly connected to the conference and its content.

It's a lovely reminder that a challenge like ours doesn't have to produce just games and experiments. It can also inspire tools that address real needs within the developer community.

BelgiQ: how Belgian are you, really?

Try BelgiQ

BelgiQ describes itself as « Le quiz qui a la frite ».

That's already a good start.

It's a Belgian-themed quiz, available in French, Dutch, and English, with a leaderboard.

But what makes this application particularly interesting is that its creator, Gwenaël Jakab, shared his experience on LinkedIn.

Gwenaël decided to build BelgiQ using Node.js, Express and PostgreSQL. He used ChatGPT to prepare his prompt, then handed implementation and deployment to ChatGPT Work.

15 minutes later, he had a working application. After another 10 minutes of reviewing the result, making adjustments and requesting some refactoring, he had a V2 he was happy with.

And he hadn't written the application code himself.

What I particularly appreciated about his post was his perspective on the developer's role. Even when an AI agent handles implementation, someone still needs to make architectural decisions, define requirements, review the code and validate the result.

That's an important distinction, and one that sometimes gets lost in discussions about AI-assisted development.

For me, his experience also illustrates exactly what we were hoping to achieve with the challenge: let developers focus on what they want to build, while discovering how straightforward it can be to deploy it on Clever Cloud.

And the best part? You can try BelgiQ yourself.

Friesdvisor: the important questions in life

Explore Friesdvisor

Forget restaurant recommendations.

We're in Belgium. We need to talk about fries.

Friesdvisor is a directory where you can search for a friterie or a town and add new places.

It's a wonderfully straightforward idea, and exactly the kind of Belgian connection we were hoping people would invent.

I particularly like that it's not just a joke. It's a concept that could grow into a genuinely useful little community application.

And, of course, it needs somewhere to store all those friteries.

48 applications, and plenty more creativity to discover

These are just a few of my personal favorites.

But one of the things I loved most about the challenge was the sheer variety of ideas. Give 40 developers the same starting point, the same constraints, and roughly 15 minutes, and you get 48 different interpretations of what a tiny application can be.

Some went for games. Others built practical tools. Some embraced Belgian culture, while others found inspiration in the conference itself.

And I couldn't possibly do justice to all of them in a single blog post.

That's why we created the Built at Devoxx Belgium gallery, where you can explore the applications that participants chose to share publicly.

👉 Explore the Clever Cloud Challenge Gallery

Have a look around. Try the applications. See what people came up with.

And if one of them makes you smile, or gives you an idea for something you'd like to build yourself, then I think our little experiment has already achieved something pretty cool.

What did we learn?

A few things stood out to me during those three days.

First, developers are remarkably creative when you give them just enough constraints.

The Belgian theme was deliberately vague. We didn't want people spending ten minutes wondering whether their idea qualified.

A Belgian dish? Great.

A reference to a Belgian artist? Perfect.

A joke about Devoxx? Absolutely.

That small creative constraint gave people somewhere to start without telling them exactly what to build.

Second, AI coding assistants make this kind of exercise much more accessible.

Not everybody arrived with a project idea, a favorite framework, or a clear understanding of how to provision and connect a database. But with a little guidance, they could go from an idea to something running online surprisingly quickly.

Gwenaël's experience with BelgiQ illustrates another important point: AI-assisted development doesn't remove the developer from the process. It changes what the developer spends their time doing.

The developer still makes decisions, defines requirements, reviews the results, and takes responsibility for what gets shipped. Meanwhile, the coding agent can handle much of the implementation work, and the platform takes care of the infrastructure.

Of course, the AI didn't magically eliminate every problem. There were still deployment questions, configuration issues, and moments when someone needed a little help. That's why we were there.

But the combination of AI-assisted development and a platform that takes care of the infrastructure made it possible to focus on the interesting part: building and shipping the application. And that's exactly what we wanted people to experience with Clever Cloud.

Finally, I was reminded of something fundamental about Developer Relations.

Showing people how something works is useful. Helping them discover it for themselves is even better.

I could have spent fifteen minutes explaining how Clever Cloud handles deployments, databases, environment variables, and application hosting. Instead, developers spent those fifteen minutes doing it. And at the end, they had something of their own to show.

That's a very different conversation to have at a conference booth.

What's next?

The challenge doesn't have to end at Devoxx.

Everyone who participated received €200 in Clever Cloud credits, valid for six months after activation. That gives them the opportunity to keep experimenting, improve their application, or start something completely different.

We're also thinking about how to extend the experience with additional small challenges, encouraging participants to explore more of the platform.

And I'd really like to repeat this experiment at other conferences.

The Belgian theme worked beautifully at Devoxx Belgium. Imagine what developers could come up with at conferences in other cities or countries.

We already have a few ideas.

Your turn. Stop prompting. Start shipping!

I've attended a lot of developer conferences over the years, on both sides of the booth. I've distributed stickers, handed out T-shirts, given demonstrations, answered technical questions, and had countless conversations about cloud platforms. I still love all of that.

But watching someone arrive at our booth with nothing more than an idea, then return a little later with a working application deployed on Clever Cloud? That was particularly satisfying.

And seeing the creativity of those 40 developers made the whole experiment worthwhile.

So, to everyone who participated in the challenge at Devoxx Belgium: thank you!

Thank you for taking the time to try Clever Cloud, for embracing the slightly ridiculous Belgian theme, and especially for showing us what you built.

Want to give it a try?

Good news: you don't need to attend Devoxx to take the challenge!

The original Devoxx Belgium Challenge is still online, and we've also created a generic version of Stop Prompting. Start Shipping. that anyone can try, anywhere.

The special €200 Devoxx coupon is no longer available, but every new Clever Cloud account comes with €20 in free credits, which is more than enough to build and deploy a small application with a database.

Pick a theme. Open your favorite AI coding assistant. Give yourself 15 minutes.

Build something fun, connect a database, and deploy it.

And if you do, I'd genuinely love to see what you come up with. Share your application with me!

Stop prompting. Start shipping.

Clever Cloud is pleased to welcome you to La Cantine x La French Tech Nantes for a full day, as part of Nantes Digital Week and the Je choisis la French Tech program. The main hall hosts a showroom of local solutions, along with part of the talks, complemented by two conference rooms.

In practice, the goal is to show IT decision-makers that local solutions already exist and run in production today. It's also about showing that they can meet many technology needs today, without relying on the big American platforms. The local ecosystem produces them, but these solutions are often not well known enough to the organizations that could use them. Putting them in the spotlight is exactly what matters to us with Tech Alternatives Nantes.

The Tech Alternatives Nantes program

The day opens with a keynote, then continues with panel discussions, talks and case studies, with no sales pitches. Speakers come to talk about what they've built, not to sell it. For example, attendees will hear how electronic waste becomes a local resource, how AI is being industrialized in Europe, or how to respond to a cyberattack. The day wraps up with a closing address, followed by a networking session.

Also, here are the fourteen local organizations co-organizing the event: ADN Ouest, AlphaEdge, Clever Cloud, CRISP, ETIX, Free Pro, French Tech Nantes x La Cantine, ici_lundi, iTrust, Make IT Safe, Modixia, Octopize, Swiftask and Tranquil IT. Clever Cloud and La Cantine x La French Tech Nantes handle the overall coordination.

Practical information about Tech Alternatives Nantes

📆 Friday, September 18, 2026, 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
📍 La Cantine x La French Tech Nantes Halle 6, Est, 40 rue La Tour d'Auvergne, Nantes

Free access, ticket required, limited seats available.

Looking forward to seeing you in Nantes!

We're back, and our upcoming events 2026 are already lined up. Over the next three months, we're heading out to meet you, with talks, booths and plenty of opportunities to connect. Here's where to find us and why you should stop by.

September

Jug Summer Camp 2026

📆 4 September 2026
📍La Rochelle

We kick off the season at Jug Summer Camp 2026, the Java conference that keeps the relaxed end-of-summer spirit alive, all packed into a single day. Our DevRel, Horacio Gonzalez, will be on stage with a talk entitled "Wrap, Reshape, or Redesign: Retrofitting Your APIs for a World of Agents", exploring how to adapt existing APIs for a world of AI agents. Between sessions, come and visit our booth, our team will be there to chat.

Universités d'Été (UECC)

📆 10 September 2026
📍Paris

On 10 September, we'll be at the Universités d'Été de la Cyber et du Cloud de confiance (UECC). The event, organised by HexaTrust, brings together key players in cybersecurity and sovereign cloud, a field we know well. You'll find our team at the booth, ready to discuss sovereignty.

API Platform Conference 2026

📆 17 - 18 September 2026
📍Lille & Online

As a sponsor of API Platform Conference 2026, we'll be in Lille on 17 and 18 September. Over two days, the conference will bring together the API Platform community for talks and technical discussions. Come and visit our booth to chat with our team. And if you can't make it in person, the conference is also available online.

Tech Alternatives Nantes

📆 18 September 2026
📍Nantes, France

One of the highlights of our autumn calendar will be Tech Alternatives Nantes, as part of Nantes Digital Week. Together with around fifteen organisations from the local tech scene, we are co-organising a day dedicated to sovereign digital solutions, those that offer an alternative to the major US platforms. The programme features keynote speeches, talks, panel discussions and case studies, along with a showroom where you can speak directly with exhibitors. Come and meet us there. The event starts at 9.30am at La Cantine x La French Tech Nantes (Halle 6 Est, 40 rue de la Tour d'Auvergne) and admission is free upon registration.

Salon de la Data et de l'IA

 📆 22 September 2026

📍 Nantes, France

Our CEO, Quentin Adam, will be speaking at the Salon de la Data et de l'IA on 22 September at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes. This flagship event of Nantes Digital Week is dedicated to the uses and challenges of data and AI. The programme combines talks, case studies and demonstrations on topics such as GenAI, DataOps, cybersecurity and sovereignty. Come and listen to his talk entitled "AI, Tech and the Economy: What Impact on Your Children's School?".

Confitura Conference

 📆 25 - 26 September 2026

📍 Warsaw, Poland

On 25 and 26 September, our DevRel, Horacio Gonzalez, is heading to Warsaw for the Confitura Conference, one of the longest-running Java community gatherings in Poland. He will be giving a talk entitled 'Wrap, Reshape, or Redesign: Retrofitting Your APIs for a World of Agents', exploring how to adapt existing APIs for a world of AI agents. If you're there, do come along to his talk and catch up with him afterwards to continue the discussion.

October

Our upcoming events 2026 continue in October.

Volcamp 2026

 📆 1 - 2 October 2026

📍 Clermont-Ferrand

On 1 and 2 October, we'll be in Clermont-Ferrand for Volcamp 2026, the first tech conference set deep in the heart of the Auvergne volcanoes. Two talks are on the programme: our colleagues Alexandre Burgoni and Pierre Zemb will be giving a talk entitled 'Houston, we have a problem with ETCD', while Horacio Gonzalez will be speaking on 'Your cloud architecture is actually an organisational chart'. Between sessions, do come and see us at our booth to discuss your projects.

Devoxx Belgium 2026

📆 5–9 October 2026

📍 Kinepolis, Antwerp, Belgium

Our DevRel, Horacio Gonzalez, will be at Devoxx Belgium for a talk on adapting existing APIs for a world of AI agents. The event is one of the largest developer conferences in Europe, with five days of talks, workshops and community gatherings in Antwerp. If you're attending, come along to his talk and catch up with him afterwards.

Forum PHP 2026

 📆 8 - 9 October 2026

📍 Disneyland Paris

Forum PHP 2026 is coming up on 8 and 9 October, the annual gathering of the PHP community in France. Our CEO, Quentin Adam, will be giving a talk on digital sovereignty in the age of AI. Our team will welcome you at our booth on both days, so pop by for a catch-up between talks.

BDX I/O

 📆 29 - 30 October 2026

📍 Bordeaux, France

Horacio Gonzalez, our DevRel, will be at BDX I/O on 29 October for a talk on how infrastructure choices shape team organisation. The two-day event will bring together Bordeaux's tech community for talks focusing on programming and careers in the field. Come along to his talk and have a chat with him.

Cloud Nord 2026 

📆 30 October 2026

📍 Lille, France

On 30 October, we'll also be in Lille for Cloud Nord 2026, with two talks on the programme. Our teammates Alexandre Burgoni and Pierre Zemb will be giving their talk, while our CTO, Steven Le Roux, will be discussing active defence in his talk entitled 'HoneySwamp: Active Defense to Ruin Attackers'. If you're attending, do come along to their talks and catch up with them afterwards.

November

#UYBHYS26

📆 6 - 7 November 2026

📍 Brest, France

Our upcoming events 2026 continue in November with #UYBHYS26, which stands for 'Unlock Your Brain, Harden Your System', an event in Brest dedicated to cybersecurity. Our CTO, Steven Le Roux, will be speaking on active defence strategies to thwart attackers. If you're in Brest, come and hear him and stick around to chat after the sessions.

DevFest Toulouse

 📆 19 November 2026

📍 Toulouse

DevFest Toulouse will be hosting our DevRel, Horacio Gonzalez, on 19 November for a talk on cloud architecture. The event brings together developers and tech enthusiasts for a day of talks and networking. It's a great opportunity to attend his talk and have a chat with him.

Codeurs en Seine

 📆 19 November 2026

📍 Rouen

On the same day, we'll be sponsoring Codeurs en Seine, and you'll be able to meet our teammates at our booth throughout the day. Join us between talks to discuss your projects or just chat about the cloud and development.

See you there

So that's our programme of upcoming events 2026. If you're attending any of these, do come and meet us to discuss your projects, share your ideas or simply take a moment to have a chat with us.

Where to find us

You can find us in three separate areas within the exhibition.

• At the Village de la Souveraineté Numérique, June 17–20 (booth 3c11 – Hall 7.3)
  
• At the Pays de la Loire Pavilion, June 17–19 (booth G50 – Hall 7.2)
  
• At the Business France Pavilion, June 18–19 (booth 3G13 – Hall 7.2)
  

These three spaces cover different angles. The thread remains the same: a European cloud provider at work on digital sovereignty, industrial collaboration and AI infrastructure.

We thank the Comité Stratégique de Filière Solutions Numériques de Confiance, the Région Pays de la Loire and Business France for hosting us on their respective pavilions this year.

Key moments

Thursday June 18, three things to mark in your calendar.

At 11 a.m., we’ll be at the OVHcloud booth to discuss the interconnected ecosystem. Topics will include the Schengen Cloud Alliance, the consortium created with OVHcloud and DEEP. We’ll discuss how we’ve worked together to build the most comprehensive European cloud offering on the market.

Later that day at 4pm, we will take part in a panel discussion at the Pays de la Loire Pavilion (stand 2G50). It will be moderated by Aymeric de Maussion, AI Director at the Pays de la Loire Region.

Our Chief Sales Officer, Florent Perreux, Fabien Fasson (Chief Executive Officer of AlphaEdge), and Constantin Jais (Head of AI Innovation at DOXALLIA) will be speaking at the event. They will discuss specialized AI, Clever AI, sovereign cloud, sensitive data, ROI, performance, scaling, and value creation at the regional level.

Finally, because the best conversations don’t always happen behind a conference badge, we’re hosting a happy hour on Thursday, June 18 at 7 p.m. at Les Bascules bar, 3 rue de la Bourse. The first round is on us.

See you there!

In this context, the question is no longer whether to migrate, but how to structure what already exists, maintain control over day-to-day operations, and retain ownership of environments and data.

On Tuesday 28 April at 11:30 AM, Clever Cloud and Cycloid are hosting a webinar to address these challenges.

Two complementary perspectives on a shared challenge

We are offering a cross-functional discussion to provide concrete insight into these topics.

Cycloid covers the structuring and governance of environments through a unified internal developer platform and portal. Clever Cloud addresses managed operations, operational maintenance (MCO) and operational sovereignty.

Join Florent Perreux (Chief Sales Officer @ Clever Cloud), Steven Le Roux (CTO @ Clever Cloud), Alexandre Blin (Business Director SEMEA @ Cycloid) and Olivier de Turckheim (Solution Architect @ Cycloid) to understand how to align governance and operations without adding complexity.

Agenda

🔹 Why cloud modernisation goes beyond migration;plus à une migration;

🔹 Structuring and governance challenges in multi-cloud environments;

🔹 Operational challenges related to operations and maintenance;

🔹 How to align governance and operations without multiplying complexity;

🔹 A live Q&A session to ask your questions directly.

Why attend?

✅ Understand the root causes of complexity in cloud projects;

✅ Identify the levers to structure your usage and reduce vendor dependency;

✅ Gain a clearer understanding of operational and sovereignty challenges;

✅ Benefit from concrete real-world experience;

✅ Engage directly with experts.

Register now

🗓️ Tuesday 28 April 2026

⏰ 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

💻 Online webinar on Livestorm

Facing these challenges? Join us on 28 April!

Winter is often synonymous with withdrawal. Not for Clever Cloud. Following a busy autumn 2025 full of meetups, we're continuing into 2026 with a series of diverse events.

For developers, entrepreneurs, or anyone curious about technological developments, these gatherings provide opportunities to follow current topics and challenges. On the agenda: technical conferences, meetups, and business appointments.

Come meet our teams and connect with the ecosystem!

January 2026

SnowCamp2026

📆 January 14–17, 2026
📍 Grenoble – Alpexpo

Clever Cloud will be present as a sponsor of SnowCamp 2026, the 10th edition. The event includes a day of training, two days of technical conferences, and a day of informal mountain exchanges (unconference).

Come meet the Clever Cloud team at our booth to discuss the latest tech trends, ask your questions, and discover our latest offerings in an environment conducive to learning and networking.

ElsassJUG – Strasbourg

📆 January 22, 2026
📍 Strasbourg – EPITECH

Quentin Adam, our CEO, will be speaking at a meetup organized by ElsassJUG, the Alsace Java User Group. While primarily focused on Java, the group also covers a wide range of technical topics, including software development, the JVM ecosystem, and related technologies.

On this occasion, he will share his vision of digital sovereignty, explaining how every technological choice shapes our collective autonomy—and how developers can become concrete agents of change to help build a sustainable, self-determined, and ambitious digital future.

Zero to One 2026

📆 January 28–29, 2026
📍 Nantes – Le Palace

As a partner of the 3rd edition of Zero to One in Nantes, Clever Cloud will take part in this event dedicated to startups and scale-ups. The event brings together founders, executives, investors, and experts to discuss the challenges of building and scaling innovative projects.

Throughout the two days, the Clever Cloud team will be on site to meet attendees, share real-world feedback, and discuss cloud-related topics and product scaling challenges.

FOSDEM 2026

📆 January 31 – February 1, 2026
📍 Brussels – ULB and online

FOSDEM is one of Europe’s largest open-source events, bringing developers and contributors together for technical talks and sessions.

This edition will feature our colleague Loïc Tosser, who will present PyInfra: Because Your Infrastructure Deserves Real Code in Python, Not YAML Soup in the Python Devroom. He will demonstrate how to replace heavy YAML files with readable, testable, reusable Python code. Additionally, he will show how complex Ansible playbooks can be transformed into concise scripts, making infrastructure more expressive, robust, and aligned with modern development practices.

February 2026

JFokus 2026

📆 February 2–4, 2026
📍 Stockholm, Sweden – Waterfront Congress Centre

Clever Cloud will be taking part in JFokus 2026, an international developer conference focused on Java, cloud, and emerging technologies. Our DevRel, Horacio Gonzalez, will lead the session “MCP Servers Beyond 101: Good Practices, Design Choices and Their Consequences.”

During this session, he will showcase real-world projects, share best practices, and highlight common pitfalls to avoid. He will also discuss the impact of design choices on developer experience, performance, and security.

The Clever Cloud team will also be available at our booth to meet attendees and answer your questions about cloud technologies, JVM architectures, and our latest solutions.

Touraine Tech – Back to School

📆 February 12–13, 2026
📍 Tours – University of Tours, Faculty of Science and Technology

As a sponsor of the Back to School edition of Touraine Tech, Clever Cloud will take part in this technical conference focused on digital technologies in the Centre region. The event takes place every year over two days in Tours.

Our DevRel, Horacio Gonzalez, will speak during the session “Rediscovering PHP: Modern Practices Beyond Legacy Code.” Come see us at our booth to discover our latest updates and talk with our team about cloud technologies, best practices, and development challenges.

April 2026

MiXiT 2026

📆 April 16–17, 2026
📍 Lyon (Villeurbanne) – CPE, University Lyon 1 Campus

Meet Clever Cloud at MiXiT 2026, a technical conference in Lyon celebrating its 15th edition. The event covers a range of topics, including technology, teamwork, ethics, and innovation, with a strong focus on accessibility and sustainability.

The Clever Cloud team invites you to visit our booth to discuss your projects, current cloud challenges, and our latest innovations.

Devoxx France 2026

📆 April 22–24, 2026
📍 Paris – Palais des Congrès, Porte Maillot

Devoxx France is one of Europe's leading conferences dedicated to developers and IT professionals. Over three days, the event offers technical talks around software development, architecture, cloud, and best practices.

On-site, the Clever Cloud team will be available to engage with participants, discuss current technical challenges, and present our latest innovations. Come visit our booth to share your experiences and discuss your projects.

See you there — we look forward to meeting you!

The announcement was made during the Franco-German summit “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty – Shaping Europe’s digital future. Together.” Both companies see this collaboration as a key lever to make artificial intelligence more accessible and truly sovereign in Europe.

They note that despite growing interest in AI, industrial adoption is still significantly hindered by computing costs. SpiNNcloud’s current systems already reduce certain costs by up to 17x. The next architecture, SpiNNext, is expected to push efficiency gains even further, with potential savings of up to 80x. A breakthrough that could reshape the dynamics of AI industrialization on the continent.

A Franco-German cooperation for a sovereign AI infrastructure

The two partners see their collaboration as a structuring component of a Franco-German  initiative dedicated to AI infrastructures. They emphasize that sustainable competition with global giants will only be possible by strengthening cooperation among European players. Their ambition goes beyond their own partnership: they aim to involve other innovative SMEs across the continent to form a network of expertise capable of delivering essential digital building blocks without external dependency.

Clever Cloud operates a European cloud platform for hosting, automation, databases, and orchestration. All technology is developed in-house and operated in Europe. The company employs around one hundred people and serves customers in more than 120 countries. 
SpiNNcloud, for its part, develops computing architectures inspired by the human brain, designed for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence applications. Its systems currently rely on the SpiNNaker2 architecture, while SpiNNext is already under development.

The cooperation has entered an operational phase. The first SpiNNcloud systems are being integrated into Clever Cloud’s infrastructure, and technical tests are underway. Two workstreams are being developed: leveraging the performance of the systems for intensive computing, and a shared “Token as a Service” layer, enabling companies to use AI services -language models or other algorithms - based on actual consumption, with significantly reduced costs and energy usage. The teams have aligned their roadmap around integration, security, and operations.

By relying on European technologies-both hardware and software-the two companies aim to contribute to the emergence of a truly independent AI infrastructure. Following the summit, they plan to continue discussions with French, German, and European authorities to share insights on infrastructures, energy efficiency, and digital sovereignty. The event held between President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Friedrich Merz also provided a platform for extensive exchanges with the attending delegations.

Quentin Adam, CEO of Clever Cloud, States: “We want a Europe that develops its own technologies and takes control of its digital future. With SpiNNcloud, we demonstrate that European industry not only has the expertise but also the determination to address the major challenges of AI: costs, energy consumption, sovereignty. This collaboration shows that a cooperating Europe can design high-performance, efficient, and truly independent infrastructures.”

Hector Gonzalez, CEO of SpiNNcloud, adds: “With Clever Cloud, we found an ideal partner to bring the unique energy efficiency of our brain-inspired systems to industrial use cases. This Franco-German cooperation proves that Europe has the technological building blocks needed to build competitive and sovereign solutions.”

About SpiNNcloud

SpiNNcloud is reinventing AI infrastructure through a brain-inspired computing architecture designed to drastically reduce energy consumption while maintaining high performance. Its event-based approach, in which computations occur only when needed, opens up new margins of efficiency. The company provides complete systems to research centers and enterprises worldwide.

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On December 11, 2025, Clever Cloud invites you to its own conference, ACCES – Amazing Clever Cloud Enterprise Summit, as part of FOST Paris – The Future Of Software Technologies. A day dedicated to Clever Cloud news, keynotes, round tables, and networking, with a 50% discount on your pass for the 3 days of conferences. And from December 9 to 11, meet Clever Cloud and its partners at our booth at FOST, in Paris La Défense.

Following the success of the Clever Cloud Fest, ACCES will offer the opportunity to:

• Discover new product updates and the 2026 roadmap.
• Attend keynotes and panel discussions.
• Explore demonstrations and case study feedback showcasing real use cases and fostering exchanges.
• Enjoy an unforgettable evening to close the event.

Beyond the sessions, this day will also provide a unique networking opportunity to meet partners, clients, and experts, share ideas, and build together the future of European sovereign cloud.

Clever Cloud is delighted to offer 50% off your FOST pass, which lets you attend ACCES and all three days of conferences.

Practical Information

📅 Date: December 11, 2025
📍 Location: CNIT Forest – 2 Place de la Défense, Puteaux (Paris La Défense)
Event: part of FOST Paris – The Future Of Software Technologies

Get ready for a day that will mark the end of your year!

ACCES is part of FOST – The Future Of Software Technologies, the largest European gathering focused on software and emerging technologies. Formerly an independent event, APIDAYS is now integrated into FOST, contributing to this new format, which now brings together more than 25 independent conferences.

The conferences take place within sub-events such as APIDAYS, Les Rencontres de la DSI, GenAI (which will host ACCES), and GreenIO, and also cover key topics like cybersecurity, IT governance, open source, automation, and digital transformation. This format encourages exchanges between tech communities and allows, with a single pass, access to all FOST conferences and content.

So, are you ready to take part in this unique experience?

Book now your 3-day conference pass and enjoy 50% off!

We look forward to seeing you in Paris!

These events are opportunities to meet our teams, discuss tech trends, and discover how sovereign cloud computing can transform your IT projects while ensuring data security.

October 2025

Volcamp 2025

📆 October 2–3, 2025
📍 Clermont-Ferrand, France
At this unique tech conference in the heart of the Auvergne volcanoes, Alexandre Burgoni will give a talk titled “The Distributed System That Survived 1 Billion Series.”

Digital Bridge

📆 October 2‑4, 2025
📍 Astana - Kazakhstan

Quentin Adam will represent Clever Cloud at this event, considered the largest international technology forum in Central Asia. He will speak on October 2 in a panel discussion entitled: “AI at Scale: How Corporate Innovation Is Shaping the Future of AI Adoption”.

MAJ#1 – Medef

📆 October 7, 2025, 9h00 – 13h00
📍 MEDEF, 55 Av. Bosquet, Paris 7th

An event designed for executives, founders, and decision-makers to decipher the major challenges of the moment: cloud, AI, cybersecurity, finance, HR, regulatory innovations, and more. Quentin Adam will deliver the keynote speech.

Nantes City Healthcare 2025

📆 October 7, 2025
📍 Nantes

Clever Cloud will be present as a sponsor to showcase its sovereign cloud platform, which secures healthcare data and simplifies the routine tasks of IT teams. Come and meet our team on our stand and discover how digital technology can transform healthcare.

Blue Day Edge Computing 

📆 October 9, 2025
📍 Brest
Quentin Adam will attend the panel discussion “Technical challenges of edge computing” joined by Benoit Souyri (Thales) and Olivier Berder (Granit IRISA). A conversation about the technical challenges and innovations shaping the future of the cloud and decentralized computing.

Forum PHP 2025

📆 October 9-10, 2025
📍 Disneyland Paris

Clever Cloud will be sponsoring Forum PHP 2025, which celebrates 30 years of PHP and 25 years of AFUP. Two days of conferences, workshops, and meetings to discuss performance, security, and modern infrastructures in the PHP ecosystem. Come meet us at our booth to share expertise and feedback.

November 2025

BDX I/O

📆 November 7, 2025
📍 Le Palais des Congrès, Bordeaux

What is BDX I/O?
BDX I/O is a conference in Bordeaux dedicated to programming and digital professions. At the 2024 edition, more than 1,000 enthusiasts gathered for a day of discovery and exchange.

In our DevRel Horacio Gonzalez's session, “Will LLMs replace developers?”, he explains how language models (LLMs) are transforming development practices and why the role of the developer is evolving rather than disappearing.

Unlock Your Brain (UYBHYS) 2025

📆 November 7–8, 2025
📍 Le Quartz – Brest

For its 10th anniversary, UYBHYS is back with two days of conferences, workshops, a student bug bounty, and a career forum focused on cybersecurity. Clever Cloud will be there as an event sponsor, supporting this Brest-based initiative that brings together innovation, knowledge sharing, and digital security.

DevFest Toulouse 2025

📆 November 13, 2025
📍 Toulouse

Erwan Rougeux, VP International Growth/Business Development at Clever Cloud, will participate in this renowned event for the tech community. He will deliver the closing keynote alongside Sylvain Wallez, on the topic of unusual home automation.

Codeurs en Seine

📆 November 20, 2025
📍 Rouen

Codeurs en Seine is one of Normandy's major tech events, bringing together developers and digital professionals for conferences, workshops, meetups, and partner stands. Quentin Adam will give a keynote speech on digital sovereignty in Europe, and our DevRel Horacio Gonzalez will also speak at a conference. Clever Cloud will be sponsoring the 2025 edition: come and visit us at our booth to chat with our team and share expertise and feedback.

Adopt AI

📆 November 25-26, 2025
📍 Paris

An event dedicated to artificial intelligence and its practical applications in business. The event will bring together large corporations, startups, tech leaders, and decision-makers to discuss topics such as responsible innovation, AI governance, digital sovereignty, and large-scale deployment.
Organized by Artefact, the 2025 edition will offer several themed stages to explore the adoption of AI in key sectors such as healthcare, finance, industry, and luxury goods.

DevFest Lyon 2025

📆 November 28, 2025
📍 Lyon

In his talk, “Building smarter MCP servers: generic vs. domain-specific approaches,” our DevRel Horacio Gonzalez will explain how to harness the power of LLMs with MCP servers. He will present concrete examples, compare generic and domain-specific approaches, and give practical advice on choosing or building the best solution for your AI projects, whether it's a versatile chatbot or a specialized AI assistant.

December 2025

DevFest Dijon 2025

📆 December 5, 2025
📍 UFR Sciences et Techniques – Dijon

Our DevRel Horacio Gonzalez will lead a hands-on workshop to discover htmx 2.0 and Web Components with Lit.
You will explore live coding and interactive exercises, learn how to create reusable components, and see how to combine htmx and Lit to build modular and maintainable projects with minimal JavaScript.

API Days

 📆 December 9-11, 2025
📍 CNIT Forest / La Défense, Paris

A major event dedicated to API-first architectures and their convergence with artificial intelligence. Over 20 tech conferences on APIs, Cloud & Infrastructure, AI, software architecture, and Open Source.
Clever Cloud will be a sponsor, and the entire team will be available to talk with developers, CTOs, and business leaders about our expertise and feedback. Come meet us at our booth!

For Madietenligne, a platform that supports over 2,500 dieticians in managing their business, ensuring compliance was becoming more and more complex... until they migrated to Clever Cloud's HDS-certified PaaS.

On Tuesday June 17, 2025 at 11:30 a.m., Madietenligne looks back at this strategic shift during an HDS-certified webinar.

Why an HDS compliance webinar?

As a certified healthcare data host for the 6 activities covered by the standard, Clever Cloud supports editors who want to focus on their core business, without sacrificing security or sovereignty.

In this webinar, we will discuss:

• A clear overview of HDS obligations and their practical impact on your solution;
• HDS compliance “fast-track”: benefit immediately from a certified, sovereign cloud, with no regulatory or administrative formalities to deal with;
• Behind the scenes of Madietenligne's < 3 week migration, and the gains observed (security, scalability, sovereignty);
• Any points you'd like to clarify, through a live Q&A session.

The program

Join Florent Perreux (Chief Sales Officer @ Clever Cloud) and Eddy Montus (Co-founder @ MaDietEnLigne) as they explore, step by step, the challenges and rewards of migrating to a sovereign, HDS-compliant cloud.

On the agenda:

🔹 The challenges of HDS compliance for companies processing healthcare data ;

🔹 The concrete benefits of an HDS-certified PaaS ;

🔹 The experience of a customer committed to security and sovereignty issues ;

🔹 A Q&A session to ask your questions.

Why participate?

🔖 Understand HDS obligations and how to meet them;

🎯 Discover a real-life case study from a committed SaaS healthcare publisher;

👑 Explore a sovereign, scalable and compliant cloud solution;

❓ Chat live with our speakers.

🗣️ "In less than three weeks, we migrated our dev and prod environments.  And most importantly, I'm more than satisfied with the service and excellent support!"— Eddy Montus, Co-founder @ Madietenligne

Register now

📅 Tuesday, June 17, 2025

⏰ 11:30 AM - 12h00 PM

💻 Livestorm online webinar

You code, we guarantee HDS compliance, combined with sovereign, scalable and automated hosting. Join us on June 17 to find out how! 🚀