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CLC is a German conference on developer experience, platform engineering and software delivery, organised by iX, the professional IT magazine from heise, together with the publisher dpunkt. It follows the delivery lifecycle end to end, from the underlying platform through CI/CD pipelines to running applications in production, and targets senior developers, architects, DevOps and platform engineers, infrastructure specialists and team leads. The 2026 edition takes place on 11–12 November at Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim, a venue close to the city's main station. Sessions are presented in a mix of German and English, with speakers drawn largely from practitioners at large European enterprises. Topics include platform engineering, agentic AI, DevSecOps, containers and Kubernetes, infrastructure operations and observability, making this platform engineering conference 2026 in Mannheim broad in scope yet firmly practical. The programme concentrates on experience-based talks rather than vendor pitches, complemented by an exhibition, conference materials and an evening event that encourages informal exchange. For teams building internal developer platforms or modernising delivery pipelines, CLC offers a German-language-friendly forum to learn from peers who have faced similar organisational and technical challenges.
CLC 2026 takes place November 11–12, 2026 in Mannheim, Germany.
CLC 2026 is an in-person event.
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Mannheim is an industrial and logistics city rather than a tourist one, which gives a two-day cloud and platform engineering event held here a certain focus. Its centre is famously laid out as a numbered grid of blocks with no street names, a quirk visitors notice within minutes. Mid-November is cold and often grey, but the city sits at a major rail junction, making it easy to reach and easy to extend toward the Rhine and Neckar valleys.
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is the practical arrival point, with direct ICE trains to Mannheim Hauptbahnhof in around thirty to forty minutes from the airport's long-distance station. Stuttgart (STR) is an alternative at roughly an hour by rail. Mannheim sits on the main north-south high-speed line, so connections from Cologne, Munich and Basel are frequent. Trams from the station reach the grid blocks within minutes.
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Coverage across Mannheim and along the Rhine-Neckar rail corridor is consistent. Attendees arriving from outside the EU commonly use a prepaid eSIM so that navigation works before they reach the hotel. Set up an eSIM with Airalo before you board and you're online the moment you land.
Mannheim Palace. One of the largest baroque palace complexes in Europe, most of it now occupied by the university, with a museum wing open to visitors. The scale is the point. Around ninety minutes, and it sits at the south-west corner of the grid within easy walking distance of the centre.
Technoseum. A well-regarded museum of industrial and social technology tracing two centuries of mechanisation, with working machinery demonstrated through the day. Considerably more engaging than its exterior suggests. Allow two hours; reachable by tram from the centre.
Luisenpark. A large landscaped park east of the centre with a lake, gliding boats and a plant house that is welcome in cold weather. November strips it back but the tree-lined paths hold up. An hour to ninety minutes, ticketed entry.
Heidelberg day trip. Heidelberg lies fifteen minutes away by frequent regional train, offering a castle ruin above the Neckar and an intact old town. It absorbs a full afternoon comfortably and is the standard escape from Mannheim. Go early to make use of the short daylight. Tickets on Tiqets →
Why do Mannheim addresses look like codes?
The central city is arranged as a grid of squares identified by a letter and number, such as Q7, instead of street names. Mapping apps handle it correctly.
How long does the trip from Frankfurt Airport take?
Around thirty to forty minutes by direct ICE from the airport's long-distance station to Mannheim Hauptbahnhof.
Is Heidelberg worth adding to the trip?
Yes, if you have a spare afternoon. It is fifteen minutes by regional train and the old town and castle can be seen in half a day.
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