Update the events for the new year with confirmed events (#138)

* Remove Inviter.co invite image from footer section in docusaurus.config.js

Signed-off-by: Pete Cheslock <[email protected]>

* Update community events in documentation to reflect new details for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026, including session titles, dates, and links. Removed outdated events for November 2025.

Signed-off-by: Pete Cheslock <[email protected]>

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Signed-off-by: Pete Cheslock <[email protected]>

Author: petecheslock

docs/community/events.md

@@ -12,62 +12,26 @@ Stay connected with the llm-d community at meetups, conferences, and workshops.
 {(() => {
   const events = [
     {
-      month: 'November 2025',
-      title: 'Cloud Native + Kubernetes AI Day',
-      location: 'Atlanta, GA',
-      dateText: 'Nov 10, 2025',
+      month: 'March 2026',
+      title: 'KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026',
+      location: 'London, UK',
+      dateText: 'March 24–26, 2026',
       cost: 'Paid',
-      href: 'https://colocatedeventsna2025.sched.com/',
+      href: 'https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/',
       sessions: [
         {
-          title: 'You Got a Match! LLM Prefix Aware Routing With Kubernetes',
-          date: 'Mon, Nov 10, 2025',
-          time: '10:40am – 11:05am EST',
-          location: 'Building B | Level 4 | B401-402',
-          href: 'https://colocatedeventsna2025.sched.com/event/28D0y',
+          title: 'Route, Serve, Adapt, Repeat: Adaptive Routing for AI Inference Workloads in Kubernetes',
+          date: 'Wed, Mar 25, 2026',
+          time: '11:45am – 12:15pm CET',
+          location: 'Auditorium',
+          href: 'https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW2C/route-serve-adapt-repeat-adaptive-routing-for-ai-inference-workloads-in-kubernetes-nir-rozenbaum-ibm-kellen-swain-google',
         },
         {
-          title: 'KServe Next: Advancing Generative AI Model Serving',
-          date: 'Mon, Nov 10, 2025',
-          time: '2:05pm – 2:30pm EST',
-          href: 'https://colocatedeventsna2025.sched.com/event/28D4J',
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-    {
-      month: 'November 2025',
-      title: 'KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025',
-      location: 'Atlanta, GA',
-      dateText: 'Nov 10–13, 2025',
-      cost: 'Paid',
-      href: 'https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/',
-      sessions: [
-        {
-          title: 'Best Practices for Leveraging llm-d for Production-Scale Inference',
-          date: 'Tue, Nov 11, 2025',
-          time: '2:30pm – 3:00pm EST',
-          location: 'Building B | Level 5 | Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1',
-          href: 'https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27FWE?iframe=no',
-        },
-        {
-          title: 'Routing Stateful AI Workloads in Kubernetes',
-          date: 'Tue, Nov 11, 2025',
-          time: '4:15pm – 4:45pm EST',
-          location: 'Building B | Level 4 | B401-402',
-          href: 'https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27FX6?iframe=no',
-        },
-        {
-          title: 'llm-d: Multi-Accelerator LLM Inference on Kubernetes',
-          date: 'Thu, Nov 13, 2025',
-          time: '2:30pm – 3:00pm EST',
-          location: 'Building B | Level 4 | B401-402',
-          href: 'https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Fee?iframe=no',
-        },
-        {
-          title: 'Navigating the Rapid Evolution of Large Model Inference: Where Does Kubernetes Fit?',
-          date: 'Wed, Nov 12, 2025',
-          time: '2:15pm – 2:45pm EST',
-          href: 'https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Nlv?iframe=no',
+          title: 'Tutorial: KV-Cache Wins You Can Feel: Building AI-Aware LLM Routing on Kubernetes',
+          date: 'Thu, Mar 26, 2026',
+          time: '11:00am – 12:15pm CET',
+          location: 'Elicium Ballroom 1',
+          href: 'https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW5y/tutorial-kv-cache-wins-you-can-feel-building-ai-aware-llm-routing-on-kubernetes-tyler-michael-smith-red-hat-kay-yan-daocloud-danny-harnik-michal-malka-maroon-ayoub-ibm',
         },
       ],
     },

docusaurus.config.js

@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ const config = {
                   <div class="footer-socials-cta">
                     <a href="/slack" target="_self" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Join our Slack">
                       <span class="button-link">Join our Slack</span>
-                      <img src="/img/new-social/inviter-logo.png" alt="Slack Invite" />
                     </a>
                   </div>
                 </div>