KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025: Full Schedule

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1-4 April 2025
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11:15 BST

A Comparative Analysis of Kueue, Volcano, and YuniKorn - Wei Huang, Apple & Shiming Zhang, DaoCloud

Wednesday April 2, 2025 11:15 - 11:45 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Choosing the best solution for running batch workloads on Kubernetes can be frustrating. Kueue, Volcano, and Apache YuniKorn were designed to address similar challenges but differ in how they tackle them. Deciding which is most suitable for a specific use case is often confusing.

Batch workloads like big data, data engineering, HPC, AI, and machine learning share common requirements, especially around batch-scheduling. Managing resource sharing and isolation between tenants while balancing utilization and meeting SLAs presents a significant challenge on Kubernetes.

This session dives into three community-driven solutions: Kueue, Volcano, and Apache YuniKorn. We’ll explore their features, use-case suitability, and design trade-offs, providing a comprehensive comparison. Attendees will leave with the insights needed to answer a crucial question: which solution best addresses the batch-scheduling needs of my workloads?

Speakers

Shiming Zhang

Software Engineer, DaoCloud

Shiming Zhang is a contributor to Kubernetes with the main focus on scalability, performance, reliability and testing, he gained experience and contributed to many Kubernetes features and most of its components.

Wei Huang

Staff Software Engineer, Apple

Wei Huang is a Software Engineer at Apple, focusing on Kube scheduling and control plane. He has served as a co-chair of Kubernetes SIG-Scheduling for years. He is also the founder of two Kubernetes sub-projects, scheduler-plugins, and kwok.

Wednesday April 2, 2025 11:15 - 11:45 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Beginner

12:00 BST

KubeEdge Graduation Journey: Creating a Diverse and Collaborative Open Source Community From Scratch - Yue Bao, Huawei & Hongbing Zhang, DaoCloud

Wednesday April 2, 2025 12:00 - 12:30 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Recently,the health of open-source projects,particularly,vendor diversity and neutrality,has become a key topic of discussion. Many projects have faced challenges due to a lack of vendor diversity,threatening their sustainability. It is increasingly clear that setting up the right governance structure and project team during a project’s growth is critical.
KubeEdge,the industry's first cloud-native open-source edge computing project,has grown from its initial launch in 2018 to achieving CNCF graduation this year. Over the past few years, KubeEdge has evolved from a small project into a diverse, collaborative and multi-vendor community.
In this session, we will discuss the KubeEdge graduation journey, focusing on key strategies in technical planning, community governance, developer growth, and project maintenance that enabled its transformation into a thriving ecosystem. Join us to explore how to build a multi-vendor and diverse community, and how to expand into different industries.

Speakers

Yue Bao

Senior Software Engineer, Huawei

Yue Bao serves as a software engineer of Huawei Cloud. She is now working 100% on open source, focusing on lightweight edge for KubeEdge. She is the maintainer of KubeEgde and also the tech leader of KubeEdge SIG Release and Node. Before that, Yue worked on Huawei Cloud Intelligent... Read More →

Hongbing Zhang

KubeEdge TSC Member, Chief Operating Officer, DaoCloud

Hongbing Zhang is Chief Operating Officer of DaoCloud. He is a veteran in open source areas, he founded IBM China Linux team in 2011 and organized team to make significant contributions in Linux Kernel/openstack/hadoop projects. Now he is focusing on cloud native domain and leading... Read More →

Wednesday April 2, 2025 12:00 - 12:30 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

14:30 BST

Navigating the Waters: Balancing Open Source Activities in Corporate Environments - Kim McMahon, Sidero Labs & Amanda Katona, NetApp Instaclustr

Wednesday April 2, 2025 14:30 - 15:00 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Achieving a balance between corporate goals and open source activities is essential for organizations that offer and rely on both commercial and open source technologies. This balance can be hard to achieve when you have goals, needed results, and resource constraints all pulling in different directions.

In this session, open source industry veterans Amanda and Kim will share best practices built from a decade in the Linux, Kubernetes, Apache, and open source operating system communities. Key topics will include:
* How to take organizational goals and craft a plan to support both open source and corporate products.
* How to take users on a journey to determine the technologies (open source or otherwise) that are best for them.
* How to communicate to your leadership and organization what you do, why you are doing it, and what you hope to accomplish.

Speakers

Amanda Katona

Director of Developer and Open Source Engagement, NetApp Instaclustr

Amanda is a driven community and partnership builder. She creates, and nurtures end-to-end ecosystems that support some of the most innovative technologies on the market. She oversaw Harbor, Contour, and Antrea Sandbox donations, and Harbor's promotion to Graduated. She's also provided... Read More →

Kim McMahon

Head of Marketing, Sidero Labs

Kim McMahon is well-known in the open source and cloud native ecosystem as a marketer of open source and growing healthy and productive communities. She led the marketing and community activities at several Linux Foundation projects including CNCF and RISC-V, building member participation... Read More →

Wednesday April 2, 2025 14:30 - 15:00 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

15:15 BST

The Bricks That Make Us – How the LEGO Group Avoids 50 Mediocre Kubernetes Implementations - Thomas Øther Rasmussen & Paul Farver, The LEGO Group

Wednesday April 2, 2025 15:15 - 15:45 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Striking the balance between Autonomy and Governance is surprisingly difficult. At The LEGO Group, developers are free to choose the tools they believe suit their task best. Limiting this autonomy will stifle developer creativity and lead to shadow IT, so how can you leverage Platform Engineering without becoming a Kragle-wielding Lord Business?

More than 100 product teams run their applications in LEGO factories across the globe, and that requires good communication between infrastructure-, platform-, and application teams. This session will focus on how the LEGO Container Platform Team successfully onboards new applications, engages with developers, and keeps them happy.

Speakers

Paul Farver

Platform Engineer, The LEGO Group

Paul has been working with Kubernetes since 2018, and has a passion for developer experience. He has been with The LEGO Group for 2 years, and spends most lunches trying to get his co-workers to laugh rather than eating. Outside of work, he sings classical choir, and plays D&D

Thomas Øther Rasmussen

Platform Engineer, The LEGO Group

What do you do when you love learning new things? Become a teacher of course! After all, if you learn how to teach others, perhaps you might be able to teach yourself too. With that mindset, Thomas' knowledge and experience has spread far and wide, not just in the Cloud Native landscape... Read More →

Wednesday April 2, 2025 15:15 - 15:45 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

16:15 BST

OSS = Open Source ... Strategy!? Google Is Doubling Down on K8s in the AI Era, and You Should Too! - Jago Macleod, Google

Wednesday April 2, 2025 16:15 - 16:45 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Kubernetes is Ten Years Old… Yikes - maybe it’s time to bail and find the next new hotness before it’s too late? Is it Ray? Or wait maybe it’s Spark or Run:ai or WASM or… ? Turns out it’s a trick question - all of these and more will play a role in the next hockey stick growth graph. And Kubernetes has a key role to play too.

I lead Open Source Kubernetes at Google. In this talk I’ll share our open source strategy and how it changed recently. I'll present the strategic framework and supporting pillars. I’ll share where we will focus our energy in the Kubernetes project in the next couple of years, and some concrete goals and risks. And I'll share how we rationalize work in open source in a world of limited resources.

The world has never changed so fast. Fortunately, the Kubernetes community created an extensible platform that is (just about) ready for the next trillion core hours. It’s not time to jump ship - we’re doubling down on Kubernetes and we think you will too.

Speakers

Jago Macleod

Engineering Director, Kubernetes & GKE, Google

Jago Macleod is an Engineering Director at Google, where he leads Open Source Kubernetes and GKE Release and Upgrades, which gives him the opportunity to work with some of Google Cloud’s largest customers. Prior to working at Google, Jago helped make the smart homes that may eventually... Read More →

Wednesday April 2, 2025 16:15 - 16:45 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

17:00 BST

Why Allyship Matters and Your Role in Creating a More Diverse Cloud Native Community - Catherine Paganini, Buoyant; Milad Vafaeifard, Epam Systems; Sandeep Kanabar, Gen; Anastasiia Gubska, BT Group; Rob Koch, Slalom Build

Wednesday April 2, 2025 17:00 - 17:30 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Despite many DEI initiatives, diversity in open source is still lacking. That's not only bad for underrepresented groups, it's also bad for OSS (studies have shown time and again that diverse teams produce better outcomes). While there isn't much you can do about the industry's hiring practices, you can help make a difference!

As companies scale back on DEI efforts, community-driven change becomes essential—and that’s where allies come in. Minorities are, by definition, in the minority, and their advocacy alone has limits. Allies have the power to amplify underrepresented voices, raise awareness among peers, and advocate for change. When allies take a stand for inclusivity, accessibility, and ethical responsibility, they hold the power to influence the industry's values and priorities.

Join this panel with CNCF Deaf and Hard of Hearing WG members to learn how you can drive meaningful change and contribute to a more diverse, inclusive, and innovative open-source community.

Speakers

Catherine Paganini

CTO, Buoyant

Catherine Paganini is co-chair of the TAG Contributor Strategy, founder of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing WG and Cloud Native Glossary, and Head of Marketing and Community at Buoyant, the creator of the CNCF graduated service mesh. A marketing leader passionate about open source, Catherine... Read More →

Rob Koch

Principal, Slalom Build

A tech enthusiast who thrives on steering projects from their initial spark to successful fruition, Rob Koch is Principal at Slalom Build, AWS Hero, and Co-chair of the CNCF Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group. His expertise in architecting event-driven systems is firmly rooted... Read More →

Sandeep Kanabar

Lead Software Engineer, Gen (formerly NortonLifeLock)

Hailing from India, Sandeep is a passionate software engineer working at Gen (formerly NortonLifeLock). A frequent meetup speaker, Sandeep enjoys sharing his lessons learned from 15+ years in the tech space with the community. He's a staunch advocate for diversity and inclusion and... Read More →

Anastasiia Gubska

SRE/DevOps Engineer, BT Group

Anastasiia Gubska, a Deaf CNCF Ambassador and SRE/DevOps Engineer at BT Group, develops and implements best practices for software delivery at the UK-based multinational telecommunications company. Passionate about discovering new communities and embracing diverse cultures, Anastasiia... Read More →

Milad Vafaeifard

Lead Software Engineer, Epam Systems

Milad Vafaeifard, a Lead Software Engineer at EPAM Systems, has 9+ years of web design and development expertise. Deaf but undeterred, he is the creative force behind Sign Language Tecn YouTube channel focused on tech content for the signing tech community. Deeply committed to creating... Read More →

Wednesday April 2, 2025 17:00 - 17:30 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

17:45 BST

Museum of Weird Bugs: Our Favorites From 8 Years of Service Mesh Debugging - Alex Leong, Buoyant

Wednesday April 2, 2025 17:45 - 18:15 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Over the past 8 years we've fixed a lot of bugs in Linkerd. Many of these were straightforward, but some of them manifested in strange ways, or only showed up in unique situations, or otherwise surprised us. Some of them were just plain funny. In this talk we run through a couple of our favorites: the most interesting, weird, and memorable bugs we've found and fixed Linkerd. We describe how they originally manifested (usually in someone else's production system), how we went about tackling them (often by educating the reporter on how to construct a useful bug report), and the sometimes long and windy path to finally fixing them.

Speakers

Alex Leong

Software Engineer, Buoyant

Alex is a software engineer at Buoyant and core maintainer of Linkerd, the open source service mesh for cloud native applications. Prior to Buoyant, she worked at Twitter on core API infrastructure. She enjoys roller derby, woodworking, and type safety.

Wednesday April 2, 2025 17:45 - 18:15 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room G

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

11:00 BST

A Practical Guide To Cloud Native Solutions: Demonstrating ROI and Business Impact - Danielle Cook, StackGen & Simon Forster, Stackegy

Thursday April 3, 2025 11:00 - 11:30 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Navigating the cloud-native landscape can be daunting, especially when deciding whether to buy a commercial solution, invest in open source technologies, plan significant process change, or undertake building platforms. But once you’ve evaluated the technologies, run POCs, and planned out your processes, how do you convince your business to invest? In this practical session, we’ll give real world case studies of companies evaluating technologies and transformation and how they were able to convince “upper management” of the benefits.

We will spend the session going through the different materials and frameworks to create business alignment and even provide templates for calculating ROI, including development and operational efficiency, cost savings, and business agility metrics.

Whether you're a startup or an enterprise, this session will equip you with actionable steps to use when you present cloud native solutions for budget and investment.

Speakers

Simon Forster

Technical Architect and CNCF Ambassador, Stackegy

Simon Forster is a CNCF Ambassador and cloud native technology architect and engineer based in London. Simon has extensive experience working in heavily regulated financial institutions on the design, delivery and security of critical cloud native applications. He has a specific focus... Read More →

Danielle Cook

StackGen, VP

Danielle Cook has worked in the cloud native industry since 2016 helping organizations adopt the technologies that make cloud native enterprise ready. She co-authored and launched the CNCF Cloud Native Maturity Model in 2021, is a co-chair of the CNCF Cartografos Working Group and... Read More →

Thursday April 3, 2025 11:00 - 11:30 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

11:45 BST

Building a Ubiquitous Cloud Native: Beyond the Intersectionality - Carol Valencia, Elastic; Pawel Piwosz, Tameshi; Satyam Soni, Devtron Inc.; Anita Ihuman, MetalBear; Audra Montenegro, CNCF

Thursday April 3, 2025 11:45 - 12:15 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Communities are the backbone of innovation and collaboration, but how do diverse geographies, cultures, problems, and challenges influence the way these communities operate? Leaders from Latam, Africa, Europe, and India will share their unique stories, solutions, and insights, highlighting both the similarities and differences in community building across regions. The discussion will focus on improving guidelines for supporting underrepresented groups, developing strategies to strengthen local chapters, breaking down silos, and addressing regional challenges.

A CNCF Community Manager will moderate the discussion, sharing challenges raised by organizers worldwide and exploring how approaches to community building vary across regions. By the end of this panel, attendees will be inspired to cultivate respectful and inclusive communities for everyone. KubeCon, in particular, embodies a unique blend of cultures and languages.

Speakers

Carolina Valencia

Customer Architect, Elastic

Carol is a passionate software developer dedicated to implementing secure cloud-native practices. She actively contributes to CNCF projects and the Kubernetes community as an open-source contributor. She enjoys learning new technologies and creating material, some of which she shares... Read More →

Anita Ihuman

Developer Adbocate, MetalBear

Anita is a developer advocate and technical writer specializing in cloud native and DevOps engineering. She champions the growth and adoption of cloud-native solutions in Africa as an organizer of Kubernetes Community Days(KCD) Nigeria and the CNCF Abuja community group. She is an... Read More →

Audra Montenegro

Community Program Manager | KCDs & CNCGs, CNCF

Audra Montenegro has spent nearly ten years organizing global events, with seven of those years working on content for large tech conferences and small summits with O’Reilly Media. Currently she is a Community Program Manager at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) running... Read More →

satyam soni

OSS Developer, Devtron Inc.

Satyam is OSS Developer at Devtron, Google Summer of Code Mentee 2024 at OpenSUSE,Kubernetes Release Notes Lead and Shadow v.130 & v1.31, CNCF Ambassador, and Cloud Native Community Groups New Delhi Organizer. He focuses on developing and contributing to open-source software. He holds... Read More →

Pawel Piwosz

Cloud Solution Architect, Tameshi

Docker Captain. DevOps Institute Ambassador. CD.Foundation Ambassador. AWS Community Builder. Engineer, leader, mentor, speaker. My focus is on CALMS. I am building better understanding of DevOps as driver for the organization. I am devoted to Serverless and CI/CD. I authored... Read More →

Thursday April 3, 2025 11:45 - 12:15 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

14:15 BST

Cloud Native Communities in Action: How Japan Shaped Its Path To KubeCon - Ota Kohei, Apple; Shu Muto, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.; Yuichi Nakamura, Hitachi, Ltd.; Sunyanan Choochotkaew, IBM Research; Noriaki Fukuyasu, The Linux Foundntion

Thursday April 3, 2025 14:15 - 14:45 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

This session will discuss the importance of local communities in bridging the gap between local developers and the global cloud-native ecosystem.

Since the beginning of KubeCon history back in 2015, adding new regions to the KubeCon calendar is a rare milestone, and we imagine many attendees may wonder what it takes to bring this flagship event to their own regions.

By focusing on the Japanese community’s journey, we will examine the ongoing efforts to build strong networks while facing challenges like language, timezone and regional barriers that continue to hinder international engagement.

This panel will also share the unique challenges faced by Asian communities, such as linguistic and cultural differences, and what lessons attendees can take back to strengthen their own regional ecosystems—and perhaps even host KubeCon in their region one day.

Speakers

Noriaki Fukuyasu

VP of Japan Operations, The Linux Foundation

VP of Japan Operations at Linux Foundation.

Yuichi Nakamura

Head of OSPO, Hitachi,Ltd

Yuichi Nakamura,Ph.D has been engaged with OSS over 20 years, contributed to SELinux, given presentations in many OSS events such as Linux Security Summit, Embedded Linux Conference and KubeCon. He also launched ecosystem of business and OSS contribution model based on Keycloak in... Read More →

Kohei Ota

Senior Field Engineer, Apple

Kohei Ota is a Senior Field Engineer at Apple. He is one of the Japanese localization leads for Kubernetes SIG Docs, and prev KubeCon speaker and co-chair of KubeDay Japan 2024. Beyond his professional roles, Kohei is instrumental in organizing CloudNative Days, the most prominent... Read More →

Shu Muto

Principal Software Engineer, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

Shu Muto is a maintainer for the Kubernetes Dashboard since Autumn 2019 and a chair for SIG UI. Previously, he contributed to the OpenStack Dashboard and its plugins as a core developer from 2015. Shu also develops WebRTC applications. He organizes Kubernetes Upstream Training Japan... Read More →

Sunyanan Choochotkaew

Staff Research Scientist, IBM Research

Sunyanan Choochotkaew is a staff research scientist at IBM Research - Tokyo, specializing in distributed computing and performance acceleration on cloud platforms. She holds the role of maintainer of Kepler project. She has made contributions to Environmental Sustainability TAG, operator... Read More →

Thursday April 3, 2025 14:15 - 14:45 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

14:15 BST

KubeCon FamilyFortune, Episode 2 - Tim Hockin, Google & Lucy Sweet, Uber

Thursday April 3, 2025 14:15 - 14:45 BST

Level 0 | ICC Auditorium

Join us for a rousing game of Family Fortune (Family Feud to our friends across the pond)! We will have silly questions with even sillier answers, as we try to guess what our global community of Kubernauts think.

Speakers

Tim Hockin

Distinguished Software Engineer, Google

Tim has spent most of his career at Google, where he works on Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). He is one of the technical leads of the Kubernetes project, and has been part of it since before it was publicly announced. He mostly pays attention to topics like APIs, networking... Read More →

Lucy Sweet

Senior Software Engineer, Uber

Lucy is a Senior Software Engineer at Uber Denmark who works on platform infrastructure

Thursday April 3, 2025 14:15 - 14:45 BST
Level 0 | ICC Auditorium

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

15:00 BST

Cloud Native Wheel of Fortune: 5 Spins for 5 Topics! - Steve Wade, Independent & Matteo Bianchi, GitHub

Thursday April 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:30 BST

Level 0 | ICC Auditorium

Reimagine the traditional conference talk in this dynamic, audience-driven session. You'll choose five topics from a curated list of 10 hot cloud-native themes.

Our catalogue includes cloud-native security, eBPF, cloud sustainability, GitOps, Platform Engineering, Networking, Service mesh, and the Kubernetes Release Cycle, but you can also add your proposal. The choice is yours!

Matteo and Steve will guide you through each chosen subject, offering expert insights, real-world applications, and actionable takeaways. This rapid-fire format promises a high-energy, engaging experience tailored to your interests.

This session offers a unique blend of breadth and depth, allowing you to explore multiple facets of the cloud native ecosystem in a compact timeframe. You'll expand your knowledge and hone your ability to quickly grasp and apply diverse cloud-native concepts - an invaluable skill in today's rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Speakers

Steven

Cloud Native Consultant & Trainer, Independent

Steve Wade founded The Cloud Native Club, a global community for cloud-native enthusiasts, and maintains the Flux Terraform Provider. As an experienced conference speaker, independent cloud-native consultant, and trainer, Steve shares his expertise worldwide. He has held platform... Read More →

Matteo Bianchi

Solutions Engineer, GitHub

Matteo is a CNCF Ambassador and Cloud Native aficionado, a former startup CTO, DevRel and current Solution Engineer. Kubernetes open source contributor, part of the release team since v.1.31, Comms Release Lead for v.1.32 and Release Lead Shadow for v.1.33Hacker, builder and problem... Read More →

Thursday April 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:30 BST
Level 0 | ICC Auditorium

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

15:00 BST

Hot Takes: Kubernetes Paintainers Bring the Heat - Ian Coldwater, Docker; Marly Salazar, Integral Ad Science; Taylor Dolezal, Cloud Native Computing Foundation; Kat Cosgrove & Xander Grzywinski, Independent

Thursday April 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:30 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of one of the world's largest open source projects? Join us for a spicy twist on the traditional panel format, where Kubernetes SIG leads tackle increasingly challenging questions about project governance, technical architecture decisions, and community building - all while braving progressively hotter…hot sauces!

Modeled after the popular "Hot Ones" interview format, this session features technical leaders from across Kubernetes sharing candid insights about the joys and challenges of OSS maintenance. As the heat builds, they'll reveal the inside story of key technical decisions, discuss strategies for building consensus across competing interests, and share invaluable advice for aspiring contributors.

Whether you're a current maintainer, a new contributor, or just curious about Kubernetes development, watch these brave maintainers bring the heat - literally and figuratively!

Speakers

Ian Coldwater

Senior Principal Security Architect, Docker

Ian Coldwater is co-chair of Kubernetes SIG Security, a longtime community organizer, and a security researcher specializing in hacking and hardening Kubernetes, containers, and cloud native infrastructure. When they're not busy making good trouble, they like to read all the docs... Read More →

Kat Cosgrove

Open Source Advocate, Independent

Kat is a Developer Advocate focused on the growth and nurturing of open source through authentic contribution. In particular, her specialties are approachable 101-level content and deep dives on the history of technology, with a focus on DevOps and cloud native. She was the Kubernetes... Read More →

Taylor Dolezal

Head of Ecosystem, Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Taylor Dolezal, Head of Ecosystem at CNCF, is an experienced technologist with a passion for cloud native technologies. He has a rich background in software development, infrastructure management, and open source and is deeply committed to community-building and knowledge sharing... Read More →

Xander Grzywinski

Open Source Program Manager, Independent

Xander is an open source program manager with experience at a wide array of companies. Previously he worked in various roles on platform and open source teams at Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, and HashiCorp. When not at a computer, you'd most likely find him at a pottery wheel.

Marly Salazar

Staff Engineer, Integral Ad Science

I am a software engineer with a heavy background in legacy and on premises systems, and migrating those to the cloud, modernizing and automating them. I have been working on the kubernetes project for a year and a half, primarily on kubectl.

Thursday April 3, 2025 15:00 - 15:30 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

16:00 BST

Navigating the Inevitable: Kubernetes Breaking Changes Behind the Scenes - Marko Mudrinić, Kubermatic GmbH

Thursday April 3, 2025 16:00 - 16:30 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

You're looking forward to a new feature, waiting for the release day like it’s Christmas morning. Suddenly, the feature is dropped from the release. Even worse, a feature you heavily depend on is unexpectedly deprecated or removed. What now? Negative emotions take over, you feel sad, frustrated, and even angry at the project and its maintainers. Fortunately, this doesn't happen too often. But it does happen.

The Kubernetes maintainers strive to make users satisfied, but they also have to prioritize the health of the project and the well-being of the maintainers. To do that, they sometimes have to make breaking changes, even on short notice, as hard as it might be. In this talk, we'll dive into some of those decisions, see what went on behind the scenes, and talk a bit about Kubernetes policies. Finally, we'll explore _your_ options as an end user, how you can be better informed, how you can provide feedback on proposed changes, and how you can help the project!

Speakers

Marko Mudrinić

Senior Software Engineer, Kubermatic GmbH & University Union

Marko is a Senior Software Engineer at Kubermatic, working on the development of Kubernetes, kcp, and platforms for managing Kubernetes clusters at scale. He currently serves as a Subproject Lead for Kubernetes Release Engineering, a Senior Release Manager, and a Tech Lead for SIG... Read More →

Thursday April 3, 2025 16:00 - 16:30 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

16:45 BST

OTel Me How To Get My Open Source Community Taken Seriously: Lessons Learned as an OTel Maintainer - Reese Lee, New Relic & Adriana Villela, Dynatrace

Thursday April 3, 2025 16:45 - 17:15 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

One of the core parts of any open source project is community – after all, you need people to write the code, and people to use the code. However, you also need people to: raise awareness about the project, drive the adoption and implementation of the project, and to connect these intersecting groups.

There are, of course, many ways to do this and build a thriving project community. In this session, Reese Lee and Adriana Vilella will share how they support and help build the OpenTelemetry (OTel) community through their work as a Maintainer of the End User SIG, including:
* Improving the project via collaborations with other OTel SIGs
* Driving contributions to the project
* Demonstrating business value to end users
* Driving adoption through connecting end users and contributors

Reese and Adriana will also share some of the misadventures that happened along the way, and make sure attendees leave equipped with strategies they can implement today to build and grow their open source communities.

Speakers

Adriana Villela

Principal Developer Advocate, Dynatrace

Adriana Villela is a Principal Developer Advocate, helping companies achieve reliability greatness through Observability, SRE, & DevOps practices. Previously, she managed a Platform Engineering team & an Observability Practices team at Tucows. Adriana has worked at various large-scale... Read More →

Reese Lee

Senior Developer Relations Engineer, New Relic

Reese Lee is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic, where she is focused on enabling customers and colleagues on OSS via workshops, blog posts, and documentation. She enjoys figuring out solutions to technical problems, learning about interesting user stories and use... Read More →

Thursday April 3, 2025 16:45 - 17:15 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

13:45 BST

Public Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) Meeting - Moderated by Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, The Linux Foundation

Friday April 4, 2025 13:45 - 14:15 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room E

This session is a panel discussion moderated by Chris Aniszczyk with members of the Technical Oversight Committee. Feel free to come with questions, but we'll be doing an overview of the Technical Oversight Committee's governance structure, scope, mission and processes.

To learn more about the TOC, visit https://github.com/cncf/toc

Speakers

Chris Aniszczyk

CTO, Linux Foundation (CNCF)

Chris Aniszczyk is an open source executive and engineer with a passion for building a better world through open collaboration. He's currently a CTO at the Linux Foundation focused on developer relations and running the Open Container Initiative (OCI) / Cloud Native Computing Foundation... Read More →

Friday April 4, 2025 13:45 - 14:15 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room E

Cloud Native Experience