KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025: Full Schedule

In-person
1-4 April 2025
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12:00 BST

Wasm I Right or Wasm I Wrong? a Review of the Wasm Ecosystem - Taylor Thomas, Cosmonic & David Justice, Microsoft

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

Level 3 | ICC Capital Suite 14-16

WebAssembly (Wasm) has long been touted as the next era of compute, with its portability, security, and efficiency. But many people still question if it is ready for production usage. Once rooted in browsers, Wasm has found a home at the edge, in serverless platforms, and in many of the CNCF projects you know and love. Early experiments often meant fumbling with custom ABIs, but the advent of the component model makes interoperability and composability a breeze. In this talk, David and Taylor, two of the Wasm WG chairs, will cover Wasm’s journey from its browser origins to its role as a building block of cloud-native applications. They’ll show how CNCF projects are leveraging Wasm today, from spinning up services to extending existing stacks, all without getting bogged down in bespoke ABIs. Then they’ll finish with a candid discussion about the component model, its strengths and weaknesses, and how you can successfully use it in your projects today.

Speakers

David Justice

Principal Engineer Lead, Microsoft

David Justice is a Principal Software Engineer Lead in Microsoft's Azure Container Upstream team. He leads teams focused on high performance Kubernetes cloud infrastructure, micro-virtual machines, and server-side WebAssembly. David is also a co-chair of the TAG-Runtime Wasm working... Read More →

Taylor Thomas

Engineering Director, Cosmonic

Taylor Thomas is an Engineering Director working on WebAssembly platforms at Cosmonic. He actively participates in the open source community and is one of the creators of Krustlet and Bindle. He is a CNCF Ambassador and a regular speaker at various open source conferences and meetups... Read More →

Wednesday April 2, 2025 12:00 - 12:30 BST
Level 3 | ICC Capital Suite 14-16

Maintainer Track, Runtime

14:30 BST

Discover CNCF TAG Runtime: Advancing Cloud-Native Innovation from AI to Edge - Ricardo Aravena, Snowflake; Stephen Rust, Akamai; Rajas Kokodkar, Broadcom; Alexander Kanevskiy, Intel; Danielle Tal, Microsoft

Friday April 4, 2025 14:30 - 15:00 BST

Platinum Suite | Level 3 | Room 1-2

Join us at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London to explore the evolving CNCF TAG Runtime ecosystem. This session dives into:

- CNCF Projects: An overview of key open-source projects driving cloud-native workloads.

- Working Group Updates:
- Cloud Native AI: How AI and cloud-native tech empower each other.
- WASM, Edge, and Batch: Innovations in WebAssembly, edge computing, and batch processing.
- Special-Purpose OS and CDI: Advances in lightweight OS and Container Device Interface.

- Emerging Trends: Insights into the future of cloud-native runtime technologies.

- Community Involvement: Learn how to contribute, grow as a contributor, and influence runtime projects in the CNCF landscape.

Discover the latest developments, connect with dynamic communities, and shape the future of open-source cloud-native runtime technologies. Join us to master the CNCF runtime ecosystem!

Speakers

Danielle Tal

PM, Microsoft

Danielle Tal is a Program Manager at Microsoft and an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining Flatcar Container Linux. The team is contributes to Linux OS distributions and Linux Security within Azure and other upstream projects. With a background in supporting diverse... Read More →

Alexander Kanevskiy

Principal Engineer, Cloud Orchestration Software, Intel Finland

Alexander is currently employed by Intel as Principal Engineer, Cloud Software, focusing on various aspects in Kubernetes: Resource Management, Device plugins for hardware accelerators, Cluster Lifecycle and Cluster APIs. Alexander has over 25+ years of experience in areas of Linux... Read More →

Ricardo Aravena

Cloud Native Lead, Snowflake

Ricardo currently works at TruEra as a Cloud Infrastructure Lead helping automate everything with cloud native technologies. He's an open source enthusiast and co-chair of the CNCF TAG-Runtime. He has been working in tech for more than 20 years and comes from a diverse professional... Read More →

Rajas Kakodkar

Senior Member of Technical Staff | Tech Lead TAG Runtime CNCF, Broadcom

Rajas is a senior member of technical staff at Broadcom and a tech lead of the CNCF Technical Advisory Group, Runtime. He is actively involved in the AI working group in the CNCF. He is a Kubernetes contributor and has been a maintainer of the Kube Proxy Next Gen Project. He has also... Read More →

Stephen Rust

Principal Architect, Akamai

Stephen Rust is a Principal Architect at Akamai, where he leads Cloud Native architecture within the Akamai Linode Cloud. Stephen has over 20 years of experience in operating systems, storage, and working in open source with containers, Kubernetes, and Cloud Native systems. At Akamai... Read More →

Friday April 4, 2025 14:30 - 15:00 BST
Platinum Suite | Level 3 | Room 1-2

Maintainer Track, Runtime