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Keynote
The Weight of Data: Rethinking Cloud-Native Systems for the Age of AI
Thursday, April 3 | 09:32 - 09:37 BST
Vincent Caldeira, CTO APAC
Holly Cummins, Senior Principal Software Engineer
The explosion of data and the rise of AI agents have brought cloud-native systems to a critical tipping point. While the CNCF has driven significant advancements, the challenges of fault tolerance and state management in the age of AI remain unresolved both at the core and the edge.
This keynote examines how data gravity, distributed environments, and the complexity of AI workloads demand a fundamental shift from stateless architectures to intelligent, state-aware platforms. This provides a unique opportunity for the CNCF and its ecosystem to pave the way for a new generation of cloud-native, resilient, cost efficient, scalable, and AI-ready systems, while tackling the pressing challenges that lie ahead.
Additional Resources
What's New in Red Hat AI
Join our Red Hat® AI product managers for in-depth overviews of Red Hat AI releases. Mark your calendars for our next event on Tuesday, April 29th at 11AM ET / 8AM PT.
Neural Magic office hours
Join us every other week for vLLM Office Hours. Give feedback, ask questions, and hear about cutting-edge developments to accelerate your interface.
Demo
Build your own distributed cloud native AI agent in 20 minutes
Thursday, April 3 | 15:30 - 15:50 BST
Natale Vinto, Director of Developer Advocacy
Vaishnavi Hire Senior Software Engineer
Would you like to experiment with different AI stacks and build your own agents on your local desktop? Would you like to then deploy them to a staging or production environment with ease? Developing AI agents and experimenting with AI stacks shouldn’t be complex or resource intensive. Join as we demonstrate how to build your own local distributed cloud native AI agent with cloud native tools such as Project Bluefin, bootc, Podman, Podman Desktop, Kind, Conda, RamaLama, Llama Stack Server and more!
Level 1 | Solutions Showcase | Hall Entrances S8 - S9 | Demo Theater
OpenShift Commons Gathering
Tuesday, April 1 | 09:30 - 15:30 BST
Pencil us in! Red Hat’s OpenShift Commons Gathering takes place on April 1!
Join our community of OpenShift users to get the most out of your application platform. Highlights include:
- Look forward with Red Hat OpenShift:: Learn the latest in Red Hat innovations in OpenShift, virtualization, AI, and more.
- Experience OpenShift with your peers: Explore how fellow users including ABB, Adobe, Vodafone, Wells Fargo, and Worldpay push their limits with OpenShift.
- Get hands on with OpenShift: Experience our 90 minute hands on labs run by OpenShift experts on AI and virtualization with OpenShift.
Registration for this event is FREE.
Co-located events
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BackstageCon
Tuesday, April 4 | 9:00 - 17:30 BST
Keynote: Scaling Enterprise Platform Engineering with Backstage
Speaker: Balaji Sivasubramanian
theCUBE
Red Hat is a proud sponsor of theCUBE at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025. Watch live broadcasts and on-demand conversations during and after the event.
Speaking Sessions
Wednesday, April 2 |
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11:15 BST |
Advancements in AI/ML Inference Workloads on Kubernetes From WG Serving and Ecosystem ProjectsYuan Tang, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Eduardo Arango Gutierez DE, Senior Systems Software Engineer, NVIDIA Rook: Intro and Deep Dive With Ceph StorageSebastien Han, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Travis Nielsen, Rook Lead Maintainer, IBM Madhu R, Software Architect, IBM Deepika Upadhyay, Ceph Engineer, Clyso Artem Torubarov, Software engineer, Clyso GmbH Tutorial: Exploring Multi-Tenant Kubernetes APIs and Controllers With KcpVarsha Narsing, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Mangirdas Judeikis, Staff Engineer, kcp maintainer, Cast AI Marko Mudrinić, Senior Software Engineer, Kubermatic GmbH & University Union Nabarun Pal, Principal Software Engineer, Broadcom Robert Vasek, Software Engineer, Clyso GmbH |
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12:00 BST |
From 0 To Production-Grade With Kubernetes Native DevelopmentKevin Dubois, Senior Principal Developer Advocate, Red Hat Thomas Vitale, Software Architect, Systematic SIG Instrumentation Introduction and Deep DivePranshu Srivastava, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Damien Grisonnet, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Richa Banker, Software Engineer, Google Yongrui Lin, Software Engineer, Google |
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14:30 BST |
Cloud Native Storage and Data: The CNCF Storage TAG Projects, Technology & LandscapeRaffaele Spazzoli, Senior Principal Architect, Red Hat Alex Chircop, Chief Architect, Akamai Enhancing CRI-O With CDI: Streamlining Device Integration in KubernetesHarshal Patil, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Prometheus Deep Dive: What’s New in v3.0 and BeyondSaswata Mukherjee, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Fiona Liao, Staff Software Engineer, Grafana Labs |
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15:15 BST |
SIG-Node: Intro and Deep DivePeter Hunt, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Francesco Romani, Software Engineer, Red Hat Sergey Kanzhelev, Staff Software Engineer, Google Narang Dixita Sohanlal, Software Engineer, Google SIG Cloud Provider Deep Dive: Testing Cloud Controller ManagersMichael McCune, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Bridget Kromhout, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Walter Fender, Staff Engineer, Google What's New in Knative Eventing: Security, Discovery, Integrations, and JobSinkChristoph Stäbler, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Pierangelo Di Pilato, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat The Life (or Death) of a Kubernetes API Request, 2025 EditionAbu Kashem, Software Engineer, Red Hat Stefan Schimanski, Senior Principal Engineer, Upbound |
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16:15 BST |
Orchestrating AI Models in Kubernetes: Deploying Ollama as a Native Container RuntimeLucas Fernández, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Samuel Veloso, Software Engineer, Cast AI Simplifying Apache Kafka on Kubernetes With StrimziPaolo Patierno, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Gantigmaa Selenge, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Walter Fender, Staff Engineer, Google How the SIG-Multicluster API Specifications Are Used for Real World Multicluster ManagementAugust Simonelli, Principal Product Manager, Red Hat Ryan Zhang, Principal Software Engineering Manager, Microsoft |
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17:00 BST |
The Ultimate Container Challenge: An Interactive Trivia Game on OCI, Podman, Docker...Sherine Khoury, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Aurélie Vache, Developer Advocate, OVHcloud Uncharted Waters: Dynamic Resource Allocation for NetworkingMiguel Duarte Barroso, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Lionel Joiun, Software Engineer, Ericsson Software Technology |
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Thursday, April 3 |
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9:32 BST |
Keynote: The Weight of Data: Rethinking Cloud-Native Systems for the Age of AIHolly Cummins, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Vincent Caldeira, CTO APAC, Red Hat |
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11:00 BST |
A Cloud Native Workflow for Hardware-in-the-Loop Software DevelopmentMiguel Angel Ajo Pelayo, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Expanding the Contributor Pipeline Through InclusionJosh Berkus, Kubernetes Community Manager, Red Hat Nancy Chauhan, Student + CNCF Ambassador Stéphane Este-Gracias, CNCF Ambassador, ITQ Sandeep Kanabar, Lead Software Engineer, Gen (formerly NortonLifeLock) Khallai Taylor, Tech & Security Consultant, E.ON Digital Technology Kubeflow Ecosystem: What’s Next for Cloud Native AI/ML and LLMOpsValentina Rodriguez Sosa, Principal Architect, Red Hat Yuan Tang, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Johnu George, Technical Director, Nutanix Amber Graner, Open Source Community Advocate and Leader, Kubeflow Project Andrey Velichkevich, Senior Software Engineer, Apple Yuki Iwai, Software Engineer, CyberAgent, Inc. Tutorial: Mind Your Pod's Business: Network Isolation WorkshopSurya Seetharaman, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Miguel Duarte Barroso, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Keith Burdis, Kubernetes Engineer, Goldman Sachs |
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14:15 BST |
SIG Network Intro and UpdatesDan Winship, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Bowei Du, Senior Staff Engineer, Google Nadia Pinaeva, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Daman Arora, Software Engineer, Broadcom Conveying the Importance of Platform as a Product in the Cloud Native EcosystemValentina Rodriguez Sosa, Principal Architect, Red Hat Colin Griffin, CEO, Krumware Simon Forster, Technical Architect and CNCF Ambassador, Stackegy Danielle Cook, StackGen, VP Tutorial: Rock, Paper, Scissors! Build an AI-powered Interactive Game With Argo CD and KubeflowDaniel Oh, Senior Principal Developer Advocate, Red Hat Roberto Carratala, AI Architect, Red Hat Natale Vinto, Director of Developer Advocacy, Red Hat Alex Soto Bueno, Developer Advocate, Red Hat Hind Azegrouz, EMEA AI Inference Lead, Intel |
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15:00 BST |
Efficient Transparent Checkpointing of AI/ML Workloads in KubernetesAdrian Reber, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Viktória Spišaková, IT Architect, Masaryk University Radostin Stoyanov, PhD Student, University of Oxford |
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16:00 BST |
Generative AI Model Data Pre-Training on Kubernetes:Anish Asthana, Associate Manager, Engineering, Red Hat Alexey Roytman, Software Architect, IBM Practical Zombie Hunting for Kubernetes UsersHolly Cummins, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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16:45 BST |
Helm 4 YouAndrew Block, Distinguished Architect, Red Hat Matt Farina, Distinguished Engineer, SUSE Kubernetes SIG Storage: Intro & Deep DiveJan Šafránek, Software Engineer, Red Hat Xing Yang, Tech Lead, VMware by Broadcom SIG-Multicluster Intro and Deep DiveStephen Kitt, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Jeremy Olmsted-Thompson, Principal Engineer, Google Laura Lorenz, Software Engineer, Google Ryan Zhang, Principal Software Engineering Manager, Microsoft |
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17:05 BST |
⚡Lightning Talk: Rust Here, Rust There, Rust Everywhere! How a Crab Conquers the Cloud Native LandscapeSascha Grunert, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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⚡Lightning Talk: There Is a New Volume Type in Town!Mario Loriedo, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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Friday, April 4 |
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How We Tackle KubeVirt’s Growth and ScalabilityĽuboslav Pivarč, Software Engineer, Red Hat Alay Patel, Senior Software Engineer, Nvidia |
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14:30 BST |
Evolving OpenID Connect and Observability in KeycloakRyan Emerson, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Takashi Norimatsu, Senior OSS Specialist, Hitachi, Ltd. Compliance at the Speed of Innovation: Leveraging AI-Driven Automation for Real-Time Regulatory ReadAnca Sailer, Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat / IBM Larry Carvalho, Principal Consultant, RobustCloud LLC Robert Ficcaglia, CTO and CISO, Sunstone Secure, LLC Yuji Watanabe, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Simon Metson, SVP Engineering, EnterpriseDB |
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Green AI in Cloud Native Ecosystems: Strategies for Sustainability and EfficiencyVincent Caldeira, CTO APAC, Red Hat Tamar Eilam, IBM Fellow, Chief Scientist Sustainable Computing, IBM Research |
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Red Hat Summit
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CNCF Add-Ons
Maintainer Summit
The CNCF Maintainer Summit is an exclusive event for the people behind projects to gather face-to-face, collaborate, and celebrate the projects that make "Cloud Native." Come join us where we work upstream together to help drive a better cloud native ecosystem for everyone.
Monday, March 31 | 09:00 - 17:30 BST
You must be eligible to attend.
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10:55 - 11:30 BST |
Growing Your Design Proposal Process To Meet Your NeedsAndrew Burden, Community Facilitator, Red Hat Dipesh Rawat, Software Developer, IBM |
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11:35 - 12:10 BST |
Redesigning Kubelet ProbesSurya Seetharaman, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Dan Winship, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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13:10 - 13:45 BST |
Tests Are What You Want, What You Really Really WantDaniel Hiller, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Ryan Hallisey, Principal Software Engineer, NVIDIA |
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16:00 - 16:35 BST |
An Imperfect Guide To Impact and IntentHilliary Lipsig, Senior Principal SRE, Red Hat Danielle Lancashire, Principal Software Engineer, Fermyon Xander Grzywinski, Open Source Program Manager, Independent Ana Margarita Medina, Staff Developer Advocate, Upbound Jeremy Rickard, Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft |
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Subproject Struggles: Community Vs CompanyMichael McCune, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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What's New in Red Hat AI
Join our Red Hat® AI product managers for in-depth overviews of Red Hat AI releases. Mark your calendars for our next event on Tuesday, April 29th at 11AM ET / 8AM PT.
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Join us every other week for vLLM Office Hours. Give feedback, ask questions, and hear about cutting-edge developments to accelerate your interface.
