KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024: Full Schedule

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November 12-15
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11:00am MST

Shifting Gears: Leveraging CNCF Tools to Streamline Operations at Toyota Connected - Benson Phillips & Rob Heckel, Toyota Connected

Thursday November 14, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

In the evolving landscape of cloud-native ecosystems, aligning teams and standardizing practices is crucial for operational excellence. At Toyota Connected, we faced significant challenges due to inconsistent practices and fragmented collaboration across departments. To address this, we adopted a suite of CNCF tools including ArgoCD, Backstage, Harbor, External Secrets Operator, and OpenCost. This session will delve into our journey of implementing these tools to unify our approach, streamline workflows, and enhance cross-team collaboration. Attendees will gain insights into the practical application of these tools, our successes and failures, and the substantial reduction in time to market achieved. By focusing on the integration of technical solutions and effective team practices, we aim to foster a cohesive and efficient cloud-native environment. This presentation provides actionable strategies for leveraging CNCF tools to drive innovation and excellence in your organization.

Speakers

Benson Phillips

Platform Architect, Toyota Connected

Software oriented, primarily working with cloud native computing. But my interests do not stop there as my love for technology is boundless.

Rob Heckel

Platform Architect, Toyota Connected North America

Rob has over 15 years in technology, specializing in open source and developer enablement. As a Platform Architect for Toyota Connected, he enhances DevOps, SDLC, and SRE practices. He has led the creation of an internal developer platform, streamlined tool integrations, and promoted... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

11:55am MST

Tick, TAG, TOC - Keeping Cloud Native Running - Karena Angell & Emily Fox, Red Hat; Rajas Kakodkar, Broadcom; Alex Chircop, Akamai; Ricardo Aravena, Truera

Thursday November 14, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

With only so many hours in the day, how does the cloud native community keep things running? Over 190 projects, thousands of contributors, and an array of groups all contribute to what we know as “cloud native” but there is more going on behind the scenes that keep the machine of cloud native running smoothly and driving the technical direction of the landscape. In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from Chairs and Technical Leads of Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Runtime, Storage, App Delivery and the chair of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) on - How they are defining the roadmap for the future - The glue and oil of collaboration between advisory, oversight, and projects’ health - How you can time your engagement with these groups to have an outsized impact! This is not a maintainer track session. While they are separate tracks for specific CNCF TAG and TOC activities, this is meant to be your backstage pass to see how the CNCF landscape gets shaped!

Speakers

Alex Chircop

Chief Product Architect at Akamai, Akamai

Chief Product Architect at Akamai. Previously a founder and CTO of Ondat (formerly StoraeOS), building software defined solutions for cloud native environments. Alex is also a co-chair of the CNCF Storage TAG (previously SIG). Before embarking on the startup adventure he spent over... Read More →

Ricardo Aravena

Cloud Native Lead, Truera

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 →

Karena Angell

Senior Principal Chief Architect, Red Hat

Karena Angell is a Senior Principal Chief Architect at Red Hat focusing on cloud native application workloads for Kubernetes, open source software projects, as well as solutions for the 'open' hybrid cloud.

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 →

Emily Fox

Emerging Technologies Security Lead, Red Hat

Emily Fox is a DevOps enthusiast, security unicorn, and advocate for Women in Technology. She promotes the cross-pollination of development and security practices. She has worked in security for over 14 years to drive a cultural change where security is unobstructive, natural, and... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

2:30pm MST

What Istio Got Wrong: Learnings from the Last Seven Years of Service Mesh - Christian Posta & Louis Ryan, Solo.io

Thursday November 14, 2024 2:30pm - 3:05pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

Building complex systems often requires simplicity in components—a lesson the Istio project has learned throughout its seven(plus)-year journey. Although Istio offers a lot of powerful features for application networking, crucial for many organizations, the path to maturity and broader adoption was fraught with challenges. In this talk, we explore the key mistakes made during Istio's development, including its initially complex architecture, an overload of features, premature release of version 1.0, difficulties faced by contributors, and delays in joining the CNCF. We will discuss the impact of these mistakes, how these missteps were addressed, and how they have positioned Istio as a leader in the service mesh market. This presentation will detail how Istio's evolution reflects a shift towards simpler, more modular components that together offer effective solutions for managing APIs and service-to-service communication regardless of platform.

Speakers

Louis Ryan

CTO, Solo.io

Co-creator of Istio and gRPC

Christian Posta

Global Field CTO, Solo.io

Christian Posta (@christianposta) is Global Field CTO at Solo.io. He is the author of Istio in Action and many other books on cloud-native architecture. He's well known in the cloud-native community for being a speaker, blogger (https://blog.christianposta.com) and contributor to... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 2:30pm - 3:05pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

3:25pm MST

Tackling GPU Shortages and High Costs by Harnessing Hybrid Kubernetes Clusters - Xiaoman Dong & Alex Pucher, Parasail

Thursday November 14, 2024 3:25pm - 4:00pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

In the era of supporting AI and large language models, acquiring GPU supplies from major cloud providers is challenging and expensive. Meanwhile, a significant supply of affordable GPU resources is emerging from various third-party providers. Hybrid Kubernetes clusters are the perfect solutions to integrate these GPUs into existing services built on large cloud providers. At our startup focusing on cloud infrastructure, we have created numerous hybrid Kubernetes clusters based on K3s and P2P VPN using the Wireguard protocol. With this setup, we have successfully integrated more than ten sources of GPUs from different geographical locations, achieving nearly unlimited on-demand GPU resources while reducing GPU costs by 2x-4x. In this talk, we will discuss the architecture, pros and cons, requirements, and limitations of pure hybrid Kubernetes clusters for GPUs. We will also share lessons learned during the building and management of such true hybrid Kubernetes clusters.

Speakers

Alexander Pucher

Parasail AI

Xiaoman Dong

Founding Engineer, Parasail

Xiaoman Dong has devoted his past 10+ years building cloud and data infrastructure, and hosted scalable distributed systems with multi region high availability. During his work in Parasail, Stripe and Uber, he has designed, built, and operated several large scale business critical... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 3:25pm - 4:00pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Beginner

4:30pm MST

The Maintainer Monologues - Sarah Christoff, Defense Unicorns; Karen Chu, Fermyon; Jason Hall, Chainguard; Scott Rigby, Independent; Ryan Nowak, Microsoft

Thursday November 14, 2024 4:30pm - 5:05pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

Are maintainers born? Or made? Made. They’re definitely made. Oftentimes it’s a combination of trial and error, luck, and lots of hard work. With a mixed group of first time and experienced maintainers, join us for a panel covering the origin stories and learnings of CNCF sandbox/incubating/graduated project maintainers. They’ll share their journeys as their projects evolved, and cover topics such as: - Project milestones (inception, MVP, & donation) - Learning the ecosystem - Blind spots - Navigating social dynamics (community building, getting more help, navigating challenges) - Work life balance / open source burnout With this knowledge, you’ll be better equipped to become the next open source contributor, maintainer, or creator of projects, ready to navigate the ecosystem.

Speakers

Karen Chu

OSS Community PM

Karen Chu is an OSS Community PM. Having participated in the cloud native community since 2015, she is a CNCF Ambassador, Helm community manager/maintainer, emeritus Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee member, meet-up organizer, and conference organizer. She has also worked on The... Read More →

Sarah Christoff

Software Engineer, Defense Unicorns

Sarah is a software engineer at Defense Unicorns who loves making complex code more digestible. She is the self-proclaimed founder of the Leslie Lamport fan club. When she's not bugbusting, she is running her animal rescue and competing in triathlons. She believes code should be like... Read More →

Scott Rigby

Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, NASA / Navteca

Scott is an artist, engineer & dad, collaborating on a different kind of world. Into collective art, activism, therapy & open source nerdy stuff. Scott is a Cloud Native Ambassador, speaker, organizer of CNCF community events including the New York Kubernetes Meetup, and international... Read More →

Jason Hall

Principal Software Engineer, Chainguard

Jason is a hopeless container image tooling nerd, living in Brooklyn with his wife, two children and (most importantly) lots of pizza.

Ryan Nowak

Incubations Architect, Microsoft

Ryan is an architect working on open-source projects from the Azure CTO's office. He's passionate about designing software for humans, incubating risky ideas, releasing them in open-source so everyone can benefit. At Microsoft, he's had a 15+ year career building developer-centric... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 4:30pm - 5:05pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

5:25pm MST

Pick My Project! Lessons Learned from Interviewing 20+ End Users for Cloud Native Case Studies - Shedrack Akintayo & Bill Mulligan, Isovalent at Cisco

Thursday November 14, 2024 5:25pm - 6:00pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

Cloud native projects can promise the moon in their READMEs, but have you ever wondered what actually causes end users to adopt a project? Shedrack and Bill have interviewed over 20 companies in industries ranging from media to financial services about why they picked a project for their cloud native platform. In this talk, they will reveal what end users truly want when adopting cloud native technologies and what the forcing function was for each of them. You’ll hear firsthand accounts of the triumphs and tribulations faced by companies like Bloomberg, DigitalOcean, The New York Times, and more as well as the specific benefits these organizations are reaping, from enhanced security and observability to improved performance and cost savings. Additionally, they’ll teach other projects their process for creating impactful case studies. By the end, the audience will understand the real-world applications and advantages of cloud native technologies and why end users pick a project.

Speakers

Shedrack Akintayo

Technical Marketing Engineer, Isovalent at Cisco

Shedrack Akintayo is a software engineer and technical writer based in London with six years of experience spanning Web Engineering, DevOps, Technical Writing, and Developer Relations. Shedrack works as a Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco, via the Isovalent acquisition. He actively... Read More →

Bill Mulligan

Community Pollinator, Isovalent at Cisco

Bill Mulligan is a cloud native pollinator and community builder. He has given talks, written articles, and appeared on podcasts on a wide range of topics around cloud native. While at CNCF he restarted the Kubernetes Community Day program. He is currently at Isovalent growing the... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 5:25pm - 6:00pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 BC

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any