Four KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Schedules for Four Types of Attendees
KubeCon is one of those huge events where so much is happening, and so much is happening at the same time. If you don’t plan in advance, you’re very likely to miss out on some events that would have been interesting for you. Our first tip is: donât worry too much about missing talks, as all talks will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube shortly after the event. Social events, workshops, discussions etc. cannot be caught up later.
To help you make the most out of this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, we created four complete schedules for four different types of attendees. Beside selected talks, these schedules also include recommendations for other activities in and outside the conference venue. Identify the type, or types of attendees that most apply to you, and jump to their schedule. There youâll find our recommendations you can build your final schedule around.
The full event schedule is available on Sched . You can sign up and save items to your Sched account. The schedules below include links to the items they refer to. Additionally, at the end of each type’s schedule, we linked the Sched-profile of that type.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Attendees: The Archetypes
The Newbie
Your company just started using K8s and is sending you there to see what’s what, or you’re a student that got a free ticket and are new to the cloud native world, or maybe you just love technology and want to add Kuberenetes and microservice architectures to your repertoire. Either way - you havenât yet used Kubernetes heavily and confidently in production, but you want to get there.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon is not a place for learning Kubernetes from scratch - but there is enough beginner level content. If youâre very excited about this new thing youâre just starting to understand, this conference will be like a theme park for you. If youâre still skeptical, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon will probably make you very excited about cloud native software and Kubernetes.
Jump directly to The Newbieâs Schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon for a schedule that takes you on a tour through the basic cloud native landscape, reinforces understanding of Kubernetes concepts, and steers clear of talks that are sure to be irrelevant and confuse you.
The SRE
Youâre an SRE, or in a DevOps team, or just a DevOps enthusiast. Your role is not to develop applications, but to ensure their stability.
Jump directly to The SREâs Schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon for a schedule that focuses on SRE and DevOps topics.
The AI Fan
You somehow managed to remain enthusiastic about artificial intelligence. You donât get a strong urge to yell âunsubscribeâ when you hear the words âAI-poweredâ. Your company trains models on Kubernetes. Youâre building infrastructure for AI, and youâre open to using AI in your work. Jump directly to The AI Fan’s Schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon for a schedule so artificially intelligent it’s ridiculous.
The Platforms Enjoyer
Maybe youâre a platform engineer. Maybe youâre a DevOps person that really wants to bring developer platforms to your organization. Perhaps there is a decision to be made (should we develop a platform? Should we buy one? Which one?). We selected the best platforms content for you, so jump directly to The Platforms Enjoyerâs Schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon for a golden path through the conference.
The Schedules
The Newbieâs Schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon
Useful schedule links for newbies:
- The newbie’s Sched-page
- The newbie’s co-located Sched-page
- All âCloud Native Noviceâ talks
- All talks marked with âContent Experience Level: Beginnerâ
- External parties
Monday, November 11
Any time between 08:00am to 05:00pm: go pick up your badge . Tuesday already has some interesting schedule items for you - so if you’re already in town, go to the venue, pick up your badge, take a quick look around, and that way you can enter the venue much quicker through a faster queue on Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 12
09:00am: Project Lightning Talk: Opening + Welcome - Jorge Castro, CNCF If youâre not planning on listening to all the lightning talks, try to get a seat close to the sides or the back of the room so that youâre able to exit quickly during the very short breaks between the lightning talks.
09:07am: Welcome and Introduction: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the CNCF Landscape - Katherine Druckman and Lori Lorusso, CNCF Ambassador - Donât expect to immediately understand every project you hear about in this lighting talk, but itâs a good opportunity to get introduced to many projects in a short time, get a better image of the landscape, and find projects that are interesting to you.
09:25am: If you have an All Access Pass, head over to Navigating the No-Code to Full-Code Spectrum - a Platform Engineering Journey - Jared Watts, Upbound & Maximilian Blatt, Accenture , to hear about various developer platforms.
09:50am: Get some water, walk around the venue and get an idea of where everything is. Once youâre ready to hear some more talks, head back to hear some project lightning talks
11:15am: requires All Access Pass: Event Discovery for Kubernetes Applications - Pierangelo Di Pilato & Christoph StÀbler, Red Hat For the rest of the day, we recommend you stay with the project lightning talks and the lightning talks , as most of the talks in the co-located events are more specialized so will probably be less relevant and helpful for newbies.
11:40am Lunch Break (might require an All Access Pass)
05:30pm: Evening Reception (Salt Palace) - Only for the co-located events (requires an All Access Pass).
After a long day of hearing talks and talking shop, head over to one of the parties happening that night, like:
06:30pm: Kick Off Party Hosted by Harness to attend this one you have to have registered to it during your KubeCon + CloudNativeCon registration. If you donât remember if you registered - check your registration confirmation email, it will appear in there if you did.
07:00pm: The House Of Kube - space is limited so you have to RSVP on their website in order to attend.
Wednesday, November 13
06:50am: Self-Led Morning Run Sponsored by Sonatype - go on a morning run before starting the next conference day. Recommended only for people staying close to the venue. Otherwise, the way back to your accommodation for a shower and a change of clothes is probably not worth it, and youâd also not make it in time for the opening remarks.
09:00am: Keynote: Welcome + Opening Remarks - Priyanka Sharma, Executive Director, CNCF; Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, CNCF; Joanna Lee, VP of Legal and Strategic Programs, CNCF; Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation The opening remarks might include some helpful orientation messages, so make sure to be there for that, as it could help you make more out of the rest of the conference. Note that keynotes, especially on the first day, fill up very early. So if you want to get in you have to be early, and if you want to sit anywhere near the stage, you have to be very early.
After that we recommend staying at the rest of this morningâs keynote talks for as long as your attention span and concentration abilities allow.
10:30am: If youâre a student, definitely go to Student Community Gathering to meet people your age, make some conference friends, and get some relevant information and tips from other students.
10:45am (or when youâre done at the Student Community Gathering): Now the Solutions Showcase (thatâs the area with the sponsor booths, coffee, and other fun stuff) is open. So head over to that area, and obviously come directly to our booth first, #R51. Say hi, let us know if this schedule is helpful, ask us any questions you might have about mirrord , and secure some nice swag before the good stuff is gone.
11:15am: Behind Schedule: Pod Resource Configuration from Beginning to… Huh? - Joe Thompson, Independent
12:00pm: Pet-a-Pup Sponsored by Sonatype
12:45pm: Lunch đČ
01:15pm: Project Pavilion Tour with Orlin Vasilev, CNCF Ambassador
03:25pm: How to Get Started Contributing in the CNCF - Destiny O’Connor, Women Blessing Women & Riaan Kleinhans, Linux Foundation - âindividuals of all skill sets and regardless of experience can contribute to cloud-native technologiesâ
04:00pm: Coffee Break â Get something to drink, walk around booths, talk to people.
04:30pm: DNS Deep Dive in Kubernetes with CoreDNS - Jingming Guo, Airbnb
05:20pm: End User Project Pavilion Tour with Jorge Castro & Bob Killen, CNCF
06:00pm: đ #KubeCrawl + #CloudNativeFest Sponsored by CDW
08:00pm: external event: Kubecon After Dark with Red Hat, AWS & Veeam
Thursday, November 14
07:00am: Run Away from Alerts, Into Observability! - go on a morning run before starting the next conference day. Recommended only for people staying close to the venue.
09:00am: If you enjoyed yesterdayâs keynotes, go ahead and join this dayâs keynotes as well.
10:30am: Head over to the Solutions Showcase , discover more interesting projects, and come by our booth to find out about this dayâs contest.
11:55am: Even if youâre not going to use Gateway API right away in the near future, you probably will at some point, so join How to Move from Ingress to Gateway API with Minimal Hassle - Keith Mattix, Microsoft to see what a migration look like someday.
12:30pm: Lunch đČ
After lunch: Walk around the venue, interact with booths and activities you havenât visited yet.
03:00pm: CLBO: ClashLoopBackOff | Attendee Edition . Get there early to get a spot from which you can see and hear the exciting competition.
04:00pm: Coffee Break â
05:25pm: Why Serverless Is Trending Again - Matt Butcher, Fermyon & Jay Jenkins, Akamai
07:00pm: AprĂ©sKube Party Hosted by Cloudsmith, Chainguard, Docker, GitHub, Sysdig + Tailscale - make sure to register if you want to attend. If you didnât get a place, try one of the many other external events happening that evening, like e.g. the Modern Data Infrastructure Happy Hour, KubeCon Salt Lake City .
Friday, November 15
06:50am: Self-Led Morning Run Sponsored by Sonatype - go on a morning run before starting the next conference day. Recommended only for people staying close to the venue.
09:00am: If you enjoyed keynotes so far, go ahead and join the last dayâs keynotes as well.
10:30am: Coffee Break â
After coffee: Had over to our booth to find out about this dayâs contest.
12:30pm: Lunch đČ
After lunch: last chance to visit booths in the Solution Showcase
02:00pm: Tutorial: Simplify and Optimize Your YAML with YAMLScript - Ingy döt Net, YAML LLC
03:30pm: Coffee Break â
Say goodbye to the people youâve met, exchange contact info, talk to people you didnât get the chance to talk to.
The SREâs Schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon
Useful Links For SREs
Tuesday, November 12
On this day, the conference doesnât really fully begin yet. There are the co-hosted and co-located events , and there are lightning talks.
The first thing youâll have to do is pick up your badge . Note that multiple co-located events start at 9am, and so do the lightning project talks. So the closer to that time you go, the longer youâll probably have to wait in line. If you want to be sure you can make it to events starting at 9am, you can pick up your badge the day before anytime between 8am and 5pm.
Youâll probably find the most interesting talks for you on this day in the Observability Day (requires an All Access Pass!), though some project lightning talks and lightning talks will certainly be interesting as well.
11:40am Lunch Break (might require an All Access Pass)
05:30pm: Evening Reception (Salt Palace) - Only for the co-located events (requires an All Access Pass).
07:00pm: House of Kube Hosted by Humanitec, Dash0 and Cloudsmith - external party, registration required Wednesday, November 13
09:00am: Keynote: Welcome + Opening Remarks - Priyanka Sharma, Executive Director, CNCF; Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, CNCF; Joanna Lee, VP of Legal and Strategic Programs, CNCF; Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation Note that keynotes, especially on the first day, fill up very early. So if you want to get in you have to be early, and if you want to sit anywhere near the stage, you have to be very early. The full schedule of that day’s keynotes can be found here .
10:45am: Now the Solutions Showcase (thatâs the area with the sponsor booths, coffee, and other fun stuff) is open. So head over to that area, and obviously come directly to our booth first, #R51. Say hi, let us know if this schedule is helpful, ask us any questions you might have about mirrord , and secure some nice swag before the good stuff is gone.
12:45pm: Lunch đČ
04:00pm: Coffee Break â
05:20pm: End User Project Pavilion Tour with Jorge Castro & Bob Killen, CNCF
06:00pm: đ #KubeCrawl + #CloudNativeFest Sponsored by CDW
08:00pm: Down the Rabbit Hole - external event - registration required.
Thursday, November 14
09:00am: If you enjoyed yesterdayâs keynotes, go ahead and join this dayâs keynotes as well.
10:30am: Head over to the Solutions Showcase , discover more interesting projects, and come by our booth to find out about this dayâs contest.
12:30pm: Lunch đČ
After lunch: Walk around the venue, interact with booths and activities you havenât visited yet.
03:00pm: CLBO: ClashLoopBackOff | Attendee Edition . Get there early to get a spot from which you can see and hear the exciting competition.
04:00pm: Coffee Break â
07:00pm: AprĂ©sKube Party Hosted by Cloudsmith, Chainguard, Docker, GitHub, Sysdig + Tailscale - make sure to register if you want to attend. If you didnât get a place, try one of the many other external events happening that evening, like e.g. the Modern Data Infrastructure Happy Hour, KubeCon Salt Lake City .
Friday, November 15
09:00am: If you enjoyed keynotes so far, go ahead and join the last dayâs keynotes as well.
10:30am: Coffee Break â
After coffee: Had over to our booth to find out about this dayâs contest.
12:30pm: Lunch đČ
After lunch: last chance to visit booths in the Solution Showcase
02:00pm: Tutorial: Simplify and Optimize Your YAML with YAMLScript - Ingy döt Net, YAML LLC
03:30pm: Coffee Break â
Say goodbye to the people youâve met, exchange contact info, talk to people you didnât get the chance to talk to.
The AI Fansâs Schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon
Useful Links For AI Fans
Monday, November 11
Any time between 08:00am to 05:00pm: go pick up your badge . Tuesday already has some interesting schedule items for you - so if you’re already in town, go to the venue, pick up your badge, take a quick look around, and that way you can enter the venue much quicker through a faster queue on Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 12
09:00am: External event: Kong AI Gateway & Insomnia Workshop: AI Success Through API Heroics Hosted by Kong - this beauty has âAIâ 12 times in its description and title.
Alternatively, attend the Data on Kubernetes Day (requires an All Access pass).
06:00pm: AI After Hours at Quarters - external event, registration needed.
Wednesday, November 13
09:00am: Keynote: Welcome + Opening Remarks - Priyanka Sharma, Executive Director, CNCF; Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, CNCF; Joanna Lee, VP of Legal and Strategic Programs, CNCF; Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation Thereâs a lot of AI in the first dayâs keynote, so we recommend you be there in person. Note that keynotes, especially on the first day, fill up very early. So if you want to get in, you have to be early, and if you want to sit anywhere near the stage, you have to be very early. The full schedule of that day’s keynotes can be found here .
10:45am: Now the Solutions Showcase (thatâs the area with the sponsor booths, coffee, and other fun stuff) is open. So head over to that area, and obviously come directly to our booth first, #R51. Say hi, let us know if this schedule is helpful, ask us any questions you might have about mirrord , and secure some nice swag before the good stuff is gone.
12:45pm: Lunch đČ
04:00pm: Coffee Break â
06:00pm: đ #KubeCrawl + #CloudNativeFest Sponsored by CDW
08:00pm: Down the Rabbit Hole - external event - registration required.
Thursday, November 14
09:00am: If you enjoyed yesterdayâs keynotes, go ahead and join this dayâs keynotes as well.
10:30am: Head over to the Solutions Showcase , discover more interesting projects, and come by our booth to find out about this dayâs contest.
12:30pm: Lunch đČ
After lunch: Walk around the venue, interact with booths and activities you havenât visited yet.
02:30pm: Unlocking Potential of Large Models in Production - Yuan Tang, Red Hat & Adam Tetelman, NVIDIA
04:00pm: Coffee Break â
06:30pm: KubeCon Happy Hour: Hosted by Kong - external event, registration required.
Friday, November 15
09:00am: If you enjoyed keynotes so far, go ahead and join the last dayâs keynotes as well.
10:30am: Coffee Break â
After coffee: Had over to our booth to find out about this dayâs contest.
12:30pm: Lunch đČ
After lunch: last chance to visit booths in the Solution Showcase
02:55pm: Cloud-Native AI: Wasm in Portable, Secure AI/ML Workloads - Miley Fu, Second State
03:30pm: Coffee Break â
Say goodbye to the people youâve met, exchange contact info, talk to people you didnât get the chance to talk to.
The Platforms Enjoyerâs Schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon
Useful Links for Platforms Enjoyers
- The Platforms Enjoyer’s Sched-page
- The Platforms Enjoyer’s co-located Sched-page
- All Platform Engineering talks
- External parties
Monday, November 11
Any time between 08:00am to 05:00pm: go pick up your badge . Tuesday has some interesting schedule items for you - so if you’re already in town, go to the venue, pick up your badge, take a quick look around, and that way you can enter the venue much quicker through a faster queue on Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 12
09:00am: Attend Platform Engineering Day - All Access Pass required.
11:40am: Lunch - might require an All Access Pass.
07:00pm: The House Of Kube - space is limited so you have to RSVP on their website in order to attend.
Wednesday, November 13
09:00am: Keynote: Welcome + Opening Remarks - Priyanka Sharma, Executive Director, CNCF; Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, CNCF; Joanna Lee, VP of Legal and Strategic Programs, CNCF; Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation Note that keynotes, especially on the first day, fill up very early. So if you want to get in you have to be early, and if you want to sit anywhere near the stage, you have to be very early. The full schedule of that day’s keynotes can be found here .
10:45am: Now the Solutions Showcase (thatâs the area with the sponsor booths, coffee, and other fun stuff) is open. So head over to that area, and obviously come directly to our booth first, #R51. Say hi, let us know if this schedule is helpful, ask us any questions you might have about mirrord , and secure some nice swag before the good stuff is gone.
12:10:pm: Automated Multi-Cloud Large Scale K8s Cluster Lifecycle Management - Sourav Khandelwal, Databricks
12:45pm: Lunch đČ
06:00pm: đ #KubeCrawl + #CloudNativeFest Sponsored by CDW
08:00pm: Down the Rabbit Hole - external event - registration required.
Thursday, November 14
09:00am: If you enjoyed yesterdayâs keynotes, go ahead and join this dayâs keynotes as well.
10:30am: Head over to the Solutions Showcase , discover more interesting projects, and come by our booth to find out about this dayâs contest.
12:30pm: Lunch đČ
After lunch: Walk around the venue, interact with booths and activities you havenât visited yet.
05:25pm: How Google Built a New Cloud on Top of Kubernetes - Saad Ali, Jie Yu & Prashanth Venugopal, Google
07:00pm: AprĂ©sKube Party Hosted by Cloudsmith, Chainguard, Docker, GitHub, Sysdig + Tailscale - make sure to register if you want to attend. If you didnât get a place, try one of the many other external events happening that evening, like e.g. the Modern Data Infrastructure Happy Hour, KubeCon Salt Lake City .
Friday, November 15
09:00am: If you enjoyed keynotes so far, go ahead and join the last dayâs keynotes as well.
10:30am: Coffee Break â
After coffee: Had over to our booth to find out about this dayâs contest.
12:30pm: Lunch đČ
After lunch: last chance to visit booths in the Solution Showcase
04:00pm: Platform Engineering for Software Developers and Architects - Daniel Bryant, Syntasso
Say goodbye to the people youâve met, exchange contact info, talk to people you didnât get the chance to talk to.
Our Booth
Our booth number is R51, you can find us between the “classic game zone” and where you pick up your KubeCon + CloudNativeCon T-shirt.
Come find us there, talk to us about cloud things , and let us know if this post was helpful for you.
