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broadcast-heavy conference agenda analysis

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA

This broadcast-heavy conference in Technology / AI / Startup shows 80 visible agenda rows from kccncna2025.sched.com and scores 45/100: a moderate design signal with incomplete evidence. The clearest public signals sit in Problem Specificity and Future-of-Work Fit; the main limits are Follow Through and Participation Architecture. Visible mechanisms include Participant work, Network design, Learning transfer, and Personalization. The public record does not show follow-up or tracking, so the score should be read... A practical reading: For a reader, this is a comparison record more than a model to copy: it reads as a broadcast-heavy conference, with the strongest visible signal in problem specificity and future-of-work fit and the biggest open question around follow through and participation architecture. The practical test is whether the published agenda connects the room to post-event continuation and evidence. This page is an original public-evidence analysis, not a copy of the source agenda or an endorsement of the event. The score places the visible agenda in the moderate design signal band. The strongest visible pillars are Problem Specificity, Future-of-Work Fit, and Network Design; the thinnest visible pillars are Follow Through, Personalization, and Participation Architecture. Visible mechanisms include Participant work, Network design, Learning transfer, and Personalization. The extracted agenda preview includes 156 visible rows. The most common formats are Presentation, Registration, and Unknown; the most common inferred purposes are Knowledge Transfer, Logistics, and Unknown.

Primary source evidence: kccncna2025.sched.com ↗ · Archived copy (2026-06-24)

Eight-pillar fingerprint

Hover any pillar to see what it measures and, where it scored low, what the agenda is missing.

Participation Architecture?44
Participation Architecture - 44/100. Participant work, contribution, interaction, and alternatives to passive broadcast.Missing: Turn passive airtime into participant work: practice, sensemaking, decisions, critique, or artifact creation.
Follow Through?5
Follow Through - 5/100. Owners, dates, commitments, progress checks, and accountability after the room.Missing: Add named owners, dates, implementation checkpoints, and a visible post-event continuation path.
Problem Specificity?52
Problem Specificity - 52/100. A clear costly problem, objective, decision, or performance target.
Personalization?44
Personalization - 44/100. Role, path, goal, preparation, or connection tailoring for participants.Missing: Create role-based paths, prepared questions, tailored breakouts, or participant-specific next steps.
Network Design?48
Network Design - 48/100. Structured weak ties, bridge-building, mixers, and relationship persistence.
Learning Transfer?45
Learning Transfer - 45/100. Applied practice, feedback, workplace use, refreshers, and 30-90 day transfer.
Evidence Maturity?45
Evidence Maturity - 45/100. Baseline, comparison, follow-up, isolation, and attribution confidence.
Future-of-Work Fit?52
Future-of-Work Fit - 52/100. Value against time, hybrid reality, accessibility, AI, and meeting load.

Fix the gaps

Field-tested exercises matched to this agenda's weakest pillars, from the exercise library.

Follow Through (5/100)

Exercises that strengthen it: Mental Toughness Workshop • WorkshopBank · 15% Solutions • WorkshopBank · Network Patches

Participation Architecture (44/100)

Exercises that strengthen it: Make A World · Awestruck 3 Minutes · Spectrum Mapping

Agenda Preview

The actual agenda we captured. Every block is classified by format and purpose. Open any block to see how we read it; the colored edge shows whether it is participant work, broadcast, logistics, or a showcase.

Room vs wrapper

6 percent of the 156 classified blocks put participants to work; the rest broadcast, show, or handle logistics. That mix is what drives the participation score.

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Participant workBroadcastShowcaseLogistics
8:00 AM ESTBadge Pick-Up Building B Level 4 Registration Hall BRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
8:00 AM ESTCoat + Bag Check Building A Level 4 A412PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
7:00 AM ESTBadge Pick-Up Building B Level 4 Registration Hall BRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
7:00 AM ESTCoat + Bag Check Building A Level 4 A412PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTKong AI Gateway & Insomnia Workshop: AI Success Through API Heroics Hosted by Kong SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta at Centennial Olympic ParkWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
9:00 AM ESTCiliumCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 3 B309PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTCloud Native University Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B213-214PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTEnvoyCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 4 B406b-407PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTKubeflow Summit Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B211-212PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTKubernetes on Edge Day Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B203PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTKyvernoCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 5 Thomas Murphy Ballroom 4PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTHands-On Workshop to Build Production-Ready Kubernetes Applications Hosted by Amazon Web Services - AM SESSION SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Congress Center Building A Level 4 A410WorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
9:00 AM ESTAzure Day with Kubernetes Hosted by Microsoft SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Microsoft AtlantaRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
9:00 AM ESTArgoCon Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 3 B312-313a + B313b-314PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTBackstageCon Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 4 B405-406aPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTCloud Native Kubernetes + AI Day Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 4 B401-402PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTObservability Day Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B206 + B207/208PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTOpen Source SecurityCon Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 3 B302-303 + B304-305 + B308PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ESTPlatform Engineering Day Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 5 Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 + Thomas Murphy Ballroom 2-3PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:00 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Opening/ Intro - Jorge Castro, CNCF Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:00 AM ESTLearn How to Get a Kubernetes® Platform Up and Running in 90 minutes Hosted by Portainer.io - AM Event SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Conference Centre Building A Level 4 Room A402RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
10:07 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the CNCF Landscape - Katherine Druckman; Gerald Venzl; Lori Lorusso Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:24 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Kubewarden: The Universal Policy Engine For Kubernetes Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:31 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: WasmEdge: What's New In WasmEdge? - Michael Yuan, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:38 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Spiderpool: Dynamic Topology-Aware RDMA Allocation For GPU-Based AI Workloads - Weizhou Lan, Technical Lead Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:45 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: OVN-Kubernetes: Scalable, Production-Grade Networking For Kubernetes - Surya Seetharaman, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2WorkshopRelationship building+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
10:52 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Metal3.io Project Updates - Kashif Khan, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:59 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: The Kyverno Five: New Policy Types And What You Can Do With Them - Cortney Nickerson, Community Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:00 AM ESTPlatform Engineering CTF: Build Your Own Kubernetes IDP Hosted by Akamai Technologies SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Terminus 330RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
11:06 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: The Same Great OPA, Only Faster! - Philip Conrad, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:13 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: K3s Project Update - Orlin Vasilev, Community Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:20 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Let's Have Harbor Everywhere! - Orlin Vasilev, Maintainer/Community Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:27 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: OpenFGA: Google Zanzibar Style Authorization Made Developer-Friendly - Tyler Nix, Product Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:34 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: What’s New In Kairos, 2025 Edition - Mauro Morales, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:41 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: When Falco Spots Trouble, The Shark Swims In - Gerald Combs, Falco Core Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:48 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Bringing Agentic AI To Cloud Native With Kagent - Eitan Yarmush, Lead Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:55 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: GitOps With Or Without Git Using Flux - Tamao Nakahara, Community Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
12:00 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Lunch Break ATTENDEES ON OWN TBAPresentationPacing+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
12:00 PM ESTBuild Multi-Architecture Cloud-Native Applications and AI Inference on Google Axion Co-hosted by Arm & Google SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Congress Center Building A Level 4 Room A407RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
12:00 PM ESTGoogle Container Day Hosted by Google Cloud - SOLD OUT SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Google AtlantaRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
12:00 PM ESTSUSE Rancher Day Hosted by SUSE SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Downtown Oceanic Ballroom 4th FloorRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
12:30 PM ESTVM on Kubernetes Day: Bridging the gap between VMs and Containers Hosted by Portworx by Pure Storage SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia Aquarium Ocean Ballroom VIP Entrance (not main entrance)RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
12:57 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: 5 Key Lessons From 8 Years of Building Kgateway - Yuval Kohavi, Lead Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:00 PM ESTCalicoCon Hosted by Tigera SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED The Westin Peachtree Plaza Chastain ERegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
1:04 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Linkerd, mTLS, and Bungled Bundles - Flynn, Technical Evangelist Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:11 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Copacetic: Directly Patch Container Image Vulnerabilities - Jeremy Rickard, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:18 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: k0s: CNCF Sandbox Distro Updates - Jussi Nummelin, Technical lead Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:25 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Multi-Cluster Configuration Management With KubeStellar - Andy Anderson, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ESTData on Kubernetes Day Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B211-212PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ESTFluxCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 3 B309PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ESTIstio Day Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 4 B406b-407PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ESTOpenFeature Summit Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B213-214PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ESTOpenTofu Day Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B203PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ESTWasmCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 5 Thomas Murphy Ballroom 4PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ESTHands-On Workshop to Build Production-Ready Kubernetes Applications Hosted by Amazon Web Services - PM SESSION SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Congress Center Building A Level 4 A410WorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
1:30 PM ESTObservability at Scale with ClickStack Training Hosted by ClickHouse SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED 756 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30308TrainingSkill building+
Format · Participant workTrainingGuided skill building where participants practice. Counts as participant work and learning transfer.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
1:39 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Beyond YAML: Visualising Kubernetes Ontologies With Meshery - Yash Sharma, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:46 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Invisible FinOps and Compliance: Shift Left With Cloud Custodian - Sonny Shi, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:53 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Introducing k8gb: Kubernetes Native Global Load Balancing Made Simple - Yury Tsarev, Founder And Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:00 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Istio: Set Sailing With Istio Without Sidecars - Lin Sun, Maintainer and Lead Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:00 PM ESTLearn How to Get a Kubernetes® Platform Up and Running in 90 minutes Hosted by Portainer.io - PM Session SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Conference Centre Building A Level 4 Room A402RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
2:00 PM ESTCapture the Flag Challenge: Defend the Pipeline Hosted by Cloudsmith SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Downtown Atlantic Room - 2nd FloorRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisOutcome inferred from formatInferred from format
2:07 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: What's New In Kubernetes Storage - Xing Yang, SIG Storage Co-Chair And Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:12 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Break Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationPacing+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:29 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the CNCF Landscape - Katherine Druckman; Gerald Venzl; Lori Lorusso Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ESTPeer Group Mentoring Building C Level 3 C301PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:46 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Cozystack: Build Your Own Open Source AWS On Bare Metal - Andrei Kvapil, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:53 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Learn Kubernetes Best Practices With OpenCost - Matt Bolt, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:00 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Fluent Bit - Eduardo Silva, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:07 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Perses: Update - Augustin Husson, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:14 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Konveyor: Mining Developer Wisdom to Modernize Legacy Apps with Kai - Jonah Sussman, Developer / Approver Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:21 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: ModelPack: An Open Standard for Packaging, Distributing, and Running LLMs In Cloud-Native Ecosystems - Tao Peng, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:28 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Dapr: Start Building Distributed Applications With Ease Using Building Block APIs - Marc Duiker, Community Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:35 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Container Builds At Scale With Buildpacks - Joe Kutner, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:42 PM ESTCANCELLED: Project Lightning Talk: Keptn: Supercharge Your Deployments! - Rakshit Gondwal, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:42 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Catch Up With Crossplane v2 - Scott Rosenberg, Contributor Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
8:00 AM ESTBadge Pick-Up Building B Level 4 Registration Hall BRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
8:00 AM ESTCoat + Bag Check Building A Level 4 A412UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
7:00 AM ESTOpenShift Commons Gathering Hosted by Red Hat SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Courtland Grand Hotel, Level 1RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
7:00 AM ESTBadge Pick-Up Building B Level 4 Registration Hall BRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
7:00 AM ESTCoat + Bag Check Building A Level 4 A412UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTKong AI Gateway & Insomnia Workshop: AI Success Through API Heroics Hosted by Kong SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta at Centennial Olympic ParkWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTCiliumCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 3 B309UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTCloud Native University Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B213-214UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTEnvoyCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 4 B406b-407UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTKubeflow Summit Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B211-212UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTKubernetes on Edge Day Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B203UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTKyvernoCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 5 Thomas Murphy Ballroom 4UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTHands-On Workshop to Build Production-Ready Kubernetes Applications Hosted by Amazon Web Services - AM SESSION SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Congress Center Building A Level 4 A410WorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTAzure Day with Kubernetes Hosted by Microsoft SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Microsoft AtlantaRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTArgoCon Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 3 B312-313a + B313b-314UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTBackstageCon Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 4 B405-406aUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTCloud Native Kubernetes + AI Day Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 4 B401-402UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTObservability Day Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B206 + B207/208UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTOpen Source SecurityCon Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 3 B302-303 + B304-305 + B308UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ESTPlatform Engineering Day Hosted by CNCF - Full Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 5 Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 + Thomas Murphy Ballroom 2-3UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:00 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Opening/ Intro - Jorge Castro, CNCF Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:00 AM ESTLearn How to Get a Kubernetes® Platform Up and Running in 90 minutes Hosted by Portainer.io - AM Event SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Conference Centre Building A Level 4 Room A402RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:00 AM ESTDistributed SQL Summit Hosted By YugabyteDB SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Omni Hotel at Centennial Park, Atrium TerraceRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:07 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the CNCF Landscape - Katherine Druckman; Gerald Venzl; Lori Lorusso Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:24 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Kubewarden: The Universal Policy Engine For Kubernetes Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:31 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: WasmEdge: What's New In WasmEdge? - Michael Yuan, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:38 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Spiderpool: Dynamic Topology-Aware RDMA Allocation For GPU-Based AI Workloads - Weizhou Lan, Technical Lead Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:45 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: OVN-Kubernetes: Scalable, Production-Grade Networking For Kubernetes - Surya Seetharaman, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2NetworkingRelationship Building+
Format · LogisticsNetworkingUnstructured mixing. Can carry incidental connection, but is not scored as designed network work.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:52 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Metal3.io Project Updates - Kashif Khan, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:59 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: The Kyverno Five: New Policy Types And What You Can Do With Them - Cortney Nickerson, Community Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:00 AM ESTPlatform Engineering CTF: Build Your Own Kubernetes IDP Hosted by Akamai Technologies SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Terminus 330RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:06 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: The Same Great OPA, Only Faster! - Philip Conrad, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:13 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: K3s Project Update - Orlin Vasilev, Community Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:20 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Let's Have Harbor Everywhere! - Orlin Vasilev, Maintainer/Community Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:27 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: OpenFGA: Google Zanzibar Style Authorization Made Developer-Friendly - Tyler Nix, Product Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:34 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: What’s New In Kairos, 2025 Edition - Mauro Morales, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:41 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: When Falco Spots Trouble, The Shark Swims In - Gerald Combs, Falco Core Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:48 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Bringing Agentic AI To Cloud Native With Kagent - Eitan Yarmush, Lead Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:55 AM ESTProject Lightning Talk: GitOps With Or Without Git Using Flux - Tamao Nakahara, Community Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:00 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Lunch Break ATTENDEES ON OWN TBAMealWellbeing+
Format · LogisticsMealA pacing block. Can carry unstructured networking, not scored as participant work.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:00 PM ESTBuild Multi-Architecture Cloud-Native Applications and AI Inference on Google Axion Co-hosted by Arm & Google SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Congress Center Building A Level 4 Room A407RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:00 PM ESTGoogle Container Day Hosted by Google Cloud - SOLD OUT SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Google AtlantaRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:00 PM ESTSUSE Rancher Day Hosted by SUSE SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Downtown Oceanic Ballroom 4th FloorRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:30 PM ESTVM on Kubernetes Day: Bridging the gap between VMs and Containers Hosted by Portworx by Pure Storage SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia Aquarium Ocean Ballroom VIP Entrance (not main entrance)RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:57 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: 5 Key Lessons From 8 Years of Building Kgateway - Yuval Kohavi, Lead Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:00 PM ESTCalicoCon Hosted by Tigera SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED The Westin Peachtree Plaza Chastain ERegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:04 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Linkerd, mTLS, and Bungled Bundles - Flynn, Technical Evangelist Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:11 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Copacetic: Directly Patch Container Image Vulnerabilities - Jeremy Rickard, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:18 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: k0s: CNCF Sandbox Distro Updates - Jussi Nummelin, Technical lead Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:25 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Multi-Cluster Configuration Management With KubeStellar - Andy Anderson, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ESTData on Kubernetes Day Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B211-212UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ESTFluxCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 3 B309UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ESTIstio Day Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 4 B406b-407UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ESTOpenFeature Summit Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B213-214UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ESTOpenTofu Day Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 2 B203UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ESTWasmCon Hosted by CNCF - Half Day Event ALL ACCESS PASS REQUIRED Building B Level 5 Thomas Murphy Ballroom 4UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ESTHands-On Workshop to Build Production-Ready Kubernetes Applications Hosted by Amazon Web Services - PM SESSION SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Congress Center Building A Level 4 A410WorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ESTObservability at Scale with ClickStack Training Hosted by ClickHouse SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED 756 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30308TrainingSkill Building+
Format · Participant workTrainingGuided skill building where participants practice. Counts as participant work and learning transfer.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:32 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: KubeEdge Updates and Use Cases In Multiple Scenarios - Hongbing Zhang, Technical Steering Committee Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:39 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Beyond YAML: Visualising Kubernetes Ontologies With Meshery - Yash Sharma, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:46 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Invisible FinOps and Compliance: Shift Left With Cloud Custodian - Sonny Shi, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:53 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Introducing k8gb: Kubernetes Native Global Load Balancing Made Simple - Yury Tsarev, Founder And Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:00 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Istio: Set Sailing With Istio Without Sidecars - Lin Sun, Maintainer and Lead Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:00 PM ESTLearn How to Get a Kubernetes® Platform Up and Running in 90 minutes Hosted by Portainer.io - PM Session SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Georgia World Conference Centre Building A Level 4 Room A402RegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:00 PM ESTCapture the Flag Challenge: Defend the Pipeline Hosted by Cloudsmith SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Downtown Atlantic Room - 2nd FloorRegistrationLogistics+
Format · LogisticsRegistrationCheck-in and logistics, not agenda content.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:00 PM ESTHands-On Cloud Native Security Workshop Hosted by Sysdig SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRED - SOLD OUT Omni Hotel, The Pine RoomWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:07 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: What's New In Kubernetes Storage - Xing Yang, SIG Storage Co-Chair And Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:12 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Break Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2BreakWellbeing+
Format · LogisticsBreakA pacing or recovery block between sessions.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:29 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the CNCF Landscape - Katherine Druckman; Gerald Venzl; Lori Lorusso Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ESTPeer Group Mentoring Building C Level 3 C301UnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:46 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Cozystack: Build Your Own Open Source AWS On Bare Metal - Andrei Kvapil, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:53 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Learn Kubernetes Best Practices With OpenCost - Matt Bolt, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:00 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Fluent Bit - Eduardo Silva, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:07 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Perses: Update - Augustin Husson, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:14 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Konveyor: Mining Developer Wisdom to Modernize Legacy Apps with Kai - Jonah Sussman, Developer / Approver Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:21 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: ModelPack: An Open Standard for Packaging, Distributing, and Running LLMs In Cloud-Native Ecosystems - Tao Peng, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:28 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Dapr: Start Building Distributed Applications With Ease Using Building Block APIs - Marc Duiker, Community Manager Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:35 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Container Builds At Scale With Buildpacks - Joe Kutner, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:42 PM ESTCANCELLED: Project Lightning Talk: Keptn: Supercharge Your Deployments! - Rakshit Gondwal, Maintainer Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:42 PM ESTProject Lightning Talk: Catch Up With Crossplane v2 - Scott Rosenberg, Contributor Building C Level 3 Georgia Ballroom 2PresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source

The Full Reading

Why It Ranks This Way +

Calibrated from GES design 42/100 and verified 42/100, then capped for agenda is mostly passive without visible outcome mechanics.

Reader Takeaway. For a reader, this is a comparison record more than a model to copy: it reads as a broadcast-heavy conference, with the strongest visible signal in problem specificity and future-of-work fit and the biggest open question around follow through and participation architecture. The practical test is whether the published agenda connects the room to post-event continuation and evidence.

Strongest signals: Problem Specificity, Future-of-Work Fit, and Network Design. Weakest signals: Follow Through, Personalization, and Participation Architecture.

How This Agenda Could Improve +
  • Add named owners, dates, implementation checkpoints, and a visible post-event continuation path.
  • Create role-based paths, prepared questions, tailored breakouts, or participant-specific next steps.
  • Turn passive airtime into participant work: practice, sensemaking, decisions, critique, or artifact creation.

Fastest next move: Add named owners, dated next steps, and a visible continuation path before treating the event as outcome-ready.

Role-Specific Reading +

Event owner lens

Use this record to benchmark whether a comparable event makes the work after the room visible. The score is 45/100, so the next move is to benchmark the weakest pillars before repeating the format.

Sponsor lens

Look beyond exposure. Strong sponsor value would show qualified interaction, problem work, buyer learning, customer evidence, or follow-up. The practical sponsor move is to look for structured introductions, buyer-seller fit, and relationship persistence.

Designer lens

The agenda is useful as a pattern sample from kccncna2025.sched.com. Redesign attention should go first to the lowest-scoring pillars; in practice, turn the thinnest agenda blocks into participant work.

Executive lens

Treat the visible agenda as an operating plan. The executive move is to require owners, dates, and evidence before treating the event as strategic. If owners, proof, and follow-through are not visible, the public record does not yet prove strategic movement.

Aggregator lens

Treat the source URL as evidence, not decoration. The data-product move is to label the source boundary clearly before ranking the record before ranking or syndicating the record.

What GES Means Here +

The Gathering Effectiveness Score is a strict 0-100 public-evidence reading of the agenda across eight pillars. It rewards visible participant work, follow-through, transfer, network design, and proof mechanisms more than polish, speaker fame, attendance, or satisfaction.

Visible mechanisms: Participant work, Network design, Learning transfer, Personalization.

Evidence boundary: Scores reflect visible agenda/source evidence and should not be read as proof of causal event impact.

Limitations, Score Caps, and Review Flags +

Limitations

  • No visible follow-up, progress monitoring, or longitudinal tracking.
  • Passive stage formats dominate the visible agenda.
  • No baseline measurement is visible.

Score caps

  • 34: Agenda is mostly passive without visible outcome mechanics.

Review flags

  • Fourth-loop score cap: Agenda is mostly passive without visible outcome mechanics.
  • No source-backed follow-up, validation, baseline, tracking, or impact evidence.
  • No tracking, validation, feedback, or impact measurement found in the visible source text.
Is this proof the event worked? +

No. This is a strict public-evidence reading of the agenda. Proof would require baseline, comparison, follow-up, attribution, and impact evidence beyond the listing.

What should a reader inspect first? +

Start with the source URL, then compare the eight pillar scores against the agenda rows. The biggest opportunities usually sit in follow-through, evidence maturity, and participant work.

Why publish weak records? +

Weak records are part of the map. They show where public agendas still describe sessions and speakers more often than outcomes, commitments, transfer, or proof.

How should I use the rows? +

Read the agenda rows as the visible design trace: formats, purposes, and evidence labels show what the public source made inspectable, not everything that happened in the room. This is a source-grounded interpretation of the public agenda record, not a copy of the source, and not an endorsement of the event.

Embed the verified badge +

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Where To Go Next

Compare this agenda against other Technology / AI / Startup events scored on the same eight pillars.