KCD SF湾2025

2025TRASPARENCYREPORT ABOUT THE PROGRAM Renowned speakers from all around the worlddelved into cutting-edge advancements in cloud-native digital infrastructures and the widespreadadoption of Kubernetes, drawing in over 230 eagerattendees. 4 (29%)Non-male Speakers 14Speakers 10Sessions Keynote 5Workshops SUMMARY First Ever Bay Area KCDMakes a Splash! Despite the unexpected rain. the first-everKCD SF Bay Area was a resounding success.drawing enthusiastic praise from ateendeesHeld at the fittingly historic and well-receivedvenue of the Computer History Museum,theinaugural gathering was broadly applaudedfor its smooth organization and engagingcontent. The post-event feedback citedparticular commendation for the guality of theworkshops and sessions. Attendees leftenergized and already looking forward tonext year, proving that even a little inclementweather couldn't dampen the spirit ofinnovation. MOST pOpuLAR SESSIOnS Demystifying Al Agents: A New PrimitiveforFlowControl Cloud Native Artificial Intelligence Year inReview 10 Things That Super Mario Taught MeAbout Platform Engineering Solomon Hykes RamiroBerrelleza Ronald Petty Madhuri Yechuri Jonathan BryceExecutive Director. cNcF Jonathan Bryce is the Executive Director of Cloud &Infrastructure at the Linux Foundation, where he Ieads both theCloud Native Computing Foundation (cNcF) and the OpenlnfraFoundation-two of the largest and most influential open sourcecommunities in the world. With over 15 years of open sourceIeadership,Jonathan-founded the Openstack project, guidingits evolution into a globalthat supports a multi-billion-dollarde facto standard foropen cloudopen source career.Jonathan spent overadecaden data center infrastructure andco-founded one of the induss earliest cloud computingcompanies,which grew into a billion-dollar business followingits acquisition by Rackspacassionate aboutopencollaboration,infrastiition,and empowering users,contributors,andecosyworldwide,Jonathan frequentlyspeaks at international conferences on open source strategy,infrastructure modernization,cloud-native technologies,andopen source Al initiatives. How Secure is Your Base Image? A LiveSecurity Test of Popular Containers Network Policy Nirvana: AutomatingSecurity & Self-Service with Kyverno Jim Bugwadia Beatriz Datangel John Amaral 10 Things That Super Mario Taught MeAbout Platform Engineering GROWINGCLOUDNATIVETOGETHER Best Practices for GitOps Promotions RamiroBerrelleza Dan Garfield [ sessionize Done-for-You Kubernetes: IntelligentAutoscaling in Enterprise-Scale&Simplified Developer workflows GROWINGCLOUDNATIVETOGETHER Introduction to Bootable Containers Estela Ramirez Yenkai Huang Josh Berkus [ sessionize You Can't Handle the Root! ContainerIsolation for Secure Multi-tenancy Cloud Native Artificial Intelligence Year inReview Madhuri Yechuri Marina Moore [ sessionize AutomaticProvisioningofBareMetalEdge Sustems for Al Inference Demystifying Al Agents: A New Primitivefor Flow Control Solomon Hykes William Rizzo [ sessionize Event Feedback vcluster creators of Kyverno Google MIRANTIS SUSEgroundcoverCASTAI 水TeleportSIDERO circleci0 NUTANX Octopus Deploy MIRANTIS EROKUfromSalesforce KUBEMERG:kubeCRASHEVENTSFORWARD ATTENDANCE As expected for an inaugural Bay Areaevent, first time attendee rate was high 20PAIDSPONSORSHIPS PO ST-EVENT SURVEYPOST-EVENTSURVEY WHAT ATTENDEES SAIDWHATATTENDEESSAID ★★★1 OVERALL SATISFACTION3.7OVERALL SATISFACTION 3.7 The CNC F world needs to expand beyondjust the members and KCD SF could be agood way to do it.The CNCF world needs to expand beyondjust the members and KcD SF could be agood way to do it. 4.O4.0 ,, CHM is a great spot. ,, The platformengineering/Mariocomparison was done verywell. The live demos keptevery presentation exciting66 The platformengineering/Mariocomparison was done verywell. The live demos keptevery presentation exciting 5.05.0 Very relevant for my job!Very relevant for my job! I think there is huge potential for this event -the organizational team are great, thestructure was good, it just needs moreattendees to make it truly worthwhile, and Ithink a move closer to SF and broaderpromotion would help a lot with this.I think there is huge potential for this event -the organizational team are great, thestructure was good, it just needs moreattendees to make it truly worthwhile, andIthinka movecloserto SF andbroaderpromotion would help a lot with this. 2.02.0 KCDGROWING CLOUD NATIVETOGETHER INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? By becoming a sponsor, you will have the opportunity toconnect with a diverse audience of industry professionals.showcase your brand, and contribute to the growth andsuccess of our community. I think there is huge potential forthis event - the organizationalteam are great and the eventstructure was good.- 2025 Sponsor Contact us for more information on sponsorship packages andhow to be a part of our exciting journey! EmAIL US YOUR