presentations.yaml

- name:  Application-driven infrastructure with Crossplane 
  description: |
    Crossplane allows users to extend their Kubernetes clusters using CRDs. The CRDs map any infrastructure or managed service, ensuring that the creation process for the users is as simple as the Kubernetes resources creation. Using a collection of YAML manifests, the development teams can assemble the needed cloud services for their applications removing this duty from the operation teams: this is "shift left" at its best. All this powerfulness comes with a cost in terms of security, governance, cognitive load and maintenance. In this talk we'll discuss strategies and techniques to better map the complexity of this infrastructure.
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkEL6UnopUQ 
  slides: https://www.slideshare.net/sparkfabrik/kcd-italy-2022-application-driven-infrastructure-with-crossplane
  date: 2023-02-01
  presenters:
    - name: Daniele Monti
      github: Monska85
  event:
    name: KCD Italy 2022
    url: https://community.cncf.io/kcd-italy/
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Crossplane
- name:  Secure Software Supply chain for OCI Artifacts on Kubernetes
  description: |
    In this talk we will talk about how to ensure the security and quality of the software we deploy on Kubernetes using open-source tools like Sigstore, Kyverno and Syft/Grype. We will explain what a secure supply chain is, why it is important and how to implement it with these tools. We will also show you how to generate and verify SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) of your OCI (Open Container Initiative) artifacts. And finally, we will show you some practical examples of how to use these technologies in action. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful!
  video: https://youtu.be/uHotwi6myog
  slides: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshows/kcd-italy-2023-secure-software-supply-chain-for-oci-artifact-on-kubernetes/265503999
  date: 2023-08-01
  presenters:
    - name: Paolo Mainardi
      github: paolomainardi
    - name: Andrea Panisson
      github: panisson
  event:
    name: KCD Italy 2023
    url: https://community.cncf.io/kcd-italy/
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Crossplane
- name: Observability for You and Me with OpenTelemetry
  description: |
    Are you interested in dipping your toes in the cloud native observability waters, but as an engineer you are not sure where to get started with tracing your microservices and applications on Kubernetes? Then this is the session for you, where we take you on your first steps in an active open-source project that offers a buffet of opportunities for getting started with telemetry data. The project, openTelemetry (OTEL), is where we start with de-mystifying key concepts and terms such as observability, telemetry, instrumentation to lay a foundation. Then we’ll explore the OTEL community and how to become not only an end-user, but possibly a contributor.We will wrap up with an overview of the components in this project, such as the Collector, the OTEL protocol (OTLP), its APIs, and its SDKs. Attendees will leave with an understanding of key observability concepts in distributed tracing!
  video: https://youtu.be/GhN4Y_reTSk?feature=shared&t=8
  slides: https://www.slideshare.net/eschabell/observability-for-you-and-me-with-opentelemetry
  date: 2023-11-14
  presenters:
    - name: Eric D. Schabell
      github: eschabell
  event:
    name: Kubernetes Community Days Denmark
    url: https://kcddenmark.dk
  language: EN
  projects:
    - OpenTelemetry
  tags:
    - Ambassador
- name: From Perimeter to Zero Trust - Securing Kubernetes with Paralus
  description: |
    From monoliths to microservices, VMs to containers, the way we run and deploy our applications today has evolved over the years. Hence the way we safeguard our applications should also evolve. In this talk, I'll talk about how securing infrastructure has evolved and moved away from traditional perimeter-based security to robust and agile zero trust. Will introduce Zero Trust and its principles and touch upon the differences between the various security options to secure your Kubernetes clusters. We will then look at how Paralus can help secure access to your Kubernetes clusters with a quick hands-on demo.
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCQJq966sK8
  slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e_JHiT63eLlovl0rWSu2mduGO8YpjjnAzK_dPTWwcoM/edit#slide=id.p
  date: 2023-02-20
  presenters:
    - name: Atulpriya Sharma
      github: Techmaharaj
  event:
    name: Kubernetes Community Days Pakistan
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kubernetes-community-days-pakistan/
  language: EN
  projects:
    - paralus
  tags:
    - Ambassador
- name: From Chaos to Calm - Improving Service Mesh Reliability
  description: |
    Multiple microservices, complex architecture, and recurring performance issues. This lack of visibility hampers a team's ability to troubleshoot effectively, leading to prolonged downtime & frustrated customers. But what if there was a way to unravel the mystery of your service mesh and ensure it's always performing at its best? In this talk, we'll shed some light on service mesh observability and reliability. We'll then see how advanced technologies like Chaos Engineering can help make our service mesh more reliable. To showcase how this would work, we'll have a demo of using Litmus Chaos along with Kiali to observe our service mesh and in turn, take preventive measures to make it more reliable. So, don't let your service mesh be a mystery any longer - attend the talk and learn how to make it more observable and reliable than ever before!
  video: https://youtu.be/fB-cFVM3XeU?si=QQmyR7fAXSg1291V
  slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zcDMjkvo-AQ0-2d49pRY_EzSpCtm7lpADh6oosV-XZk/edit#slide=id.g35f391192_00
  date: 2023-08-21
  presenters:
    - name: Atulpriya Sharma
      github: Techmaharaj
  event:
    name: Kubernetes Community Days Chennai
    url: https://kcdchennai.in/
  language: EN
  tags:
    - Ambassador
- name: The Security Evolution of GRPC Services in the Mesh
  description: |
    This presentation aims to explore the evolving surrounding of gRPC services intercommunication in the context of containers and inside service mesh. It will delve in the history and intricacies of securing communication, authentication, authorization and accounting within a modern distributed system architecture. This talk also emphasize the current crucial role of Istio in enhancing the security posture of gRPC services east-west traffic compared with older approaches, that includes default encryption, identity and access management, and secure service-to-service communication on service mesh without the complexity of sidecars usage.
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdwRy-SwAZI
  slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uXMaTdL12xc1IVAuy66w11D6RQKlj2bo/edit#slide=id.p1
  date: 2022-10-04
  presenters:
    - name: Amim Knabben
      github: knabben
  event:
    name: IstioCon 2023
    url: https://istiocon2023.sched.com/
  language: EN
  projects:
    - istio
    - grpc
  tags:
    - Ambassador
- name: WTF Are Inclusive Communities and How to Maintain Them?
  description: |
    We are all here thanks to Cloud Native communities. Some of you might aspire to build tech communities that are diverse, open, inclusive and safe. Even if you are not planning to build a new community, you probably wish to belong to one with these characteristics. And while Cloud Native brought us all together, it doesn’t mean that we can feel safe to openly share and learn. That’s when reflecting on values collaboratively becomes crucial. It goes beyond abiding by a CoC or building a diverse line-up: it makes us part of the process and it makes us accountable for the values themselves. In this talk Carla and Jade will share a real life example on how they mapped out the personal values of several teams, to create a shared value system for their internal community to follow and belong to. A system that was also expressed externally through the voice of their WTF is Cloud Native brand.
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIjkWKJdvWY
  slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15EJNsIcdzBKun0wmP13eAYIph6HWQIazfakBkM5R5oA/edit#slide=id.g18c6e5792fa_0_0
  date: 2022-12-01
  presenters:
    - name: Carla Gaggini
      github: Carla-Gaggini
    - name: Jade Amic
  event:
    name: Kubernetes Community Days UK | 2022
    url: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubernetes-batch-hpc-day-north-america/
  language: EN
  tags:
    - Ambassador
- name: Propagating Programming Paradigms - Lifting High Performance Compute Into K8s
  description: |
    Users don’t care where items run, just IF they run and how long they need to wait for completion. We should be building systems where ONLY the hardware, network, storage, and security engineers worry about how to maximally leverage underlying hardware for performance. Increasingly popular AI/ML and traditional HPC workloads have many similarities. It is historically difficult for the users to deploy their workloads in HPC environments. Kubernetes, meanwhile, has focused on simplifying the cognitive load for the users at a cost to both performance and sustainability. We show how to lift paradigms from HPC to make more performant Kubernetes clusters. We give a history of where HPC has come up short in abstracting hardware away from the user. We highlight current Kubernetes projects that do aid in performance in a cloud-native fashion and will go over continuing gaps. We will show how to improve Kubernetes to optimize both performance and sustainability without added pain to the user.
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iH1HK20obs
  slides: https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kubernetesbatchdayna22/68/PropogatingProgammingParadigmsMarlowWestonIntel.pdf?_gl=1*1ikx4yr*_ga*MjEyMzcyMjQ3OS4xNjk2Nzg3NDM5*_ga_XH5XM35VHB*MTY5Njc4NzQzOS4xLjAuMTY5Njc4NzQzOS42MC4wLjA.
  date: 2023-10-24
  presenters:
    - name: Marlow Weston
      github: catblade
    - name: Dave Cremins
      github: davecremins
  event:
    name: Kubernetes Batch + HPC Day NA 2022
    url: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubernetes-batch-hpc-day-north-america/
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Kubernetes
- name: The CNCF & You Growing Community in the Cloud Native Landscape
  description: |
    This talk takes you on a journey through the cloud native landscape and how the CNCF is helping to shape the way we develop and innovate in a vendor neutral environment working to solve complex problems through collaboration and community.
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZf8BBAYC3k
  slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d197JIb_yx2B0057gS-C3o2OLXWVZ3eIVoOeLLbt57Y/edit#slide=id.gd0e8356533_0_0
  date: 2023-04-22
  presenters:
    - name: Lori Lorusso
      github: LoriLorusso
  event:
    name: KCD Israel 2023
    url: https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-israel-presents-kcd-israel-2023/
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Kubernetes
- name: What does Kubernetes Steering Steer?
  description: |
    The Kubernetes Steering Committee is tasked with decision-making and oversight of the non-technical aspects of the Kubernetes project. This session will be broken into two parts: The first half will be an overview of what the committee is, and what it isn’t. What it’s tasked with, its importance, what it has accomplished to date and its top priorities for the year. The latter half will be focused on answering questions from Kubernetes project constituents and the wider Cloud Native community at large. If you’re curious or have a question about how one of the largest Open Source projects is governed, how that impacts you, or how you can leverage our learnings in your cloud-native projects’ governance journeys, we encourage you to come stop by for a conversation! NOTE: Had to swap speakers at the last minute (covid).
  video: https://youtu.be/d3xQw_JE6So
  slides: https://speakerdeck.com/mrbobbytables/what-does-kubernetes-steering-steer
  date: 2023-04-19
  presenters:
    - name: Robert Killen
      github: mrbobbytables
    - name: Nabarun Pal
      github: palnabarun
  event:
    name: KubeCon EU 2023
    url: https://kccnceu2023.sched.com/event/1HyUq?iframe=no
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Kubernetes
  tags:
    - Project Maintainer
    - Ambassador
- name: Introduction to Software Supply Chain Security and Tooling
  description: |
    You’re familiar with containers and Kubernetes, but suddenly people are talking about supply chains, and you’re pretty sure they don’t mean the Suez Canal. Join Jeffrey Sica and Bob Killen for an in-depth look at the nuts, bolts, and metaphorical shipping containers that make up modern container supply chain security. They’ll demo sigstore and show how container signing automation works with Kubernetes. You’ll leave prepared to make decisions that will keep your org unstuck.
  slides: https://speakerdeck.com/mrbobbytables/introduction-to-software-supply-chain-security-and-tooling
  date: 2023-03-29
  presenters:
    - name: Robert Killen
      github: mrbobbytables
    - name: Jeffrey Sica
      github: jeefy
  event:
    name: SCaLE 20x
    url: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/supply-chain-security-tooling
  language: EN
  license: CC-BY-4.0
  projects:
    - Kyverno
    - sigstore
  tags:
    - Project Maintainer
    - Ambassador
- name: "Keynote: Cloud Native 101: Motor City Edition"
  description: |
    The Cloud Native ecosystem is a complex topic. While most things start with Kubernetes as a foundation, a stack can vary wildly, even when sticking only to CNCF-accepted projects. In addition to the technical aspects, there’s also community, docs, and governance to be aware of when looking to contribute (and often even consume) these technologies. Never fear, for Bob Killen (Google) and Jeffrey Sica (CNCF) are here to provide attendees a map of the land(scape). Both have been active consumers of, and contributors to, CNCF projects for years. In this talk, Bob and Jeff will guide attendees through what a Cloud Native stack looks like, the common problems that different projects look to solve, and how Community plays a big part in this technology.

    Coincidentally, both have also been residents of Southeastern Michigan for most of their lives! Therefore the talk will be chalked full of analogies to Detroit Style Pizza, Coney Dogs, and Automobiles to celebrate their home state and the wonderful city of Detroit.
  slides: https://speakerdeck.com/mrbobbytables/cloud-native-101-motor-city-edition
  video: https://youtu.be/XP-AITn8Jvk
  date: 2022-10-28
  presenters:
    - name: Robert Killen
      github: mrbobbytables
    - name: Jeffrey Sica
      github: jeefy
  event:
    name: KubeCon NA 2022
    url: https://sched.co/182M2
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Kubernetes
  tags:
    - Keynote
    - Project Maintainer
    - Ambassador
- name: "Beyond the Magic: Disaster Recovery Strategies in Crossplane and GitOps"
  description: |
    In Crossplane, deploying resources using GitOps (ArgoCD) is straightforward, but disaster recovery is a different ballgame. When calamity hits, you can't just spin up a new Kubernetes cluster, point it to your Git repository, and expect a 'magical' restoration. This talk will demystify the notion that disaster recovery is 'magic' by exploring various strategies tailored for different levels of disasters using Velero.
  slides: https://www.slideshare.net/CarlosSantana1/navigating-disaster-recovery-in-kubernetes-and-cncf-crossplane
  video: https://youtu.be/6qYFmAy1cFA
  date: 2023-05-08
  presenters:
    - name: Carlos Santana
      github: csantanapr
  event:
    name: GitOpsCon NA 2023
    url: https://sched.co/1Jp8D
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Kubernetes
    - Crossplane
    - Argo
  tags:
    - Project Maintainer
    - Ambassador
- name: "Automate secret rotation in Kubernetes, then get out of the way!"
  description: |
    Industry best practices say that we should rotate secrets frequently to ensure our systems and data stay safe, but doing that in an operationally safe way is often a challenge.
    Not only that, but due to the vast number of regulations and compliance requirements, different secret management solutions, even figuring out where to start can be hard.

    In his presentation, Mark will provide guidance to understand the landscape of secret management and rotation solutions in Kubernetes and will show you how to set up and operate them in a safe and reliable,
    but more importantly, automated way. You might have seen Mark's presentation about the same subject at FOSDEM '23.
    Due to time constraints that was a brief, introductory talk. This time, Mark will go into details about monitoring your secret management infrastructure,
    so you can be sure your secrets are rotated. He will also offer alternative solutions to Kubernetes secrets if you are in no position to trust your provider.
  slides: https://slides.sagikazarmark.hu/2023-05-12-automate-secret-rotation-in-kubernetes/
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTdyznb6Lc4&list=PLbzoR-pLrL6prBc8UnTQ9wI3BvFYp17Xp&index=16
  date: 2023-05-12
  presenters:
    - name: Márk Sági-Kazár
      github: sagikazarmark
  event:
    name: OSS NA 2023
    url: https://ossna2023.sched.com/event/1K5FED
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Kubernetes
    - External Secrets
  tags:
    - Ambassador
- name: "DIY Private Container Registry"
  description: |
    The growing adoption of containerization and container orchestration has amplified the need for secure and controlled distribution of container images.
    This talk delves into the process of distributing private container images and OCI artifacts,
    examining the strengths and weaknesses of various solutions in relation to specific use cases,
    such as software sales and customized builds for clients.

    We compare different approaches, beginning with hosted registries that provide cost-effectiveness, streamlined implementation,
    and minimal maintenance, although they possess inherent limitations. Subsequently, we investigate a range of open-source solutions,
    from turnkey options that are user-friendly and low-maintenance but may offer limited integration capabilities,
    to constructing fully bespoke solutions using low-level building blocks, which grant extensive customization possibilities.

    Join us as we navigate the ever-evolving world of constructing private container distribution using open-source software
    and assist you in determining the most appropriate approach tailored to your unique needs and requirements.
  slides: https://slides.sagikazarmark.hu/2023-09-21-diy-private-container-registry/
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYpuwZ-m6Tw&list=PLbzoR-pLrL6pDxQxPguJTiqVC31JtMgxd
  repo: https://github.com/portward/quickstart/
  date: 2023-09-21
  presenters:
    - name: Márk Sági-Kazár
      github: sagikazarmark
  event:
    name: OSS EU 2023
    url: https://osseu2023.sched.com/event/1RjbC
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Harbor
    - Distribution
    - Zot
  tags:
    - Ambassador
- name: "Ecosistemas CNCF"
  description: |
    En la era digital actual, la forma en que desarrollamos, implementamos y gestionamos aplicaciones ha experimentado una transformación radical. La CNCF desempeña un papel crucial al liderar esta revolución, proporcionando herramientas y estándares esenciales que impulsan la adopción de arquitecturas nativas de la nube.
    Durante esta charla exploraremos cómo la CNCF ha contribuido a la evolución del desarrollo de software, desde la orquestación de contenedores hasta la gestión eficiente de microservicios, abriendo nuevas posibilidades para la innovación en la nube. Analizaremos algunas de las tecnologías más destacadas en su cartera, discutiremos casos de uso emocionantes y examinaremos el impacto de esta fundación en la industria de la tecnología.
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICnCsVEcy2o
  slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XPvqYb9naT11Icc4QYE-FpOTJXGfM6JKQwg7pM547RE/edit?usp=sharing
  date: 2024-01-25
  presenters:
    - name: Diana Menendez
      github: Dianmz
  event:
    name: Cloud Native Guatemala
    url: https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cloud-native-guatemala-presents-intro-ecosistema-cncf/
  language: ES
  tags:
    - Ambassador soon-to-be
- name: "Introduction to Strimzi: Apache Kafka on Kubernetes"
  description: |
    Strimzi is a CNCF project focusing on running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes. Apache Kafka has emerged as a leading platform for building real-time data pipelines. 
    It provides support for high-throughput/low-latency messaging, as well as sophisticated development options that cover all the stages of a distributed data streaming pipeline, from ingestion to processing. 
    But running it on Kubernetes can be complex and tedious. This talk will introduce you to Strimzi - an operator which makes it easy to run Apache Kafka on Kubernetes. 
    It addresses the whole lifecycle from creating, managing, and monitoring Kafka clusters to managing topics or users. 
    This session will go through the main challenges of running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes, explain how they are solved by Strimzi and show a live demo.
  video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSh9aHvdZco
  slides: https://presentations.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2020-09-05-KubeCon-EU-2020-Introduction-to-Strimzi_-Apache-Kafka-on-Kubernetes.pdf
  date: 2020-08-19
  presenters:
    - name: Paolo Patierno
      github: ppatierno
    - name: Jakub Scholz
      github: scholzj
  event:
    name: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020
  language: EN
  projects:
    - Strimzi
  tags:
    - Project Maintainer
    - Ambdassador
- name: "Pipelines in cloud-native ecosystem, GitOps and beyond"
  description: |
    The CI/CD process has become an essential part of modern software development, particularly in the context of cloud-native applications.
    This talk takes you on a journey through the CI/CD pipelines via Gitlab-ci, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD and taking a look at Tekton concepts.
  slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1W-KCJCe_GjIovoHv9uel5HGo9MGRIZFi
  date: 2024-05-17
  presenters:
    - name: Samir Romdhani
      github: romdhanisam
  event:
    name: Cloud Native Tunisia https://community.cncf.io/tunisia
    url: https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-tunisia-presents-pipelines-in-cloud-native-ecosystem-gitops-and-beyond/
  language: EN, ar-TN
  projects:
    - Kubernetes
    - Argo
  tags:
    - Ambassador soon-to-be