Experiences

Monday, 23 March

Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Location: L103-104

Join the eight edition of OSPOlogyLive Europe in Amsterdam to help organizations navigate open source management, strategy, and Open Source Program Offices’ operations in Europe. Hosted by CNCF in collaboration with TODO EU Chapter

• Learn from real-world use cases on adopting open source in cloud-native environments to build strong collaboration between platform teams, security and upstream communities
• Explore governance models for platform engineering and OSPO collaboration and strategies for upstream contribution
• Discover how open source practices can strengthen security and compliance in Kubernetes- and CNCF-based ecosystems

Tuesday, 24 March – Wednesday, 25 March

Time: Varies – check the schedule for more info!
Location: Solutions Showcase | Project Pavilion

Come and watch a competition of two people using their technical ingenuity and creativity to solve a challenge put forth by the Scheduler (host). Time is limited and stakes are high, as this isn’t just a “live demo” for the masses. Over the course of twenty minutes, competitors will attempt to resolve a broken cluster, or deploy a service to production. At the end of the time, entries will be judged on four categories. Each category will be rated on Stability, Resiliency, Flexibility, and Observability.

Participants won’t know what challenge they’ll be given ahead of time but will be informed whether certain cloud resources or APIs will need to be enabled and available. Pre-creating any helpful scripts, code, or cloud resources is strictly prohibited. During the competition, the Scheduler will bounce between the participants’ screens, engage with the audience, and ask questions of the participants live.

Join us, root for our competitors, and feel free to engage live!

Tuesday, 24 March – Wednesday, 25 March

Location: Solutions Showcase | Project Pavilion

Explore the Project Pavilion, a hub of innovation and discovery! Take part in daily tours, interact with project maintainers at their kiosks, gain insights on community engagement and KCD event organization, and learn more about certification opportunities to showcase your expertise.

Join cloud veteran Jorge Castro and CNCF Ambassadors on a guided tour of our cloud native projects. This tour will include an introduction to the Pavilion, interacting with maintainers, and ensuring you end up talking to the right projects! View Project Pavilion tour times.

Tuesday, 24 March – Thursday, 26 March

Location: Solutions Showcase

Tee off at Edera’s Amsterdam-inspired mini golf experience. Navigate your shot through a custom-built Dutch windmill obstacle for a chance to don the teal jacket or win premium golf clubs. Whether you’re going for the challenging windmill shot or taking the gimme route, you’ll discover why choosing Edera is always a hole-in-one for container security.

Course Overview:

• Three attempts at our signature windmill challenge (no mulligans needed)
• Ivy the Axolotl caddying throughout the course
• Entry to win a complete golf club set (for hole-in-one achievers)
• Exclusive swag for all participants
• Expert conversations about acing container isolation and runtime security

Make the Cut: Stop by the Activation Zone to play your round, then head to Edera’s booth to discover how Edera reduces attack surface by 95% – no bogeys, no trade-offs, just pure infrastructure excellence.

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Who among us has never wondered, “What if my dev loop were a mini-golf course?”

Would it be long and riddled with obstacles like flaky tests, slow CI, and endless redeploys, or a simple straight putt all the way to production?

Wonder no more. Step onto the mirrord by MetalBear mini-golf course and putt your way through physical versions of some of a cloud developer’s most familiar pain points. Take the long and arduous legacy path, then try the mirrord route. Which one’s better? You’ll have to play to find out.

Daily top scorers for each of the routes get luxurious, theme-appropriate prizes, and mini-golf’s fun even if you don’t win, so swing by!

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Tuesday, 24 March – Thursday, 26 March

Location: Solutions Showcase | Cloud Native Theater

Join Cloud Native University, Data on Kubernetes Day, EnvoyCon, Istio Day and KubeVirt Summit in the Cloud Native Theater as they bring together core cloud native communities to offer everything from foundational learning to advanced technical insights. Covering service meshes, high-performance proxies, Kubernetes virtualization, and data/AI workloads, these events deliver a focused, real-world look at today’s cloud native landscape. View the Cloud Native Theater Schedule

Included in KubeCon + CloudNativeCon pass, no additional registration is required.

Tuesday, 24 March – Thursday, 26 March

Location: Solutions Showcase | Project Pavilion

Don’t Miss the Action in the Project Pavilion! From live Project Demos you help choose, ClashLoopBackOff (CLBO) showdown, to guided Tours with CNCF Ambassadors, there’s no shortage of ways to connect, collaborate, and celebrate Cloud Native innovation. Plus, swing by the Sticker Wall, explore careers on the Job Board, or just kick back in the lounges.