Maintainer Summit

The CNCF Maintainer Summit is an exclusive event for the people behind our projects to gather face-to-face, collaborate, and celebrate the projects that make “Cloud Native”. Programming will be focused on sharing best practices, diving into contributing processes, and solving common problems across projects to enrich our great community of maintainers.

This is not an event for general attendance. See the “Eligibility” section for guidelines.

Contact sponsor@cncf.io to secure your sponsorship today! Signed contracts must be received by Friday, 8 November! (23:59 IST)

Submit a proposal to speak! Submissions are being accepted through Sunday, 29 September 2024. (23:59 IST).

To submit a talk proposal, you must be one of the following:

• TOC Representative
• Graduated Project Maintainer or Org Member
• TAG Lead
• Incubating Project Maintainer

Maintainer Summit topics include:

• Kubernetes
  Kubernetes is the foundation for Cloud Native and many CNCF projects. This is a track focused exclusively for Kubernetes SIGs and project-wide discussions to keep Kubernetes running.
• Growing Contributors
  What powers projects? It’s people! This track is focused on stories and strategies to grow a project’s contributor base. Share ideas on how to run workshops, present data on the best way to bring in new contributors, or grow people to become future maintainers.
• Project Meeting
  Do you want to get the members of your project together to discuss a feature or issue? or maybe plan the work for the next major release? Project meeting submissions can be used to book a space for your project to get together and take advantage of the face-to-face time to get things done!
• CI / CD / Distribution
  Every project has builds, tests, and some means to distribute artifacts, but there is no standard solution. Many converge on GitHub (via Actions/GHCR/Packages), but there is a wide variety of problems in this space, and stories to tell.
• Open submission
  Want to discuss standards for production readiness? Or API design? Submit ideas that don’t align with the above topics here. Anything, from how to run a project, to the role of a maintainer, is valid. Think Big!

Submission Types:

• Presentation: 30 or 50 minutes with 1 or 2 speakers presenting on a topic
• Panel Discussion: 30 or 50 minutes of discussion amongst 3 to 5 speakers
• Workshop: 30 or 50 minutes workshop with 2-4 presenters and/or workshop facilitators
• *Any submission type with more than 2 presenters/facilitators must include at least 1 non-male identifying presenter/facilitator

When is the Maintainer Summit taking place?

Tuesday, 10 December 2024, one day prior to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India.

Where is the Maintainer Summit located?

Yashobhoomi (India International Convention & Expo Centre) | Sector 25 Dwarka, Bharthal, Delhi, 110061, India

Who can attend the Maintainer Summit?

• Sandbox Project Maintainers (as listed in project-maintainers.csv)
• Incubating & Graduated Project GitHub Org Members
• CNCF TAG Leads & the CNCF TOC

I’m not listed as someone who could attend, but I contribute, what should I do?

We encourage you to continue to contribute and pursue your project’s path for becoming a GitHub Org member or climbing the contributor ladder to become a listed maintainer. Till then, there are plenty of other opportunities to get involved at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Check out the schedule and get involved.

How will I know if I’m registered for Maintainer Summit?

After registering, your registration will be placed into a pending queue for review. Once a week, CNCF staff will validate that you meet the criteria to attend and will either approve or deny your registration. If you believe a mistake was made, please contact ProjectsAtKubeCon@linuxfoundation.org.

Can I attend virtually?

Unfortunately, no, there is not an opportunity to attend virtually.

Do I need to register for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon to attend the summit?

Yes, to attend The Maintainer Summit, you must be registered for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon.

Is there maintainer support for attending?

Please apply for the Dan Kohn Maintainer Scholarship.

Will the sessions be recorded? If so, where will they be posted?

All but the unconference sessions will be recorded. From previous experience, the more open & discussion-oriented unconference talks are, it is difficult to capture when recording. For those sessions, we encourage attendees to keep a shared notes doc and make those available after the event. For the sessions that are recorded, they should be posted within two weeks of the event.