Project Opportunities

Projects and Working Groups under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) umbrella have the opportunity to engage, network and collaborate with peers and like-minded people in the cloud native community at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India in Delhi from 11-12 December 2024. Participating in this event allows you to gain valuable mind share of a targeted audience while engaging with developers, architects, and technical leaders.

• Inform and educate the cloud native community about your project, services, open source strategies, and cloud native direction.
• Take advantage of in-person time to deliver the latest project updates during the Project Lightning Talks and engage further in conversations at the Project Pavilion—a perfect opportunity to dive deeper into discussions!
• Engage the community to assist with reaching 100% security while immersing new contributors in the cloud native community.
• Projects have the opportunity to gain visibility with media and analysts.

We invite CNCF Chairs of TAGs and Kubernetes SIGs working groups and Maintainers from graduated, incubating, and sandbox projects to participate in the below project opportunities.

Maintainer Summit

Tuesday, 10 December

Project Lightning Talk

Wednesday, 11 December

Maintainer Track

Wednesday, 11 December and Thursday, 12 December

Each speaker can speak at only one Maintainer Track session. This does not count against the speaker limits for Kubecon + CloudNativeCon standard CFP.
In order to be considered, you must satisfy the requirements below:

• Graduated/Incubating Projects
  • To submit, you must be a maintainer on this list for a CNCF Graduated or Incubating project, but the actual speaker(s) are not required to have maintainer status. Sandbox projects are not eligible for maintainer track sessions.
• All Others
  • To submit, you must be a chair or technical lead of a CNCF TAG, a lead for a Kubernetes SIG, CNCF or K8s Working Group, User Group, or Subproject.
    We look forward to seeing your submissions! Please reach out to cfp@cncf.io if you have any questions.

In-Person Table

Wednesday, 11 December and Thursday, 12 December

We believe in the value of face-to-face events and the connections + relationships that stem from them. An in-person table at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2024 provides the opportunity for the project to have an ambassador and/or maintainer available to engage and collaborate with attendees in-person.

Tables near the Project Pavilion will be reserved for those interested in hosting impromptu meetings on-site.

Project table schedule will be announced towards the end of October

*Please keep in mind that projects will have the flexibility to choose their hosting hours. This means one project could opt for morning showcase hours, while another could prefer the afternoon slot.

As a representative of your project, we expect you to:

• Be a current maintainer or contributor of the project.
• Educate attendees visiting the table and encourage them to contribute to the projects.
• Answer questions.
• Be an overall spokesperson for your project.
• Arrive on time and stay present at your booth for the entire duration of your scheduled slot.

We encourage you to share your use cases with your projects, and your organization’s involvement in the CNCF. However, you are prohibited from giving sales pitches to attendees about a product or company. If we hear a sales pitch being conducted, we reserve the right to ask you to leave and to deny future requests to participate in the project pavilion.

Table Inclusions: One (1) monitor and project logo signage only* (There is no storage available at the table.)

*Custom graphics are not permitted at the tables.

PR Support

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events can provide a great platform for graduated and incubating projects to gain visibility with media and analysts. The CNCF PR team encourages and works with projects that want to take advantage of the captive media and analyst audience at each event to gain greater awareness of their work. The CNCF PR team is happy to work with you to help craft your communications and launch plans IF you can make your announcement at the show.

Opportunities for projects announcing during the event include:

• CNCF PR team actively works with media and analyst partners to schedule briefings ahead of and during the conference for your project
• Your announcement highlighted as part CNCF’s press & analyst meeting
• Inclusion of news in our media package, which goes out to all interested media and analysts ahead of the event (so they have time to write articles or request briefings)
• A tweet from @CloudNativeFdn during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon
• Announcement post or re-post (from the project’s blog) on the CNCF.io blog

The outcome of this would be increased media coverage for the project from top industry publications in India and the United States.

If you are a graduated or incubating project and are interested in PR Support, submit a request via the form below.

The deadline for submitting your interest for all KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2024 Project Opportunities is Sunday, 29 September, however, we encourage you to secure your spot today as space is limited and demand is high. Requests will be considered based on project maturity.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a call to discuss project opportunities, please email ProjectsAtKubeCon@linuxfoundation.org.

General Information

What is the value of participating in these project offerings?

CNCF Projects can benefit from participating in one or more project offerings by engaging with the open source community and teaching attendees about the project and how to contribute.

I am not a CNCF project. Can I still participate in these project offerings?

At this time, we are only accepting CNCF projects, TAGS, and SIGS to participate in the Project Pavilion.

If you are interested in contributing your project to CNCF or discuss how CNCF can help your project, please contact info@cncf.io and read the TOC repo.

Maintainer Summit

Where do I find out more about the 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”. Note: This is not an event for general attendance. There are several groups who can attend:

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

Additional information about the Maintainer Summit is shared directly with these groups.

In-Person Table

If we host an In-Person Table, do we receive passes for our booth staff?

We do not offer complimentary passes to projects hosting an in-person table in the Project Pavilion. This has been a practice of the event since 2017. CNCF provides need based scholarships, and we recommend reviewing and applying.

What does the In-Person Table include?

The table provided onsite will include a monitor and project logo signage. Any additional items/needs will have to be approved and ordered by the project.

How does a Part-Time Table operate?

A project hosting a part-time table will share it with another project. One project will host the table during morning hours, and the other will host it during afternoon hours. Each project will have the flexibility to choose which day and shift they prefer to host their table.

Is there an option to host a Full-Time Table?

At this time, full-time tables are reserved for graduated projects. A graduated project hosting a full-time table will be responsible for hosting the table for the entire duration of showcase hours throughout the week.

Can custom graphics be added to our In-Person Table?

Custom graphics are not permitted in the Project Pavilion.

Are pull-up banners and/or table cloths permitted for our In-Person Table?

Banners and tablecloths are not permitted as all tables within the Project Pavilion are to have a standard uniformed look.

Are we able to collect leads at our table?

Capturing leads is not a benefit of hosting an in-person table. The purpose of the Project Pavilion is to educate the open source community on CNCF Projects, rather than present project or product sales pitches.

Is there an option to have a virtual booth?

There won’t be any virtual booths for the Project Pavilion.

Miscellaneous

I am a sandbox project graduating to incubating before the event. Can I participate in PR Support?

If you’re graduating to incubating before the event, the CNCF team will reach out to you when your project passes the TOC vote. We’ll be able to provide support and details at that time.

Can we use our project logo on swag (hats, pins, t-shirts, etc) to recognize project contributors without violating any CNCF trademark policies?

Please submit a service desk ticket with the CNCF team, sharing a mock-up and listing which item(s) are to be approved and information on who will be receiving these items. Please allow up to 5 business days for review. Note: Submitting a ticket does not guarantee approval.

Who should I contact with further questions?

Please reach out to ProjectsAtKubeCon@linuxfoundation.org for further questions.