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Keynote
Anchoring Trust in the Age of AI: Identities Across Humans, Machines, and Models
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | 10:08am - 10:13am EST
Yuan Tang, Senior Principal Software Engineer
Anjali Telang, Principal Product Manager for OpenShift Security and Identity
Every revolution in computing has been defined by trust. Firewalls secured the internet, while API keys and IAM roles helped shape the cloud. Today, in the Kubernetes era of ephemeral workloads and Agentic AI, trust is no longer just about people—human and machine identities now stand on equal footing. The challenge is ensuring auditability: knowing who or what is calling, and being able to trace every interaction.
This keynote shows how projects like Kubernetes can anchor a new trust fabric. With SPIFFE and SPIRE providing cryptographic workload identities, and Keycloak enabling another layer of identity and access control, we establish an auditable chain of trust. Paired with KServe, this fabric extends into AI serving so that every model, explainer, and pipeline step runs with verifiable identity. Together, they make Kubernetes a secure, accountable platform for the age of AI.
Additional Resrouces
KServe Project
KServe, a CNCF incubating project, is a standardized, distributed, and scalable inference platform on Kubernetes for both generative and predictive AI.
SPIFFE/SPIRE Project
SPIFFE (Secure Production Identity Framework for Everyone) and SPIRE (SPIFFE Runtime Environment) are CNCF graduated projects that provide a framework to enforce modern zero-trust architectures by providing strongly attested, cryptographic identities to workloads across a wide variety of platforms.
Keycloak Project
Keycloak, a CNCF incubating project, is an Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution that provides authentication and authorization capabilities to services using popular standards, such as OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML 2.0.
OpenShift AI
Red Hat® OpenShift® AI is a platform for managing the lifecycle of predictive and generative AI (gen AI) models, at scale, across hybrid cloud environments.
Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager
Red Hat’s distribution of the SPIFFE and SPIRE project providing a comprehensive identity management solution for distributed systems.
Demo
Three Well-Lit Paths to Scalable LLM Inference with llm-d on Kubernetes
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 12:15pm - 12:35pm EST
Christopher Nuland, Technical Marketing Manager, AI Inference
As GenAI workloads move from prototypes to production, engineering teams hit scaling walls: exploding GPU costs, uneven latency, and bloated, black-box inference stacks. In this live demo, Red Hat will explore these three well-lit paths for scaling LLM inference on Kubernetes using the open-source llm-d framework. Each path addresses a specific challenge in real-world GenAI operations:
- Intelligent Inference Scheduling reduces latency through prefix cache–aware routing and prompt/session stickiness.
- Prefill/Decode Disaggregation improves GPU efficiency and reduces tail latency by decoupling compute stages.
- Wide Expert Parallelism unlocks the ability to deploy Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models with high throughput across multiple replicas.
The session will feature a live demonstration of llm-d, deployed with vLLM, Prometheus, and Grafana. Attendees will discover how to disaggregate LLM workloads into composable services and gain actionable insights for implementation on any Kubernetes platform. A key highlight will be a walkthrough of a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model configuration, demonstrating llm-d's efficient scheduling of models using expert parallelism across different nodes, leveraging AI accelerators.
OpenShift Commons Gathering
Monday, November 10 | 7:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Pencil us in! Red Hat’s OpenShift Commons Gathering takes place on November 10!
Where users, partners, customers, contributors and upstream project leads come together to collaborate and work together across the OpenShift Cloud Native ecosystem. Schedule coming soon.
Registration for this event is FREE.
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Keynote: From Portals to Productivity: The Next Leap for Backstage
Mon, Nov 10 | 10:15am - 10:20am
Balaji Sivasubramanian; Head of Product, Developer Tools
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Open Source SecurityCon
Keynote: The Long Arc of Digital Rights: Securing our Open Source Future
Mon, Nov 10 | 10:00am - 10:05am
Emily Fox; Portfolio Security Architect
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Cloud Native + Kubernetes AI Day
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Networking Event
The Red Hat Time Machine
Join Red Hat and AWS to kick off KubeCon 2025 in Atlanta at the Red Hat Time Machine Party! Immediately following the Kubecon Welcome Party, mingle with industry peers and explore AI's transformation of the IT landscape. Enjoy futuristic and retro vibes through music, food, and beverages.
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕰️ 8:00pm - 11:00pm
📍 Ventanas - Atlanta, 275 Baker Street, Atlanta, GA, 30313
Space is limited so register now!
Speaking Sessions
Tuesday, November 11 |
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10:08 AM EST |
Keynote: Anchoring Trust in the Age of AI: Identities Across Humans, Machines, and ModelsYuan Tang, Senior Principal Software Engineer Anjali Telang, Principal Product Manager for OpenShift Security and Identity |
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11:15 AM EST |
Demonstration of Automatic Kubernetes Network Policies GenerationBoaz Michaely, OpenShift Security Product Management, Red Hat 📚 Tutorial: Build-a-Bot Workshop: Enabling Trusted Agents With SPIRE + MCPAndrew Block, Distinguished Architect, Red Hat Alan Cha, Software Engineer, IBM Maia Iyer, Research Software Engineer, IBM Research Anjali Telang, Principal Product Manager - Technical, Red Hat Trilock Geer, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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12:00 PM EST |
Performance Tuning Java Apps for Kubernetes: From Startup Time To Container EfficiencyRyan Jarvinen, Principal Developer Advocate, Red Hat Daniel Oh, Senior Principal Developer Advocate, IBM AdminNetworkPolicy: From Alpha To Beta and BeyondDan Winship, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Bowei Du, Senior Staff, Google Surya Seetharaman, Principle Software Engineer, Red Hat Nadia Pinaeva, Senior Software Engineer, Nvidia |
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2:30 PM EST |
CRI-O: Thriving in a Changing World, One Container at a TimeSohan Kunkerkar, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Ayato Tokubi, Software Engineer, Red Hat Introducing TAG Workloads Foundation: Advancing the Core of Cloud Native ExecutionYuan Tang, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Stephen Rust, Principal Architect, Akamai Marlow Warnicke, Principal Cloud Engineer, SchedMD LLC Paco Xu, Lead of open source team, DaoCloud Rajas Kakodkar, Staff Software Engineer, Broadcom |
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4:15 PM EST |
Routing Stateful AI Workloads in KubernetesMichey Mehta, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Maroon Ayoub, Advisory Engineer, IBM 📚 Tutorial: A Cross-Industry Benchmarking Tutorial for Distributed LLM Inference on KubernetesSamuel Monson, Software Engineer, Red Hat Jing Chen, Software Engineer, IBM Research Junchen Jiang, CS Professor, University of Chicago Ganesh Kudleppanavar, Software Engineering Manager, Nvidia Jason Kramberger, Software Engineer, Google |
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5:00 PM EST |
Untangling CSI: Powering Persistent Storage for KubeVirtBrenda McLaren, Associate Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, Red Hat Chris Keller, Associate Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, Red Hat |
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5:45 PM EST |
RAG and Fine Tuning With KubeflowFrancisco Javier Arceo, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Andrey Velichkevich, Senior Software Engineer, Apple SIG-Node: Intro and Deep DivePeter Hunt, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Sergey Kanzhelev, SWE, Google Mrunal Patel, Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat |
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Wednesday, November 12 |
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11:00 AM EST |
Gateway API: Table StakesShane Utt, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Candace Holman, Associate Manager, Engineering, Red Hat Kellen Swain, Software Engineer, Google Mike Morris, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Lior Lieberman, Senior Engineering Lead, Google |
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11:45 AM EST |
Maximizing Global Potential: Cost-Optimized, High-Availability Workloads Across RegionsMichael McCune, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Praseeda Sathaye, Principal Product Manager, Amazon Wei Jiang, Tech Lead, CloudPilot AI |
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12:15 PM EST |
Demo: Three Well-Lit Paths to Scalable LLM Inference with llm-d on KubernetesChristopher Nuland, Technical Marketing Manager, AI Inference, Red Hat |
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2:15 PM EST |
Getting up To Date With Docsy: The Kubernetes Docs Upgrade in ProgressRey Lejano, Solutions Architect, Red Hat Divya Mohan, Principal Technology Advocate, SUSE Natali Vlatko, Open Source Lead Architect, Cisco Sayak Mukhopadhyay, Technical Solutions Lead, Gemini Solutions Navigating the Rapid Evolution of Large Model Inference: Where Does Kubernetes Fit?Yuan Tang, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Rita Zhang, Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft Jiaxin Shan, Software Engineer, Bytedance Sergey Kanzhelev, SWE, Google 🚨 Contribfest: Hands-On With Helm 4: Wasm Plugins, OCI, and Resource Sequencing. Oh My!Andrew Block, Distinguished Architect, Red Hat Scott Rigby, Helm Maintainer, Replicated George Jenkins, Senior Software Engineer, Bloomberg |
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3:00 PM EST |
Intelligent LLM Routing: A New Paradigm for Multi-Model AI Orchestration in KubernetesHuamin Chen, Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat Chen Wang, Senior Research Scientist, IBM Research Kubernetes SIG-Windows UpdatesJR Valdes, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Mark Rossetti, Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft The Future of Virtualization in Kubernetes: What's Next for KubeVirtVladik Romanovsky, Senior Principle Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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4:00 PM EST |
📚 Tutorial: Unlock the Future of Kubernetes and Accelerators With Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA)Rey Lejano, Solutions Architect, Red Hat |
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5:27 PM EST |
⚡ Lightning Talk: Summarizing the Noise: LLM Observability With Open Data Hub, VLLM, KServe and PrometheusTwinkll Sisodia, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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5:30 PM EST |
SIG-Multicluster Intro and Deep DiveStephen Kitt, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Jeremy Olmsted-Thompson, Principal Engineer, Google Pavanipriya Sajja, UX Designer |
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Thursday, November 13 |
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9:32 AM EST |
Keynote: The Community-Driven Evolution of the Kubernetes Network DriverLionel Jouin, Software Engineer, Red Hat Antonio Ojea, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google |
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11:00 AM EST |
High-Performance AI Workloads in KubeVirt VMs With NVIDIA GPUs: Challenges and Real-World SolutionsMichael Hrivnak, Software Engineer, Red Hat Ezra Silvera, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM The Ultimate Container Challenge: An Interactive Trivia Game on Supply Chain SecuritySherine Khoury, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Aurélie Vache, Developer Advocate, OVHcloud |
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11:45 AM EST |
Kubernetes SIG Storage: Intro & Deep DiveHemant Kumar, Software Engineer, Red Hat Michelle Au, Software Engineer, Google Xing Yang, Tech Lead, VMware by Broadcom SIG API Machinery and AI: What Comes Next?David Eads, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Joe Betz, Staff Software Engineer, Google |
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1:45 PM EST |
Butterfly Effect: What Kubernetes SIG Security Has in FlightSavitha Raghunathan, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Ian Coldwater, Security Researcher Tabitha Sable, Staff Engineer, Datadog Carolina Valencia, Cloud Architect, Elastic Package Management for Your Cluster, ReimaginedRashmi Gottipati, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Jordan Keister, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Joe Lanford, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Attila Meszaros, Senior Software Engineer, Apple |
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2:30 PM EST |
Llm-d: Multi-Accelerator LLM Inference on KubernetesErwan Galleen, Senior Principal Product Manager, Red Hat Kubeflow Ecosystem: Navigating the Cloud Native AI/ML and LLMOps FrontierYuan Tang, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Valentina Rodriguez Sosa, Principal Architect, Red Hat Johnu George, Technical Director, Nutanix Andrey Velichkevich, Senior Software Engineer, Apple Yuki Iwai, Software Engineer, CyberAgent What's New With Kubectl and Kustomize … and How You Can Help!Arda Guclu, Software Engineer, Red Hat Maciej Szulik, Staff Platform Engineer, Defense Unicorns Eddie Zaneski, Technical Advisor to the CTO, Defense Unicorns Yugo Kobayashi, Software Engineer, NEC Corporation Marly Salazar, Co-chair, Independent |
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3:15 PM EST |
SIG Cloud Provider Deep Dive: Expanding Our MissionMichael McCune, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Joel Speed, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Bridget Kromhout, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Walter Fender, Staff Software Engineer, Google Deep Dive: Handling Kubernetes Memory Pressure & Achieving Workload Stability With NodeSwapItamar Holder, Principle Software Engineer, Red Hat Ajay Sundar Karuppasamy, Senior Software Engineer, Google Aligning Enterprise AI Security With MITRE ATLAS Using Open Source TechnologiesValentina Rodriguez Sosa, Principal Architect, Red Hat Doron Caspin, Senior Manager of Product Management, Red Hat |
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CNCF Add-Ons
Maintainer Summit
The CNCF Maintainer Summit is an exclusive event for the people behind projects to gather face-to-face, collaborate, and celebrate the projects that make "Cloud Native." Come join us where we work upstream together to help drive a better cloud native ecosystem for everyone.
Sunday, November 9 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
You must be eligible to attend.
Featured Sessions |
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10:10 AM EST |
Node Lifecycle WorkingGroup - Getting StartedFilip Křepinský, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Ryan Hallisey, Principal Software Engineer, NVIDIA |
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10:50 AM EST |
Simplifying API Review - A Tool Based Approach for Kubernetes and BeyondJoel Speed, Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Bryce Palmer, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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3:45 PM EST |
State of the Union on Disaster RecoveryRaffaele Spazzoli, Senior Principal Arcitect, Red Hat Rafael Brito, Principal Engineer, StormForge |
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