Cloud Native, Open Source & AI Conf

Join us for the Cloud Native & Open Source AI Conference, a full-day, in-person event bringing together engineers, architects, platform teams, AI practitioners, technical leaders, and open-source communities working at the intersection of cloud-native infrastructure, open-source AI, and production-scale systems. MAKE SURE TO REGISTER HERE: https://www.communitystack.io/conferences/cloud-native-london USE CODE: CommunityStack for a free ticket Opening Keynote Evolving the Kubernetes User Experience: More Intuitive, More Extensible, More Agentic With: Andrew Randall — Principal PM, Office of the CPO, Microsoft Pal Lakatos-Toth — Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Kubernetes has become the default platform for modern workloads, and increasingly for AI systems. This keynote will explore how the Kubernetes user experience is evolving for both humans learning the platform and AI agents operating within it, with a focus on usability, governance and production readiness. Full Conference Programme 09:00 – 09:30 Doors Open 09:30 – 10:15 Opening Keynote: Evolving the Kubernetes User Experience: More Intuitive, More Extensible, More Agentic Andrew Randall, Microsoft Pal Lakatos-Toth, Microsoft 10:15 – 11:00 Panel: From HFT to Enterprise Banking: The Talent War for Cloud Native, Open Source and AI Engineers Moderated by Ethan Sumner, Community Stack Craig Whiting, RLS Search Jon Freedman, Quant Fin 11:30 – 12:00 The Massively Parallel Agent Stack Peter Bhabra, Doubleword 12:00 – 12:30 Controlling AI Agent Access in Cloud-Native Engineering Workflows Viola Lykova, nuclecode 12:30 – 13:00 Preventing Silent Interpretation Errors at Scale Maebh Booth, Senior Engineering Leader, Former M&S 14:00 – 14:30 Prompt Driven Platforms: The Future of Self-Service Infrastructure Salman Iqbal & Amir Tayabali, Appvia 14:30 – 15:00 Platform as a Product: What Happens When We Treat Security as a User? Hannah Foxwell, Bimp 15:00 – 15:30 Beyond the Portal: Architecting AI-Native Platforms with CNOE and MCP Hossein Salahi, Liquid Reply 16:00 – 16:45 Intro to Apache Kafka on Aiven: From Managed Simplicity to Inkless Architectures Hugh Evans, Aiven 16:45 – 17:15 Closing Keynote: The Age of “Big Tech” is Over Sean M Tracey, Mitchell Technologies 17:15 – 17:30 Closing Remarks Ethan Sumner, Community Stack Mercedes Moxon Greenfield, Community Stack Speakers We are delighted to welcome an exceptional speaker lineup, including: Andrew Randall — Principal PM, Office of the CPO, Microsoft Pal Lakatos-Toth — Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Peter Bhabra — Member of Technical Staff, Doubleword Viola Lykova — Senior Software Engineer, nuclecode Hannah Foxwell — Co-Founder, Bimp Sean M Tracey — Founding Technologist, Mitchell Technologies Craig Whiting — Director, RLS Search Jon Freedman — Chief Technology Officer, Quant Fin Ben Davison — Founder, Axiologik Salman Iqbal — Solutions Architect, Appvia Amir Tayabali — Tech Lead, Appvia Maebh Booth — Senior Engineering Leader, Former M&S Hossein Salahi — Senior Principal Engineer, Liquid Reply Jon Shanks — CEO, Appvia Hugh Evans — Senior Product Advocate, Aiven Ethan Sumner — Co-Founder & CEO, Community Stack Mercedes Moxon Greenfield — Co-Founder & CTO, Community Stack Sponsors and Partners This conference is made possible through the support of our sponsors and partners: Headline Sponsor BrainStation Platinum Sponsors Overmind Appvia Harvey Nash Axiologik AI Native Sponsor Nearform Supporting Sponsors and Partners RLS Search Doubleword Postman X4 Group Engaging Data BIMP Aiven If you'd like to get involved with a future event, please email: ethan.sumner@communitystack.io

Venue

BrainStation London

London

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