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Chandigarh Meetup

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Chandigarh Meetup

event date

26 Jul 2025

location

Infosys Chandigarh, India


Join us for the Chandigarh meetup

With AI touch, a vibrant community meetup powered by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) – where cloud native technologies meet the accelerating world of AI!

This edition focuses on the intersection of Cloud Native and AI, bringing together developers, DevOps professionals, platform engineers, researchers, and enthusiasts to explore:

10:30 AM -10:45 AM : Introduction

10:45 AM - 11 AM: Reimagining Telco Networks in Cloud-Native Era by Girish Kumar, Principal Technology Architect at Infosys

11 AM - 11:30 AM: Scaling LLM inference with vLLMs & Kubernetes by Aman Founder Welzin and Saloni Co-founder Kubesimplify

11:30-12 PM: Agent‑Driven AI Operations for Kubernetes at Scale by Mahi at Cashify and Aayush SDE 2 at Red Hat 

12 PM- 12:30 PM: Bare metal GPU infrastructure challenges and solutions by Saiyam Pathak, Principal Developer Advocate at Loft Labs

12:30 PM-1 PM: Tea Break

1 PM-1:30 PM: Essedum: LFN open-source AI framework contributed at Infosys by Samit, Principal Product Architect at Infosys

1:30 PM-2 PM: Kubestellar managing multicluster by Rishi Mondal, Cloud Wrangler & Docker Captain 

2 PM-2:30PM : Closing Note

2:30 PM- 3PM : Food

🗓️ Date: July 26th , 2025

📍 Location: Infosys, Chandigarh Campus

🎤 Talks, Networking, Swag & Snacks included!


Let’s build and scale smarter together.

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Call for Speakers
Call opens at 12:00 AM

01 Jul 2025

Call closes at 11:59 PM

14 Jul 2025

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📝 What We Expect from Submitted Sessions

We’re excited to invite talk proposals that highlight innovations, best practices, lessons learned, or cool experiments in the Cloud Native and AI space.


✅ Accepted Topics

- We welcome submissions that touch on (but are not limited to):

- Kubernetes in AI/ML workloads (inference, training, scheduling)

- MLOps, CI/CD for AI, and GitOps pipelines

- Cloud Native Observability (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, etc.)

- CNCF projects like Argo, Dapr, Crossplane, KubeFlow, vCluster, etc.

- AI agent orchestration on Kubernetes

- Real-world case studies from startups, enterprises, or academia

- Cost optimization for AI workloads (e.g., multi-tenancy, GPU sharing)

- Developer experience, platform engineering, and sustainability in AI infrastructure


🎤 Accepted Formats

Lightning Talks (5–10 mins) – Great for sharing tools, tips, or ideas

Tech Talks (15–25 mins) – Dive deep into a topic or show a demo

Hands-on Demos (10–20 mins) – Live walkthroughs, experiments, or tutorials

Panel Discussions (20–30 mins) – We’re happy to help you build a panel!


📈 Level of Expertise

We’re looking for sessions at all levels:

Beginner – Just getting started with Cloud Native or AI? Great!

Intermediate – Working on interesting integrations or use cases? Tell us.

Advanced – Running AI at scale or solving infra challenges? We'd love to hear it.


🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Target Audience

Our audience includes:

Cloud-native and platform engineers

AI/ML developers and data scientists

SREs, DevOps, and Infra architects

Students and early-career professionals

Contributors to open source projects


Whether you're a first-time speaker or a seasoned expert, we encourage you to submit your session idea.


📜 Code of Conduct

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. Please review the CNCF Code of Conduct before submitting.