DATES TO REMEMBER

• CFP Close: Wednesday, August 6th - 11:59 pm CST
• CFP Notifications: Monday, August 18th
• Schedule Announced: Wednesday, August 20th
• Slides Due Date: Friday, September 12th
• Event Date: Wednesday, September 17th

First-time speakers are very welcome!

Reminder: This is a community event — so no product and/or vendor sales pitches.

Suggested CFP Topics include:

1. Getting Started with Kyverno

For newcomers and evaluators, this track will offer tutorials, onboarding guides, and beginner-friendly use cases.

• Introduction to policies in Kubernetes
• Writing your first Kyverno policy
• Policy testing and validation workflows

2. Security & Compliance with Policy as Code

Focused on use cases for security and compliance teams.

• Using Kyverno for Kubernetes hardening
• Automating security checks in CI/CD
• Mapping Kyverno policies to industry compliance frameworks

3. Developer Enablement & Platform Experience

A track for platform engineers building IDPs and self-service tooling.

• Using Kyverno to standardize workloads
• Integrating Kyverno with developer portals like Backstage
• Policy-driven scaffolding and controls for developers

4. Kyverno Integrations and Advanced Use Cases

Best for experienced users and contributors.

• Kyverno + Open Policy Agent: when to use which tool
• Leveraging external data sources and variables
• Performance tuning and scaling Kyverno in large clusters

Submission Types:

• Solo Presentation: 25 minutes, 1 speaker presenting on a topic
• Dual Presentation: 25 minutes, 2 speakers presenting on a topic
• Panel Discussion: 25 minutes of discussion amongst 3 to 5 speakers
• Lightning Talk: A brief 10-minute presentation, maximum of 1 speaker

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