KubeCon + CloudNativeCon gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities. Join our current graduated, incubating, and sandbox projects as the community gathers to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.

The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Community Days are an opportunity for Community Members from across the Security and Open Source ecosystem to get together and share ideas and progress on capabilities that make it easier to sustainably secure the development, maintenance, and consumption of the open source software (OSS) we all depend on—brought to you by OpenSSF.

Suggested Topics:

• AI and ML in Security
• Regulatory Compliance
• Enhancing Security Tools
• Cyber Resilience
• Securing the Software Supply Chain
• Case studies and real-world experiences
• OSS Signatures and Verification
• Implementation Success Stories

CHOOSE ONE (1) TRACK

Open Source Summit North America is an umbrella event for open source projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and education.

You will be asked to select the "track" in which you’d like to submit. Each proposal may be submitted to only one track, so please review all carefully before making your selection. We understand some proposals could potentially fit into multiple tracks. Don’t worry, our program chairs are working together to move proposals around as needed for additional review.

NO PRODUCT PITCHES PLEASE

Please be sure your submission focuses on open source embedded technologies and/or projects, not products specific to your company. We will not select any talks that look like product or vendor pitches.

OPEN SOURCE ONLY

As this is an open source event, talks submitted based on closed or proprietary systems will not be reviewed.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities. Join our current graduated, incubating, and sandbox projects as the community gathers to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities. Join our current graduated, incubating, and sandbox projects as the community gathers to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.

The OpenSearch community is coming together again to learn and connect about all things search and analytics at OpenSearchCon. The event is in-person only, and there is no fee for speakers to attend. This two-day event is designed to bring together builders from across the global community to celebrate the success of the OpenSearch Project and look to the future of search, analytics, and generative AI.

Suggested Topics
Search: Connect with other search and relevance practitioners with demos, deep dives, or new and novel techniques for building rich search applications.

Analytics, Security, and Observability: Deploying observability tools at scale? Using OpenSearch to turn log data into insights, or to help protect your infrastructure? We want to hear from you!

Community: Engage a community of builders on a topic that means something to you. Anything that might educate and inspire a community of open search technologists is up for consideration here.

Operation OpenSearch: Operating OpenSearch: Have you built out an implementation of OpenSearch? Do you use OpenSearch in a solution that helps your own business or project? Share how you operate OpenSearch.

Join us for a one day event, where we bring together all those who are involved, invested, and interested in Cloud Foundry. For well over a decade, Cloud Foundry has dominated the cloud and serves as the basis for many platform engineering tools today. It places developer experience, self-service, and multi-tenancy at the core of what is a complete and comprehensive cloud tool. 

At Cloud Foundry Day connect with the community and expand your knowledge. Through insightful talks, we'll explore the latest advancements, innovative experiments, and groundbreaking initiatives shaping the future of Cloud Foundry. We will also take a look at what has been keeping the tool stable and resilient through all the forces dominant in the industry. Expect to hear about Cloud Foundry projects, Buildpacks, working with GenAI, and so much more.

This event is hosted by the Cloud Foundry Foundation, with the technical community, end-users, and member companies in attendance.

The OpenSearch community is coming together again to learn and connect about all things search and analytics at the second annual OpenSearchCon. The event is in-person only, and there is no fee for speakers to attend. This two-day event is designed to bring together builders from across the global community to celebrate the success of the OpenSearch Project and look to the future of search, analytics, and generative AI.

Suggested Topics
Search: Connect with other search and relevance practitioners with demos, deep dives, or new and novel techniques for building rich search applications.

Analytics, Security, and Observability: Deploying observability tools at scale? Using OpenSearch to turn log data into insights, or to help protect your infrastructure? We want to hear from you!

Community: Engage a community of builders on a topic that means something to you. Anything that might educate and inspire a community of open search technologists is up for consideration here.

Operation OpenSearch: Operating OpenSearch: Have you built out an implementation of OpenSearch? Do you use OpenSearch in a solution that helps your own business or project? Share how you operate OpenSearch.

MAINTAINER SUMMIT - MONDAY 31 MARCH 2025

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”. Programming will be focused around sharing best practices, diving into contributing processes, and solving common problems across projects to enrich our great community of maintainers. 

To submit a proposal you must be one of the following:

• TOC Representative
• Graduated Project Maintainer or Org Member
• TAG Lead
• Incubating Project Maintainer

Sessions may be submitted in one of the following categories (descriptions of each category are available here):

• Kubernetes
• Growing Contributors
• CI/CD/Distribution
• Open submission option

CODE OF CONDUCT

By submitting, you agree to the CNCF Code of Conduct.

COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY

Please review The Linux Foundation's Inclusive Speaker Orientation and Inclusive Language Initiative.

QUESTIONS?

Contact us at projectsatkubecon@linuxfoundation.org.

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The Linux Foundation Member Summit is the annual gathering for Linux Foundation members that fosters collaboration, innovation, and partnerships among the leading projects and organizations working to drive digital transformation with open source technologies. It is a must-attend for business and technical leaders looking to advance open source strategy, implementation, and investment in their organizations and learn how to collaboratively manage the largest shared technology investment of our time.