Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Line-up for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025

This June in Hong Kong, cloud native enthusiasts from across Asia and around the world will convene to move forward cloud native, open source, and AI technologies

HONG KONG, March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced the schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025. The conference will take place in Hong Kong from 10–11 June, 2025, and will feature over 65 sessions, including 11 maintainer track sessions.

Following the success of previous conferences, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025 will continue to serve as a hub for cloud native and open source practitioners, fostering collaboration among key industry leaders, project maintainers, and end users. The event will provide deep technical content covering Kubernetes, cloud native architectures, artificial intelligence, and the open source ecosystem.

Representatives from organizations across Asia, including Alibaba Cloud, ByteDance, DaoCloud, Huawei, and OPPO, will cover critical topics in cloud native computing, open source innovation, and AI development. Maintainers and end users of CNCF-hosted projects will share deep dives into their technologies and discuss real-world impacts.

"China's cloud native and open source ecosystem is growing at an incredible pace, with groundbreaking innovations emerging every year," said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF. "KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025 is an opportunity for developers, maintainers, and industry leaders to come together, exchange ideas, and build the future of cloud native technology. We are excited to host this event in Hong Kong, fostering collaboration across open source, AI, and cloud native communities."

Led by program co-chairs Vivian Hu, product manager at Second State, and Roby Chen, founder and CEO of DaoCloud, more than 50 members of the program committee reviewed over 571 submissions to curate a compelling lineup. The schedule offers relevant and educational content for attendees of all experience levels, with sessions presented in English and Chinese; captioning will be available if translation is needed.

The community-curated schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025 will feature sessions including:

• Guardians of Multi-Tenancy: Enhanced Authorization To Prevent Lateral Node Escape - Dahu Kuang & Cheng Gao, Alibaba Cloud
• How Bloomberg Creates a Resilient Data Analytics Platform Using Karmada - Michas Szacillo & Ilan Filonenko, Bloomberg
• More Than Model Sharding: LWS & Distributed Inference - Peter Pan & Nicole Li, DaoCloud
• Keynote: Who Owns Your Pod? Observing and Blocking Unwanted Behavior at eBay With eBPF - Jianlin Lv, eBay & Liyi Huang, Isovalent at Cisco
• Exploring KubeEdge Graduation: Build a Diverse and Collaborative Open Source Community From Scratch - Yue Bao & Fei Xu, Huawei; Hongbing Zhang, DaoCloud; Huan Wei, Hangzhou HarmonyCloud; Benamin Huo, QingCloud
• Unlocking the Power of CEL for Advanced Multi-Cluster Scheduling - Qing Hao & Jian Qiu, Red Hat
• Defining a Specification for AI/ML Artifacts - Andrew Block, Red Hat; Fog Dong, BentoML; Gorkem Ercan, Jozu; Peng Tao, Ant Group; Shiwei Zhang, Microsoft
• Keynote: An Optimized Linux Stack for GenAI Workloads - Michael Yuan, WasmEdge

Registration

Registration includes access to all sessions at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025. Discounted rates are available for students, academics, and non-profit attendees.

Diversity, Maintainer, and Need-Based Scholarships

CNCF's scholarship program for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025 provides assistance to individuals who may not otherwise have the opportunity to attend. A travel fund is also available to help ensure accessibility for all.

Travel Funding Scholarship applications are due by 13 April, 2025, at 11:59 PM PT/ 2:59 PM HKT.

Complimentary Registration Scholarship applications are due by 4 May, 2025 at 11:59 PM PT / 2:59 PM HKT.

Thank You, Sponsors

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025 is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors. Sponsorships are still available until 18 April, 2025.

Press

Members of the press interested in attending can request a press pass by contacting [email protected].

Additional Resources

• CNCF Newsletter
• CNCF Twitter
• CNCF Website
• Learn About CNCF Membership
• Learn About the CNCF End User Community

About Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open source software stack in public, private, and hybrid clouds. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. CNCF brings together the industry's top developers, end users, and vendors and runs the largest open source developer conferences in the world. Supported by more than 800 members, including the world's largest cloud computing and software companies, as well as over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit www.cncf.io.

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