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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019

San Diego, California
November 18–21, 2019
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Karen Chu

Microsoft
Community PM
San Francisco, CA

Karen Chu is a Community PM on the Microsoft Azure Container Compute Upstream team with a focus on open source tools such as Helm, CNAB, Brigade, CNAB, and more. She is a CNCF Ambassador, meet-up organizer, and conference organizer. She has also worked The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes book series. When she’s not connecting dots in the community, you can find her traveling, pursuing photography, and enjoying awesome chai.

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5:14pm PST

Lightning Talk: Get Started With Non-Code Contributions to Kubernetes - David Strebel, Microsoft Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

6:08pm PST

Lightning Talk: Want to Donate a Project to the CNCF? Here's How - Cheryl Hung, CNCF Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

9:00am PST

Keynote: Hiding in the Dark - Dan Kohn, Executive Director, Cloud Native Computing Foundation Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

9:20am PST

Keynote: CNCF Project Updates - Bryan Liles, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 Co-Chair & Senior Staff Engineer, VMware Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

10:16am PST

Sponsored Keynote: Bringing Confidential Computing to Kubernetes - Lachlan Evenson, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Azure Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

10:20am PST

Keynote: Closing Remarks - Vicki Cheung, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 Co-Chair & Engineering Manager, Lyft Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

10:55am PST

Intro: Brigade - Matt Butcher & Radu Matei, Microsoft Room 33ABC - San Diego Convention Center The Release Team Shadow Program - Mentoring For the Future - Guinevere Saenger, GitHub & Lachlan Evenson, Microsoft Room 6E - San Diego Convention Center

11:50am PST

Panel: What’s Essential in an OSS Project Launch Playbook? - Betty Junod, Solo.io; Jian He, Alibaba; Karen Chu, Matt Butcher, & Ronan Flynn-Curran, Microsoft Room 7AB - San Diego Convention Center Introduction to Virtual Kubelet – Featuring Titus by Netflix - Ria Bhatia, Microsoft & Sargun Dhillon, Netflix Room 6F - San Diego Convention Center

1:15pm PST

Chair Yoga (RSVP Required) 23A - San Diego Convention Center

2:25pm PST

Managing Helm Deployments with Gitops at CERN - Ricardo Rocha, CERN Ballroom Sec 20CD - San Diego Convention Center Introduction to Windows Containers in Kubernetes - Michael Michael, VMware & Deep Debroy, Docker Room 5AB - San Diego Convention Center

3:20pm PST

An Introduction to Helm - Matt Farina, Samsung SDS & Josh Dolitsky, Blood Orange Ballroom Sec 20CD - San Diego Convention Center Superpowers for Windows Containers - Deep Debroy & Jean Rouge, Docker Room 7AB - San Diego Convention Center

4:25pm PST

Intro to Cloud Provider Azure - Rita Zhang & Craig Peters, Microsoft Room 11AB - San Diego Convention Center

5:21pm PST

Keynote: Kubernetes Project Update - Vicki Cheung, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 Co-Chair & Engineering Manager, Lyft Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

6:25pm PST

Keynote: CNCF Maintainer + Ambassador Awards Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

6:40pm PST

Puppy Pawlooza / Paw Therapy Sponsor Showcase, Sails Pavillion - San Diego Convention Center

9:00am PST

Keynote: Opening Remarks - Bryan Liles, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 Co-Chair & Senior Staff Engineer, VMware Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

10:55am PST

A Week in the Life of the Kubernetes Community - Dawn Foster, Pivotal & Jorge Castro, VMware Room 15AB - San Diego Convention Center Day 2 Operations with Windows Containers - Michael Michael, VMware & Patrick Lang, Microsoft Room 14AB - San Diego Convention Center

11:50am PST

Panel: Beyond Codes of Conduct: Igniting Diversity in Your Community - Jemma Bolland, The Scale Factory; Lara Owen, Github; Shanis Windland, VMware; & Kevin Stewart, Independent Room 6D - San Diego Convention Center

1:40pm PST

Chair Yoga (RSVP Required) 23A - San Diego Convention Center

2:25pm PST

Panel: Tech Community Share Out: Maintaining a Healthy Balance with Work - Chris Lentricchia, SUSE; David McAllister, Scalyr; PJ Hagerty, DevRelate.io, OSMIhelp.org; Nanci Lancaster, Linux Foundation; & Amanda Brazzell... Pacific Ballroom, Salon 23-24 - Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Hotel

3:20pm PST

Public Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) Meeting – Liz Rice, Aqua Security; Alexis Richardson, Weaveworks; Joe Beda, VMware; Jeff Brewer, Intuit; Michelle Noorali, Microsoft; Matt Klein, Lyft Room 5AB - San Diego Convention Center Deep Dive: Brigade - Matt Butcher & Kent Rancourt, Microsoft Room 7AB - San Diego Convention Center

4:25pm PST

Helm 3 Deep Dive - Taylor Thomas, Microsoft Azure & Martin Hickey, IBM Exhibit Hall AB - San Diego Convention Center

2:25pm PST

K3s Under the Hood: Building a Product-grade Lightweight Kubernetes Distro - Darren Shepherd, Rancher Labs Room 6F - San Diego Convention Center

3:20pm PST

Supercharge Your Microservices CI/CD with Service Mesh and Kubernetes - Brian Redmond, Microsoft Ballroom Sec 20CD - San Diego Convention Center

5:20pm PST

Creating a Micro Open-Source Community with Helm - Katie Gamanji, Condé Nast International Room 14AB - San Diego Convention Center