OpenShift Commons Gathering at Kubecon Europe 2023
18 April 2023 | 09:00–17:00 CEST | Kubecon EU in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Where users, partners, customers, contributors and upstream project leads come together to collaborate and work together across the OpenShift Cloud Native ecosystem.
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Red Hat OpenShift Commons Gathering at KubeCon EU 2023
Red Hat OpenShift Commons Gathering at KubeCon EU 2023 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Join community members as they collaborate on a variety of topics on April 18, 2023. https://commons.openshift.org/join/
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Welcome to the Commons: Unlock the Potential of Collaboration
Karena Angell (Red Hat) welcomes attendees to OpenShift Commons Gathering, Amsterdam 2023, with a talk about the power of collaboration. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: OpenShift Release and Road Map Update, Spring 2023
Vanessa Martini (Red Hat) and Naina Singh (Red Hat) detail the roadmap for OpenShift, including the plans for OpenShift 4.14 and beyond. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Deploying Traditional Business Critical Applications
Martin Reiling (Achmea) speaks about the best practices and pitfalls of migrating traditional business-critical workloads to a cloud native environment. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Lightning Talk: OpenShift for AI Powered Applications
Myriam Fentanes (Red Hat) explains how Open Data Hub and OpenShift can enable the usage of AI/ML to power application workloads. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Modernizing with OpenShift on AWS using ROSA
Roland Barcia (Amazon Web Services) details the path to modernization on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Lightning Talk: Cloud Controller Managers - Going Default
Michael McCune (Red Hat) Bridget Kromhout (Microsoft) discuss the changes coming to the cloud controller managers of the Kubernetes project. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Case Study: CERN's Journey with OpenShift and OKD
Jack Henschel (CERN) details the work CERN has done to enable the Large Hadron Collider and other complex particle physics experiments to ingest large amounts of data, analyze it, and share it with the world. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Sustainability with Project Kepler
Huamin Chen (Red Hat) discusses Red Hat's initiatives around sustainability. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Case Study: Observability Feedback with Amadeus
Augustin Husson (Amadeus IT Group) and Alban Hurtaud (Amadeus IT Group) explain the lessons they've learned working to increase Observability into Amadeus' application services. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Lightning Talk: Providing Disaster Recovery for ROSA Clusters
Luis Rico (NetApp) and Patric Uebele (NetApp) show off NetApp Astra Control, and how it can be used to provide disaster recovery services for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA). https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Panel: Cloud-native Platforms: What and Why?
Josh Gavant (Red Hat), Abby Bangser (Syntasso), Raffaele Spazzoli (Red Hat), Andrew Block (Red Hat) and Thomas Vitale (Systematic) talk about platform engineering, and the benefits it can bring to an enterprise. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: From Micro to Mighty: A Guide to Customizing Edge Devices
Ricardo Noriega De Soto (Red Hat) and Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo (Red Hat) discuss integrating customized hardware edge devices with OpenShift. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Case Study: Addressing Customer Workload Isolation and Tenancy
Piotr Godowski (IBM) details IBM's patterns for dealing with large scale enterprise applications that require workload isolation using the OpenShift Lifecycle Manager. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Keycloak the Open Source Identity and Access Mgmt for Modern Apps
Alexander Schwartz (Red Hat) shows off the features of Keycloak. https://www.keycloak.org/ https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Case Study: Keycloak for Securing APIs
Yuichi Nakamura (Hitachi), explains how Keycloak enables secure APIs in cloud-native environments. https://www.keycloak.org/ https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Network Functions Virtualization and Edge Strategy
Almog Elfassy, Red Hat, explains the evolution from Network Functions Virtualization to Cloud Native Network Functions to enable next generation edge capabilities for telcos. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Pixels down the Pipe: Powering GeForce NOW with KubeVirt
Fabian Deutsch (Red Hat) and Ryan Hallisey (NVIDIA) show off how NVIDIA built its NVIDIA NOW online remote gaming service with KubeVirt. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Case Study: Workload Deployment Quality and Learning from Outages
Mark de Jong (ING) and Rob de Boer (ING) discuss ING's system for rating the quality of software packages. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Scale Vertically with Control Plane Machine Sets
Joel Speed (Red Hat) and Damiano Donati (Red Hat) show off the latest features around Hosted Control Planes, which allows for scaling of Kubernetes control nodes. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Lightning Talk: Common Extensible Language and Kubernetes
David Eads, Red Hat shows off what the Common Expression Language can do to enable static validation, type safety and policy conformance. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Case Study: France, Ministry of Interior
Eric Tiquet, Deputy Minister, France Ministry of the Interior, discusses the development platform France has built for its internal infrastructure, based on OpenShift. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Using OpenShift Serverless to Kickstart Cloud Native Adoption
Norris Sam Osarenkhoe (SVA GmbH) discusses how OpenShift Serverless infrastructure can help developers adopt cloud native application patterns. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: AMA with Red Hat Engineers, Product Managers and Leads
Speakers, contributors, engineers and other members of the community take the time to answer questions from the audience. Lead by Karena Angell. https://commons.openshift.org/join
OpenShift Commons, Amsterdam 2023: Community Heroes
Karena Angell (Red Hat) closes out OpenShift Commons Gathering, Amsterdam 2023, by honoring community heroes who have helped fuel collaboration in the open source community. Honorees include Jack Henschel (CERN), David Eads (Red Hat), Michael McCune (Red Hat contributor to the OKD working group), Ellen Knol (Red Hat), and Diane Mueller (Red Hat). https://commons.openshift.org/join
Event Overview
This OpenShift Commons Gathering is on April 18 in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
This OpenShift Commons Gathering will be held live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and broadcast live to regional watch parties around the globe. As always, our focus is on creating a space for peer-to-peer interactions and we'll be going hybrid, so if you are unable to attend in person, join us online. This Gathering will focus on Emerging Technology and Case Studies from and by End Users with production deployments of OpenShift sharing their use cases, insights into their workloads and lessons learned along the way. Topics covered during this Gathering include hybrid cloud infrastructure, cloud-native development, and new Emerging technology initiatives on the Edge.
Where
Kubecon EU in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amstel Boathouse
When
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Price
In-Person and Virtual Attendance are Free
This OpenShift Commons Gathering will be held on Central European Summer Time (CEST). Please note: In-person attendees are encouraged to also register for Kubecon/EU, however, it is not mandatory. Reception is Open to all registered attendees and starts at 5:00 p.m.
Schedule
Code of Conduct: We follow both the Red Hat Event Terms and Conditions and the Code of Conduct of other events such as KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Similarly we are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for participants at all of our events, whether they are held in person or virtually. All event participants, whether they are attending an in-person event or a virtual event, are expected to behave in accordance with professional standards, with both this Code of Conduct as well as their respective employer's policies governing appropriate workplace behavior and applicable laws.
COVID-19 Health + Safety Information: We are committed to our attendee's health and safety and follow the Healthy and Safety policies of the events we are co-located with or by default those of the CNCF.
See sessions from previous gatherings
- 08:00
- Registration
- 09:00
- Welcome to the Commons: Unlock the Potential of Collaboration Karena Angell (Red Hat)
- 09:10
- OpenShift Release and Road Map Update Vanessa Martini (Red Hat)Naina Singh (Red Hat)
- 09:40
- Key Note: Deploying Traditional Business Critical Apps in a Cloud Native Environment Martin Reiling (Achmea)
- 10:00
- Lightning Talk: Openshift for AI Powered Applications Myriam Fentanes Guitierrez (Red Hat)
- 10:10
- Modernizing with OpenShift on AWS using ROSA Roland Barcia (AWS)
- 10:30
- Lightning Talk: Cloud Controller Managers - Going Default Michael McCune (Red Hat)Bridget Kromhout (Microsoft)
- 10:40
- Coffee Break
- 11:00
- Case Study: CERN's journey with OpenShift Origin and OKD Jack Henschel (CERN)
- 11:20
- Lightning Talk: Sustainability with Project Kepler Huamin Chen (Red Hat)
- 11:30
- Case Study: Observability feedback with Amadeus Augustin Husson (Amadeus IT Group)Alban Hurtaud (Amadeus IT Group)
- 11:50
- Lightning Talk: Providing Disaster Recovery for ROSA Clusters Luis Rico (NetApp)Patric Uebele (NetApp)
- 12:00
- Panel: Cloud-native platforms: what and why? Josh Gavant (Red Hat)Abby Bangser (Syntasso)Raffaele Spazzoli (Red Hat)Andrew Block (Red Hat)Thomas Vitale (Systematic)
- 12:20
- Lunch Break
- 13:20
- From Micro to Mighty: A Guide to Customizing Edge Devices Using Red Hat Device Edge Ricardo Noriega De Soto (Red Hat)Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo (Red Hat)
- 13:40
- Case Study: Addressing customer workload isolation and tenancy with OLM Piotr Godowski (IBM)
- 14:00
- Keycloak: the Open Source IAM for Modern Applications Alexander Schwartz (Red Hat)
- 14:10
- Case Study: Keycloak for securing APIs Yuichi Nakamura (Hitachi)
- 14:20
- Network Functions Virtualization and Edge Strategy Almog Elfassy (Red Hat)
- 14:30
- Pixels down the Pipe: Powering GeForce NOW with KubeVirt Fabian Deutsch (Red Hat)Ryan Hallisey (NVIDIA)
- 14:50
- Case Study: Workload Deployment Quality and Learning from Outages Mark de Jong (ING)Rob de Boer (ING)
- 15:10
- Coffee Break
- 15:30
- Scale Vertically with Control Plane Machine Sets Joel Speed (Red Hat)Damiano Donati (Red Hat)
- 15:50
- Lightning Talk: Common Extensible Language and Kubernetes David Eads (Red Hat)
- 16:00
- Case Study: France, Ministry of Interior Eric Tiquet (France, Ministry of Interior)
- 16:20
- Case Study: Using OpenShift Serverless to kickstart cloud-native adoption and patterns Norris Sam Osarenkhoe (SVA GmbH)
- 16:40
- AMA with Red Hat Engineers, Product Managers and Leads Karena Angell (Red Hat)
- 17:00
- Closing — Community Heroes Karena Angell (Red Hat)
- 17:10
- Reception
Speakers

Abby Bangser
Syntasso

Alban HurtaudObservability Architect
Amadeus IT Group

Alexander SchwartzPrincipal Software Engineer
Red Hat

Almog ElfassyCloud Architect
Red Hat

Andrew BlockDistinguished Architect
Red Hat
Intro
Andrew Block is a Distinguished Architect at Red Hat who works with organizations to design and implement solutions leveraging cloud native technologies. He specializes in Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery methodologies with a focus on security to reduce the overall delivery time. Andrew is the author of several publications on solutions within the Kubernetes ecosystem, a maintainer on the Helm, ORAS and SOPS projects, and a contributor to several Open Source projects including Sigstore.
Augustin HussonPrincipal Software Engineer
Amadeus IT Group

Bridget KromhoutPrincipal Program Manager
Microsoft

Damiano DonatiSoftware Engineer
Red Hat

David EadsSenior Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat

Michael McCuneSoftware Engineer, Member OKD Working Group
Red Hat

Eric Tiquet
France, Ministry of Interior

Fabian DeutschSenior Engineering Manager, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat

Huamin ChenR&D, Office of CTO
Red Hat

Jack HenschelCloud Computing Engineer
CERN

Joel SpeedPrincipal Software Engineer, Technical Lead
Red Hat
Intro
Joel is a Principal Software Engineer with Red Hat focusing primarily on integrating OpenShift and the cloud. He’s been working with and building on Kubernetes since 2017. With Red Hat since 2020, he now leads the team behind Machine API and Cluster API as well as Cloud Controller Manager and autoscaling integrations. Joel is also one of the OpenShift API review team and is responsible for assisting OpenShift engineers across the board with their architecture and API design.
Josh GavantCloud Platform Architect
Red Hat

Karena AngellPrincipal Product Manager, OpenShift
Red Hat

Luis RicoBusiness Development Manager
NetApp

Mark de JongCloud Native Architect
ING

Martin ReilingManager, OpenShift and LinuxOS
Achmea

Miguel Angel Ajo PelayoSenior Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat

Myriam Fentanes GuitierrezPrincipal Product Manager
Red Hat

Naina SinghPrincipal Product Manager
Red Hat

Patric UebeleTechnical Marketing Engineer
NetApp

Piotr GodowskiSenior Technical Staff Member & CTO IBM Krakow Software Lab
IBM

Raffaele SpazzoliSenior Principal Architect
Red Hat
Intro
Raffaele Spazzoli is a full-stack enterprise architect with 20+ years of experience. Raffaele started his career in Italy as a Java Architect, then gradually moved to Integration Architect and then Enterprise Architect. Later he moved to the United States to eventually become an OpenShift Architect for Red Hat consulting services, acquiring in the process, knowledge of the infrastructure side of IT. Currently Raffaele covers a consulting position of cross-portfolio application architecture with a focus on OpenShift. For most of his career Raffaele has worked with large financial institutions allowing him to acquire an understanding of the processes, security and compliance requirements of large enterprise customers. Raffaele has become part of the CNCF TAG Storage and contributed to the Cloud Native Disaster Recovery whitepaper. Recently Raffaele has been focusing on how to improve the developer experience by implementing internal development platforms (IDP).
Ricardo Noriega De SotoPrincipal Software Engineer
Red Hat

Rob de BoerDevOps Engineer
ING

Roland BarciaWorld Wide SSA Leader
AWS

Ryan HalliseySenior Software Engineer Technical Lead
NVIDIA

Norris Sam OsarenkhoeDevOps Architect
SVA GmbH

Thomas Vitale
Systematic

Vanessa MartiniSenior Product Manager - Technical, Data Analytics
Red Hat

Yuichi NakamuraDirector, OSS Strategy
Hitachi
Venue
18 April 2023 | 09:00–17:00 CEST
Amstel Boathouse
Amsteldijk 223 1079 LK Amsterdam Netherlands
Kubecon EU in Amsterdam, The Netherlands