Event Title
OpenShift Commons Gathering Co-located Alongside KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026
Event Date (Smart)
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Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Event Description
This in person OpenShift Commons Gathering will be held on November 9th live in Salt Lake City, UT and co-located with CNCF's KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA

This Gathering will focus on talks from and by Cloud Native practioners with production deployments 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.
Price
Free
Schedule

Main Stage: Grand Ballroom C

TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
7:00 AMBreakfast and Registration 
8:15 AMKick off, Keynote, and Superhero AwardsAubrey Muhlach, Mike Barrett, David Eads, Mrunal Patel
9:15 AMCigna: Innovating with OpenShift for Scalability and PortabilityJoshua Dziedzic, Trevor Swanson
9:45 AMPanel: Virtualization Modernization with BYU, Gates, and NetlabsJoe Seegmiller, Mauricio Améndola, Carlos Cabrera
10:15 AMNetworking Break 
10:30 AMAdobe: Making true hybrid cloud a reality: Adobe’s private cloud journeyJimmy Grover, Andrew Block
11:00 AM3M: From Lift-and-Shift to Shift-Left: Building a Trusted DevSecOps Platform on Red Hat OpenShift Services on AWSAlex Tennant
11:30 AMMastercard: Low Latency Architecture for Confidential Computing to protect AI workloadsKrishna Mayuram, Axel Sass
12:00 PMLunch opens and Roundtables start 
1:30 PMLunch closes 

Hands-On Experience: Room 1

TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
1:00 PMOpenShift DevJames Faulkner

Hands-On Experience: Room 2

TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
1:00 PMOpenShift OpsAugust Simonelli

Hands-On Experience: Room 3

TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
1:00 PMOpenShift SecurityMichael Foster

Hands-On Experience: Room 4

TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
1:00 PMPlatform EngineeringEvan Shortiss

Hands-On Experience: Room 5

TimeSessionSpeaker(s)
1:00 PMOpenShift VirtualiztionAlan Cowes
Speakers
Event Information
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.

Please Note: All sessions are first come, first seated. Workshops and roundtables have limited capacity. Workshops are interactive and hands-on; attendees must bring their own laptop to participate.