⎈Q1 Montreal CNCF Meetup - Platform Engineering, GenAI, MLOps User Stories⎈⎈

Name: ⎈Q1 Montreal CNCF Meetup - Platform Engineering, GenAI, MLOps User Stories⎈⎈
Start: 2025-03-13T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-13T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Lightspeed Commerce Montreal

Cloud Native Montréal

Mar 13, 9:30 PM – Mar 14, 1:00 AM (UTC)

In-person event

Nous sommes très heureux de vous retrouver en personne pour bien démarrer le printemps le 13 Mars dans les locaux de LightSpeed ! We are very excited to be in person to kick spring with you! So hold your calendars for the Q1 CNCF in-person meetup - hosted by LightSpeed Montreal!

About this event

LINEUP
Tech Talk - Ditch the YAML: Redefining Kubernetes Package Management with Yoke (CNCF Sandbox Candidate) - David Desmarais-Michaud Senior Platform Engineer @Nesto
Lightning Talk - Empowering AI/ML Teams: A Platform for Rapid Service Deployment - Saeedeh Moghimi @Genentech
Lightning Talk - Scaling RAG on Kubernetes via KubeRAG - Amirreza Yadollahi Cloud Solution Architect @WEENEO
Lightning Talk - Using AI with Flaco - your personal AI Sleuth - Marat Salakhutdinov Customer Solutions Engineer at Sysdig
LOGISTICS
Doors are open at 5:30 pm, with the talks starting at 6 pm. Doors close at 9 pm.
Lightspeed Commerce hosts the event at their office at 700 Rue Saint-Antoine Est, Montreal, QC
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PROGRAMME Nous recherchons des conférenciers ! Soumettez votre présentation ici: https://sessionize.com/cncf-montreal

INFOS PRATIQUES
L'événement ouvre ses portes à 5.30PM et les présentations démarreront à 6.00PM.
Voici l'adresse: Lightspeed Commerce Montreal, 700 Rue Saint-Antoine Est, Montreal, QC

SPEAKERS
If you'd like to speak at this or future events and represent your company, submit your talk: https://sessionize.com/cncf-montreal
It's time for the first CNCF Montreal meetup of 2025! Join us on  March 13th, 2025, to hear end-user stories from fellow Kubernetes, Cloud Native, and Open Source enthusiasts,  SRE and Platform Engineers like you!
Whether you are actively working in tech for Startup, gouvernement, or commercial or running a lab at home, you are welcome at the CNCF Montreal meetup!

Speakers

David Desmarais-Michaud

Nesto

Senior Platform Engineer

Marat Salakhutdinov

Sysdig

Solutions Engineer

Amirreza Yadollah

WEENEO

Cloud Architect

Saeedeh Moghimi

Genentech

MLOps/DevOps

When

March 13 – 14, 2025
9:30 PM – 1:00 AM (UTC)

Where

Lightspeed Commerce Montreal
700 Rue Saint-Antoine Est
Montréal, H2Y 1A6

Agenda

9:30 PM	Check-in
10:00 PM	CNCF updates
10:15 PM	Ditch the YAML: Redefining Kubernetes Package Management with Yoke	Yoke redefines K8s package management by replacing brittle YAML with powerful, code-defined packages called Flights. Built on WebAssembly for speed and portability, and with Air Traffic Controller enabling GitOps-friendly CRDs, Yoke lets you deploy smarter, faster, and safer. Ready for takeoff?
11:00 PM	Empowering AI/ML Teams: A Platform for Rapid Service Deployment	How we reduced lead time for onboarding new services from a week to less than an hour. We created ACK controllers that helped automate AWS service provisioning, including ACM, S3, and IAM. We created some custom controllers for the authentication layer on k8s. We ended up having a good platform for applications.
11:30 PM	Scaling RAG on Kubernetes via KubeRAG	KubeRAG is an open-source project that speeds up deployment of RAG and AI Agents on Kubernetes clusters . This project provides a streamlined method for deploying Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions on Kubernetes clusters using a simple Helm chart. This project demonstrates the deployment and scaling of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions on Kubernetes using the KubeRAG Helm chart. We provide a practical, hands-on approach to deploying a simple RAG agent, showcasing the architecture and operational considerations for large-scale RAG applications
11:45 PM	Using AI with Flaco - your personal AI Sleuth	Ever wish investigating security events was simpler - no extended research required? In this session, we’ll showcase how AI-driven workflows can transform kubernetes and cloud security. First, discover how CNCF’s Falco delivers real-time detection of security threats. Then, watch as an AI assistant streamlines triage and interprets those events - helping you zero in on critical risks fast. By the end, you’ll see how combining Falco with AI-powered analysis leads to quicker, smarter incident response with less manual overhead. If you’re ready to modernize your security toolkit and reduce mean time to resolution, join us for a live demonstration of cutting-edge threat detection and AI-empowered triage.

Hosts

Ayrat Khayretdinov

CNCF

Ambassador

Anthony Dahane

Vmware

SW Developer

Frédéric Médery

Google

Principal Architect

Alex Gervais

Ambassador Labs

Principal Software Engineer

Organizers

Ayrat KHAYRETDINOV

CNCF

Lead organizer

See bio

Anthony Dahanne

VMware

Co-organizer

See bio

Alexandre Gervais

Kong

Principal Software Engineer

See bio

Frederic Medery

Google

Organizer

See bio

CONTACT US

⎈Q1 Montreal CNCF Meetup - Platform Engineering, GenAI, MLOps User Stories⎈⎈

Cloud Native Montréal

About this event

Speakers

David Desmarais-Michaud

Marat Salakhutdinov

Amirreza Yadollah

Saeedeh Moghimi

When

Where

Agenda

Hosts

Ayrat Khayretdinov

Anthony Dahane

Frédéric Médery

Alex Gervais

Organizers

Ayrat KHAYRETDINOV

Anthony Dahanne

Alexandre Gervais

Frederic Medery

LightSpeed

Sysdig

Grafana Labs

Chainguard

Arctiq

⎈Q1 Montreal CNCF Meetup - Platform Engineering, GenAI, MLOps User Stories⎈⎈

Cloud Native Montréal

About this event

Speakers

David Desmarais-Michaud

Marat Salakhutdinov

Amirreza Yadollah

Saeedeh Moghimi

When

Where

Agenda

Hosts

Ayrat Khayretdinov

Anthony Dahane

Frédéric Médery

Alex Gervais

Organizers

Ayrat KHAYRETDINOV

Anthony Dahanne

Alexandre Gervais

Frederic Medery

Venue

LightSpeed

Gold

Sysdig

Grafana Labs

Chainguard

Silver

Arctiq