KyvernoCon Virtual Event 2025

Virtual Project Events (Hosted by CNCF)

Sep 17, 12:00 – 3:00 PM (UTC)

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About This Event

KyvernoCon Virtual 2025 will expand access to policy-as-code conversations by offering a fully virtual, globally accessible event. With a mix of thought leadership, hands-on sessions, and success stories, this event will showcase how Kyverno enables teams to scale policy management, enhance platform security, and improve developer experiences. The virtual setting is ideal for connecting a broader global audience and encouraging participation from new users and contributors.

KyvernoCon Virtual 2025 topics include:

1. Getting Started with Kyverno For newcomers and evaluators, this track will offer tutorials, onboarding guides, and beginner-friendly use cases. - Introduction to policies in Kubernetes - Writing your first Kyverno policy - Policy testing and validation workflows

2. Security & Compliance with Policy as Code - Focused on use cases for security and compliance teams. - Using Kyverno for Kubernetes hardening - Automating security checks in CI/CD - Mapping Kyverno policies to industry compliance frameworks

3. Developer Enablement & Platform Experience - A track for platform engineers building IDPs and self-service tooling. - Using Kyverno to standardize workloads - Integrating Kyverno with developer portals like Backstage - Policy-driven scaffolding and controls for developers

4. Kyverno Integrations and Advanced Use - Best for experienced users and contributors. - Kyverno + Open Policy Agent: when to use which tool - Leveraging external data sources and variables - Performance tuning and scaling Kyverno in large clusters

When

When

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Kyverno Gets Smarter: Writing Dynamic Policies with CEL -- Koray Oksay, Kubernetes Consultat at Kubermatic
Scaling Developer Self-Service: Kyverno Policies for Inclusive Platform Engineering -- Divya Chaudhary, Software Development Manager at Amazon
KyvernoCon Keynote -- Jim Bugwadia, Co-founder & CEO Nirmata
Event Break with Virtual Chat Open for Conversation & Networking
Green Platform Engineering: Sustainable Kubernetes with Kyverno Policies -- Rajeev Samuel Devadas, Application Consultant Architect at IBM Corp's Hybrid Cloud Transformation Division
Policy-Driven Data Governance: Scaling AI Workloads with Kyverno Security Controls -- Ravali Kandur, Software Engineering Manager at Roblox
I Broke My Cluster with Kyverno (So You Don’t Have To) -- Vinod Kumar, Principal Cloud Engineer at Arcesium India
Scaling Healthcare Compliance: Policy as code Revolution in Medical K8s -- Soham Chakraborti, Software Developer II at Amazon.com
Thank You & Closing Remarks

Moderators

  • Cortney Nickerson

    Nirmata

    Head of Community

  • Jim Bugwadia

    Nirmata

    Kyverno Maintainer; Co-founder and CEO

  • Mariam Fahmy

    Nirmata

    Maintainer

  • Nancy Chauhan

    Independent

    Engineer

  • Sonali Srivastava

    Improving

    Developer Advocate

  • Anushka Saxena

    Student

  • Karthik Manam, PhD

    Golden Kubestronaut, ex IBM & DevOps Engineer, Continuum Cloud

  • Charles-Edouard Brétéché

    Staff Engineer

    Nirmata

  • Saurabh Garg

    Outerbounds

    Senior Software Engineer