 Hello everyone. All right, the road to cube con here is our final stop on the road to cube con We have a special guest today brought in the big guns the mama bear The lady the lady boss the you know that the the big I'm so excited. I can't even speak. That's all good It is she's the GM of the cloud cloud native computing foundation this Priyanka Sharma Spotlight starts now. Would you think it's a special effects, huh? Whoa, whoa, I was like am I in a theater then pop in full force. That was awesome Priyanka welcome before we get started. I have to do the disclaimer here, right? This is an official live stream of the CNC app and as such is subject to the CNC of code of conduct Please do not add anything to the chat or questions that be in violation of that code of conduct Basically, please be respectful of all of your fellow participants and presenters Welcome to spotlight Priyanka Thank you so much for having me pop. I am honored to be here last stop on your show So on our channel the cloud native TV again I kind of give you the background Priyanka and I had some discussions earlier And I'm like look let's get the literal best of the best and cloud native and do this for the community by the Community and you have been so supportive and we love you to death And so we again appreciate you being so supportive of cloud native TV So that being said cube con it's our world cup. It's our Super Bowl. It's our world series It's all of those wrapped up into one, right? And so I'm loving the fact will be in person So I know like again, we were at the OSS summit, right? And the precautions that were made were you know again to keep people safe And I love how much you know, we're doing that So talk to me about like again like all the great things the CNCF are gonna do to keep people safe as we're as we're doing Yes, absolutely Health and safety was the number one concern as we started preparing for this show in the hopes that we could have an in-person element to it There was no way we were going to proceed if we didn't have all our ducks aligned in a row And I have to say it's the Linux Foundation events team that gets the credit for Really really running this process like very very well. So there are some key aspects to how to attend safely First of all before attending assess your level of risk. We have a great video interview with Dr. Joe Salanikio, I always say his last name wrong Who is a CDC official and he talks to us about just how to decide whether an event is right for you to attend or not A lot of it depends on you know, your friends and family at home who come close Come in close contact you in addition to your own personal health So think think of your pod think of your community And by the way, I'm seeing that At the door right now That's my dog Oali he's coming back from his walk really excited sorry about that but No, so the reason I bring this up first and foremost is because you can still sign up You can show up at the door in Los Angeles and get a ticket if there are tickets available Which they should be at least some any who so that's the first piece second once you've made the decision to attend There are some requirements number one You have to be back fully vaccinated to attend and there's a slew of vaccines that are approved based on CDC guidelines The actually WHO guidelines So make sure that you fit that category Second is that we are requiring masks throughout the event and I think that will go a really long way in protecting people even Even in the most extreme of circumstances, so we're gonna all be vaccinated We're all going to be masked and we'll get wristbands to show how much level of proximity. We're comfortable with with Fellow attendees, so I might have a green wristband which says yeah, you can you can come closer That's okay. Somebody may have a red one. So please respect their Need for space and stay at least six feet apart So we've gone and there's also daily temperature checks and checks on you know, how are you feeling? So these are the things that we have set in place. I think they're a good Good set of rules to make sure we all have a good time I think the number one will come down to how we Team cloud native behave as a community and respect these rules respect each other and do the right thing so that we can be there Have a great time for five days and get back to the Creativity the socialization the fun that we all deserve Awesome, and again, it's if if the OSS summit was any type of kind of indication It was it was amazing because again, it was an intrusive you had an app you came in you filled out a survey You went in I'm assuming it's probably the same process here So really excited about it, you know again I'm gonna I'm gonna make sure that if I want to hug folks because I want to hug everybody I'll be make sure I look at the bands and do what we need to do here. So free hugs if you want All right, I'm sorry if I may I want to give you of course. This is your show. This is your network. What do I do? The network execs here. I'm just kidding. I have two pieces of advice for anyone attending number one is Pick a mask that you can wear all day or bring a bunch that you can recycle through Because sometimes like there were people who chose masks. They were like, you know Oh, my ear is hurting after a while or my chin's itching after a while So this is a very like small thing, but it's important test some masks get get a bunch with you so that you can wear What's most comfortable? So that's number one With that said though, like, you know, don't do fake masks like a mesh is not a mask as an example Anywho second point is go now into the emails that are coming from the team and look through the clear app and the instructions there So because and it's really important I think it's really useful to do it a few days in advance I was a late skate at open source of it and like 20 minutes before the show I'm like trying to figure it out and it's like, oh my gosh, so stressful. Don't be like me be better and Do the app stuff now so you don't have to carry your physical vaccination card as well So there we go some sage advice from the GM the CNCF. Okay, so mass mass over. Let's let's get to the good stuff Right, let's just talk about the cube con itself. I mean, you've been going I'm sorry They're getting lower and lower all the time here. This is wonderful. I thought that was on my side I live right near JFK. So I was like whatever so No, this okay this weekend is fleet week in San Francisco and I think it's the fighter jets There's like no other explanation or I'm Armageddon. I might be God Cloud native TV has actually rented the blue angels. They're going right above Priyanka's house Time. All right. So let's talk about again. Let's talk about you can't keep kind of self. We're going for a bunch of years What do you you know, like why do you think it's so popular for you know in the cloud native space like, you know What's your take on it? Yeah, absolutely. So I've been attending Cube Constance 2016 And I was super bummed that I've missed the very first one So I like to think that team cloud native is Very resilient and our resilient resilience is the power of us Us together do big great things The interesting thing about team cloud native is that this definition of us has changed Every year every six months since I've been involved in 2015, which was like the beginning of the foundation, right? And the reason I think cube con cloud native cons are so popular is because at every stage of that journey These events have spoken to the people that come in that are part of us So back in the day the first cube con was I think 300 people The one I attended was 700 and that was like considered a big show and at the same time It was very intimate. I was spending all my time with these, you know Sages these wizards of systems engineering and learning and having such a great time and Then over the over time as years progressed more and more folks joined us and there were different kinds of activities There was more Official learning and development training things like that There was much more like nuanced activities thing and all of that and the sponsors came out in big full force And which by the way, I love the sponsor hall. It's like the finest place And so every year I see the event has evolved to the needs of the community And you've seen and nothing has been a better example than the great pandemic of 2020 and 2021 We have as you know have been evolving as fast as possible to adapt to the needs of the community So one is one reason why cube con cloud native con is the show in my opinion is that it is a manifestation of who we are The second piece I would say is that while we have all been changing and evolving just and cube cons have been doing that With us one thing has stayed the same and that is the culture of team cloud native our ethos Who we are has stayed the same as we have scaled in audience and that's awesome When I went to the first cube con when it was 700 people it was the warm and fuzzy feels and I feel the same when I meet people now in the bigger cube con cloud native con So I think cube cons are just they define they represent who we are they show What's the best of us and give us a chance to come together? But that and do you think like the we got to make sure that also look there's a lot of folks that again Like probably won't be in person and again It's like the experience for the virtual and I've seen the platform this platform last cup You know it's been fantastic. So let's talk about the experience for the virtual like how does that you know? Yes, absolutely for those who may have attended cube con cloud native con EU, which was in May you already know What the experience is going to be like it's the same platform meeting play And there's you know, there's all the sessions there's stuff available on demand after and then there's all the gamification The sponsor booth get things enjoy yourself at the same time It's still paired with slack Which is where all of the community can hang out and spend time together and there's a sizable chunk of people Who will be attending online and doing all the things we did last time like I'm doing my zoom happy hours I'm even doing like a zoom coffee. I don't even drink coffee, but I'm doing a morning session and so it's gonna be a lot of interaction a lot of Ability to meet new people and have the have a robust platform just like we did last time And again just a shameless plug all every single day. We'll be doing cloud native recaps We actually have a booth at yes at the show is it's gonna be really cool? Like, you know, remember like he had those like red carpets We're on the red carpet. We're gonna be talking to folks. We're gonna have some fun. It'll be all your favorites really on cat We'll be there myself Chris short shout out to Chris short doing some stuff. We got a bunch of folks Duffy, of course So let's talk. I'm gonna you know, I'm gonna kind of ask this questions also I think you know cube cons amazing as we know and a big shout out to the program Committee we'll get to them in a second in the co-chairs, but let's talk about the co-located events all this week We've you know, we've been you know, we talked I talked to the security, you know, colos I'm co-chairing the ebpf day. You all check that out see any ebpf day, but the The other thing was like, you know in cat talk to wasm and prom con today. Let's talk about the co-located events How special they are. Oh My goodness. Yes, I think the co-located events are a Representation of all the growth in the cloud native ecosystem The colos day colo days are as you know, they are like topic specific. There's an ebpf day There's a wasm day. There is supply chain security day There's all kinds of events right and they show the areas of focus Or that people are doing that are team cloud native members who are like now Focusing on hey, let me improve security for the world Hey, ebpf is a good partner for all the story that comes out of cloud native And so what we are seeing is a technology verticalization almost in these co-located events And that shows how much we're growing up and how much our How much the cloud native computing paradigm has spread around the world because now people need to get into the details And these colos are an avenue to do that. So I absolutely love the colos. I think they're essential and they are a they are an indicator of our growth and success to come in the years No doubt and let's give some shout outs to the folks that are in the channel here. I see marino here What's up marino? There's patish Again patish. It said that he had to let me just put this on screen here He attended a kipkan eu virtually zoom breakouts. We're amazing. Hold on. There's blue angels again There's a blue angel We planned this everyone we planned all of this all this so so again I totally like the the breakout sessions were great because I remember it was a lot of folks You know in the community interacting doing what we do best making people feel includes included And so I really I really enjoy that and hallway tracks as we know is like near and dear to our hearts We go in there and we we talk to folks that are that are kind of attending so they feel welcome So I I love that so let me ask you this and I know it's hard, right? You you know like I can't tell you which one is my cloud cloud native tv's favorite, but I can tell you know Which what are you looking forward to? I'm sure you're looking forward to the whole everything But what are some of the things that are kind of top of mind for you? I know I knew you were going to ask me this and I was like the question is what is not my favorite nothing No, so I you know Just from a personal experience standpoint This is I've been in this job for over a year close to year and a half now But this is going to be my first in person debut in the community being on stage as general manager in front of all these amazing people And that is just is giving me goosebumps. I'm a little nervous, but I am so happy to finally get to that point So that's one and it's very self-centered. So I'm sorry about that But then when we look at the entire show, right? I think the colo days I'm glad you brought them up because I highly encourage anyone if you're coming to LA anyway, if you're doing the event come two days early Go to the colos you'll get to deep dive and it's worth it. That's number one I'm going to give I think a keynote for the cloud native data management day And I think I've been asked to do like a sprinkling of things here and there So I'll be around so let's say hello It's also colo days are also nice in that they're not as jam packed as you know Wednesday thursday in particular So it's a good time to like, you know ease in so highly recommend second then you look at all the keynotes and topics that are out there Each keynote is awesome. Of course I personally I'm really looking forward to Paris and one more person's talk on sustainability of the kubernetes ecosystem And she will discuss just how important it is for us to keep building on this This culture that is ours right that powers us And keep paying it forward by contributing by communicating by getting people in And I think that's an important talk to hear and then Hopefully find it in your hearts and wallets and all of that to start contributing more I think i'm also really looking forward to Frederick and alan's talk on security and the asba It's pretty cool because alan alan freedman, right? Yes, exactly. Shout out to dr. Alan. Good friend Exactly and like he's like kind of for somebody in my perspective and He's coming to cube con. He's talking to all of us give sharing the government perspective too So I think it's a really useful. It's going to be a really useful session And and then of course the end the the end user keynotes are really critical because they show again that evolution in our ecosystem The growth and the depth in which people are utilizing cloud native. So highly recommend attending those Besides that, I mean all attendee party. I want to see each and every one of you. We are going to party Uh, I also want to encourage that, you know, this is the first hybrid event So remember that remember that your when you're in person know that there's there's maybe like, you know There's thousands of you here, but there are tens of thousands who are also with you in the experience So there are areas where you can go to and participate in something virtual For example, come to my happy hours Which anybody can participate in you can be in your hotel room or in the quiet areas Log on and then you're connected to the virtual as well as in person And I'm I'm actually really looking forward to see how that feels So those are just some quick thoughts on Highlights, but everything's going to be awesome. Have a blast. Enjoy yourself No, dad. We got some questions here. So once from, you know, it's virtualize six ix It's what are some ways for visual virtual attendees get the most out of cube con? I think you mentioned a couple other hacks to get swag as virtual attendee Very self-serving rino That's funny. No, there's definitely a lot of stuff going on. There's I actually had a whole list of there's a bunch of like Virtual games and activities that are like gamified like you get something out of it So look through those and to the best of my knowledge the virtual boots by the sponsors Are also a place where you could just be like, hey listen, I'm interested in your service, but I'm also interested in your swag Do you folks have some cool swag pop at the booth? Do you know I might make an appearance at the booth. I mean, I don't know. I'm gonna be all around I mean, there'll be a lot of stuff. There'll be cracking stuff. There might be some falco stuff. Who knows you never know You never know. Yeah, exactly exactly So virtually just go make your rounds and you're gonna probably get an email that lists all the like interactive things And most of them are connected to like swag getting so So there's another kind of thought here is partish said one of the fun event out of many and I'm looking forward to this time It's bug bash. Um, yes, we got anything on that one Yes, I think that's such a such a good one because It's it's it's it shows how we can have a great time have fun and also pay it forward all in one And I think uh, the bug bash is something I highly recommend everyone attending It's it is what the name suggests which is people get together and they Find bugs and log them and uh, it's for the projects a CNCF project. So you're doing them a service It's all gamified and fun and it's going to be, you know, like really high energy So highly recommend you do it. It's good for the ecosystem. It's fun and why not? So We're going to talk about the keynotes here. I mean every day there's some amazing ones But I also let me let me kind of delve into one thing I mean look at the co-chairs again another thing as you said Hey, it's the first time that everybody's going to be together, right? And and I think even for the co-chairs not being able to keynote for these, you know Again, you know, I'm going to mention my boy Steven to gust this right you know I'm going to mention, you know jasmine and and confidence. I mean if this is I'm Can't wait to be there to see this like to be able to see them Present this and then the people virtually be able to see this as well This is what we all do best is being in front of the audience and be able to share this energy together You know, it's hard when you do it virtually. So, you know, shout out to the co-chairs I mean, is there anything you anything you want to say to your to your co-chairs for kubecom? Yes, I think they have all worked so hard to Plow through the the pandemic times and do their best even when they were not going to get the, you know, the like Positive feedback loop that you get by being in a stage like IRL, right? They still worked hard They still gave us the best program we could have possibly had the last year And now as as you said pop they get the chance to finally be on a real stage Speak their truth be seen and I'm just so happy that this is happening for them No doubt Again, pretty another quick shout out to the events team. Shout out to Lindsay. Yes, but all all of them incredible You know, and it's so professional being like on a couple of program committees this year tag security It's incredible But also like even from this, you know from the kubecon perspective It's just incredible the amount of stuff that they have to juggle I will go on record and say this cncf's event team are the greatest in the world. I don't care the great Yes, 100% and I think You know most often in our community is the folks who do things like events who do program committees They're in the background This is the time like and they never ask for any like recognition any light nothing But we owe it to them. We gotta shine the light on these wonderful individuals. I can tell you Vanessa who leads the cncf events team has been Such a phenomenal partner in this journey. We've done tough stuff together And this this hybrid event I will tell you has been the hardest thing any of us has actually executed Because not only are we dealing with our own, you know, it's hybrid. It's in person and and virtual etc, etc We're also dealing with What what is the but economists called the shortage economy Where there's enough money to go around for things but Labor supply is short Physical goods supply is short everything is short the supply chain is totally busted after that Thing happened in the swiss canal where the ship ever given like got stuck All those things have real life implications to folks like the events team And they've made it happen. They've made it work all with a smile on their face So they deserve the biggest kudos No doubt So let's talk about you know folks for for you know registration and what what have you so like how do people you know if you haven't done It's you know, if there's folks that haven't done it If they want to register now like again, we have it on the screen you all there's a link But again, if you go, you know to the website and register right now you virtual or in person I don't you know, I'd love to see you do it all do it You know, see if we can see you all here Is there any kind of other kind of tips and tricks for for this? Yeah, if you forget everything kube.com.io, just go there and you'll get the links that you need You can register up to the last minute and this this year. I'm actually promoting that because We've all had like unique circumstances and sometimes we've wanted to wait before deciding whether I'm going to like show up somewhere in person or not And that you might be in that boat You might be like, you know Ready to assess your risk now and make the decision. So do it. Don't hold back. We're ready. We're prepared So with that being said, I just want to kind of, you know, let me let me uh To keep the lights on real quick. I just want you all if you haven't already, please make sure you follow cloud native dot tv in twitch We've had some, you know, it's been incredible the amount of growth that we've had thus far We'll continue to do so. We just we love putting on this this content for you all So that being said, we got to close out We've got 25 minutes with the gm. Anybody have any questions? Please feel free. You got a couple more minutes, but What leave, you know, let's let's this is the go home right now What do what do we want to say? What do we want to tell people right now to get them either virtually or in person? Come out to hang out with us I think I'd say folks cloud native The team team cloud native started off as you know, stargazers and dreamers who really got together and built this paradigm Of software development and delivery that is now essential across the world It's this paradigm that has made every company a tech company So no matter who you are no matter where you live No matter what your day-to-day looks like this is useful material for you and these are great friends to make So I recommend show up come by Attend in person attend virtually do whatever works for you But don't miss out. This is the wave of the future and you want to be part of this See that that's why I would follow Priyanka into hell. It's been back that being said This was this was Priyanka Sharma the gm of the cncf My name is Dan pop and remembers a community the spotlight is on you