KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2026: Full Schedule

18-19 June
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2:30pm IST

Ready, Set, Go: WASM-Powered Containers Taking Your AI To New Heights - Anshika Tiwari, Amazon Web Services & Abhineet Saxena, Independent

Friday June 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm IST

205 (Level 2)

With the rise of containerization and edge computing, the demand for portable, efficient, and low-latency solutions is growing. WebAssembly (WASM), known for its small size and fast loading, is expanding beyond the browser into containerized and edge environments. When combined with CNCF projects like Kraken, WasmEdge Runtime, and containerd, WASM can unlock hardware accelerators (GPU, TPU, FPGA) to revolutionize AI/ML workloads across both containerized and edge deployments.

In this talk, we’ll explore:

1. How Kraken and WasmEdge Runtime enable seamless integration of WASM into containerized environments for enhanced performance.
2. Live demos showcasing WASM-powered containers running AI workloads across various hardware platforms.

By the end of this talk, you'll know how to take your containerized and edge AI/ML workloads to the next level with speed, portability, and hardware acceleration.

Speakers

Abhineet Saxena

Cloud Engineer, Atlassian India

Abhineet Saxena is a Cloud Engineer with expertise in AWS, Linux, and DevOps practices, as well as an AWS User Group Leader and CNCF Community Leader. He has actively contributed to the tech community by organizing and speaking at events like Kubernetes Birthday Bash, Grafana Jaipur... Read More →

Anshika Tiwari

CSA - Cloud Engineer, Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Anshika is a passionate DevOps/SRE Engineer who is always eager to learn & implement cloud-native solutions, she has contributed to streamlining deployment processes and enhancing system reliability. She is eager to share her experiences and insights at conferences, contributing to... Read More →

Friday June 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm IST
205 (Level 2)

Emerging + Advanced

Content Experience Level Any

3:10pm IST

When Kubernetes Becomes an Interface, Not a Cluster - Samarth Sharma, DataGenie & Goutam Verma, Expedia

Friday June 19, 2026 3:10pm - 3:40pm IST

205 (Level 2)

We often treat Kubernetes as a system you must continuously run and operate. But in practice, many teams interact with Kubernetes primarily as an API contract rather than as an always on control plane.
In this talk we'll explore a different way to think about Kubernetes, what if the Kubernetes API mattered more than the cluster itself?

Instead of running a full control plane with etcd, schedulers, and nodes, workloads are executed locally using lightweight runtimes, while applications continue to interact through Kubernetes-style APIs.

We'll see:

=> Which Kubernetes components are actually required to run workloads
=> Running workloads without etcd, schedulers, or nodes
=> Local-first execution with Kubernetes-compatible APIs
=> Clear limitations and failure modes of this approach
=> What this model enables for edge, disaster recovery, and local development

The goal is not to replace Kubernetes, but to understand which parts of it are essential and which are incidental. with a demo

Speakers

Goutam Verma

SDE II, Expedia

Samarth Sharma

Software Engineer, DataGenie

I am Samarth Sharma, a software engineer and an Opensource enthusiast. I have worked with various tech organizations as a Software Engineer Fellow, including Google Summer of Code' 22 and 23, Geeks for Geeks, MLH and Metafic.

Friday June 19, 2026 3:10pm - 3:40pm IST
205 (Level 2)

Emerging + Advanced

Content Experience Level Intermediate

4:10pm IST

Validating RK3588 for KubeEdge: Scalable ARM64 Edge Node Simulation Without Hardware - Sachin Jha, CNCF(KubeEdge)

Friday June 19, 2026 4:10pm - 4:40pm IST

205 (Level 2)

In this session, I’ll share how I validated support for the RK3588 ARM64 chip in KubeEdge—without using any physical hardware. Instead of relying on real devices, I built a simulation-based setup that mimics how an RK3588-powered edge node behaves inside KubeEdge.

I’ll walk through the practical steps: how the environment was emulated, how pods were tested, and how metrics, node status, and edge-core behavior were verified. Along the way, I’ll also highlight the challenges, what worked, what didn’t, and the key lessons that made the process smoother.

If you’re interested in edge computing, ARM devices, or contributing to KubeEdge without access to specialized hardware, this talk will give you a clear, realistic, and easy-to-follow blueprint.

Speakers

Sachin Jha

LFX Intern, CNCF(KubeEdge)

Sachin is a cloud-native enthusiast and an active contributor to CNCF projects, currently focusing on Kyverno. With a strong background in DevOps, Kubernetes, and containerization, Sachin has been actively involved in open-source communities, collaborating on policy-driven security... Read More →

Friday June 19, 2026 4:10pm - 4:40pm IST
205 (Level 2)

Emerging + Advanced

Content Experience Level Intermediate

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2026

2:30pm IST

Abhineet Saxena

Anshika Tiwari

3:10pm IST

Goutam Verma

Samarth Sharma

4:10pm IST

Sachin Jha

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