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Isovalent Sessions at KubeCon NA + Co-Located Events

Cloud Native Rejekts
Closing Keynote
Join Duffie Cooley for the closing keynote at Cloud Native Rejekts 2025 in Atlanta.
Speaker: Duffie Cooley
When: Nov 08, 6:15-6:20 PM EST
Where: Academy of Medicine | Georgia Institute of Technology | Theater
Observability Day
Observability Project Updates
In this session, Donia will be presenting Cilium project.
Speaker: Nico Vibert
When: Nov 10, 9:10-9:35 AM EST
Where: Building B | Level 2 | B206
- Watch the recording
CiliumCon
Breaking News from the Cilium News Network
Live from CNN’s home in Atlanta, catch up with the latest initiatives that are driving innovation across the Cilium and eBPF ecosystem. The eBPF Summit looks very different this year: are you going to take part in this global story?
Speaker: Liz Rice
When: Nov 10, 10:15-10:20 AM EST
Where: Building B | Level 3 | B309
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Cloud Native University
From Squire to Network Knight: Defending the Kubernetes Castle the Cloud Native Way
This talk shows how to secure a Kubernetes cluster by moving from traditional firewalls to modern, identity-based policies with Cilium; equipping you to protect your clusters the cloud-native way.
Speaker: Donia Chaiehloudj
When: Nov 10, 10:40-11:05 AM EST
Where: Building B | Level 2 | B213-214
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VM on Kubernetes Day
Modern Virtualization Technology Panel
Panelist: Raymond de Jong
When: Nov 10, 1:35-2:00 PM EST
Where: Georgia Aquarium | Ocean Ballroom VIP Entrance
VM on Kubernetes Day
Key Networking and Storage Design Considerations for Running KubeVirt with Isovalent
Speaker: Daniel Finneran
When: Nov 10, 2:00-2:30 PM EST
Where: Georgia Aquarium | Ocean Ballroom VIP Entrance
Maintainer
10 Years of Cilium: Connecting, Securing, and Simplifying the Cloud Native Stack
Advancements in multi-cluster connectivity, massively scalable clusters, and Tetragon updates
Speaker: Bill Mulligan
When: Nov 11, 11:15-11:45 AM EST
Where: Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 3
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Solutions showcase, demo theatre
Sponsored Demo: What's new in Tetragon
Tetragon is an open source project that exposes a lot more about what's happening at runtime on Linux Servers. Come Join Duffie Cooley and learn more about how to install it and what types of things it can show.
Speaker: Duffie Cooley
When: Nov 11, 2:00-2:20 PM EST
Where: Building B | Level 1 | Exhibit Hall B3-B5
Connectivity
QEMU in the Fast Lane: Accelerating KubeVirt Networking With eBPF
Deep dive on architecture with Cilium, netkit, AF_XDP, and kernel contributions for performance benchmarks.
Speakers: Daniel Borkmann and Anton Protopopov
When: Nov 11, 5:00-5:30 PM EST
Where: Building B | Level 4 | B405-406a
- Watch the recording
Maintainer
To InGate and Beyond Ingress-nginx!
Lessons from managing ingress-nginx and InGate as co-maintainers.
Speakers: James Strong and Marco Ebert (Giant Swarm)
When: Nov 12, 11:45 am-12:15 PM EST
Where: Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 3
- Watch the recording
Cloud Native Experience
Community Capital: Making OSS and Businesses Successful Together
Donia will be presenting the Cilium project in this session.
Speaker: Liz Rice
When: Nov 10, 9:10-9:35 AM EST
Where: Building B | Level 2 | B206
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Connectivity
Lightning Talk: Know Before You Go! Speedrun Intro To Gateway API
Quick intro to Gateway API, how to get involved, and what’s next.
Speaker: Christine Kim
When: Nov 12, 5:20-5:25 PM EST
Where: Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 2
- Watch the recording

Isovalent Booth Theatre Sessions

Lightning Talk
Cluster API and Cilium Better Together!
In this 10 minute demonstration we will show how to use Cluster API, a tool for creating Kubernetes clusters programmatically and how to leverage a feature called cluster resource sets to install cilium on guest clusters.
Speaker: Duffie Cooley
When: Nov 11, 10:55-11:05 AM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Lightning talk
The Swiss Army Knife of Cloud Native Networking
This session explores how Cilium, powered by eBPF, delivers seamless multi-cloud and multi-tenancy networking for Kubernetes. We will cover key features such as BGP, advanced Load Balancing with LB IPAM, and Gateway API, highlighting their roles in secure, scalable, and efficient connectivity between clusters and external networks.
Speaker: Raymond de Jong
When: Nov 11, 11:05-11:15 AM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Live demo
eBPF Security Visibility and Enforcement for Kubernetes and Beyond
Presenter: Jerry Hency
When: Nov 11, 3:55-4:05 PM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Live demo
Isovalent Load Balancer: Fault Tolerant Load Balancing for VMs, Bare-metal, and Containers
This demo will focus on the eBPF-powered Isovalent Load Balancer (ILB), covering its primary use-cases and scenarios. We'll discuss the benefits of ILB and when to use it instead of Cilium's load-balancer functions. The demo will also highlight resiliency features that help network operators provide fault-tolerant load-balancing for applications in VMs, bare-metal, or containers.
Presenter: Christopher M Luciano
When: Nov 11, 4:05-4:15 PM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Fireside Chat
Code to Kernel: eBPF-Powered Network Monitoring with Splunk Observability
See how Splunk Observability brings eBPF-powered network telemetry from Tetragon and Cilium into real-time dashboards, protocol views, and a Kubernetes-aware network map. Learn how SREs can detect DNS issues, policy drops, or packet loss, without digging through logs or packet captures. Whether you're using Tetragon for runtime security or Cilium for datapath visibility, Splunk helps you answer: “Was it the network?” with evidence, not guesswork.
Moderator: Jeremy Colvin
Guest: Navtej Singh, Splunk
When: Nov 11, 6:30-6:45 PM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Lightning talk
Know Before You Go - Gateway API
Quick intro to Gateway API, how to get involved, and what’s next.
Speaker: Christine Kim
When: Nov 12, 10:40-10:50 AM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Lightning talk
Declutter Your Cluster
Learn how the Isovalent Enterprise Platform can declutter your cluster and help you run faster with less overhead.
Speakers: Nico Vibert and Dan Finneran
When: Nov 12, 10:50-11:00 AM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Live demo
Isovalent Network Bridge: VMware to OpenShift Migrations with IP Preservation, Consistent Security, and Observability
Learn how Isovalent Networking for Virtual Machines (INVI) and the Isovalent Network Bridge can help you migrate applications from VMware to Kubernetes with minimal disruption and zero application changes.
Presenter: Marcos Hernandez
When: Nov 12, 3:40-3:50 PM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Live demo
Seamless Multi-Cloud Networking with Cluster Mesh
Experience how Cilium Cluster Mesh delivers seamless, secure, and observable connectivity for applications across multiple clusters and clouds. This demo showcases topology-aware routing, advanced traffic engineering, and cross-cluster security using Cilium Network Policies and Gateway API interoperability.
Presenter: Raymond de Jong
When: Nov 12, 3:50-4:00 PM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Lightning talk
Visualizing Security Data with Tetragon and Splunk
In this session, we'll demonstrate how Tetragon's identity-aware data collection can be seamlessly integrated with Splunk's powerful visualization tools to create real-time security dashboards.
Speaker: Jeremy Colvin
When: Nov 13, 10:40-10:50 AM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610
Live demo
Another Day, Another Million Flows. How to Find the Needle in the Haystack with Cilium and Hubble K8s Network Visibility
Access to the back end has stopped working suddenly, but nobody has touched it!" Have you ever received a message like this?
In this demo, we will show you how Hubble and Timescape can help with troubleshooting network connectivity and policy issues by providing flow visualization and analysis.
Speaker: Yves Fauser
When: Nov 13, 10:50-11:00 AM EST
Where: Isovalent Booth 610