Cloud Native Back to the Future - The Road Ahead

Explore the future of cloud native computing in this keynote presentation that examines the evolution and upcoming challenges facing the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Discover how the CNCF's ecosystem of over 200 projects is adapting to address emerging demands around security, sustainability, complexity, and new workloads including AI inference and intelligent agents. Learn about the transition from foundational building blocks to the next generation of cloud native development, with insights into how new projects are tackling emerging workloads, their impact on security practices across the ecosystem, and how existing projects are evolving to meet contemporary realities. Gain understanding of how the CNCF itself is transforming to support next-generation computing needs, while reflecting on a decade of cloud native innovation and looking forward to powering the age of AI and intelligent systems.