As AI agents move from developer desktops to Kubernetes, agent harnesses are emerging as a new runtime model. Explore how Kubernetes primitives can support sandboxed execution, checkpointing, scaling, and security while preserving the developer experience that makes agent harnesses powerful.

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Not all gateways perform equally under production pressure. This session examines real-world performance benchmarks across Envoy Gateway, NGINX, agentgateway, Istio, and more, revealing how gateway implementations handle connection limits, routing changes, and resource consumption. Learn practical strategies for selecting and optimizing a Gateway API architecture built for production.

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AI workloads are introducing new requirements for Kubernetes networking and traffic management. Join members of the AI Gateway Working Group to explore emerging standards and API designs for AI-aware networking, including how the Kubernetes ecosystem is evolving to support inference traffic and the next generation of AI applications.

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Get hands-on with Istio and learn how to contribute to one of the cloud native ecosystem's leading service mesh projects. This collaborative session introduces participants to Istio development and provides an opportunity to work alongside community contributors while exploring the technologies behind production service mesh deployments.

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AI agents introduce unique challenges for Kubernetes infrastructure, from long-running, stateful sessions to unpredictable resource demands and security risks. Explore lessons learned from sandboxing agents with kagent, including how to isolate agent execution, manage workloads safely, and build a more secure foundation for agentic applications.

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What happens when AI agents become trusted collaborators in cloud native operations? Through live demonstrations featuring Drone 2, discover how AI agents, MCP, and natural language interfaces can help troubleshoot production issues, analyze token spending, and automate everyday Kubernetes tasks while keeping humans in control.

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What are organizations really experiencing as they move AI into production? Drawing on insights from more than 2,000 customer conversations, this session explores the practical challenges, emerging patterns, and key considerations shaping enterprise AI adoption. Gain a perspective on what teams need to successfully operationalize AI beyond experimentation.

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Traditional Kubernetes Pods weren't designed for the unique demands of autonomous AI agents. Discover why agentic workloads require new approaches to execution, isolation, lifecycle management, and infrastructure orchestration. This session introduces Agent Substrate and explores how cloud native infrastructure can evolve to support AI agents in production.

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Discover how Istio 1.31 introduces new visibility controls for ServiceEntry resources, giving mesh administrators greater control over how services are exposed across namespaces. Learn how these policies simplify multi-tenant service mesh management and enable teams to adopt egress waypoints without disrupting other workloads.

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New to Kubernetes networking? This beginner-friendly session breaks down the Gateway API, explaining why it matters, how it improves on traditional Ingress, and what to consider when choosing an implementation. Explore practical examples from Istio, Envoy, and agentgateway to better understand modern Kubernetes traffic management.

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Get hands-on with kagent and discover how to contribute to the growing open-source ecosystem for AI agents on Kubernetes. Join project maintainers to explore kagent's architecture, learn how agents interact with MCP tools, set up a local development environment, and get started with your first open-source contribution.

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