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Cloud Native & Container Day

Sweden’s #1 cloud native, Kubernetes, and container technology event

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March 5, 2025 | Quality Hotel Strawberry Arena, Solna

Agenda Cloud Native & Container Day 2025

8:45 - 9:30 Arrival, mingle, breakfast, and expo

9:30 - 12:00 Welcome and morning keynotes

Cloud Native Storage Evolution, Ecosystem, & What’s New
Gunnar Grosch, Principal Developer Advocate at AWS and Michael Cade, Field CTO, Veeam Software

Cloud Native Storage Evolution, Ecosystem, & What’s New

A look at how cloud-native storage has evolved, the ecosystem we’ve built along the way, and what’s new in the space. We’ll cover the key moments and innovations that got us here and where things are headed next.

Cut the Buzzwords: Here’s What Cloud Native Really Demands
Andreas Prins, VP Cloud Native at SUSE

Cut the Buzzwords: Here’s What Cloud Native Really Demands

Adopting a cloud-native strategy demands a broad perspective. It’s not just about spinning up containers; it’s about covering all the key areas—secure, observe, build, manage lifecycle, and modernize—while also accounting for different roles in your organization, from strategic leaders to operations and reliability experts. An open source approach encourages collaboration and adaptability across these diverse needs. By tying each functional block to the priorities of various roles, you can make sure everyone benefits—innovation doesn’t undermine stability, and long-term strategy still meets day-to-day operational needs.

Coffee, stretch legs, and expo

Let’s Embrace Green Cloud-Native Engineering
Henrik Rexed CNCF Ambassador and Cloud Native Advocate at Dynatrace

Let’s Embrace Green Cloud-Native Engineering
Over the past decade, our society has become increasingly reliant on software. Companies across the globe are developing software not only to enhance value for their employees but also to serve their customers better. However, a significant portion of this software ultimately resides in data centers—either managed by the organization itself or by cloud providers. Unfortunately, this trend contributes to a staggering 3% of the global carbon footprint.

Recently, a critical shift has occurred: the proliferation of AI and ML workloads is driving enterprises to deploy larger and more resource-intensive applications in our data centers. As a result, the carbon footprint associated with data centers is growing by 2% annually due to AI-related demands. If we fail to transform our cloud-native culture, this trajectory could lead to data centers consuming a whopping 15% of the global carbon footprint, surpassing even the airline industry.

In this enlightening talk, we will explore solutions that allow us to optimize our environment and reduce unnecessary workloads. To enhance the energy efficiency of our Kubernetes (k8s) clusters, we must:
1. Measure and Understand Current Usage: Gain insights into how our environment consumes resources.
2. Use Energy Usage as a Global KPI: Prioritize energy efficiency across all our projects.
3. Dismantle Testing Environments When Not in Use: Avoid unnecessary resource consumption.
4. Continuously Optimize Resource Allocation for k8s Workloads: Fine-tune our cluster for efficiency.
During this session, we’ll also introduce several valuable CNCF projects, including Kepler, KubeGreen, and Vcluster. Let’s collectively shape a greener future for cloud-native engineering!

The Dark Side of Cloud Speed: Finding Threats, Delivering Response
Bruno da Silva, Senior Sales Engineer Nordics at Sysdig

The Dark Side of Cloud Speed: Finding Threats, Delivering Response

Cloud environments have created a playground for attackers who thrive in the shadows.

Based on real operational insights from the world-class Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT), this session reveals the most pressing risks in the cloud threat landscape and their tangible impact on businesses today.
We’ll be going beyond identifying risks— and showing you how to take action. Learn how to leverage the 555 Benchmark to detect threats in seconds, analyse and respond to them in minutes. Stay ahead in the race for cloud security.

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch and expo

13:00 - 13:25 Breakout Sessions

Room 1 O2 Södra
Alert Overload: Cutting Through Cloud Chaos to Find Real Threats
Bruno da Silva, Senior Sales Engineer Nordics at Sysdig

Alert Overload: Cutting Through Cloud Chaos to Find Real Threats

Your cloud is buzzing with alerts—but how many of them actually matter? In a world where attackers move fast and alerts never stop, it’s easy to miss the threats hiding in plain sight. This session dives into practical, no-nonsense ways to filter out the noise and focus on the risks that really need your attention. We’ll break down how in-use compliance data, risk prioritization, and Attack Path Analysis (APA) can help you find the needle in the haystack—before it turns into a fire.

Key Takeaways:

Silence the Static: Tired of alert fatigue? Learn how to tune out the noise and zero in on real threats.
Spot What Actually Matters: Use real-world compliance and risk insights to uncover vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit.
Fast, Focused Response: Get practical techniques to detect, analyze, and respond to threats before they escalate.

Room 2 O2 Norra
See Everything, Secure Everything: SUSE Observability and SUSE Security
Arshad Memon, Solution Architect and Meriem Ahmed, Cloud Native Specialist, SUSE

See Everything, Secure Everything: SUSE Observability and SUSE Security

This session delves into how to enhance your Cloud Native journey with SUSE Security and SUSE Observability, part of SUSE Rancher Prime. Learn how to proactively identify and address vulnerabilities, detect anomalies, and gain comprehensive insights into your IT environment for improved security and compliance.

Room 3 San Siro
Securing Mission Critical Workloads - NOT Mission Impossible
Jonathan Kaftzan, VP Marketing & Business Development at ARMO and Stephen Hoekstra, Mission Critical Engineer at Schuberg Philis

Securing Mission Critical Workloads – NOT Mission Impossible

As cloud migration accelerates, securing mission-critical workloads has become increasingly complex. Organizations must navigate an intricate landscape of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, while maintaining operational efficiency. In this talk we will talk about how leveraging advanced technologies like eBPF, via tools like ARMO Platform and Cilium, companies can develop robust security strategies that don’t require heavy reliance on DevOps teams.

We will show how embracing innovative approaches and tools helped Schuberg Philis make seemingly insurmountable security challenges manageable. The key was creating an intelligent platform that offers dynamic, adaptive protection across cloud environments.

Room 4 Camp Nou
From DevOps to Platform Engineering: The Rise of Internal Developer Platforms
Peter Lunderbye, Sr. Solutions Engineer at HashiCorp

From DevOps to Platform Engineering: The Rise of Internal Developer Platforms

Synopsis DevOps paved the way, but platform engineering is the next evolution. Learn how Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) empower developers while maintaining operational consistency at scale.

13:35 - 14:00 Breakout Sessions

Room 1 O2 Södra
Cloud Native Deployment Models, Operators, Protection & Mobility
Michael Cade, Field CTO, Veeam Software and Gunnar Grosch, Principal Developer Advocate at AWS

Cloud Native Deployment Models, Operators, Protection & Mobility

Let’s talk about how we deploy, protect, and move workloads in cloud-native environments. We’ll cover deployment models, operators, and what’s working (or not) when it comes to keeping things secure and available.

Room 2 O2 Norra
Optimize your Kubernetes workloads with Dynatrace
Magnus Bergman, Solutions Engineer at Dynatrace

Optimize your Kubernetes workloads with Dynatrace One of the steps in Green IT is to optimize and right size your cloud workloads. In this session we’ll go through how Dynatrace can help getting an overview of k8s slack and how to automatically right size the pod resource allocation.

Room 3 San Siro
Multicloud and k8s with Dell Technologies
Hannes Lindman, Advisory Systems Engineer at Dell Technologies

Multicloud and k8s with Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies’ Multicloud by Design approach, and its broad portfolio of cloud platforms and infrastructure for modern workloads accelerate customers’ cloud journeys. With Apex Subscriptions, customers can consume any cloud or Kubernetes platform as a service, using a cloud-like consumption model. Engineered solutions make cloud-native adoption easy, combined with best-of-breed block, file, and object storage.

Room 4 Camp Nou
Accelerating Developer Workflows with GitLab Duo AI: Where Efficiency Meets Security
Mattias Söderberg, Solution Architect at GitLab

Accelerating Developer Workflows with GitLab Duo AI: Where Efficiency Meets Security

Developers today face increasing pressure to deliver code faster while maintaining security standards. GitLab Duo AI serves as an AI-powered coding companion that transforms how developers work by enhancing both productivity and security simultaneously. This talk will demonstrate how this technology is reshaping the developer experience.

14:10 - 14:35 Breakout Sessions

Room 1 O2 Södra
Breakout session Mirantis
Shaun O'Meara, CTO at Mirantis and Arnold Juffer CEO and Founder, Nebul

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Room 2 O2 Norra
Mastering Kubernetes Management and Operations with NetApp Data Infrastructure Insights
Daniel Löwgren, Cloud Infrastructure Architect and Mikka Söder, Partner Tech Lead at NetApp

Mastering Kubernetes Management and Operations with NetApp Data Infrastructure Insights

Unlock the full potential of your Kubernetes environment with Data Infrastructure Insights (DII). Please join Mikka Söder and Daniel Löwgren as they present and demonstrates how DII provides deep visibility into you infrastructure and platform.

Learn how to leverage advanced capabilities like Change Analysis to correlate critical changes and metrics, use the Workload Map to optimize performance and troubleshoot issues swiftly.

Room 3 San Siro
Taming the Noise: Efficient Kubernetes Security Strategies
Jonathan Kaftzan, VP Marketing & Business Development at ARMO and Jonas Larson, Head of DevOps at Proact

Taming the Noise: Efficient Kubernetes Security Strategies

Drowning in a sea of CVEs or misconfigurations? Feeling overwhelmed by Kubernetes security alerts? You’re not alone. Many organizations struggle to prioritize Kubernetes related security issues. They waste precious time and resources addressing issues that pose little actual risk. Join us for a session that will teach you to cut through the noise. We’ll explore how using runtime context is critical for effective prioritization and present real life use cases based on eBPF-based runtime insights.

We will present a live demo showing how to focus on the issues that pose the greatest risk, and provide useful practices that will get you to a stronger security posture with less effort.

14:45 - 15:10 Breakout Sessions

Room 1 O2 Södra
Level Up with OpenShift Virtualization: Making VMs Fun Again
Magnus Bengtsson,Senior Specialist Solution Architect, OpenShift - Cross Segment, Red Hat

Level Up with OpenShift Virtualization: Making VMs Fun Again

Build, run, and manage VMs at scale with OpenShift Virtualization. Leverage OpenShift’s proven virtualization technology to seamlessly integrate virtual machines into your cloud-native infrastructure. Discover how automation, Kubernetes orchestration, and modern cloud-native principles can help you optimize workloads, streamline operations, and enhance scalability. Whether you’re transitioning from traditional virtualization or looking to strengthen your hybrid cloud strategy, OpenShift Virtualization unlocks new capabilities and maximizes efficiency.

Room 2 O2 Norra
Beyond Mocks: Modernizing Integration Testing with Testcontainers
Mohammed Aboullaite, Docker Captain & Sr Backend Engineer at Spotify

Beyond Mocks: Modernizing Integration Testing with Testcontainers

Modern microservices architectures demand robust integration testing strategies that go beyond simple mocking. While mocks are valuable for unit tests, they often fail to catch real-world integration issues, especially when dealing with databases, message queues, and third-party services. Enter Testcontainers – a game-changing testing library that leverages Docker to spin up real service dependencies during test execution.

Through live coding demonstrations and real-world case studies, we’ll explore advanced Testcontainers patterns including custom container definitions, service discovery, and CI/CD integration. We’ll implement tests for PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka, while sharing practical strategies for container reuse, test data management, and maintaining production-like test environments. Whether you’re using Spring Boot, Quarkus, or other JVM frameworks, you’ll leave with actionable insights for implementing Testcontainers in your development workflow.

Room 3 San Siro
Unlock Better Cloud Security
Jamal Morris, Security Engineer at Tenable

Unlock Better Cloud Security

How CNAPP Goes Beyond Native Tools to Achieve Comprehensive Cloud Security.

15:10 - 15:40 Fika and expo

15:40 - 17:15 Afternoon keynotes

Bridging the Gap: Intelligent Data Infrastructure for Cloud Native Agility in Hybrid Multi-Cloud
Rom Adams, Innovation & Solutions at Office of the CTO at NetApp

Bridging the Gap: Intelligent Data Infrastructure for Cloud Native Agility in Hybrid Multi-Cloud

Cloud-native architectures promise simplicity, agility, and scalability, but the need for data infrastructure introduces a complex challenge, especially in hybrid multi-cloud environments. Driven by rapid experimentation, developers often overlook the intricacies of enterprise-grade data management, leading to brittle applications and business continuity risks. This keynote explores the disconnect between development velocity and the realities of data governance and resiliency.

We’ll delve into the role of platform engineering in bridging this gap, emphasizing the importance of early intelligent data infrastructure consideration in implementing a unified data management solution and discovering how to empower developers without sacrificing data integrity, ensuring compliance, and avoiding costly retrofitting. Learn how to build a robust data infrastructure strategy that supports cloud-native innovation while safeguarding your business.

Scaling Up by Scaling Down: Nordea's Kubernetes Journey Continues
Pavol Hronský, Head of Container Automation at Nordea

Scaling Up by Scaling Down: Nordea’s Kubernetes Journey Continues

Kubernetes Journey Continues
Two years ago, I talked about how we unintentionally built a monolithic Kubernetes cluster in our pursuit of scale and the promotion of our internal container platform. We brought immense benefits to hundreds of application teams by providing out-of-the-box monitoring, security, logging, storage, and compliance capabilities. However, we also introduced a host of unforeseen challenges…

Establishing an internal cloud deployment environment within a traditional financial enterprise is not as easy as it seems. In this session, we’ll explore some of the complexities we encountered and outline Nordea’s strategy for overcoming them as we continue transforming our technology stack.

From Zero to Hero: Kubernetes, Containers, and the AI Revolution
Ted Schönbeck, Nordic CTO at Google

From Zero to Hero: Kubernetes, Containers, and the AI Revolution

Ever wondered how containers and Kubernetes went from a Google innovation to the industry standard for IT orchestration? This talk dives deep into the origin story of these transformative technologies, exploring their birth and the vibrant open-source community that embraced, nurtured, and launched Kubernetes into the stratosphere.

We’ll geek out on how K8 is becoming the ultimate bridge between your dusty on-prem servers and the fluffy cloud, finally making hybrid IT a reality. Then, we’ll crank up the nerd factor and explore the next chapter, including how K8s is getting a power-up from lean, mean ARM processors. Finally, because no tech talk is complete without AI, we’ll see how containers and K8s are the secret sauce behind the AI revolution, ending with a sneak peek at a mind-blowing AI service built on this very platform. Prepare for lift-off!