Name: Kubernetes Steering Committee - Navigating the Tides of the Kubernetes Ocean - Maciej Szulik, Independent; Paco Xu, DaoCloud; Nikhita Raghunath & Nabarun Pal, Broadcom
Start: 2025-08-07T14:50:00+0530
End: 2025-08-07T15:20:00+0530

6-7 August
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Thursday August 7, 2025 2:50pm - 3:20pm IST

MRG 1-6

How do you steer a project as vast and dynamic as Kubernetes? Join Nikhita, Paco, Nabarun, and Maciej for a candid conversation diving deep into the Kubernetes Steering Committee, the governing heart of the project. This panel will explore the committee's evolution from its origins to its critical present-day responsibilities and its vision for the future.

Gain firsthand perspectives on the challenges and strategic decisions involved in guiding one of the world's most vital open-source projects. We will cover key aspects like defining core values, overseeing crucial financial planning, shaping the community structure, and ensuring the project's overall health. Discover learnings from the Kubernetes governance journey that you can potentially leverage to enhance governance within your own cloud native projects. If you have questions or want insights into Kubernetes governance, drop by for this insightful discussion!

Speakers

Maciej Szulik

Software Engineer, Independant

Maciej is a passionate developer with almost two decades of experience in many languages. Currently he's working on Kubernetes for Defense Unicorns. Whereas at night he is hacking on side projects with python. In his spare time he enjoys reading a good book or taking photos.

Nabarun Pal

Principal Software Engineer, Kubernetes Maintainer, Broadcom

Nabarun is a Principal Software Engineer, a maintainer of the Kubernetes project, an emeritus member of the Kubernetes Steering Committee member and a chair of Kubernetes SIG Contributor Experience. He is a Release Manager for Kubernetes and has been the Kubernetes 1.21 Release Team... Read More →

Paco Xu

Lead of open source team, DaoCloud

Paco is co-chair of KubeCon+CloudNativeCon China 2024, and a member of Kubernetes Steering Committee. Paco is a kubeadm maintainer and an active kubernetes contributor. He is the leader of the open-source team in DaoCloud. He organized KCD Chengdu 2022 and KCS China 2023, and... Read More →

Nikhita Raghunath

Principal Engineer @ Broadcom (VMware), ex-CNCF TOC, KubeCon Chair, Kubernetes Steering, Broadcom

Nikhita is a staff software engineer at VMware and a maintainer of the Kubernetes project. She is a member of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee and has won the CNCF Top Committer Award in 2021 for her technical contributions. She is currently the technical lead for Kubernetes... Read More →

Thursday August 7, 2025 2:50pm - 3:20pm IST
MRG 1-6

Maintainer Track, API Expression

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025

Maciej Szulik

Nabarun Pal

Paco Xu

Nikhita Raghunath

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