Following a sold-out debut last year, the event program aims to assist companies in further scaling their operations. This initiative leverages the momentum of the 69% of Japanese firms that indicated they gained more business value through open source as cited in the Linux Foundation’s The State of Open Source Japan 2025<\/a> study.<\/p>\n “Japan’s year-over-year growth in open source investment is a clear signal that enterprises here are ready to tackle the greatest opportunity in technology today,” said Jonathan Bryce, executive director, CNCF. “Inference is rapidly becoming the largest compute use case in human history, which is why 66% of organizations already use Kubernetes as the operating system for AI. This community is perfectly positioned to standardize this stack and deliver the reliability and scale the global AI economy now requires.”<\/p>\n The event will feature keynotes, sessions, lightning talks, and breakout discussions covering the top open source cloud native technologies underpinning artificial intelligence (AI), observability, platform engineering, operations, and security.<\/p>\n Highlights at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 include:<\/p>\n AI + ML<\/p>\n Recognizing AI as a primary open source technology in Japan, this track explores how cloud native approaches further support AI innovation to manage GPUs, orchestrate workloads, and support emerging architectures like AI agents.<\/p>\n Session Highlight: Architecting Secure Agentic Workflows on Kubernetes: A Financial Sector Case Study<\/a> – Vincent Caldeira & Morgan Foster, Red Hat<\/p>\n View the full AI + ML track here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cloud Native Novice<\/p>\n This track is designed for organizations aiming to modernize their tech stacks and minimize vendor lock-in by delivering foundational computer science concepts.<\/p>\n Session Highlight: I Tested 7 So You Only Need 1: Your First Gateway API Migration in 5 Minutes<\/a> – Hoon Jo, Megazone<\/p>\n View the full Cloud Native Novice track here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Observability<\/p>\n This track covers system observability, including logs, metrics, and tracing, essential for ensuring reliability in distributed systems.<\/p>\n Session Highlight: Designing for High-cardinality Metrics<\/a> – Walther Lee & Aleksandr Krivoshchekov, Reddit<\/p>\n View the full Observability track here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Operations + Performance<\/p>\n This track is designed for organizations prioritizing professional support for mission-critical open source workloads. It focuses on providing the operational rigor necessary for managing high-stakes environments.<\/p>\n Session Highlight: Sustainability by Design: Leveraging DRA for Energy-Efficient Kubernetes Clusters<\/a> – Sunyanan Choochotkaew, IBM Research & Faseela Kundattil, Ericsson<\/p>\n View the full Operations + Performance track here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Platform Engineering<\/p>\n As platform engineering continues to address the governance gap, this track presents how teams are building internal platforms for self-service infrastructure, complexity management, and support for emerging AI workloads.<\/p>\n Session Highlight: OCI is not Git: Rethinking the GitOps Source of Truth for a Kubernetes-Native World<\/a> – Michael Crenshaw, Intuit & Robin Lieb, Independent<\/p>\n View the full Platform Engineering track here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Security<\/p>\n This track explores evolving security posture through automated testing and direct dependency evaluation to overcome IP and security concerns.<\/p>\n Session Highlight: SBOMit: Making SBOMs Accurate with Attestations<\/a> – Marco De Vincenzi & Justin Cappos, NYU<\/p>\n View the full Security track here<\/a>.<\/p>\n To view the full schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026, visit: https:\/\/events.linuxfoundation.org\/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan\/program\/schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dan Kohn Scholarship Program<\/p>\n The Dan Kohn Scholarship program offers registration and travel funding scholarships for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan. Application deadlines:<\/p>\n Scholarship<\/a> application deadline: June 22 \u00a0(23:59 PM PDT \/ 23 June, 15:59 PM JST) Registration<\/p>\n Standard registration for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan<\/a> is available until Tuesday, June 16, 23:59 PM JST.<\/p>\n Sponsorships <\/p>\n KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan is made possible with support from our sponsors<\/a>.<\/p>\n Companies interested in sponsoring KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan should submit a request to [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>. Signed contracts are due Friday, June 19. View the sponsorship prospectus<\/a>.<\/p>\n Additional Resources<\/p>\n About Cloud Native Computing Foundation
\n Travel Funding<\/a> application deadline: May 31, 23:59 PM PDT \/ 1 June, 15:59 PM JST)<\/p>\n
Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open-source software stack across public, private, and hybrid clouds. The CNCF hosts critical components of global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy, bringing together top developers, end users, and vendors. Supported by nearly 800 members, including the world’s largest technology companies and over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/a>www.cncf.io<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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