Did You Forget to Submit a Talk? Call for Papers Extended!

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Chase Christensen

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May 28, 2025, 9:33:53 PMMay 28
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Hello Kubeflow Community!

We’re excited to share that the CNCF is officially hosting the Kubeflow Virtual Planning Symposium 2025!

This event is built for the community, especially for those who can’t attend the in-person Kubeflow Summit but still want to contribute, learn, and collaborate. With over 100 registrations so far, we’ve seen talk proposals on topics like drug discovery with Kubeflow, fine-tuning LLMs, model inferencing, JAX, and more!

This is your opportunity to:

  • Showcase how your team uses Kubeflow

  • Learn how others are adopting AI/ML at scale

  • Connect with a vibrant, growing community

Whether you’re a core engineer at a large company, a startup founder, product manager, quota carrier, end user, community builder, distribution maintainer, or work in marketing or advocacy—you are welcome. The event is designed for all skill levels and backgrounds.

Looking ahead to KubeCon NA 2025? This is a great way to warm up a talk or start new conversations before we gather in person at the next Kubeflow Summit!

Registration is free – Sign up here

Call for Papers — Now Extended!

Due to the overwhelming interest, we’re extending the CFP deadline by one week to give you more time to share your ideas!

What's in it for you!?
Here’s what community members have said about why they contributed talks in the past:

“After years of closed-source work, I wanted to contribute to open source AI. The timing felt right.”

“Open source shaped my career. Conferences let me give back and learn.”

“Contributing after leaving a paid OSS role helped my new team avoid reinventing the wheel.”

“Kubeflow feels like Kubernetes did five years ago. I want to ride the rocket.”

“OSS gave me so much. Contributing is how I give back.”

“Promoting our team’s work, meeting collaborators, and practicing public speaking—it’s all valuable.”

We’d love to hear your reasons for contributing!
Share your motivation in this survey

Topics We’d Love to See:

  • Kubeflow 101

  • GenAI Use Cases

  • MLOps / LLMOps Innovations

  • New Sub-Projects (e.g., Spark Operator, Model Registry)

  • Proposed Sub-Projects (e.g., Feast, Arrow Cache)

  • Working Group Updates

  • "Day in the Life" Stories with Kubeflow

Have an idea we haven’t listed? Submit it anyway! We love surprises.

First-time speakers are highly encouraged to apply. Know someone doing great work? Nominate them! They might not even realize the impact they’ve had on the community.

This is your event. Let’s build it together.

We can’t wait to see what you contribute!

If you have any questions or concerns or just need someone to push you to contribute, feel free to reach out to ChaseCadet (Chase Christensen) or Valentina Rodriguez Sosa on the CNCF Slack. We are here to help! Thanks all!


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