Cloud Native AI Summit
Melbourne
Cloud Native AI Summit is an independent, enterprise-focused conference contributing to the convergence of cloud-native foundations and AI.

Melbourne · Australia
Asia–Pacific
Two days of cloud native, platform engineering, AI infrastructure, and developer experience — landing for the first time in Melbourne. A welcoming, vendor-neutral gathering of practitioners from across Australia, New Zealand, and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
- Two-day flagship conference
- Keynotes & deep-dive talks
- Hallway track + community evening
- Diversity scholarships
Speakers
Meet the Speakers.

Liz Fong-Jones
Technical Fellow · Honeycomb

Frank Fan
Principal Container Solution Architect · AWS

Diana Omuoyo
Global Technical Specialist - Observability · Splunk

Hrittik Roy
Software Engineer | CNCF Ambassador · vCluster

Emma Tordsson
Principal Technologist - Platform and AI

Everett Toews
Helping organisations establish or mature a modern AI engineering capability. · Deloitte

Rob Kenefeck
CNCF Ambassador, Kubestronaut, and Field CTO @ ControlPlane · ControlPlane

Kanchana Wickremasinghe
VP & Field CTO · WSO2

Aditya Joshi
Senior Software Engineer@Walmart | CNCF Kubestronaut · Walmart

Akshay Adsul
Solo.io APAC Lead CS Engineering · Solo.io

Kasun Talwatta
Solo.io, Principal Solutions Architect · Solo.io

Santhoshkumar Anandakrishnan
Lead Cloud Architect · Skyline Technology Aus Pty ltd

Thiago Shimada Ramos
Sovereign AI & Platform Architect · EnclaveAI Studio

Anupam Phoghat
Founding Director · Core-X

BMK Lakshminarayanan
Transformation Architect · SECTION6

Charlotte Fleming
Researcher, Developer Relations · Octopus Deploy

Jeff Ishar
Solutions Architect · Okta

Jeffrey Aven
Co-founder · StackQL Studios

Renaldi Gondosubroto
Director · Cloudetica Solutions

Sonia Cuff
Cloud Advocate · Microsoft

Danny Tran
Senior Software Engineer · NAB

Liam Byrne
Software Engineer · Tetrate
Agenda
Two days in Melbourne
Day 1
Wednesday, October 28Coffee Break / Networking / Expo Partners Village
Derric Gilling
Know Your Agents, Control Their Actions: Governing the Identity, Behavior, and Spend of Production AI
Lunch / API Secure Welcome Coffee / Networking / Expo
Everett Toews
Unlearn with AI EvalsCharlotte Fleming
Mandatory or Optional: What the Data Says About Platform AdoptionTBA
Coffee Break / Networking / Expo
Close of Day 1
Day 2
Thursday, October 29Welcome Breakfast in Partners Village
Opening Remarks
TBA
AI SDLC At Scale - From Cloud Agent Spaces To Headless Agents Next To Repos
Coffee Break / Networking / Expo
Danny Tran & Liam Byrne
How to keep APIs safe in the age of AIKanchana Wickremasinghe
Achieving Sovereign AI with an Open Source StackLunch / API Secure Welcome Coffee / Networking / Expo
Santhoshkumar Anandakrishnan & Thiago Shimada Ramos
Securing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): Network Policies, Private Clusters & Pod SecurityRenaldi Gondosubroto
The Build Passed and the Model FailedKasun Talwatta & Akshay Adsul
Why can't I have more tokens Rob? Using agentgateway to keep your AI usage under controlCoffee Break / Networking / Expo
TBA
Close of Day 2
The agenda is subject to change. Times, speakers, and sessions may be updated before the event.

Call for Speakers · Melbourne
Become a Speaker.
Share your experience, lessons, and real-world challenges with a community of practitioners building the next generation of cloud native systems. We're looking for practical, honest talks—from deep technical dives to stories from the field—that help others learn and build better.
Topics
- AI Systems & Agentic Workloads
- Developer Experience & Delivery
- Platforms & Internal Tooling
- Operations, Reliability & Performance
- Observability & Insights
- Security & Trust
- Networking, Edge & Service Mesh
- Data Systems & Storage
- Foundations & Getting Started
- Community, Business & Lessons Learned
- Research & Frontier Topics

Venue
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) is one of Australia's premier event venues, situated on the banks of the Yarra River in South Wharf. With state-of-the-art audiovisual infrastructure, flexible multi-hall spaces, and world-class facilities, MCEC provides the perfect stage for a flagship cloud native conference. It sits just minutes from the Melbourne CBD, easily accessible by tram, train, or ferry.
- World-class AV & technical infrastructure
- Flexible multi-hall configuration
- Riverfront location, Melbourne CBD
- 5-min walk from Southern Cross Station
- On-site catering & networking spaces
Audience
Who should attend?

Cloud Native AI Summit is an independent, enterprise-focused and vendor-neutral conference contributing to the convergence of cloud-native foundations and AI in production. Join us in a welcoming environment where you can expand your knowledge on cutting-edge innovations and industry best practices. Discover the transformative power of Cloud Native technologies, explore software development strategies, delve into DevOps principles, Microservices, Service Mesh, Continuous Delivery, Containers technologies, automating IT operations, Testing, Security and more. Immerse yourself in this exceptional opportunity to learn, collaborate, and grow.
At the Cloud Native AI Summit (CNS), you can expect to connect with a diverse array of attendees from private organizations of all sizes, government entities, and educational institutions. The event serves as a meeting ground for professionals from various sectors, fostering valuable networking opportunities and knowledge sharing. You will have the chance to engage with industry leaders, experts, and like-minded individuals who share a passion for Cloud technologies and its transformative potential. Whether you're seeking partnerships, collaborations, or simply expanding your professional network, CNS provides the ideal platform to meet and interact with a wide range of attendees.
At the event, you will meet
- Leaders of application development / Platform Owners
- Developers / Engineers
- Systems Admins
- DevOps professionals
- Architects
- CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, Executive and Above
- Academics & researchers
- Press and analysts engaged with the future of software development using cloud technologies
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