Nirmata at KubeCon | Main conference November 10–12, 2026 | Salt Lake City, Utah
Bring your toughest Kyverno questions to Booth 278
Running Kyverno in production? Exploring how to govern AI agents? Bring the questions your team is working through to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026. From November 9–12 in Salt Lake City, Nirmata will be joining the community for practical sessions, hands-on contributions, and conversations about what comes next for policy as code.
Start with a session. Meet the people building Kyverno. Then stop by Hall 4, Booth 278 to talk through your own use case. Here’s where to find us and what to add to your agenda.
All times below are local to Salt Lake City, MST (UTC−7). Check the official schedule for updates.
Make room for these cloud native conversations
Kyverno: The Supercharged Future of Cloud Native Policy as Code
Suhani | Monday, November 9 | 1:54–1:59 PM
What comes after basic policy validation? In this quick introduction, Suhani explores how Kyverno uses Common Expression Language (CEL) and extends policy capabilities beyond Kubernetes. Find the session at Hyatt Regency, Level 4, Regency Ballroom B–D.
Will It Scale? Moving Supply Chain Security from Concept to Production
Chad Swenson and Sagar Kundral | Tuesday, November 10 | 12:20–12:50 PM
A supply chain security demo is one thing. Operating it in production raises a different set of questions. Join Chad Swenson and Sagar Kundral for lessons from AT&T and Nirmata, including image verification with Sigstore, GitHub Artifact Attestations, and Kyverno. Location: Salt Palace, Level 1, 151.
The Next Generation of Kyverno — Unified Policy as Code at Scale
Jim Bugwadia and Justin Munoz | Tuesday, November 10 | 12:20–12:50 PM
Thinking about the next step for your Kyverno deployment? Jim Bugwadia and Justin Munoz will explore Kyverno’s CEL-based architecture, migration, and enterprise adoption, including JPMorgan Chase’s experience. Location: Salt Palace, Level 2, 254. This talk runs at the same time as “Will It Scale?”, so choose the one that best fits your interests.
The New Scaling Matrix: Balancing In-Place Resizing, VPA, HPA and Automation Solutions
Meghana Kaushal and Dolis Sharma | Tuesday, November 10 | 2:50–3:20 PM
Which scaling approach fits your workloads? Meghana Kaushal and Dolis Sharma explore Kubernetes resource optimization and how to choose an effective strategy. Location: Salt Palace, Level 1, Grand Ballroom GI. This session overlaps with the 3:00 PM start of KyvernoCon.
Follow policy as code into the AI era at KyvernoCon
Tuesday, November 10 | Starts at 3:00 PM
Salt Palace, Level 1, Halls 1–5, Cosmic Canyon
AI agents bring new questions to familiar policy conversations. Who governs inference traffic? What happens after a workload is admitted? How do you put guardrails around autonomous actions? KyvernoCon brings these questions to the Cloud Native Theater, with an afternoon of talks on policy as code across AI and cloud-native systems.
Cloud Native Theater is included with your KubeCon + CloudNativeCon pass; no additional registration is required. View event details.
3:00 PM — KyvernoCon Opening Remarks
Cortney Nickerson and Jim Bugwadia
3:15 PM — After Admission: Kernel Enforcement for Agents Kyverno Let In
Sal Kimmich
3:40 PM — Who’s Governing the GPU Lane? Policy as Code for AI Inference Traffic in Kubernetes
Ciara Stacke and Alessandro Fael Garcia
4:05 PM — Agentic Ops: Building Guardrails for Autonomous AI with Policy-as-Code
Pavan Madduri
4:30 PM — Integrating Envoy AI Gateway and Kyverno Authz for Realtime Governance of LLM and MCP Traffic
Jim Bugwadia and Deepak Goel
Explore the KyvernoCon sessions in the official schedule.
Turn curiosity into a contribution at ContribFest
Wednesday, November 11 | 2:20–3:40 PM | Salt Palace, Level 2, 255 A
Building the Future of Unified Policy-as-Code with Kyverno
You don’t have to arrive with a pull request to get involved. Join Jim Bugwadia, Kirti Goyal, Cortney Nickerson, Saurabh Garg, and Suhani to explore Kyverno’s architecture and find a way to contribute. Work on code, sample policies, or documentation alongside the community. Developers and non-developers are welcome.
Bring the conversation to Booth 278
The session ends. Your questions don’t have to. Stop by Nirmata in Hall 4, Booth 278 and tell us what you’re building, where you’re getting stuck, and what your team needs next.
Already running Kyverno
Let’s talk about your deployment: policy design, hardening, CEL migration, managing policies across clusters, and day-to-day operations. If you’re exploring enterprise support, ask us how Nirmata Enterprise for Kyverno could fit your team’s needs.
Building with AI agents
Bring a scenario you want to secure. Whether your questions involve model access, tool calls, or governance policies, meet the team to discuss AIControls and the controls your applications need.
Watch for more booth updates
We’ll share more about what’s happening at the booth as the event gets closer. Follow Nirmata for updates and keep a little room in your agenda for a conversation with the team.
Explore events hosted by our partners
Our partner ecosystem includes Microsoft Azure and Red Hat. If you’re arriving for Monday’s events, these gatherings are worth a look.
Microsoft Azure Day with Kubernetes
Monday, November 9 | 8:00 AM–6:00 PM. Spend the day exploring Kubernetes and AI applications on AKS with Microsoft’s technical teams. This off-site event requires separate advance registration.
OpenShift Commons Gathering hosted by Red Hat
Monday, November 9 | 8:00 AM–3:00 PM. Hear community perspectives on OpenShift, AI workloads, GitOps, and supply chain security at Hilton Salt Lake City Center. Separate registration is required.
Microsoft Azure Day details and registration | OpenShift Commons details and registration
See you in Salt Lake City
Come for the Kyverno sessions. Stay for the community conversations. Whether you’re tuning a production deployment, exploring AI governance, or making your first contribution, we’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Save your sessions and meet Nirmata in Hall 4, Booth 278. Bring a question. Let’s work through it together.
