Agenda
Agenda
Program Schedule
Event Agenda
Explore our carefully curated schedule designed to maximize learning and networking opportunities.
Day - 01
05
December
10:00Beyond DIY Kubernetes: The "Why" of Managed OpenShift
Vanilla Kubernetes is powerful, but managing, patching, and scaling it is a full-time job that doesn't add direct business value. This "DIY toil" is a major drain on your best engineers. This session dives into the architecture of managed application platforms. We'll explore what "managed" truly means with services like Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) and Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA). We'll highlight the critical difference between K8s services and a complete, turnkey application platform, from developer tools to built-in security. See how a fully managed OpenShift service provides the consistent, secure, and hybrid foundation you need to deliver applications anywhere.
Rhys Powell
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Rhys Powell
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Rhys Powell is a Senior Black Belt in Managed Cloud Solutions at Red Hat, following years of experience in both consultancy and client-side positions, across DevOps and Cloud. In his current role he works with businesses to help them understand ways of working with platforms in the cloud and across hybrid environments, showing business benefits and value at all levels of the organisation and helping strengthen technical ability and release technical blockers from teams.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhyspowell/?originalSubdomain=uk
05
December
10:30Running VMs Alongside Containers with OpenShift Virtualization: Your VMs, now Cloud-native
Your "cloud-native" strategy is probably being held back by one big thing: hundreds of mission-critical VMs. A "lift and shift" just moves the problem, and a "rip and replace" rewrite is too slow and risky. This session introduces a third, more practical option. We’ll demonstrate the power of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, running in the Cloud. See how you can standardize your infrastructure, modernize your applications, and gain control over your cloud spending by importing, running, and managing your existing virtual machines side-by-side with containers, all on the same platform.
Aneesh AR
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Aneesh AR
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Aneesh serves as one of the EMEA Black Belts at Red Hat, where he focuses on cloud services. Over the past two decades, he has built a career that bridges software development, security, and cloud-native innovation, supporting enterprise customers on their journey to open cloud adoption. Beyond work, Aneesh is passionate about nature - he enjoys watching wildlife documentaries and exploring the outdoors whenever he gets the chance.
05
December
11:00From Notebook to Production: A Look at OpenShift AI on cloud services
AI is a top priority, but most MLOps pipelines are a complex patchwork of tools. Data scientists are stuck waiting for resources, and platform teams are forced to manage yet another silo. This session shows a better way. We’ll explore Red Hat OpenShift AI, an integrated set of tools that provides a complete, end-to-end AI/ML platform. See how data scientists get the notebook and model-serving tools they love, while platform teams get the scalability and governance they need, all running on the same managed OpenShift in the Cloud foundation.
Philipp Bergsmann
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Philipp Bergsmann
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Philipp is part of the EMEA OpenShift Black Belt team at Red Hat, focusing on the managed cloud offerings. He has worked in the IT industry for about 20 years in various roles, from development to cloud infrastructure consulting. Over the last few years, Philipp has worked extensively on Kubernetes-related topics, planning and implementing Kubernetes platforms with various local and international companies.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phbergsmann/
05
December
11:30The Cloud Fridays Wrap: Insights, Answers & Actions
After a day of diving deep into managed Kubernetes, VM modernization, and cloud-powered AI, join our expert panel and Techstrong moderator, Alan Shimel, for a fireside chat roundtable that brings it all together. We’ll connect the strategic themes across each session, highlight the most important takeaways, and address your top questions live. Whether you’re defining your cloud platform strategy or planning your next modernization move, this closing conversation will give you clear guidance, practical next steps, and a unified view of how managed Red Hat OpenShift can accelerate your roadmap.
Alan Shimel
Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief Techstrong Group
Alan Shimel
Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief Techstrong Group
As founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, Alan manages a broad array of businesses and brands including Techstrong Media, Techstrong Live, Techstrong Research, Devops.com, Security Boulevard, Techstrong TV, and Techstrong Learning. To do so and succeed, Alan has to be attuned to the world of technology, particularly DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud-native and digital transformation.
Rhys Powell
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Rhys Powell
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Rhys Powell is a Senior Black Belt in Managed Cloud Solutions at Red Hat, following years of experience in both consultancy and client-side positions, across DevOps and Cloud. In his current role he works with businesses to help them understand ways of working with platforms in the cloud and across hybrid environments, showing business benefits and value at all levels of the organisation and helping strengthen technical ability and release technical blockers from teams.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhyspowell/?originalSubdomain=uk
Philipp Bergsmann
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Philipp Bergsmann
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Philipp is part of the EMEA OpenShift Black Belt team at Red Hat, focusing on the managed cloud offerings. He has worked in the IT industry for about 20 years in various roles, from development to cloud infrastructure consulting. Over the last few years, Philipp has worked extensively on Kubernetes-related topics, planning and implementing Kubernetes platforms with various local and international companies.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phbergsmann/
Aneesh AR
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Aneesh AR
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift, Red Hat
Aneesh serves as one of the EMEA Black Belts at Red Hat, where he focuses on cloud services. Over the past two decades, he has built a career that bridges software development, security, and cloud-native innovation, supporting enterprise customers on their journey to open cloud adoption. Beyond work, Aneesh is passionate about nature - he enjoys watching wildlife documentaries and exploring the outdoors whenever he gets the chance.