Maintainer Summit North America 2025

Kubernetes Maintainer Summit North America, hosted in Atlanta, Georgia.

Event Summary

The North America edition of the Maintainer Summit took place on November 10th, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was co-located with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025.

The Summit provided a dedicated space for the maintainer community to collaborate through:

  • Unconference Tracks: Several hours of spontaneous, peer-led deep dives into contributor experience and technical bottlenecks.
  • SIG & WG Meetings: In-person sessions for Special Interest Groups and Working Groups to align on 2026 roadmaps.

Recordings & Presentations

  • Watch Sessions: Recordings from the summit are available on the CNCF YouTube Channel.
  • Event Schedule: The full list of sessions and speakers is hosted on Sched.
  • Slide Decks: Slide decks and presentation PDFs are available via the individual session links on the schedule.

Call for Session Proposals

The Call for Papers (CFP) for this event is closed. For historical reference, you can review the original session tracks and descriptions on the event schedule.

Code of Conduct

Attendees participated under the Kubernetes Code of Conduct.