KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025: Full Schedule

16-17 June
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14:10 JST

Sponsored Demo: Securing Model Context Protocol with Keycloak: AuthN/AuthZ for MCP Servers

Monday June 16, 2025 14:10 - 14:30 JST

Level 1 | Jupiter

This demo introduces a practical implementation of authentication and authorization for a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using Keycloak. It focuses on how the MCP server can securely handle client access requests.
The implementation follows the principles of OAuth 2.1, demonstrating how Keycloak can issue and validate access tokens and support secure, standards-based communication between MCP clients and the MCP server. The demo highlights how open-source tools can be used to implement reliable and secure authorization flows for AI agents interacting with the MCP server.
This demonstration is ideal for engineers and architects working on secure access control and protocol design for AI agent infrastructure.

In order to facilitate networking and business relationships at the event, you may choose to visit a third party’s booth or access sponsored content. You are never required to visit third party booths or to access sponsored content. When visiting a booth or participating in sponsored activities, the third party will receive some of your registration data. This data includes your first name, last name, title, company, address, email, standard demographics questions (i.e. job function, industry), and details about the sponsored content or resources you interacted with. If you choose to interact with a booth or access sponsored content, you are explicitly consenting to receipt and use of such data by the third-party recipients, which will be subject to their own privacy policies.

Monday June 16, 2025 14:10 - 14:30 JST
Level 1 | Jupiter

Sponsored Demos, Sponsored Demo Sessions

14:40 JST

Sponsored Demo: Architecting and Operating Scalable AI/ML Workloads on Kubernetes

Monday June 16, 2025 14:40 - 15:00 JST

Level 1 | Jupiter

The rapid expansion of AI/ML necessitates scalable infrastructure for training and inference with diverse accelerators. Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) provide a robust platform to meet these demands. This session details key practices for AI/ML on Kubernetes, efficient accelerator management, large-scale distributed training, and optimized inference serving. We also introduce advanced GKE features to maximize performance. AI/ML engineers and MLOps professionals will gain practical knowledge on leveraging Kubernetes and GKE's AI infrastructure to accelerate innovation throughout the AI/ML development lifecycle.

In order to facilitate networking and business relationships at the event, you may choose to visit a third party’s booth or access sponsored content. You are never required to visit third party booths or to access sponsored content. When visiting a booth or participating in sponsored activities, the third party will receive some of your registration data. This data includes your first name, last name, title, company, address, email, standard demographics questions (i.e. job function, industry), and details about the sponsored content or resources you interacted with. If you choose to interact with a booth or access sponsored content, you are explicitly consenting to receipt and use of such data by the third-party recipients, which will be subject to their own privacy policies.

Speakers

Shintaro Sekimoto

Customer Engineer, Google Cloud Japan G.K.

Monday June 16, 2025 14:40 - 15:00 JST
Level 1 | Jupiter

Sponsored Demos, Sponsored Demo Sessions

15:50 JST

Sponsored Demo: LY Corporation's Private Cloud and Its Operations

Monday June 16, 2025 15:50 - 16:10 JST

Level 1 | Jupiter

LY Corporation's services, which cater to one of Japan's largest user bases, are built upon a diverse set of on-premise foundations. These include Kubernetes clusters, virtual environments powered by OpenStack, and proprietary application platforms.

This presentation will delve into the architecture that ensures the stable operation of LY Corporation's private cloud and the accumulated knowledge from our past operational experience. Additionally, we will discuss our future outlook on further enhancing stability and efficiency.

In order to facilitate networking and business relationships at the event, you may choose to visit a third party’s booth or access sponsored content. You are never required to visit third party booths or to access sponsored content. When visiting a booth or participating in sponsored activities, the third party will receive some of your registration data. This data includes your first name, last name, title, company, address, email, standard demographics questions (i.e. job function, industry), and details about the sponsored content or resources you interacted with. If you choose to interact with a booth or access sponsored content, you are explicitly consenting to receipt and use of such data by the third-party recipients, which will be subject to their own privacy policies.

Speakers

Kei Yoshioka

Technical Director, Service Infrastructure Group, LY Corporation

Monday June 16, 2025 15:50 - 16:10 JST
Level 1 | Jupiter

Sponsored Demos, Sponsored Demo Sessions

16:20 JST

Sponsored Demo: Revolutionize DevOps with internal developer platform and multimodal AI

Monday June 16, 2025 16:20 - 16:40 JST

Level 1 | Jupiter

Platform Engineering (PE) bridges the gap between developers and operators to optimize productivity, enhance user experience, and accelerate the delivery of business value. Within PE, the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) serves as the primary interface for developers. In this session, we will demonstrate what an IDP can accomplish and how it contributes to achieving these goals.
Additionally, we will introduce how AI-driven multimodal capabilities can transform IT operations and deliver sustainable efficiency gains. StageCrew:tm:, a cloud service developed by CTC, harnesses multimodal AI to revolutionize incident response—accelerating resolution speed, enhancing quality, and reducing reliance on individual experts. It also streamlines knowledge transfer and automates administrative tasks, such as report and documentation generation, freeing technical teams to focus on core development.

In order to facilitate networking and business relationships at the event, you may choose to visit a third party’s booth or access sponsored content. You are never required to visit third party booths or to access sponsored content. When visiting a booth or participating in sponsored activities, the third party will receive some of your registration data. This data includes your first name, last name, title, company, address, email, standard demographics questions (i.e. job function, industry), and details about the sponsored content or resources you interacted with. If you choose to interact with a booth or access sponsored content, you are explicitly consenting to receipt and use of such data by the third-party recipients, which will be subject to their own privacy policies.

Speakers

Takahiko Niiyama

Manager, Cloud Native Promotion Dept., ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation

Hisa Tanaka

Product Management, StageCrew, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation

Monday June 16, 2025 16:20 - 16:40 JST
Level 1 | Jupiter

Sponsored Demos, Sponsored Demo Sessions

16:50 JST

Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Birds of a Feather

Monday June 16, 2025 16:50 - 17:50 JST

Level 1 | Jupiter

The CNCF, in collaboration with the TODO Group, is excited to host a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session focused on Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) and their role in supporting engineering and security teams. These interactive roundtables (held in both English and Japanese) offer a space to discuss key challenges with mentors knowledgeable in cloud-native and open source operations, including:

Risk assessments for open source dependencies
Security and quality standards in OSS
Barriers to contribution and participation in open source in Japan

Insights gathered during the session will be featured in a CNCF + TODO Group branded OSPO BoF Report Summary, highlighting the shared perspectives from Japan’s cloud native ecosystem. Check out our previous summary from KubeCon India.

Who Should Attend?
Engineers using open source in their company, and professionals overseeing open source operations within their organizations, including OSPO managers, CTOs, security teams, or community advocates. This session is a great opportunity to connect, discuss, and share best practices on integrating open source knowledge and cloud native adoption across security, IT, and business teams.

Space is limited, and we encourage early registration to ensure your participation. Fill out this registration form to RSVP and secure your spot. You must be registered to attend KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025.

Speakers

Masanori Itoh

Project General Manager, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

Masanori has been working in IT industry or IT related areas roughly 30 years.Starting as a software engineer of an operating system of mission critical servers, he worked on high-speed cluster interconnect, Cloud Operating System, etc.After worked on various IT projects for various... Read More →

NAKAMURA YUUICHI

Head of OSPO, Hitachi

Yuichi Nakamura, Ph.D has been engaged with OSS over 20 years, contributed to SELinux, given presentations in many OSS events such as Linux Security Summit, Embedded Linux Conference and KubeCon. He also launched ecosystem of business and OSS contribution model based on Keycloak in... Read More →

Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Project Manager , Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation

Ana is the Project Manager at the Linux foundation TODO Group collaborative project, whose aim is to create and share knowledge on open source management and operations best practices. Formerly she worked at Bitergia, a Software Development Analytics firm, and she has finished her... Read More →

Kimura Kosaku

Senior Research Manager, Fujitsu

Hiroshi Hayakawa

Senior Platform Engineer, LY Corporation

Hiroshi is a lead engineer for Kubernetes-based application platforms in LY Corporation's Private Cloud Division. The company operates numerous large-scale applications on its Kubernetes-based platform, and he excels in ensuring stable operations at scale on Kubernetes and driving... Read More →

Monday June 16, 2025 16:50 - 17:50 JST
Level 1 | Jupiter

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