Welcome + Opening Remarks
summary
Opening remarks set the conference frame that running AI on Kubernetes is normal now and the urgent problem is efficiency not feasibility, tracing evolution from early experiments in 2021 to 2025 priorities: LLMs and RAG in production, scale‑out inference, fine‑tuning APIs, edge deployments, training at cluster scale and governance ethics sustainability requirements. Community pathways include CNCF and Kubernetes WG Slack channels and working groups. Logistics note Mirantis as platinum sponsor, lunch in S5, coffee outside, and captioning & translation via QR and session ID.
AI-written summary · about
