KubeAuto Day Berlin
A look back at an evening of Kubernetes automation, platform engineering, FinOps, and production lessons from practitioners in Berlin.
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Speakers
Adi Shacham-Shavit
Enpal
Kadir Keles
Germanedge
Thomas Bähr
DKB
Thomas Maurice
Weaviate
Speakers from industry-leading companies
Event Highlights
KubeAuto Day Berlin · October 15, 2026 · Alte Turnhalle
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KubeAuto Day Berlin
KubeAuto Day Berlin took place at Alte Turnhalle on October 15, 2026, as part of the global KubeAuto Day series. The community-run evening brought together cloud-native practitioners in Germany to share experiences with Kubernetes, platform engineering, automation, FinOps, and AI in production. Technical talks and a panel discussion were followed by food, drinks, and networking.
The event was free to attend and built by practitioners for practitioners, with real production stories and time to meet the people behind the clusters.
Talks
Keynotes and technical sessions explored Kubernetes automation, platform engineering, FinOps, and AI in production.
Community
Practitioners shared production experience and perspectives from across the cloud-native ecosystem.
Networking
The evening closed with food, drinks, and conversations between speakers and attendees.
Speakers
Agenda
4:00 PM
Registration & light refreshments
4:15 PM
The Platform Bet: Stability, Resiliency, and Speed in the AI Era
Adi Shacham-Shavit, Director of Engineering, Platform, Enpal
View details4:30 PM
Operators in Action: Making Kubernetes Work for You
Verena Traub, Cloud Consultant / DevOps Engineer, b'nerd GmbH
View details4:45 PM
Breaking Kubernetes for Fun and Profit
Ali Alp, Distinguished Software Architect, Brainlab
View details5:00 PM
From Laptop to Cluster: What It Takes to Run Autonomous AI Agents on K8S
Dominik Schmidle, Product Leader Platforms, Giant Swarm
View details5:20 PM
Pack More, Spend Less: Kubernetes Workload Optimization at 450+ Cluster Scale
- Emrullah Acar, Senior Systems Engineer, Delivery Hero
- David Pollack, Senior Software Engineer, Delivery Hero
6:10 PM
Coffee break
6:25 PM
Beyond the Pod: Architecting and Scaling AI Agents on Kubernetes
Abdel Sghiouar, Senior Developer Advocate, Google Cloud
View details6:40 PM
Your Code and Your Budget Are Leaving the Cluster
Kim-Norman Sahm, Regional Field CTO, Kimchi
View details7:00 PM
Kubernetes Rightsizing in Practice: A Small Team's Experience with CAST AI
- Thomas Bähr, Cloud Engineer, DKB
- Michael Walorski, Product Owner, DKB
7:30 PM
Panel Discussion: "What's Next for DevOps & Platform in an AI Reality?"
- Kadir Keles, Senior Cloud Engineer, Germanedge (Moderator)
- Adi Shacham-Shavit, Director of Engineering, Platform, Enpal
- Thomas Maurice, Platform Engineer, Weaviate
- Natalie Pistunovich, Public Speaker, University Lecturer, Google Developer Expert for Go
- David Surey, Senior Technical Account Manager, AWS
10:00 PM
Networking, food & drinks
Sponsors
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