A week in a life with Kubernetes Community - Life as an APAC contributor :: FOSSASIA Summit 2026

FOSSASIA Summit 2026 Sunday, 8 March, 2026 9:00 AM (Asia/Bangkok) To Tuesday, 10 March, 2026 7:30 PM (Asia/Bangkok)

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A week in a life with Kubernetes Community - Life as an APAC contributorKubernetes is one of the world’s largest open-source projects. With more than 80,000 contributors around the world, over 30 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and Working Groups (WGs), and meetings happening around the clock, stepping into the community can feel very overwhelming. For new joiners coming from regions where the maintainer base is still small like APAC, the most common question is: how do I get started in such a vast community?In this talk, Wendy Ha, an upstream contributor with experiences across different aspects of Kubernetes like Cluster API, Etcd, SIG Node, will take you on a week-in-the-life tour of a typical contributor. From Monday to Sunday, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how the community operates:<ul><li>Understanding the community structure, finding SIGs and navigating meeting calendars.</li></ul><ul><li>What to expect when you attend meetings.</li></ul><ul><li>Tips and lessons for collaborating across time zones (especially for APAC and South East Asia contributors).</li></ul><ul><li>How to expand your contributions into the wider CNCF ecosystem.</li></ul><ul><li>Where to get help and guidance.</li></ul>This session not only highlights the most up-to-date community structure of Kubernetes, but also shares lessons learned especially valuable for contributors from APAC and South East Asia regions.