Transparency
Report
Hello, Shanghai!
It took a few years longer than we'd hoped, but it was fantastic to finally bring our China community together in Shanghai for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2023. And it was important to us that we could make this happen, because China is a key player in the cloud native ecosystem.
China contributes more to CNCF projects than any other country apart from the USA - accounting for an incredible 9% of all contributions since the CNCF was founded in 2015. In fact, this year 12% of cloud native open source contributions to the CNCF came from China-based maintainers and organizations. Plus, 32 CNCF projects originated in China, including graduated projects like Harbor and TiKV.
For me personally, it was an opportunity to reconnect in person with maintainers and contributors who are shaping the future of cloud native technology. It was inspiring to learn about cloud native at China scale, and how the initiatives you are driving are changing the way that software is built - from powering AI workloads and accelerating AI applications, to large-scale, financial-grade engineering practices.
There is much to unpack from this insightful event, and I've enjoyed looking back as we put this transparency report together for you. I hope you find this information valuable.
Chris Aniszczyk
CTO, CNCF
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open
Source Summit China
at a glance
First-time attendees
CFPs Submitted
Attendees thanks to
Dan Kohn Scholarship Fund
Pieces of media coverage
ATTENDEE
OVERVIEW
It was fantastic to bring our China community together in person, with more than 1900 people joining us in Shanghai, and a further 139 logging in online to view the Keynote Livestream.
Demographics
Attendee Geography
Top Three Job Functions
Developer
607Architect
345DevOps / SRE / SysAdmin
258| Attendee Job Function | Total |
|---|---|
| Architect | 345 |
| Business Operations | 84 |
| Developer | 607 |
| - Data Scientist | 31 |
| - Full Stack Developer | 185 |
| - Machine Learning Specialist | 25 |
| - Web Developer | 7 |
| - Mobile Developer | 42 |
| DevOps / SRE / SysAdmin | 258 |
| Executive | 149 |
| IT Operations | 46 |
| - DevOps | 9 |
| - Systems Admin | 6 |
| - Site Reliability Engineer | 2 |
| - Quality Assurance Engineer | 2 |
| Sales / Marketing | 80 |
| Media / Analyst | 60 |
| Student | 69 |
| Product Manager | 93 |
| Professor / Academic | 31 |
| Other | 88 |
| Attendee Industry | Total |
|---|---|
| Automotive | 85 |
| Consumer Goods | 31 |
| Energy | 23 |
| Financials | 104 |
| Health Care | 26 |
| Industrials | 46 |
| Information Technology | 1,338 |
| Materials | 9 |
| Non-Profit Organization | 64 |
| Professional Services | 110 |
| Telecommunications | 74 |
Year Over Year registration
| Ticket Type | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,500 | 3,500 | 7,160 | 1,910 |
| All Access Attendee | 63% | 46% | 78% | 54% |
| All Access VIP | 5% | 5% | N/A | 3% |
| All Access Individual or Academic | 5% | 8% | N/A | 10% |
| Speaker | 8% | 9% | 2% | 13% |
| Sponsor | 3% | 22% | 5% | 11% |
| Media | 10% | 2% | >1% | 2% |
| Virtual Keynote | N/A | N/A | 17% | 7% |
Content
With 115 sessions, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China featured a diverse line-up of topics ranging from introductory sessions through technical deep-dives. Talks are available now on our YouTube playlist.
| Content | Total | In-person | Virtual |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFP submissions | 589 | ||
| CFP acceptance rate | 14% | ||
| Keynotes (includes sponsored keynotes) | 13 | 13 | |
| Breakouts | 85 | 85 | 0 |
| Maintainer Track sessions | 30 | 26 | 4 |
| Total sessions (Breakout + Maintainer) | 115 | 111 | 4 |
Thank you to our KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2023 co-chairs
Fog Dong
Senior Engineer
BentoML
Kevin WangLead of Cloud Native Open Source
Huawei
Content Breakdown
The schedule was curated by conference co-chairs Fog Dong, Senior Engineer, BentoML; and Kevin Wang, Lead of Cloud Native Open Source, Huawei; who led a program committee of 69 experts, including project maintainers and CNCF Ambassadors.
Talks are selected by the program committee through a rigorous, non-bias process, where they are randomly assigned submissions to review within their area of expertise. You can read the details in our CFP scoring guidelines and specifically about the selection process.
For KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China, 589 submissions were received. Of those, we were able to accept 115 talks with 206 total speakers - an acceptance rate of 14%.
Key stats
CFP
submissions
Speakers
End User
Talks
Vendor
Speakers
(Breakouts)
End User
Speakers
(Breakouts)
Sched.com Session Rating Out of 10
Captioning Usage Data
in-person
in-room captioning
Captioning on mobile
English & Chinese
Speaker Diversity
CNCF enforces guidelines on gender and diversity equality among our speakers, including not accepting all-male panels.
| Speaker Diversity | Overall | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Women + gender non-conforming (keynotes) | 5 | 35% |
| Men (keynotes) | 9 | 65% |
| Women + gender non-conforming (breakouts) | 40 | 21% |
| Men (breakouts) | 153 | 79% |
Dan Kohn Scholarship Fund
The Dan Kohn Scholarship Fund provided opportunities to 86 applicants, including diversity, needs-based, maintainers, and speakers, to attend in person.
Travel Funding
Scholarships
Registration
Scholarships
Speaker
Scholarships
Apply for a scholarship to join us at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024.
Co-Located
Events
Co-located with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China on September 26, CNCF hosted IstioCon - an event dedicated to the leading service mesh in the industry, offering a platform to explore insights drawn from real-world Istio deployments, interactive hands-on activities, and opportunities to connect with maintainers spanning the entire Istio ecosystem.
Alongside, sponsors hosted four co-located events:
- Cloud Native Open Day, hosted by Alibaba Cloud
- GOSIM: Global Open Source Innovation Meetup
- ONE Summit Regional Day, hosted by LF Networking and LF Edge
- OpenJS World, hosted by the OpenJS Foundation
Key Stats
CNCF-Hosted
Co-Lo
Sponsor-
hosted Co-Los
Diversity + Equity + Inclusion
CNCF strives to ensure that everyone who participates in KubeCon + CloudNativeCon feels welcome, regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, age, religion, or economic status.
Our commitment to cultivating a friendly, welcoming, and inclusive environment extends to the facilities and resources we provide at events. In Shanghai, these included:
Nursing Rooms
Communication Stickers
Onsite Child Care
for keynote and
breakout sessions
As part of our deep commitment to diversity, equity and inclusivity, we also hosted EmpowerUs - a networking break for attendees who identify as women, non-binary individuals, or allies, to have open discussions with fellow attendees about challenges, leadership innovation, and empowerment in our fast-growing ecosystem.
| Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity Events and Mentoring | Total |
|---|---|
| Attendees - identifies as a person of color | 1,077 |
| Attendees - age 0-19 | 112 |
| Travel funding scholarships | 27 |
| Registration scholarships | 39 |
| Speaker scholarships | 20 |
| EmpowerUs participants | 15 |
Gold CHAOSS D&I Event Badge
Awarded to events in the open source community that foster healthy D&I practices.
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Media & Analyst
Coverage
Key Stats
media & industry analysts
in attendance 25 media attended from leading Chinese technology publications; 4 English-speaking media and analysts attended from outside China, representing organizations including InfoQ, Gartner, and The Register
Mentions of
the event Kubecon + Cloudnativecon + Open Source Summit was mentioned in English-language media articles, press releases, and blogs
Event Session
YouTube Views As of December 7, event session videos have garnered more than 6,300 views
Media + Analyst Results
mentions of CNCF in media articles, press releases, and blogs
mentions of Kubernetes in media articles, press releases, and blogs
mentions of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in media articles, press releases, and blogs
Chinese Coverage Snapshot
CSDN, this event's marketing promotion and PR partner, provided the following Chinese Coverage Snapshot:
- Published a total of 22 posts related to the conference topic
- Reached more than 60 communities
- Produced 26 Weibo
- Received more than 900,000 views across CSDN accounts
- Received more than 1,145,000 across external media websites
Coverage Highlights
Industry Analyst Coverage Highlights
Sponsor
Information
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China would not be possible without the support of our wonderful sponsors. And attendees agree, 81% visited the solutions showcase during the event.
Overall Event Rating
advancement, or training
others in the industry
the sponsor showcase
| Booth Traffic | Total |
|---|---|
| Onsite leads total | 4,595 |
| Onsite leads average/booth | 287 |
| YOY SPONSORSHIP | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 Virtual | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic | N/A | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Double Diamond | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| Diamond | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Platinum | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gold | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Silver | 12 | 14 | 3 | 10 |
| Start-up | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| End User | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing Opportunities | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| Total Unique | 38 | 42 | 14 | 18 |
Strategic Sponsor
Diamond Sponsors
Thank You
We hope you enjoyed reflecting on a great event in Shanghai - let's do it again in Paris!
Your comments and feedback are welcome at events@cncf.io
Check out our calendar for community events near you and don't forget to register for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in Paris, 19 - 22 March, 2024.