Project Lightning Talk: Closing - Robert Sirchia

This talk emphasizes the importance of community engagement within the KubeCon conference. The speaker encourages attendees to visit the project pavilion, which is distinct from the vendor booths, to explore various projects and get involved. They stress the significance of interaction between maintainers and participants from different companies, highlighting opportunities for collaboration and contribution. Additionally, the speaker provides friendly advice to newcomers, reminding them to stay hydrated and be mindful of their experience at KubeCon.

I first want to thank everybody who's here and I mean that from the bottom of my heart because I am a maintainer and the project pavilion means a lot to all of the participants who are here and the ones who did not make it this time. So, the ask of you is to visit the project pavilion. It is a section that is away from all the vendor

booths. Vendor booths are you know like my company booth the company booths. Have the conversation. If you heard something here that you like, go find the booth. There's a small stage. George Castro should be there. He will be doing presentations there. We might actually do something for Helm. I don't know. But go and visit that. Get involved. Take a moment. Find a project that you like. I

said earlier, if you find a project that has maintainers just from one company and you're from a separate company, they're interested in talking to you. So, take a moment and opportunity to find where you can contribute. For you go for those here who are new to KubeCon, I've said this earlier, hydrate. Hopefully you have good shoes. Relax. And don't party too hard cuz I did my first

time and it was pretty rough. So, with that, thank you all and we wish you a good KubeCon. >> [applause]