2nd AI Native Open Session

CNCF has led the revolution of cloud native for the IT industry, and telecommunications have followed this direction since CNCF issued the definition of cloud native. Organisations like ETSI NFV ISG have aligned with CNCF’s flagship direction, and global telecom operators have deployed their 5G networks with a cloud‑native vision. With the rapid growth of AI and agent technologies, cloud‑native platforms offer a scalable, reliable, and standardised foundation for modern applications. CNCF is proactively defining and leading the AI‑Native paradigm through open standards and projects, ensuring future software development efficiently leverages artificial intelligence at scale. ETSI NFV ISG held the first AI‑Native Open Session at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 and encouraged CNCF to continue leading this direction. On 7 September 2026, during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra Summit + PyTorch + AgntCon China 2026, ETSI NFV ISG will organise the 2nd AI Native Open Session, gathering global AI‑native leaders in Shanghai. “ETSI NFV ISG held the first AI native summit and encouraged CNCF to continue to lead ‘AI Native’ direction at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026.” Attendance is free of charge. 13:30 – 13:40 Welcome + Opening Remark, Yoshihiro Nakajima, ETSI ISG NFV Chair 13:40 – 14:00 Open Source Infrastructure for the AI native era, Jonathan Bryce, CNCF Executive Driector 14:00-14:20 NFV journey from Cloud Native to AI native, Yoshihiro Nakajima, ETSI ISG NFV Chair 14:20 – 14:40 14:40 – 15:00 15:00 – 15:40 Panel：Evolution of AI Native architecture and infrastructure Break 20min 16:00 – 16:20 From Inference to Agents, Mark Coiler, Executive Director, Pytorch 16:20 - 16:40 The Cloud-Native Substrate: Bridging Infrastructure, MLOps, and the Agentic Frontier, Vincent Caldeira, APAC CTO, Red Hat 16:40 – 17:00 From Data Preparation to Inference: Closing the Lifecycle Gap in AI Infrastructure on Kubernetes, Pengfei Ni,Principle Software Engineer，Microsoft 17:00 – 17:20 Beyond the Model: How AI Agents Decide, Act and Collaborate, Betty Zheng, Senior Developer Advocate, AWS 17:20 – 17:40 TBD, TBD, TBD 17:40- 18 :00 Closing remark, Yoshihiro Nakajima, ETSI ISG NFV Chair