{
  "title": "OPA at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026",
  "location": "Amsterdam, NL",
  "startDate": "2026-03-24",
  "endDate": "2026-03-26",
  "banner": "2026-kubecon-eu.png",
  "agenda": [
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      "day": "Monday",
      "date": "March 23",
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          "type": "session",
          "sessionType": "lightning",
          "title": "Project Lightning Talk: How To Add A New Language Feature To OPA",
          "datetime": "10:20 - 10:25",
          "room": "Elicium 2",
          "highlight": true,
          "speakers": [
            {
              "name": "Charlie Egan",
              "title": "OPA Maintainer"
            }
          ],
          "link": "https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2EFwy"
        },
        {
          "type": "session",
          "sessionType": "lightning",
          "title": "Project Lightning Talk: Visualize And Manage Your Cloud-Native Infrastructure With Meshery",
          "datetime": "11:24 - 11:29",
          "room": "Elicium 2",
          "speakers": [
            {
              "name": "Yash Sharma"
            }
          ],
          "link": "https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2EFxS"
        },
        {
          "type": "session",
          "sessionType": "talk",
          "title": "Backend-First IDP: A Production Roadmap With Argo CD, Crossplane, and OPA",
          "datetime": "15:20 - 15:45",
          "room": "Hall 8 | Room G",
          "speakers": [
            {
              "name": "Abhinav Sharma",
              "title": "KodeKloud"
            },
            {
              "name": "Aditya Soni",
              "title": "Sailpoint"
            }
          ],
          "link": "https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY7M/backend-first-idp-a-production-roadmap-with-argo-cd-crossplane-and-opa-abhinav-sharma-kodekloud-aditya-soni-sailpoint"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "day": "Tuesday",
      "date": "March 24",
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "booth",
          "location": "P-22B, Project Pavilion",
          "hours": "10:45 – 19:00 (includes KubeCrawl + CloudNativeFest from 17:30 – 19:00)"
        },
        {
          "type": "session",
          "sessionType": "talk",
          "title": "Your Models Are Vulnerable: How KitOps Turns KServe Into a Zero-Trust Inference Platform",
          "datetime": "12:00 - 12:30",
          "room": "Auditorium",
          "speakers": [
            {
              "name": "Brad Micklea",
              "title": "Jozu"
            },
            {
              "name": "Gavrish Prabhu",
              "title": "Nutanix"
            }
          ],
          "link": "https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CVyT"
        },
        {
          "type": "session",
          "sessionType": "talk",
          "title": "Policy Engines for Kubernetes: Picking One Without Losing Your Mind",
          "datetime": "17:00 - 17:30",
          "room": "Hall 7 | Room A",
          "speakers": [
            {
              "name": "Nabarun Pal",
              "title": "Broadcom"
            }
          ],
          "link": "https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW0S"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "day": "Wednesday",
      "date": "March 25",
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "booth",
          "location": "P-22B, Project Pavilion",
          "hours": "10:45 – 17:20"
        },
        {
          "type": "session",
          "sessionType": "talk",
          "title": "OPA Intro & Deep Dive",
          "datetime": "14:15 - 14:45",
          "room": "E103-105",
          "highlight": true,
          "speakers": [
            {
              "name": "Charlie Egan",
              "title": "OPA Maintainer"
            },
            {
              "name": "Anders Eknert",
              "title": "OPA Maintainer"
            }
          ],
          "link": "https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2EF4m"
        },
        {
          "type": "session",
          "sessionType": "talk",
          "title": "Kubernetes Security at Shopify Scale: Automating Security Across an Infrastructure Monorepo",
          "datetime": "16:00 - 16:30",
          "room": "Hall 8 | Room F",
          "speakers": [
            {
              "name": "Jie Wu",
              "title": "Shopify"
            },
            {
              "name": "Pulkit Garg",
              "title": "Shopify"
            }
          ],
          "link": "https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW3b"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "day": "Thursday",
      "date": "March 26",
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "booth",
          "location": "P-22B, Project Pavilion",
          "hours": "10:45 – 14:30"
        },
        {
          "type": "session",
          "sessionType": "talk",
          "title": "Building a Scalable and Cost-Effective MLOps Platform at PepsiCo Using CNCF Tools",
          "datetime": "11:45 - 12:15",
          "room": "Hall 8 | Room D",
          "speakers": [
            {
              "name": "Chaitanya G",
              "title": "PepsiCo"
            }
          ],
          "link": "https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW5a"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
