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Rootconf 2025 Annual Conference CfP

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How does the submission process work Every submission receives feedback via an online review. Submissions made between 1 March and 20 April 2025 will be considered for Rootconf 2025 Annual Conference. expand

How does the submission process work

Every submission receives feedback via an online review. Submissions made between 1 March and 20 April 2025 will be considered for Rootconf 2025 Annual Conference.

Online reviews take place during evenings on weekdays, where two reviewers give feedback to each submission on validity (correctness), whether the solution worked for the organization or not, and if there is any novelty factor proposed in the talk/approach.

The track curators will select talks from reviewed submissions - as per fit with their respective tracks.

Follow the guidelines shared in the submission form to make a solid submission. Here are some examples of well-written Rootconf submissions:

  1. Rebuilding Tecton’s real-time compute stack
  2. Finetuning LLMs with LogQL
  3. How to do secure software engineering in startups
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Accepting submissions till 20 Apr 2025, 11:59 PM

Vinay Keerthi

Vinay Keerthi

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Web Development with Flask 3.0

Web Development with Flask 3.0 Introduction This workshop introduces beginner programmers to Web Development with Flask 3.0. It walks through the creation of a money management application and demonstrates Flask 3.0’s async capabilities as well. more
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  • 23 Jan 2025
Type of submission: Hands-on workshop Topic of your submission: Other

Raj Suvariya

Behind the Scenes: Automating TiDB Maintenance with K8s Magic

{Describe your talk/session in 2-3 paragraphs} Modern distributed databases like TiDB offer unparalleled scalability and reliability, but managing their planned maintenance in a production-grade environment can pose significant challenges. At Flipkart, we automated this critical process using Kubernetes Operators, enabling seamless management of TiDB clusters with no downtime. This talk will expl… more
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  • 28 Jan 2025
Topic of your submission: Databases Type of submission: 30 mins talk

Shruthi Chittanooru

From SIEM to AI: Automating Security Operations with GenAI

In this talk, we will showcase how GenAI-powered security automation can revolutionize threat modeling, threat detection, incident response, and log analysis compared to traditional SIEM(Security Information & Event Management) systems. We begin by demonstrating a real-world security incident where a system logs multiple failed login attempts followed by a successful one, indicating a possible br… more
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  • 22 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: AI/GenAI for Security Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Prachi Jamdade

Why Repo Grokking is Important for Software Development and it is the Future of Coding with AI

With so much hype around AI tools, developers can now build and ship faster. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor make it super easy to write code and vibe with it. But sometimes, these tools fail to understand the context and intent behind prompts. When you provide them with the code and details first, they can finally answer your queries. However, the code they generate might not align with t… more
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  • 22 Mar 2025
Type of submission: 30 mins talk Topic of your submission: AI infrastructure and operations I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Bharath Nallapeta

RRR: Rapid, Resilient, Reliable - Cluster Provisioning with k0rdent

Abstract MLOps isn’t just about deploying AI models - it’s about building a scalable, repeatable, and automated AI platform. Setting up GPU-powered clusters, model-serving, and monitoring for AI workloads can be a nightmare of manual configurations, slow iteration cycles, and fragmented tooling. more
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  • 24 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: Platform engineering Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Sparsh K

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The Firewall Project: Open Source, Shift-Left, Security Platform

After becoming immensely frustrated and experiencing all the emotions that come with the struggles of implementing application security into our organization’s SDLC, we finally reached a breaking point. That’s when we decided, “That’s it!” more
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  • 24 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: Supply chain security Type of submission: Demo - side project; open source project; something I have built in my org I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Achanandhi M

CodeGate: Consume AI Coding Assistants tools in Confidence

{Describe your talk/session in 2-3 paragraphs} AI coding assistants are significantly increasing developers’ productivity. However, despite their many benefits, there is one major problem—these assistants rely on LLMs as their knowledge base, which comes with knowledge cutoffs. As a result, AI coding assistants sometimes generate buggy code and include vulnerable packages. In my talk, we will exp… more
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  • 25 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: AI/GenAI for Security Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Jinu Rose John

Building Reliable Services with SLOs and Error Budgets

Session Overview: In this session, we will delve into the essential concepts of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Error Budgets within the framework of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Attendees will learn how to effectively establish structured SLOs that align with user expectations and business goals, allowing for a strategic balance between maintaining high system reliability and enabling… more
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  • 29 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: SRE Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Anudeep

Cache Me If You Can: Building a Lightning-Fast Analytics Cache

This session will talk about how we build an ETL free, asynchronous, on-demand, analytics results caching platform to power our CNAPP and XDR platform. In this session we will also talk about what were our unique challeneges in terms of performance, scale, usability, access control and most importantly state and nature of the product that necessitated buildling the solution we did. Some of which … more
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  • 30 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: Platform engineering Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Anudeep

CDC - Clear Data Colon: Flushing Out Bottlenecks for Smooth-Flowing Analytics

This Session we will talk about how we used change data capture as a means to scale up perfromance and reliability of analytics when combined with scaleable state management like HUDI and powerful OLAP engine like Trino, increase database reliability by offloading analytics workload and cater to our data governance needs. more
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  • 30 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: Distributed data systems Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Kamalika

ISO Compliant Datacenters - How I figured a GCP region was not DR ready

Description: Most cloud providers boast about their compliance certifications, but are they really compliance ready. Ex: GCP boasts about their global fiber optic networking, but in reality one of their regions in one of worlds most disaster prone countries dint meet the compliance standards for disaster readiness, data localization or resilient connectivity. So how do we solve this? more
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  • 30 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: Supply chain security Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Kamalika

A Bank On Cloud

Description: This session is based on one of my real life projects of designing and developing a DevOps driven modern infrastructure for a fully cloud-native digital banking application. An Indonesia based banking company wanted to build a fully digital mobile banking application that would help them to become a strong tech-based bank embedded in Indonesia’s digital ecosystem. They wanted a moder… more
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  • 30 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: Platform engineering Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Srinivas Anant

Observability in Kubernetes: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Overview With every Kubernetes cluster, observability has become a daunting task. Understanding complex, distributed workload performance, health, and behavior is critical for ensuring reliability and efficiency. This talk will explore best practices for observability in Kubernetes environments, covering logs, traces, metrics, events, and uptime. more
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  • 30 Mar 2025
Topic of your submission: Observability Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

raja nagori

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Nightingale: Docker for Pentesters

Nightingale is an innovative open-source tool designed to simplify and streamline the process of penetration testing. Addressing the complexities and time-consuming setup required for effective vulnerability assessments, Nightingale leverages Docker to provide a consistent, repeatable, and resource-efficient testing environment. This tool eliminates the need for multiple installations, making it … more
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  • 31 Mar 2025
Type of submission: Demo - side project; open source project; something I have built in my org Topic of your submission: Other I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Deepam Kanjani

AI Threat Modeling Gone Rogue: Protecting Security from Semantic Drift

In the session, we’ll delve into the critical topic of AI-based threat modelling. You’ll gain valuable insights into how seemingly minor semantic drifts and manipulated inputs can drastically alter the effectiveness of your cybersecurity defences. This knowledge will be instrumental in protecting your systems from sophisticated attacks. more
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  • 01 Apr 2025
Topic of your submission: AI/GenAI for Security Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Deepam Kanjani

The Shadow Supply Chain: Protecting Your Software from Invisible Open-Source Threats

This session sheds light on the hidden risks lurking within indirect or transitive dependencies—the “shadow supply chain”—that quietly introduce vulnerabilities into your applications. Explore how invisible update hijacking and dependency graph poisoning can silently compromise software integrity, leaving teams unaware and vulnerable. more
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  • 01 Apr 2025
Topic of your submission: Supply chain security Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025
Sandesh Kumar Gupta

Sandesh Kumar Gupta

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The Right 'AIR' Mix: Fueling High-Performance Platforms

At Flipkart, the widespread adoption of our homegrown managed platforms across engineering teams operating at massive scale has positioned our platforms offerings as mission-critical infrastructure. Supporting this scale across a multi-cloud environment necessitates high availability, uncompromising resilience, sustained performance, and continuous optimization. This session explores the intricat… more
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  • 01 Apr 2025
Topic of your submission: Platform engineering Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025
Samiksha Singhal

Samiksha Singhal

"The CI/CD Security Stack: From Secret Scanning to Dashboard - A Complete Blueprint"

Security tools like TruffleHog (secrets), OWASP Dependency-Check (SCA), Semgrep (SAST), ZAP (DAST), Trivy (containers), and Checkov (IaC) are essential - but without consolidation, they create alert fatigue and missed risks. This session delivers a complete playbook for: more
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  • 01 Apr 2025
Type of submission: Demo - side project; open source project; something I have built in my org Topic of your submission: CI/CD I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025

Saurabh Mishra

[Navigating Kubernetes Challenges with Observability Insights]

complexity often brings operational challenges. Observability—encompassing logs, metrics, and traces—plays a critical role in identifying, diagnosing, and resolving issues in real-time. This session delves into how observability insights can help teams navigate common Kubernetes challenges, including performance bottlenecks, resource mismanagement, and unpredictable failures. Attendees will learn… more
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  • 01 Apr 2025
Topic of your submission: Observability Type of submission: 30 mins talk I am submitting for: Rootconf Annual Conference 2025
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