It's that time of the year again – the Helm team is headed to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU '25 in London, UK this week from April 1 - 4! Helm 4 is in the works for later this year so be sure to join the conversation with our maintainers during our talk sessions and at our Helm booth in the Project Pavilion! See below for more details on all Helm-related activities throughout the week.

Contribfest: Expanding the Helm Ecosystem With Helm 4​

DATE: Wednesday April 2

TIME: 16:15 - 17:30 BST

LOCATION: Level 3 | ICC Capital Suite 17

Are you passionate about Helm and looking for ways to contribute? Join Helm maintainers at this ContribFest session to help shape the future of the project and its ecosystem! This session focuses on three exciting initiatives:

• Exploring the Helm Ecosystem
• Building a Triage Team
• Diving into Helm 4

Don't miss this session with Scott, Robert, and Ingy for your chance at contributing to Helm 4 efforts! For more details on the Contribfest session, check the session page for the latest updates.

Helm Maintainer Track Talk: Helm 4 You​

DATE: Thursday April 3

TIME: 16:45 - 17:15 BST

LOCATION: Level 3 | ICC Capital Suite 10-12

Join Helm maintainers Matt Farina and Andrew Block as they provide an update on the next major version of Helm, the timelines, and the features being evaluated. They will also share how the community has been inspirational in helping make Helm 4 a reality. Since Helm continues to be a crucial component in the workflows of users and enterprises worldwide, a new version of Helm is only possible thanks to the continued collaboration from the Cloud Native community.

Full details on the talk can be found on the session page.

Helm Booth in Project Pavilion​

WED April 2 @ 15:30 – 19:45 BST

THUR April 3 @ 14:00 – 17:00 BST

FRI April 4 @ 12:30 – 14:00 BST

LOCATION: 2B, near the sticker wall + back side of Backstage

Our maintainers and contributors will be staffing the Helm project booth during the second half of each day. Let us know how you're using Helm, what questions you have, and learn more about what's coming in Helm 4. We'll have Helm stickers and custom Helm tea towels to help us all remember our time in the UK!

Aside from sessions with our Helm maintainers, there are several talks from the cloud native ecosystem that touch on Helm – be sure to check these out as well ~

• Project Lightning Talk: Kubeflow Helm Chart - Krzysztof Romanowski, Maintainer // Tuesday April 1, 2025 @ 12:34 - 12:39 BST // Platinum Suite | Level 3
• Project Lightning Talk: Stir to Combine: Creating Porter Mixins - Sarah Christoff, Maintainer // Tuesday April 1, 2025 @ 16:07 - 16:12 BST // Platinum Suite | Level 3
• Poster Session: Helmless (PS 06): Fast Serverless Deployments Without the Overhead of Kubernetes and Terraform - Michael Reichenbach, 1KOMMA5° // Wednesday April 2, 2025 @ 13:30 - 14:30 BST // Level 1 | Hall Entrance N8-N9 | Poster Pavilion
• Jaeger V2: OpenTelemetry at the Core of Modern Distributed Tracing - Jonah Kowall, Paessler // Wednesday April 2, 2025 @ 17:00 - 17:30 BST // Level 3 | ICC Capital Suite 10-12
• Into the Shopfloor: Moving Manufacturing Execution Systems To Kubernetes - Manuel Peuster & Andrei Traian Cucuruzac, Bosch Connected Industry // Friday April 4, 2025 @ 11:45 - 12:15 BST // Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room E

See everyone this week!