Keynote: Adventures of Building a Platform as a Service for the Gover... H.K. Flaatten & A.F. Strand
H.K. Flaatten, A.F. Strand
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Keynote
This keynote presentation by H.K. Flaatten and A.F. Strand from **NAV** (the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) chronicles their remarkable journey in building a robust **Platform as a Service (PaaS)** and fostering a vibrant community within the Norwegian public sector. Titled "Adventures of Building a Platform as a Service for the Gover...", the talk highlights how a grassroots initiative blossomed into a nationwide movement, transforming how government agencies develop and deploy critical public services. The speakers detail the technical evolution of their internal platform, **Nice**, and its subsequent offering as a managed service to other government entities, underscoring the power of open source, community collaboration, and a product-centric approach to platform engineering.
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This keynote by NAV provides a compelling case study on building a highly effective Platform as a Service (PaaS) and fostering a nationwide public sector community in Norway. The speakers demonstrate how a grassroots initiative, coupled with a strategic insourcing approach and a product-centric mindset, transformed government IT, dramatically increasing deployment frequency and fostering collaboration among 86 organizations. While not a deep dive into novel exploitation techniques, the talk offers substantial, actionable insights into overcoming significant technical and bureaucratic…