CloudFest USA 2025 announces new sessions for hosting and WordPress pros

CloudFest USA unveils new AI and DevOps sessions for Nov 5–6 event, set to host 2,000+ tech leaders in Miami.

New York, NY – July 24, 2025 – CloudFest USA, the must-attend event for IT infrastructure leaders taking place November 5-6 in Miami, Florida, just released a new slate of technical sessions for its revamped B2B event. 

Featuring more than 75 speakers and 50+ sponsors, CloudFest USA will gather 2,000+ cloud, hosting, WordPress and domain pioneers and professionals for an epic three-day festival of content and connections at the Ice Palace Studios in Miami.

This year’s main stage agenda — already featuring industry luminaries such as BlueHost CEO Sachin Puri and Internet revolutionary Cory Doctorow — is now accompanied by six brand new technical sessions diving deeper into the topics everyone is talking about. Focused on AI, edge hosting, security stacks and DevOps, these sessions will offer insights and case studies for developers, engineers and DevOps pros.

Day One (Wednesday, Nov. 5)

Securing tomorrow:The future of open source security stacks – As open source becomes the backbone of modern development, ensuring the security of a stack is mission critical. This technical session will explore the future of open source security stacks, examining how to design and implement layered defenses that scale with evolving threats.

AI meets open source: Case studies on embedding AI – This session presents real-world case studies of how teams have integrated AI into their open source stacks, detailing the architectures, models and frameworks used.

A DevOps masterclass – In this hands-on masterclass, a seasoned DevOps expert will guide attendees through a deep dive into the tools, patterns and best practices that power modern DevOps.

Day Two (Thursday, Nov. 6)

Edge hosting and the infrastructure challenges of tomorrow – Gain insight into the real-world challenges of deploying and managing edge environments. From hardware selection and power density constraints to remote management, security, and failover design, experts will share the tradeoffs and innovations shaping their edge strategies.

Infrastructure stack wins and losses: A case study – Explore how leading hosting platforms architect their backend systems, highlighting decoupling services, integrating edge computing and automating complex processes like site migrations and failover.

Revisiting cloud, on-prem and hybrid in a changing landscape – As AI workloads, edge computing and cost optimization reshape the hosting landscape, infrastructure strategy has become a moving target. This session discusses how many are revisiting past decisions in light of new demands.

“These six additional sessions are designed to give technical workers and lead decision-makers a dedicated group of sessions to learn and interact,” said Sam Schwarz, Program Manager of CloudFest USA and NamesCon Global. “While technical workers are often working behind the scenes, their roles are invaluable and CloudFest USA is committed to being the preeminent event for the entire industry.”

Time is running out to secure a ticket at our early bird rate! Don’t miss the chance to be in the room where the future of IT infrastructure is decided. Register now before prices go up on August 1.

About CloudFest USA 

CloudFest USA brings together senior executives from cloud service providers, hosting companies, domain registrars, data centers, WordPress agencies, edge computing platforms and enterprise IT leaders. CloudFest USA is a sister event to the 12,000+ person CloudFest event held in Germany each spring, and MSP Global, held each fall outside Barcelona, Spain. All three events are owned by WHD Event GmbH, based in Cologne, Germany.