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# Episode 200 - Celebrating a Decade of Cilium


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* A big thank you to the participants, Cilium co-creators Thomas Graf, Daniel Borkmann, and André Martins, and maintainer Joe Stringer, our host Liz Rice, and to everyone who participated in the quiz and AMA!
* Milestones from the last decade of Cilium:
    * 1000+ contributors 
    * 2nd largest project in CNCF by contributions
    * 45k+ GitHub stars across repositories
    * Total Contributions: 546,000+ (up 142% since joining CNCF in 2021)
    * Total PRs Opened: 50,000+ across all repositories 
    * Global Reach: Contributors span 82 countries

## Upcoming eCHO episodes

* Next Episodes: 
    * Friday, January 23, 2026 @ 3pm CEST: 2026 Predictions with Nico Vibert and Dan Finneran
    * Friday, February 6, 2026: Cilium 1.19 (timing and host TBC)

* Other upcoming topics, keep an eye out for announcements:
    * Cilium AI Lab
    * Cilium Up & Running Book Launch
    * eBPF Hackathon winners
    * End user stories with SeatGeek and more

* Please [open an issue](https://github.com/isovalent/eCHO/issues/new/choose) if you have an idea for a topic we should cover or a guest we should invite.

## CiliumCon schedule is live!
* Co-located with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Amsterdam
* Monday, March 23 starting at 1:25pm local time
* View the [schedule](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/overview/type/CiliumCon?iframe=yes&w=100%&sidebar=yes&bg=no) and [register](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/register/)


