• November 6-9, 2023
  • McCormick Place West
  • 2301 S Indiana Ave.
  • Chicago, IL 60616

Grafana is a proud Gold sponsor of this year’s KubeCon North America event, including Observability Day 2023.

Drop by booth C18 at KubeCon’s sponsor solutions showcase any time to meet the team and grab some swag, or contact us to set up a meeting. We hope to see you there!

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And be sure to catch these great sessions presented by Grafanistas at KubeCon and Observability Day:

9:40 am - 9:55 am CST Tuesday, November 7
Keynote: Environmental Sustainability in the Cloud Is Not a Mythical Creature

Environmental sustainability is gaining prominence in the tech industry due to climate change awareness, corporate responsibility, and rising costs of inaction, with the ultimate goal of achieving Net Zero emissions. Cloud providers and users can contribute through power accountability, energy efficiency, GreenOps, and cost optimization. Initiatives like the Software Carbon Intensity specification address these issues, though data is evolving. Our panel includes reps from the Green Software Foundation, CNCF Environmental Sustainability TAG, and O-RAN, discussing relevant areas, solutions, and workload challenges like Telco, HPC, AI/ML, and generic IT.

  • Frederick Kautz

    Co-Chair, KubeCon

  • Rimma Iontel

    Chief Architect, Red Hat

  • Marlow Weston

    Cloud Software Architect, Intel

  • Tammy McClellan

    Senior Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft

  • Niki Manoledaki

    Software Engineer, Grafana Labs

11:55 am - 12:30 pm CST Tuesday, November 7
A Tale of Two Flamegraphs: Unlocking Performance Insights in a Diverse Application Landscape

In this session, we dive into performance profiling, exploring the challenges and opportunities in optimizing applications across various programming languages and platforms. We'll showcase the power of flamegraphs in enhancing application performance analysis. Our discussion centers on integrating profiling into OpenTelemetry, emphasizing the significance of observability in modern software development. Using real-world examples and the official OpenTelemetry demo application, we'll present "Tales of Two Flamegraphs," revealing performance pitfalls and effective optimization methods across different language ecosystems.

  • Ryan Perry

    Engineering Director, Grafana Labs

2:30 pm - 3:55 pm CST Wednesday, November 8
Contribfest: OpenTelemetry Contribfest

As the Prometheus project maintainers we will introduce you to the project from the very beginning, followed by a deep dive into the exciting new features that have been released recently or are in the pipeline. You will learn about many opportunities to use Prometheus, and we will cover a mix of introduction content, a deeper dive into current developments, and open Q&A at the end.

  • Daniel Dyla

    Senior Open Source Architect, Dynatrace

  • Anthony Mirabella

    Senior SDE, AWS

  • Tyler Helmuth

    Sr. Software Engineer, Honeycomb

  • Juraci Paixão Kröhling

    Principal Software Engineer, Grafana Labs

2:55 pm - 3:30 pm CST Thursday, November 9
Where's Your Money Going? The Beginner's Guide to Measuring Kubernetes Costs

Accurately tracking cloud costs can be challenging as cloud systems evolve. In this session, we'll share Grafana Labs' journey to achieving reliable cost estimations for Kubernetes clusters. Starting with basic metrics from kube-state-metrics and Prometheus, we'll explain how we transitioned to OpenCost, a CNCF incubating project, to measure costs across multiple cloud providers for Grafana Cloud. Monitoring cost trends in Kubernetes is straightforward if you're already collecting kube-state-metrics, allowing you to proactively manage and avoid unexpected cloud expenses.

  • JuanJo Ciarlante

    Principal Engineer, Grafana Labs

  • Mark Poko

    Senior Software Engineer, Grafana Labs

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