Observability Sessions Amsterdam

Agenda

1. 13:30

   Registration

   Get your badge, meet the Grafana Labs team, and settle in.
2. 14:00

   Opening Remarks

   The Grafana Labs team is excited to have you here, and we’re eager to share the afternoon’s program with you.

   

   • Dave Russell, Director, Voice of Customer, Grafana Labs
3. 14:10

   Introduction to Grafana for seamless observability

   See how companies are seamlessly centralising their observability with Grafana technology and get best practices for your own transition to a centralised approach.

   

   • Cyrille Le Clerc, Principal Product Manager, Grafana Labs
4. 14:40

   Six secrets of a winning observability strategy

   Learn the six secrets of a successful observability strategy from a specialist who’s seen it all. From building a center of excellence and a centralized platform to garnering executive buy-in and avoiding common pitfalls, you’ll see exactly how to create a successful roadmap and take the next step in your observability journey.

   

   • Pierre Christoffersen, Manager, Solutions Engineering, Grafana Labs
5. 15:10

   Break

   Grab a refreshment and connect with members of your local observability leadership community.
6. 15:30

   Grafana and OpenTelemetry: A winning duo for the Volksbank

   This presentation highlights de Volksbank’s (successful) implementation of Grafana and OpenTelemetry. You will learn how these tools transformed their monitoring practices, delivering valuable insights and improved operational excellence. Find out how Grafana and OpenTelemetry can benefit your organization.

   

   

   • Mathijs van Veluw, Lead Observability Engineer, De Volksbank
   • Jeroen van de Pol, Lead | Product Owner Observability & SRE, De Volksbank
7. 16:00

   Transforming Siloed Monitoring into Unified Observability: The Booking.com Journey

   Join us as we delve into Booking.com’s remarkable journey from a scattered collection of in-house monitoring tools to the adoption of a unified, out-of-the-box observability ecosystem. Hear about the challenges we faced, how we restructured ourselves to pave the way for our developers and SREs to have seamless, simplified and enhanced insights across their systems.

   

   

   • Noha El Mosly, Senior Technology Product Manager, Booking.com
   • Akansha Garg, Senior Technology Product Manager, Booking.com
8. 16:30

   Observability journeys panel

   Learn in a dynamic discussion with Grafana experts and local observability leaders as they share successes, setbacks, and next steps in their observability journeys.

   

   

   

   • Benoit Schipper, Field CTO, HCS Company
   • Manasa Kandula, Application Modernization Specialist , Google Cloud
   • Andy Shaffer, Cloud Operations Director, Irdeto
9. 17:00

   Networking Reception

   Continue the conversation and connect with peers, leaders, and experts over refreshments and drinks.