That's a wrap for Observability Sessions Amsterdam

Agenda

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    1:30 PM
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    30 minutes

  Registration

  Get your badge, meet the Grafana Labs team, and settle in for a great afternoon.

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    2:00 PM
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    10 minutes

  Opening remarks

  Get a preview of the afternoon’s program and get to know your Grafana Labs hosts.

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    2:10 PM
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    30 minutes

  The Six Essentials of Observability Success

  Effective observability isn’t just about tools – it’s about leadership, too. In this session, you’ll learn the six essentials for building and sustaining a strong observability strategy. From aligning teams and securing executive support to avoiding common pitfalls, we’ll show you how these essentials work together to create a successful observability framework that empowers your organization to make better decisions, respond to issues faster, and protect what matters most.

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    2:40 PM
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    30 minutes

  How to implement your observability strategy with the Grafana platform

  Observability can help your organization ensure reliability that keeps customers engaged and coming back for more. But how do you move from what you’re doing now to a centralized, end-to-end approach to observability? In this presentation, you’ll learn how the Grafana platform offers all the tooling you need to make a seamless transition to a powerful new observability strategy. And you’ll see exactly how other companies are making the move to centralized observability with Grafana technologies.

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    3:10 PM
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    30 minutes

  Break

  Grab a refreshment and connect with members of your local observability leadership community.

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    3:40 PM
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    30 minutes

  TomTom’s Observability Governance Framework: Driven by OpenTelemetry & Grafana

  Join TomTom as they share their Observability Governance Framework, built on OpenTelemetry and focused on standardising logs, metrics, alerts, and SLOs. Discover how they enable both engineers and executives with a unified approach to application, infrastructure, and business observability.

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    4:10 PM
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    30 minutes

  Engineering observability at scale across complex systems in financial services

  Building a modern observability platform across large and complex hybrid environments and technologies requires more than just great tools—it demands a strong DevOps culture and core engineering principles across the entire organization. Learn how an observability engineer in the financial services industry worked closely with developers and SRE teams to design and deliver a highly scalable observability platform using Grafana’s single pane of glass for disparate data sources to enhance reliability, compliance, and the ability to actually find the needle in the haystack.

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    4:40 PM
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    25 minutes

  Observability at Scale: Implementing the LGTM Stack at the Dutch Tax Office

  Curious how the Dutch Tax Office brought observability to life in one of the most complex IT landscapes in the Netherlands? Join them as they share their journey implementing the Grafana LGTM stack — a story of tough decisions, unexpected challenges, and powerful insights.

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    5:05 PM
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    25 minutes

  How Ahold Delhaize Uses Grafana to Avoid Common Observability Rollout Pitfalls

  Ivan Merrill shares insights from Ahold Delhaize’s observability journey, highlighting how most obstacles are human, not technical. Learn how his team is rolling out Grafana across a large retail organization and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

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    5:30 PM
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    1 hour

  Networking Reception

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