KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023

SKYY Bar Happy Hour Hosted by Harness

Let's kick off the week of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in style! Join Harness for an evening of drinks and networking on Monday, April 17th from 18:00 - 21:00 at the SKYY Bar, located on the rooftop of the Westcord Fashion Hotel Amsterdam! Spots are limited so request yours today!

ℹ️ Must be added as a co-located event as part of your KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ticket registration

This is now sold out and a waitlist available.

Cloud Native Beer

Let's meet up with some lovely people to chat, socialize and have fun! 😉Everyone is welcome!

We found a location! Thanks to @lianmakesthings who has volunteered to support us as a local we were able to find a nice spot.

Join us at Café de Jaren for drinks and snacks🍻 (they don't serve dinner!)

ℹ️ As this is not a sponsored event, but simply a way to bring people together, you will have to pay your own bills.

Techstrong Power Up Breakfast Powered by Dell Technologies

Techstrong (DevOps.com, Container Journal, Security Boulevard, Techstrong TV) along with our friends at Dell Technologies would love for you to join us for breakfast on Tuesday, April 18, starting at 8am.

This breakfast is to thank the many unheralded, hard working, fantastic Cloud-Native marketing folk. They are the people who make this conference go. We would love to toast you (even if its just coffee) and say hi.

Also Techstrong CEO Alan Shimel and Chief Content Officer Mike Vizard will be discussing in one-on-one and small group conversations the role ChatGPT and AI is going to have on our business in the coming months, as well as how it impacts tech marketing. Brad Maltz of Dell Technologies will also be on hand.

ℹ️ Online registration needed

Up & Running with Runtime Security Workshop

Ready to stop attacks and implement real time detection of unexpected behaviors, configuration changes, and intrusions? Then this workshop is for you!

Join this hands-on workshop intended for practitioners new to cloud-native to learn about:

* Runtime security * Threat detection implementation * How to get up and running on Falco

Falco is the open source standard for threat detection across Kubernetes, containers, hosts, and the cloud. Expand your knowledge in this dynamic area of security, and leave the workshop with a basic understanding of cloud-native, and how to implement threat detection in your environment immediately.

The cherry on top? This workshop is being held at the alluring Heineken Experience, and yes, there's a tour afterward (with samples!)

ℹ️ Online registration needed - seats limited

vBeers @Batavia 1920

Join us for vBeers @Batavia 1920 in Amsterdam. This event will take place after the first full day of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023. It is a great opportunity to wrap up the day while enjoying a beer and some of the best food you will find in Amsterdam.

A vBeers is an informal get-together to provide an opportunity for tech enthusiasts and professionals, working in the cloud, container, and virtualization space, to meet with other like-minded individuals. It has its roots in VMware #vCommunity , but is open to any technologist of any stripe. Come connect with your fellow cloud-native minded peers, network, swap stories, and have a good time. For more information about the vBeers tradition, please visit vbeers.org

ℹ️ Drinks and food other than the provided bites & snacks are for your own expense. When hungry for more the bar does offer an interesting range of food. Vegetarian and vegan options are available.

Entrance is free. Although, we would love if you let us know in advance if you are planning to attend. Also, if you reserved a spot and your plans change, please let us know as well.

KubeCon and Devrel April!

Kubecon's around the corner, so we imagine many of you will be in town and it'll be a great moment to meet and chat!

Come and join us for a fun evening around DevRel, or not 😊. If you're into communities, speaking, devrel, or just if you wanna chat really! We'll be in bar de Zwijger, so there won't be any official talks, only animated discussions and "Gezelligheid" as the Dutch say.

ℹ️ Online registration needed

Sip 'n' Security

Join Kubernetes security friends Sysdig, Snyk, Chainguard, and Tetrate at the Heineken Experience as we gather 18 April from 18:00 - 21:00 on the eve of KubeCon EU!

What to expect:

- Community AMAs and table talks. - We'll have book signings, swag, and more! - Discuss Open Source projects, including Falco, Istio, Envoy, and Wolfi. - Test your knowledge against cloud native experts in our trivia game. - Great food, drinks, and the Heineken Experience!

ℹ️ Online registration needed

DevOops Amsterdam #1

Welcome to our first DevOops Event 🔥!

Do you have an incident story to share? We would love to hear it: https://forms.gle/sMM9YcxRn9XVVw237

Incidents and failures are great. Let's talk about them and embrace together a blameless culture.

During the event, 4 speakers will present one of their favorite IT incidents in their careers. Let's hear and learn more about undetected bugs in the application code, like the Mariner 1 Spacecraft 1962, deploying accidentally to production, or solving a mysterious incident like a detective.

ℹ️ Online registration needed

Policies for the People: an OPA Amsterdam Meetup

Kick off KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023 week with the OPA community. Whether you’re attending the co-located events or looking to beat the jet lag Policies for the People is the place for you!

We invite Amsterdam locals and conference attendees visiting the city to join the OPA community on April 18th for project updates end user talks drinks bites and networking.

This event is for OPA enthusiasts to stay up to date on the latest trends and for new policy people to get introduced to the community. This is your chance to dive into Policy-as-Code!

ℹ️ Requires (free) ticket

Isovalent Hive Mind Mingle Amsterdam

Begin your week at KubeCon Europe at the legendary Hive Mind Mingle in the company of great minds in the cloud native infrastructure space.

ℹ️ Requires registering online

Dell Community Appreciation

Before KubeCon 2023 kicks off, Dell Technologies together with our partner, Canonical, invite you to join us Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at Barca Restaurante & Bar in Amsterdam for a community appreciation event. Join us for an evening of great food, drinks, and community.

ℹ️ Requires registering online

Okteto Kickoff Party

Let's kickoff KubeCon together with an Okteto hosted Party!

This will be a great opportunity to connect in person and meet others in the community building modern development experiences.

Plus, free food and drinks on us!

ℹ️ Requires registering online

SIG Boba

Come hang out! Have some instant noodles 🍜 and a bubble tea 🧋 Food and drink are paid for & there is no alcohol at this event.

We'll have music and board games for everyone in addition to the food.

Bring your partner and/or kids! :) Just have a conference badge to check your group in.

ℹ️ Message us in the CNCF #sig-boba slack channel to register.

The venue fits around 25 people, so the first to arrive will immediately get in. Check there for space if you are coming later!

House of Kube Hosted by Humanitec

Can't wait to meet you in person and burn up the dance floor at the House Of Kube a.k.a. the hottest party in cloud native. Join fellow platform engineers and cloud pioneers by the platform engineering community this time in Amsterdam.

Where engineering meets Berlin techno. Your golden ticket to the darkroom of DevOps.

Please note this is an off-site Sponsor-hosted Co-located event. “Secret Location” TBA. Additional registration is required, and can be added to your KubeCon + CloudNativeCon registration. For questions regarding this event, please contact: mariya.skalka@humanitec.com

ℹ️ Must be added as a co-located event as part of your KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ticket registration

KubeCrawl + CloudNativeFest sponsored by Gitpod

Been to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon before? You’ve undoubtedly come to the Welcome Reception + Booth Crawl or the All-Attendee Party (or both!) and had an amazing time connecting with fellow #TeamCloudNative members and the local culture. Together we’ve been to Tivoli Gardens, piano-dualed, watched an artist spill coffee to create his works, crawled the haunts of Rainey Street, and dipped our toes in a pool by the Valencian palms. As our community has grown, so too have our events, and we're working hard to create new opportunities for everyone to connect, collaborate, and have fun.

We are thrilled to announce that we'll be providing an enhanced, integrated experience for everyone by combining the Welcome Reception + Booth Crawl and All-Attendee Party into one big celebration on the first official night of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon! Combining these parties means: * Fewer long event days * More opportunities for sponsor parties * A one-stop-shop for mingling with sponsors while also experiencing the flavor of the city

Don’t miss out on the latest and greatest party at your favorite tech event! We’ll see you in Amsterdam!

Amsterdam Open- Source Data Infrastructure

Are you interested in learning more about open-source data technologies? Do you want to network with other like-minded people in a fun, relaxed environment? Then come join us

ℹ️ Requires registering online

Late Night DevApps & Brews

Welcome and get ready to enjoy a networking social event at the Heineken Expereience. Join GitLab and our partners after the KubeCrawl + CloudNativeFest for a late night evening filled with appetizers, drinks, music, and networking opportunities with fellow KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU attendees.

ℹ️ Requires registering online.

Conference badges are REQUIRED to attend.

Kuberoke

KubeCon is coming to beautiful Amsterdam and to celebrate the occasion, we are hosting a Karaoke party on Wednesday April 19, 9pm - 1am at Amsterdam’s premier Karaoke bar, KTV Bar.

ℹ️ The venue is small and there will be limited seating, so don’t show up late, or you might not be able to get in!

A Taste of Kubernetes with Rafay and MinIO

Join Rafay and MinIO for happy hour drinks and international bites from around the world, and of course to talk all things Kubernetes. Good food, good company and K8s chatter just steps away from the excitement of KubeCon - you won't want to miss this.

ℹ️ Space is limited so please confirm your attendance.

localhost: ngrok's Amsterdam Meetup

localhost is a developer meetup organized by ngrok - and we're heading to Amsterdam for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe! Connect over happy hour drinks and light bites with ngrok users and the broader developer community in Amsterdam on Thursday, April 20th. We look forward to seeing you at De Biertuin Centrum.

ℹ️ Requires registering online

KubeChill at the Beach

We've partnered with our friends Cortex and Sysdig to host a party at 'The Beach House', Strand Zuid, for a night of drinks, bbq, DJ and networking. You're invited to escape the show floor, Thursday April 20th from 18:00 - 21:30 CEST and connect with fellow KubeCon Europe + CloudNativeCon attendees.

ℹ️ Requires registering online. Registering doesn't guarantee entry.

Party with Us Cloud Native Social

Join Kasten by Veeam, AWS, Red Hat and Nutanix for an exclusive, fun, and mind-bending networking event at the largest interactive museum in Amsterdam!

Come enjoy an immersive experience at The Upside Down Museum, located just across the street from Amsterdam RAI. Party and mingle with your favorite cloud native peers and colleagues while enjoying 17+ colorful art installations, delicious Dutch-style food, hosted bar, local DJ spinning all the hits and more!

ℹ️ Requires registering online. The event is first come first serve and registering doesn't guarantee entry.

KubeCon Happy Hour with Kong, LaunchDarkly, Pulumi, and Honeycomb

Join Kong, LaunchDarkly, Pulumi, and Honeycomb for an evening of light fare, libations, and conversations. Unwind from the hussle and bussle of KubeCon with us and relax with egg decorating and a cocktail.

ℹ️ Requires registering online

THE KUBERBOWL

From the companies who brought your Spookernetes at Kubecon NA 2022, we bring you...

​🎳 THE KUBERBOWL! 🎳

ℹ️ Requires registering online