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title: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026
linkTitle: KubeCon EU '26
date: 2026-02-02
author: '[Zhu Jiekun](https://github.com/jiekun) (VictoriaMetrics)'
default_lang_commit: 11fecfb1d12e8682c9619b3a477eccb21c736b99
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OpenTelemetry プロジェクトのメンテナー、ガバナンス委員会メンバー、そして技術委員会メンバーは、2026年3月23日から26日にアムステルダムで開催される [KubeCon EU][] に参加します。
ぜひ[登録][kubecon registration]して、一緒に参加しましょう！

KubeCon 期間中の OpenTelemetry 関連イベントについて、以下をお読みください。

## トークとメンテナーセッション {#talks-and-maintainer-sessions}

- **[We Deleted Our Observability Stack and Rebuilt It With OTel: 12 Engineers to 4 at 20K+ Clusters](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CVxh/we-deleted-our-observability-stack-and-rebuilt-it-with-otel-12-engineers-to-4-at-20k+-clusters-yash-sharma-kunju-perath-digitalocean)**<br>by
  Yash Sharma, DigitalOcean; Kunju Perath, DigitalOcean<br> Tuesday March 24,
  2026 11:15 - 11:45CET

- **[When OTTL Goes Off the Rails: Debugging Transformations with Confidence](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CVyH/when-ottl-goes-off-the-rails-debugging-transformations-with-confidence-edmo-vamerlatti-costa-elastic-tyler-helmuth-honeycomb)**<br>by
  Edmo Vamerlatti Costa, Elastic; Tyler Helmuth, Honeycomb<br> Tuesday March 24,
  2026 12:00 - 12:30CET

- **[Schema Inference and Automation: A New Era for Telemetry Management](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CVzR/schema-inference-and-automation-a-new-era-for-telemetry-management-nicolas-takashi-coralogix-arthur-silva-sens-grafana-labs)**<br>by
  Arthur Silva Sens, Grafana Labs; Nicolas Takashi, Coralogix<br> Tuesday March
  24, 2026 15:15 - 15:45CET

- **[OpenTelemetry Collector SIG: Project Updates](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2EF6f/opentelemetry-collector-sig-project-updates-jade-guiton-datadog-dmitrii-anoshin-cisco-alex-boten-honeycomb-evan-bradley-dynatrace-llc-antoine-toulme-splunk)**<br>by
  Dmitrii Anoshin, Cisco; Evan Bradley, Dynatrace LLC; Alex Boten, Honeycomb;
  Antoine Toulme, Splunk; Jade Guiton, Datadog<br> Tuesday March 24, 2026
  16:15 - 16:45CET

- **[OpenTelemetry Logs Driving a Major Shift: Events, Richer Data, and Smarter Semantics](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CVxk/opentelemetry-logs-driving-a-major-shift-events-richer-data-and-smarter-semantics-robert-pajak-splunk)**<br>by
  Robert Pająk, Splunk, a Cisco company<br> Tuesday March 24, 2026 16:15 -
  16:45CET

- **[OpenTelemetry Project Update and AMA](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2EF6i/opentelemetry-project-update-and-ama-pablo-baeyens-datadog-juraci-paixao-krohling-ollygarden-marylia-gutierrez-grafana-labs-severin-neumann-causely)**<br>by
  Juraci Paixão Kröhling, OllyGarden; Severin Neumann, Causely AI; Pablo
  Baeyens, Datadog; Marylia Gutierrez, Grafana Labs<br> Tuesday March 24, 2026
  17:00 - 17:30CET

- **[Overcoming OpenTelemetry Adoption Challenges](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CVyK/overcoming-opentelemetry-adoption-challenges-chris-weldon-wolters-kluwer)**<br>by
  Chris Weldon, Wolters Kluwer<br> Tuesday March 24, 2026 17:00 - 17:30CET

- **[Retroactive Sampling with OpenTelemetry: Cut 90% Distributed Tracing Bandwidth Usage](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW83/retroactive-sampling-with-opentelemetry-cut-90-distributed-tracing-bandwidth-usage-roman-khavronenko-zhu-jiekun-victoriametrics)**<br>by
  Roman Khavronenko & Zhu Jiekun, VictoriaMetrics<br> Tuesday March 24, 2026
  17:00 - 17:30CET

- **[Hello World, Meet the Spanimals: Observability for Beginners](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW2F/hello-world-meet-the-spanimals-observability-for-beginners-tiffany-jernigan-grafana-labs-matthias-haeussler-cgi)**<br>by
  Matthias Haeussler, CGI; Tiffany Jernigan, Grafana Labs<br> Wednesday March
  25, 2026 14:15 - 14:45CET

- **[Jaeger V2: The Maintainers' Guide To OpenTelemetry-Native Tracing](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2EF43/jaeger-v2-the-maintainers-guide-to-opentelemetry-native-tracing-pavol-loffay-red-hat)**<br>by
  Pavol Loffay, Red Hat<br> Wednesday March 25, 2026 15:00 - 15:30CET

- **[How Manual OTel Instrumentation Saves More Than Just Money](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW3A/how-manual-otel-instrumentation-saves-more-than-just-money-juliano-costa-datadog-yuri-oliveira-ollygarden)**<br>by
  Juliano Costa, Datadog; Yuri Oliveira, OllyGarden<br> Wednesday March 25, 2026
  15:00 - 15:30CET

- **[📚 Tutorial: Full-Stack Observability on a Budget: A Guide to Strategic Sampling and Data Optimization](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW3t/tutorial-full-stack-observability-on-a-budget-a-guide-to-strategic-sampling-and-data-optimization-pavol-loffay-red-hat)**<br>by
  Pavol Loffay, Red Hat<br> Wednesday March 25, 2026 16:00 - 17:15CET

- **[⚡ Lightning Talk: "Naming Things Is Hard": A Guide to Naming Using Network Science](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW4Q/cl-lightning-talk-naming-things-is-hard-a-guide-to-naming-using-network-science-nick-travaglini-honeycombio)**<br>by
  Nick Travaglini, Honeycomb.io<br> Wednesday March 25, 2026 16:45 - 16:50CET

- **[Enriching Telemetry Signals Through Lookups in the OTel Collector](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW4H/enriching-telemetry-signals-through-lookups-in-the-otel-collector-joao-duarte-elastic)**<br>by
  João Duarte, Elastic<br> Wednesday March 25, 2026 16:45 - 17:15CET

- **[⚡ Lightning Talk: Going Global: Lessons From Internationalizing OpenTelemetry Docs](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW4f/cl-lightning-talk-going-global-lessons-from-internationalizing-opentelemetry-docs-severin-neumann-causely-ai-fabrizio-ferri-benedetti-elastic)**<br>by
  Severin Neumann, Causely AI; Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti, Elastic<br> Wednesday
  March 25, 2026 17:20 - 17:25CET

- **[DNS Tracing & Metrics Via eBPF in OpenTelemetry](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW5C/dns-tracing-metrics-via-ebpf-in-opentelemetry-endre-sara-causely-nikola-grcevski-grafana-labs)**<br>by
  Endre Sara, Causely; Nikola Grcevski, Grafana Labs<br> Wednesday March 25,
  2026 17:30 - 18:00CET

- **[Observing Chaos: Real-Time Monitoring of AI-Driven Kubernetes Destruction](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW1T/observing-chaos-real-time-monitoring-of-ai-driven-kubernetes-destruction-josh-halley-cisco-ricardo-aravena-cncf)**<br>by
  Ricardo Aravena, CNCF; Josh Halley, Cisco<br> Wednesday March 25, 2026 17:30 -
  18:00CET

- **[Cutting Metrics Traffic, Cutting Costs: The AZ-Aware Observability Blueprint](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW5m/cutting-metrics-traffic-cutting-costs-the-az-aware-observability-blueprint-iris-dyrmishi-rodrigo-fior-kuntzer-miro)**<br>by
  Rodrigo Fior Kuntzer, Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Miro; Iris Dyrmishi,
  Miro<br> Thursday March 26, 2026 11:00 - 11:30CET

- **[Taming Complexity: Building Observable Workflows With Dapr and OpenTelemetry](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW6J/taming-complexity-building-observable-workflows-with-dapr-and-opentelemetry-mauricio-salaboy-salatino-diagrid-kasper-borg-nissen-dash0)**<br>by
  Kasper Borg Nissen, Dash0; Mauricio Salatino, Diagrid<br> Thursday March 26,
  2026 11:45 - 12:15CET

- **[18 Bluetooth Controllers Walk into a Bar: Observability & Runtime Configuration with CNCF Tools](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW7W/18-bluetooth-controllers-walk-into-a-bar-observability-runtime-configuration-with-cncf-tools-simon-schrottner-dynatrace-manuel-timelthaler-tractive)**<br>by
  Simon Schrottner, Dynatrace; Manuel Timelthaler, Tractive<br> Thursday March
  26, 2026 14:30 - 15:00CET

- **[Day-2 Reality Check: Taming Wasteful Telemetry](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW6M/day-2-reality-check-taming-wasteful-telemetry-juraci-paixao-krohling-ollygarden-elena-kovalenko-delivery-hero)**<br>by
  Juraci Paixão Kröhling, OllyGarden; Elena Kovalenko, Delivery Hero<br>
  Thursday March 26, 2026 15:15 - 15:45CET

- **[The Fourth Pillar Arrives: OpenTelemetry Profiling Alpha in Action](https://kccnceu2026.sched.com/event/2CW0V/the-fourth-pillar-arrives-opentelemetry-profiling-alpha-in-action-felix-geisendorfer-datadog-florian-lehner-elastic)**<br>by
  Felix Geisendörfer, Datadog; Florian Lehner, Elastic<br> Thursday March 26,
  2026 15:15 - 15:45CET

## Observability Day のトーク {#observability-day-talks}

[Observability Day][] は、クラウドネイティブなオブザーバビリティプロジェクトに焦点を当てたコラボレーション、ディスカッション、知識共有を促進するイベントです。
このイベントは2026年3月23日の 9:00 から 18:00 まで開催されます。
オブザーバビリティと OpenTelemetry に関するお気に入りのトークを[スケジュール][obs-day-sched]からご覧ください。

<details>

- **[Observability Project Updates](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DYN7/observability-project-updates)**<br>by
  Juraci Paixão Kröhling, OllyGarden; Austin Parker, honeycomb.io; Iris
  Dyrmishi, Miro; Eduardo Silva, Chronosphere<br> Monday March 23, 2026 09:10 -
  09:40CET

- **[⚡Lightning Talk: The < Meta /> Trick: Connecting Page Load To Backend Traces](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY1n/cllightning-talk-the-meta-trick-connecting-page-load-to-backend-traces-wolfgang-therrien-honeycomb)**<br>by
  Wolfgang Therrien, Honeycomb<br> Monday March 23, 2026 09:45 - 09:55CET

- **[A Practical Blueprint for Evolving Observability Schemas](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY2Q/a-practical-blueprint-for-evolving-observability-schemas-benedikt-bongartz-red-hat-sebastian-rabenhorst-shopify)**<br>by
  Sebastian Rabenhorst, Shopify; Benedikt Bongartz, Red Hat<br> Monday March 23,
  2026 10:40 - 11:05CET

- **[Unpacking Your OTel Baggage](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY2T/unpacking-your-otel-baggage-dan-gomez-blanco-new-relic-john-clark-skyscanner)**<br>by
  Dan Gomez Blanco, New Relic; John Clark, Skyscanner<br> Monday March 23, 2026
  10:40 - 11:05CET

- **[Beyond Dashboards: Cultivating the Observability Mindset That Makes Tools Work](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY3F/beyond-dashboards-cultivating-the-observability-mindset-that-makes-tools-work-onyedikachi-hope-amaechi-okorie-json-schema)**<br>by
  Onyedikachi Hope Amaechi-Okorie, JSON Schema<br> Monday March 23, 2026 11:15 -
  11:40CET

- **[Observability at the Edge: State of OpenTelemetry in Kubernetes Ingress Controllers](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY3C/observability-at-the-edge-state-of-opentelemetry-in-kubernetes-ingress-controllers-kasper-borg-nissen-dash0)**<br>by
  Kasper Borg Nissen, Dash0<br> Monday March 23, 2026 11:15 - 11:40CET

- **[Panel: The Spec-tacular Game Show V2](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY4M/panel-the-spec-tacular-game-show-v2-alex-boten-tyler-helmuth-honeycomb-adriana-villela-dynatrace-pablo-baeyens-datadog-marylia-gutierrez-grafana-labs)**<br>by
  Adriana Villela, Dynatrace; Pablo Baeyens, Datadog; Alex Boten, Honeycomb;
  Marylia Gutierrez, Grafana Labs; Tyler Helmuth, Honeycomb<br> Monday March 23,
  2026 12:45 - 13:20CET

- **[Scaling Telemetry To Terabytes: Applying Google's Principles To OpenTelemetry With OpAMP](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY4Y/scaling-telemetry-to-terabytes-applying-googles-principles-to-opentelemetry-with-opamp-raphael-menderico-google)**<br>by
  Raphael Menderico, Google<br> Monday March 23, 2026 12:55 - 13:20CET

- **[Accelerating Science, Decelerating Carbon: Sustainable Computing at CERN](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY4w/accelerating-science-decelerating-carbon-sustainable-computing-at-cern-laura-llinares-amine-lahouel-cern)**<br>by
  Amine Lahouel, CERN; Laura Llinares, CERN<br> Monday March 23, 2026 13:30 -
  13:55CET

- **[To Make an SLO, First You Must Invent the Universe: OpenTelemetry Collection From Scratch](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY4t/to-make-an-slo-first-you-must-invent-the-universe-opentelemetry-collection-from-scratch-cail-young-octopus-deploy)**<br>by
  Cail Young, Octopus Deploy<br> Monday March 23, 2026 13:30 - 13:55CET

- **[Observability in the Matrix: Choosing the Right AI Agent To Escape the Chaos](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY5f/observability-in-the-matrix-choosing-the-right-ai-agent-to-escape-the-chaos-henrik-rexed-dynatrace)**<br>by
  Henrik Rexed, Dynatrace<br> Monday March 23, 2026 14:05 - 14:30CET

- **[Observability Through Users' Eyes and How To Fix the Knowledge Disconnect](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY5i/observability-through-users-eyes-and-how-to-fix-the-knowledge-disconnect-iris-dyrmishi-miro-helia-barroso-five9)**<br>by
  Iris Dyrmishi, Miro; Hélia Barroso, Five9<br> Monday March 23, 2026 14:05 -
  14:30CET

- **[From Pods To PUE: A Digital Twin Approach To Sustainable Kubernetes Infrastructure](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY6U/from-pods-to-pue-a-digital-twin-approach-to-sustainable-kubernetes-infrastructure-matteo-bunino-cern)**<br>by
  Matteo Bunino, CERN<br> Monday March 23, 2026 14:40 - 15:05CET

- **[Parity in Observability Across Different Platforms](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY6X/parity-in-observability-across-different-platforms-kirill-mikhailov-liam-harrington-riot-games)**<br>by
  Kirill Mikhailov, Riot Games; Liam Harrington, Riot Games<br> Monday March 23,
  2026 14:40 - 15:05CET

- **[Designing for Observability](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY7D/designing-for-observability-george-hantzaras-mongodb)**<br>by
  George Peter Hantzaras, Core Platforms, MongoDB<br> Monday March 23, 2026
  15:20 - 15:45CET

- **[One YAML To Rule Them All: Declarative Config](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY7A/one-yaml-to-rule-them-all-declarative-config-jamie-danielson-honeycombio)**<br>by
  Jamie Danielson, Honeycomb.io<br> Monday March 23, 2026 15:20 - 15:45CET

- **[Let Me Be Your OpenTelemetry Champ](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY7w/let-me-be-your-opentelemetry-champ-pavol-loffay-red-hat)**<br>by
  Pavol Loffay, Red Hat<br> Monday March 23, 2026 15:55 - 16:20CET

- **[OpenTelemetry Gateways: Enforce, Transform, Route](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY7t/opentelemetry-gateways-enforce-transform-route-juraci-paixao-krohling-ollygarden-natalie-ujuk-ig-group)**<br>by
  Juraci Paixão Kröhling, OllyGarden; Natalie Ujuk, IG Group<br> Monday March
  23, 2026 15:55 - 16:20CET

- **[Observability Without Borders: The OpenTelemetry Collector in a WebAssembly World](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY8f/observability-without-borders-the-opentelemetry-collector-in-a-webassembly-world-evan-bradley-dynatrace-pablo-baeyens-datadog)**<br>by
  Evan Bradley, Dynatrace LLC; Pablo Baeyens, Datadog<br> Monday March 23, 2026
  16:30 - 16:55CET

- **[When the Codebase Starts Instrumenting Itself](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY8i/when-the-codebase-starts-instrumenting-itself-whitney-lee-datadog)**<br>by
  Whitney Lee, Datadog<br> Monday March 23, 2026 16:30 - 16:55CET

- **[⚡Lightning Talk: A Drop-in System To Accelerate Metrics Observability by 100x Using Sketch-based Approximation](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY9O/cllightning-talk-a-drop-in-system-to-accelerate-metrics-observability-by-100x-using-sketch-based-approximation-milind-srivastava-carnegie-mellon-university)**<br>by
  Milind Srivastava, Carnegie Mellon University<br> Monday March 23, 2026
  17:00 - 17:10CET

- **[⚡Lightning Talk: Semantics Matter! Lessons From Stabilizing OpenTelemetry's System Conventions](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DY9R/cllightning-talk-semantics-matter-lessons-from-stabilizing-opentelemetrys-system-conventions-roger-coll-elastic)**<br>by
  Roger Coll, Elastic<br> Monday March 23, 2026 17:00 - 17:10CET

- **[⚡Lightning Talk: Grasp the Real Worth of Your Microservices by Brewing a Truth Potion of Observablity](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DYA1/cllightning-talk-grasp-the-real-worth-of-your-microservices-by-brewing-a-truth-potion-of-observablity-yash-bhatnagar-google)**<br>by
  Yash Bhatnagar, Google<br> Monday March 23, 2026 17:15 - 17:25CET

- **[⚡Lightning Talk: "Metrics That Lie": Understanding OpenTelemetry's Cardinality Capping and Its Implications](https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/event/2DYA4/cllightning-talk-metrics-that-lie-understanding-opentelemetrys-cardinality-capping-and-its-implications-cijo-thomas-microsoft)**<br>by
  Cijo Thomas, Microsoft<br> Monday March 23, 2026 17:15 - 17:25CET

</details>

> [!IMPORTANT] 重要なアクセスに関する注意
>
> **Observability Day** に参加するには _all-access_ パスが必要です。
> 詳細は [KubeCon registration][] をご覧ください。

## メンテナーサミット {#maintainer-summit}

併設イベントとカンファレンスの前日にあたる3月22日に開催されるメンテナーサミットは、プロジェクトの担い手たちが直接顔を合わせる貴重な機会です。
OpenTelemetry 組織の[メンバー][membership]が集まり、コラボレーション、学習、アイデアの共有、問題解決、そしてプロジェクトの充実を図ります。
準備されたトーク、プロジェクトミーティング、アンカンファレンスセッションが 9:00 から 17:00 まで行われます。
詳細は[フルスケジュール][summit schedule]をご覧ください。
今すぐ[サインアップ][maintainer summit]しましょう！

- **[Building Bridges: How the OTel End User SIG Helps Foster Community](https://maintainersummiteu2026.sched.com/event/2EWem/building-bridges-how-the-otel-end-user-sig-helps-foster-community-adriana-villela-dynatrace-josh-lee-altinity-reese-lee-new-relic)**<br>by
  Adriana Villela, Dynatrace; Josh Lee, Altinity; Reese Lee, New Relic<br>
  Sunday March 22, 2026 11:35 - 12:10GMT

- **[Project Meeting | Prometheus & OpenTelemetry](https://maintainersummiteu2026.sched.com/event/2EWep/project-meeting-prometheus-opentelemetry)**
  <br> Sunday March 22, 2026 11:35 - 12:10GMT

> [!IMPORTANT] 重要なアクセスに関する注意
>
> **メンテナーサミット** に参加するには、KubeCon + CloudNativeCon への登録が必要です。
> また、OpenTelemetry などの CNCF インキュベーティングプロジェクトのメンバーである必要があります。
> 参加資格については [Maintainer Summit][] をご覧ください。

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## OpenTelemetry Observatory

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## OpenTelemetry Community Awards

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## ぜひご参加ください {#join-us}

OpenTelemetry のトークを聴き、学び、そしてプロジェクトに参加しましょう。
アムステルダムでお会いしましょう！

[kubecon eu]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/
[Observability Day]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/co-located-events/observability-day/
[kubecon registration]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/register/
[summit schedule]: https://maintainersummiteu2026.sched.com/
[maintainer summit]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/features-add-ons/maintainer-summit/
[membership]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/25f027532a6e9b503d6eb4dd3db0a98eb3b5f1cb/guides/contributor/membership.md#member
[obs-day-sched]: https://colocatedeventseu2026.sched.com/overview/type/Observability+Day
