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stackconf 2021: Behind the scenes

Meet the faces behind stackconf

stackconf online 2021 is over. It was successfull once again and we’re happy everything has been gone as planned. For this we would like to thank anyone who was involved in the organizational process of our online conference this year. In the following we give you an impression of how it looked like behind the scenes.

 

Our awesome moderators

If you were part of stackconf you certainly know these two faces. Christian and Bernd were moderating the conference for whole three days. They took care about making the required technology work, announcing all of our talks, entertaining the community during the breaks and interacting with participants and speakers via live chat. They did a great job the last few days and we hold them in high esteem for undertaking this demanding task.

 

A cake a day…

…keeps the stress away. At least on the first day, when everyone of our team was a little bit nervous whether everything is going as planned. For this Jessica from the Marketing Team has baked a stackconf cake with an edible logo on top of it. It was very delicious and especially refreshing at the high temperatures. The whole stackonf crew enjoyed the cake during one of our well-deserved breaks.

 

 

The organizers

Lukas and Markus are the core of stackconf. They’re working in the Events-team and have planned stackconf well in advance. During the conference they ensure that everything runs smoothly and that all involved are on track. Furthermore they checked if speakers are online for the Q&A session followed after their lecture and cared about sponsor and participant requests. Thank you for investing so much time in organizing stackconf!

 

 

Hardworking Marketingladies

Leonie, Natalie, Jessi and me have been supporting stackconf from marketing site. We are behind the twitter channel NETWAYS Events. Taking pictures, recording videos, publishing tweets and community management were our daily tasks. The cooperation within our Marketing team was perfect – it couldn´t have gone better!

 

    

 

And all together

We did it – and we’re pleased we did it great! Thanks to everyone for joining us, regardless of whether speaker, sponsor, participant or organizer.

We’re looking forward to meeting you personally at stackconf 2022 in Berlin.

 

Katja Kotschenreuther
Katja Kotschenreuther
Manager Marketing

Katja ist seit Oktober 2020 Teil des Marketing Teams. Als Manager Marketing kümmert sie sich hauptsächlich um das Marketing für die Konferenzen stackconf und OSMC sowie unsere Trainings. Zudem unterstützt sie das Icinga Team mit verschiedenen Social Media Kampagnen und der Bewerbung der Icinga Camps. Sie ist SEO-Verantwortliche für all unsere Websites und sehr viel in unserem Blog unterwegs. In ihrer Freizeit reist sie gerne, bastelt, backt und engagiert sich bei Foodsharing. Im Sommer kümmert sie sich außerdem um ihren viel zu großen Gemüseanbau.

stackconf 2021: The Sponsors

Only one more night and it’s stackconf-time! We would like to take this opportunity to officially thank all of our wonderful sponsors and partners. Without your great support stackconf would not be possible this way.

 

It’s great to have you on board, …

 

… Gold Sponsors

We sincerely thank our two Gold Sponors of stackconf 2021: Ubuntu and Icinga.

We are very happy about your contribution to stackconf 2021. It is an honor for us to get such great support! We hope you will enjoy stackconf as much as we already do. Thank you very much for the excellent partnership.

 

… Silver Sponsors

Another big thank you goes to B1 Systems and NETWAYS Web Services who are supporting us as Silver Sponsors. We are happy about this year’s cooperation and are looking forward to the next three days with you.

 

… Partners

Besides our great sponsors, we are also happy to have our partners on board at stackconf. In this way, we would like to say a heartfelt „thank you“ to Linux Magazin and German Tech Jobs.

 

All in all, we are overjoyed with this generous support, which makes the online format of Stackconf possible again this year.

We’re looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Katja Kotschenreuther
Katja Kotschenreuther
Manager Marketing

Katja ist seit Oktober 2020 Teil des Marketing Teams. Als Manager Marketing kümmert sie sich hauptsächlich um das Marketing für die Konferenzen stackconf und OSMC sowie unsere Trainings. Zudem unterstützt sie das Icinga Team mit verschiedenen Social Media Kampagnen und der Bewerbung der Icinga Camps. Sie ist SEO-Verantwortliche für all unsere Websites und sehr viel in unserem Blog unterwegs. In ihrer Freizeit reist sie gerne, bastelt, backt und engagiert sich bei Foodsharing. Im Sommer kümmert sie sich außerdem um ihren viel zu großen Gemüseanbau.

stackconf Countdown – 7 days to go

The stackconf countdown is running and in 7 days the conference will finally start! Therefore we’ve created a guide consisting of 7 steps, which will help you with your preparations for our online event next week:

 

7 – Register for free

If you haven’t registered yet, then go, go, go! This year you have the chance to join stackconf for free. Up to now we already have over 250 registrations, so this year is going to be the greatest stackconf we’ve ever had. Make sure to save one of the coveted ticktes and become part of our interntional community!

 

6 – Create your program

Now check out our three-day lecture program and see what’s in for you. Choose speakers and talks that interest you most, add them to your personal calendar and you won’t miss any of your favourite lectures.

 

5 – Prepare questions

Let your hardest questions be answered by renowned international open source experts. Think about some questions in advance and you will find out what you always wanted to know. Also keep in mind to use our Rocket.Chat channel to ask the experts during the conference.

 

4 – Invite colleagues

Enjoying stackconf together makes more fun than alone, right? So don’t hesitate and invite your colleagues to join our online conference, too. Start a conversation with them, share ideas with each other and together make the best out of it.

 

3 – Open your mind

With the right attitude you will get even more out of stackconf. So try to be open towards new ways and possibilities to get in touch with each other. Network with like-minded peope worldwide, establish new contacts and interact with the infrastructure experts.

 

2 – Check your technology

Now you’re almost there. Just check if your technology is working. So think about your headphones, speaker, internet connection and make sure that your batteries are charged. Keep in mind to have a pen and writing pad beside you for taking some notes.

 

1 – Be curious & enjoy

Well done, you’re perfectly prepared for stackconf! Now make yourself comfortable, lean back, enjoy your chosen lectures and most importantly: be curious. Curious about what will you await you additionally. We prepared a surprise for you – something we’ve never done before so to say.

 

Thank you for being part of stackconf online 2021. We look forward to seeing you from June 15 – 17!

Have fun with your preparation and count the days!

Katja Kotschenreuther
Katja Kotschenreuther
Manager Marketing

Katja ist seit Oktober 2020 Teil des Marketing Teams. Als Manager Marketing kümmert sie sich hauptsächlich um das Marketing für die Konferenzen stackconf und OSMC sowie unsere Trainings. Zudem unterstützt sie das Icinga Team mit verschiedenen Social Media Kampagnen und der Bewerbung der Icinga Camps. Sie ist SEO-Verantwortliche für all unsere Websites und sehr viel in unserem Blog unterwegs. In ihrer Freizeit reist sie gerne, bastelt, backt und engagiert sich bei Foodsharing. Im Sommer kümmert sie sich außerdem um ihren viel zu großen Gemüseanbau.

stackconf: 14 Days left! Get Ready!

Good Times Ahead! Are You Prepared?

Yes, you heard right – in 14 days the time has finally come. And the preparations for stackconf are in full swing. Since we are almost ready with all the organizational and technical things for our online conference this year, we were thinking about how your preparations are going. If you haven’t started yet, we will now show you three tips which help you getting prepared for stackconf in less than two weeks.

 

In three steps to a successful online conference

1. Define your program

As far as you know, the stackconf program is already set – for us at least. You still have the possibility to put together an individual program which suits you best. So check out our three-day lecture program and choose your favourite speakers and talks.

 

2. Have an open attitude

If you want to get the best out of stackconf we recommend being open to new ways and possibilities to get in touch with each other. Use the chance to interact and network with participants from all over the world. Get in contact with like-minded people and let your hardest questions be answered by renowned international open source experts. Listen, discuss and learn!

 

3. Take a seat

But before you make yourself comfortable, check whether your technology works. So just try out your internet connection, your headphones or speaker and make sure that your batteries are charged. Also don’t forget to always have a writing pad and pen ready for taking notes.

Great, now you know what to do for enjoying our online event successfully.

Here are some of the highlights that await you during stackconf:

GitOps, Weaviate, Kubernetes, …

 

RICARDO CASTRO

GitOps: yea or nay?

GitOps is a paradigm or a set of practices that empowers developers to perform tasks which typically (only) fall under the purview of operations. It’s a way to do Kubernetes cluster management and application delivery by using Git as a single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and applications. This talk will include a demo of ArgoCD/Flux/Jenkins X on how to configure and use it to accelerate and simplify application deployments.

 

 

 

LAURA HAM

Weaviate Vector Search Engine – Introduction

This talk is an introduction to the vector search engine Weaviate. You will learn how storing data using vectors enables semantic search and automatic data classification. Topics like the underlying vector storage mechanism and how the pre-trained language vectorization model enables this are touched. In addition, this presentation consists of live demos to show the power of Weaviate and how you can get started with your own datasets.

 

 

 

LEONID BELKIND & OR ELIMELECH

Kubernetes Native Continuous Deployment with FluxCD, Flagger, and Linkerd

This talk will demonstrate a Kubernetes native CD pipeline using FluxCD, Flagger and Linkerd. We will discuss the benefits we gained in the process of employing this pipeline at StackPulse. Key learnings for the audience: How to increase velocity and deployment safety by adopting CD; How great tooling can reflect your culture — not change it

 

 

We hope our tips help you planning stackconf from the participants‘ side and we’re looking forward to seeing you in 2 weeks online!

 

Katja Kotschenreuther
Katja Kotschenreuther
Manager Marketing

Katja ist seit Oktober 2020 Teil des Marketing Teams. Als Manager Marketing kümmert sie sich hauptsächlich um das Marketing für die Konferenzen stackconf und OSMC sowie unsere Trainings. Zudem unterstützt sie das Icinga Team mit verschiedenen Social Media Kampagnen und der Bewerbung der Icinga Camps. Sie ist SEO-Verantwortliche für all unsere Websites und sehr viel in unserem Blog unterwegs. In ihrer Freizeit reist sie gerne, bastelt, backt und engagiert sich bei Foodsharing. Im Sommer kümmert sie sich außerdem um ihren viel zu großen Gemüseanbau.

stackconf online 2021 – Are you ready?

Tick tock – time is running

In less than 4 weeks it’s stackconf time and we can hardly wait for our three-day online conference. If you feel the same way and you already want to get in stackconf mood we have something suitable for you:

Get in the mood!

Recently we have published more than 30 videos from last year’s stackconf on our YouTube channel. From quick ignite talks of 5 minutes to longer lectures which take up to an hour. Additionally you always have the possibility to take a look at our archive and enjoy slides and pictures from former infrastructure conferences. So use the chance to acquire knowledge about Open Source infrastructure solutions from international experts and get in the mood for our 2021 lecture programm!

Click your way through the stackconf-playlist and let yourself be inspired by infrastructure specialists.

 

Save your free ticket

If you don’t have a ticket yet, just register right away and participate for free. Save your seat and look forward to connecting with many like-minded people and international Open Source experts. We can’t wait to meet you from June 15 to 17 – see you online!

 

What stackconf is all about

stackconf is about open source infrastructure in the spectrum of continuous integration, container, hybrid and cloud solutions. Since bridging the gap between development, testing and operations became to a fundamental paradigm in modern IT, stackconf covers this concept from different perspectives.

Katja Kotschenreuther
Katja Kotschenreuther
Manager Marketing

Katja ist seit Oktober 2020 Teil des Marketing Teams. Als Manager Marketing kümmert sie sich hauptsächlich um das Marketing für die Konferenzen stackconf und OSMC sowie unsere Trainings. Zudem unterstützt sie das Icinga Team mit verschiedenen Social Media Kampagnen und der Bewerbung der Icinga Camps. Sie ist SEO-Verantwortliche für all unsere Websites und sehr viel in unserem Blog unterwegs. In ihrer Freizeit reist sie gerne, bastelt, backt und engagiert sich bei Foodsharing. Im Sommer kümmert sie sich außerdem um ihren viel zu großen Gemüseanbau.