Servie Mesh Night Birmingham

Join us for Service Mesh Night Birmingham, an evening dedicated to Service Mesh, Kubernetes networking, security, observability, traffic management, and real-world cloud native engineering.
Service Mesh has become an important part of modern cloud native platforms, helping teams manage secure service-to-service communication, traffic routing, workload identity, reliability, and observability across Kubernetes and distributed environments.

This meetup is for Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, SREs, Cloud Engineers, Kubernetes Engineers, Developers, Architects, students, and anyone interested in learning how Service Mesh technologies are being used in real-world environments.
Expect practical talks, community discussions, lessons from production implementations, and plenty of opportunities to connect with engineers from the Birmingham and West Midlands cloud native community.
Whether you are already working with technologies such as Linkerd, Istio, Envoy, Consul Service Mesh, or just beginning to explore Service Mesh, this session will help you understand the concepts, use cases, challenges, and how Service Mesh fits into modern cloud native platforms.

What to Expect
Real-world Service Mesh talks and demonstrations
Kubernetes networking and service-to-service communication
mTLS, workload identity, and zero-trust security
Traffic management, routing, and reliability
Observability and troubleshooting
Lessons learned from production environments
Networking with local engineers and community members
Food, drinks, and community conversations

Agenda
17:30 – Doors Open, Networking, Food & Drinks
Welcome attendees and allow time for informal networking.
18:15 – Welcome & Introductions
Introduction to Cloud Native Birmingham, Service Mesh Night, speakers, sponsors, and the evening agenda.
18:30 – Talk 1: Speaker 1
Session details will be announced soon.
19:15 – Short Break
Networking and refreshments.
19:30 – Talk 2: Speaker 2
Session details will be announced soon.
20:15 – Community Q&A and Open Discussion
Interactive discussion with speakers and attendees around Service Mesh, Kubernetes networking, security, observability, and real-world implementation challenges.
20:30 – Networking Continues
Continue conversations with speakers, sponsors, and community members.
21:30 – Close
Speakers

🎤 Speakers will be announced soon.

Stay tuned for speaker and session announcements.

Who Should Attend
This event is ideal for Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, SREs, Cloud Engineers, Kubernetes Engineers, Developers, Security Engineers, Network Engineers, Architects, students, beginners, and anyone interested in cloud native technologies and Service Mesh.

Come and join us for an evening of learning, sharing, and networking with the Birmingham cloud native community.

Let’s explore how Service Mesh is helping teams build secure, observable, and reliable cloud native platforms together.

**Register here: https://ocgroups.dev/cncf/group/982yqj6/event/9gmejqy**