Cloud-Native & Platform Engineering Meetup April 2026 - Post KubeCon @SAP

Fresh from KubeCon EU 2026, join us for an evening of talks, knowledge sharing, and networking!

📅 Date: Friday, April 2, 2026
🕖 Time: 19:00
📍 Venue: SAP Labs Bulgaria, ul. Srebarna, Sofia
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📋 AGENDA
19:00 – 19:10 - Doors open & networking
19:10 – 19:15 - Welcome & intro
19:15 – 19:40 🎤 Talk 1: From Bare Metal to Cloud: Owning the Stack Without a Hyperscaler(In English) - Boris Kochev

🗣️ Boris Kochev — SAP Labs Bulgaria
What does it take to build cloud infrastructure starting from physical servers while remaining independent from hyperscalers?
This talk explores the foundations of modern open infrastructure in the context of growing interest in vendor-neutral and sovereign cloud services. We'll begin with a walk-through of the European Apeiro Reference Architecture initiative and its role in promoting open-source, interoperable cloud technologies.
From there, we'll dive into bare metal provisioning using IronCore/CobaltCore and Metal API, showing how physical servers can be automated and integrated into a programmable infrastructure layer.
We'll finish zooming out to see the bigger picture: how these building blocks can be combined into a full Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform.

19:45 – 20:10 🎤 Talk 2: KubeCon Recap - Open Mic (БГ/EN)

20:10 – 21:30(22) Q&A, networking & drinks 🍻
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📝 NOTES
- The event is free and open to everyone
- Please RSVP so we can plan accordingly
- Hosted at SAP Labs Bulgaria 🙏
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See you there! 🚀