#6 Cloud Native Porto – KCD Porto Warm Up Edition

We’re back — and this time, it’s a special one! Join us for the KCD Porto Warm Up Edition of Cloud Native Porto, as we gear up for Kubernetes Community Days Porto 2025 - Cloud Native Porto is a proud Community Partner and Visionary Ally

This edition will bring together speakers from Portugal and beyond, featuring insights on cloud-native architectures, observability, integration platforms, and more.

### 📅 Agenda

18:40 – Intro & Welcome 👋
Quick intro to kick off the evening and set the stage!
18:45 – 🌍 Introducing Cloud Native Valencia
🎙 Luiz Bernardo Levenhagen, Jade Lassery & Chad M. Crowell
Our friends from Cloud Native Valencia will join us remotely to share their story, what they’re building, and how their community is growing across Spain.
19:00 – 🔍 Getting Started with Observability in ETL on AWS
🎙 Ana Sofia Dias Gonçalves – Critical Techworks
In this talk, Ana Sofia will cover practical starting points for implementing observability in ETL infrastructures on AWS — sharing tips and lessons learned from real-world experience.
19:30 – ⚙️ Integration Platforms – A Hybrid Multi-Cloud Integration Architecture with a GitOps Philosophy
🎙 Flávio Saraiva – MC Digital
As we move toward hybrid multi-cloud environments, integration capabilities must evolve. Flávio will explore how a GitOps-first mindset and reusable, product-oriented Integration Platforms can bring automation, observability, and DevSecOps practices together in a modern integration ecosystem.
20:00 – 21:00 – 🤝 Networking & Coffee Break ☕
Time to connect, chat, and exchange ideas with the community.

### 📍 Location

Kuehne + Nagel Porto IT Hub - Rua de Latino Coelho 142 · Porto

🗓️ Date: 29 October – Thursday, 18:40–21:00
👉 In-person only! Come meet the Cloud Native community face-to-face.

### 💡 About this Edition

This meetup is our warm-up for KCD Porto 2025, happening next 3 and 4 of November at Alfândega Congress Center. We’ll celebrate community, collaboration, and everything cloud native — just a small taste of what’s coming at the big event!

🎤 Want to speak at a future meetup?
We provide the stage — you bring the talk!
👉 Submit your proposal here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKIpo2gUiTgUz9GXdoQgtEwhT_EZZHFsy7yz56tEAFTgmyZQ/viewform
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👉 Secure your spot and register now! See you there