CNCG Graz Meetup, October 2025 @BearingPoint

### Date & Time

Thursday, October 16, 2025
Start: 5:00 PM
📍 Location: BearingPoint Office, Graz
🍕🍻 Food & drinks sponsored by BearingPoint

### Agenda

🕔 5:00 PM – 5:10 PM | Welcome & Introduction
Kickoff by the Cloud Native Community Group Graz Team
A short overview of the evening and upcoming community highlights.

🏢 5:10 PM – 5:30 PM | Welcome from BearingPoint & Office Tour
Greeting from our host company and a quick guided tour through the brand-new BearingPoint office.

🎤 5:30 PM – 5:50 PM | Cloud Native Days Austria Recap – Daniel Drack
Couldn’t make it to Cloud Native Days Austria 2025 or want to relive the highlights?
Daniel Drack shares key insights, memorable talks, and takeaways from this year’s conference.

🕕 5:50 PM – 5:55 PM | Short Break
Grab a drink and get ready for the next session.

💡 5:55 PM – 6:25 PM | Tech Talk: Setting up a Local Cilium Playground – Branko Trenkoski (BearingPoint)
Discover how to quickly spin up a local Kubernetes cluster powered by Cilium — including networking, security, and observability — using an easy-to-deploy repository.
Perfect for Kubernetes beginners and platform engineers alike!

🕕 6:25 PM – 6:30 PM | Short Break
Take a short breather before the quiz begins.

🎯 6:30 PM – 6:50 PM | CNCG Graz Pub Quiz
Our legendary pub quiz returns — fun, nerdy, and packed with cloud-native trivia!
🏆 Win cool swag from BearingPoint.

🍕 6:50 PM | Networking, Food & Drinks
Relax, grab some food and drinks, and connect with fellow cloud-native enthusiasts.
A big thanks to BearingPoint for sponsoring and hosting this event!