Name: Observability Meetup @ Datadog HQ AMS
Start: 2025-01-23T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-01-23T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Datadog Netherlands

We’re thrilled to invite you to another edition of our Datadog Benelux User Group and welcoming you to 2025!

This edition focuses on Observability, where our expert speakers will cover how they stay on top of increasingly more complex and demanding environments.

Join us for insightful talks, delicious food, drinks and great networking opportunities.

**Date**: Thursday January 23rd, 2025
**Location**: Datadog HQ Amsterdam, 1017 CE, Herengracht 601
**Time**: 18:00 - 21:30

**Agenda:**
**18.00 -** **Doors Open:** Walk-in + Food & Drinks!
**18:30 - Kick-off:** Welcome by your hosts from Datadog
**18:35 - Talk 1: How to Leverage Datadog for DORA compliance**
*\- by Robin van Zijll & Roy Martinez \(Mollie\)*
**19:20** - **Quick Break**
**19:30 - Talk 2: Building and Observability Platform**
*\- by Thomas Krag & Marc Rooding \(DHL\)*
**20:25 - Closing comments**
**20:30** - **Networking & Drinks**
**21:30** - **The End!**

**About the talks:**

* **Talk 1: How to Leverage Datadog for DORA compliance**
**By Robin van Zijll** (Product Manager - SRE) & **Roy Martinez** (Senior SRE) at Mollie

Given the work done at Mollie throughout 2024, they will share their story on how to leverage Datadog for DORA Compliance.

* **Talk** **2: Building an Observability Platform**
**By Thomas Krag** (Product Owner) & **Marc Rooding** (Director of Architecture & Digital Strategy) at DHL

As modern systems grow increasingly complex, observability is no longer just a nice-to-have, but rather a cornerstone of reliability engineering. But how do you empower development teams to own their observability while keeping platform cohesion?

We’ll explore how we’ve built our Observability Platform on top of Datadog by adopting principles from Platform Engineering, Platform as a Product and Team Topologies. From focusing on user needs and applying Jobs to be Done theory to enhancing developer experience and enabling self-service capabilities, we’ll share the strategies that helped us design a platform that teams love to use.

Join us to learn how we navigated the challenges of balancing standardization with flexibility, cultivated a culture of ownership and aligned our observability practices with organizational goals - all while keeping our users (the developers) at the heart of the process.

**Important notes:**

* Please inform us on any allergies or dietary restrictions so we can ensure everyone enjoys the food.
* Keep your RSVP up to date, we're counting on you to be there and share in the excitement.
* Your hosts for the evening: Tim Meijer (Datadog) and Joe Hefferan (Datadog)

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