Name: Cloud Native @JetBrains with Kelsey Hightower!
Start: 2025-10-23T17:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-23T21:30:00+02:00
Location: JetBrains Amsterdam Terrace Tower office

**What to expect?**
A great evening with technical talks and networking with the cloud native community, with a special guest and a great view from the JetBrains offices! Expect the usual (deeply technical talks, engaging community) and the unusual too this time (with such illustrious guest speaker!).

**Agenda**:
🤝17:30-18:15 Walk-in, Welcome from JetBrains
🎤18:15-18:45 1st Talk: [Philipp Laine](https://philiplaine.com/) (Author of Spegel.dev): **Cache Me If You Can: P2P Image Sharing in Kubernetes with Spegel**
🍕18:45-18:55 Break
🎤18:55-19:40 2nd Talk: Kelsey Hightower "**A talk with Kelsey Hightower: Tech Trends, Side Projects and Live Q&A"**
🍻20:30 - 21:30 Networking & drinks (open for impromptu lighting talk)
📌21:30 End

1st Talk:
**Title:** Cache Me If You Can: P2P Image Sharing in Kubernetes with Spegel
**Description:** This talk will provide significant value to the Kubernetes ecosystem by showcasing practical solutions for improving cluster efficiency, resilience, and cost management. As Kubernetes clusters grow in scale and complexity, managing image pulls and reducing latency during workload deployments becomes increasingly important. By demonstrating how Spegel enables local image caching and sharing across nodes, this session will teach attendees how to minimize reliance on external registries, reduce egress traffic, and avoid issues like rate-limiting or registry downtime. These insights are crucial for teams operating in large-scale cloud environments or edge deployments, where fast, reliable image pulls are critical to maintaining uptime and performance.

2nd Talk:
**Title:** A talk with Kelsey Hightower: Tech Trends, Side Projects and Live Q&A
**Description:** A conversation with one of the most prominent figure in Cloud Native world, keen to share with us his vision for the future of technology in the age of AI.

**Photography/Video consent:**

We will be taking photos and videos during the event and will use these photos and videos for social media and promotional materials. By coming to the meet-up, you give us your consent to take photos and videos of you.

**Code of Conduct:**
All members are required to agree with the [Berlin Code of Conduct](https://berlincodeofconduct.org/).

**Directions:**
JetBrains offices are located at Terrace Tower in Amsterdam RAI (Gelrestraat 16, 1079 MZ Amsterdam)

Parking: There's paid parking around, at the Flow parking or at Motel One across the street; unfortunately we won't be able to cover parking costs. We encourage you to use your bikes or public transport (line 52 and 51 stop at RAI).

**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.
* Let's have a great evening together!

Alessandro Vozza

Ruslan Kuleshov

anna.protsenko

Dutch Cloud Native & AI Community Group

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Linux

Software Development

Cloud Computing

High Scalability Computing

Data Center and Operations Automation

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

Continuous Delivery

Docker

Container Linux 

Kubernetes

Containers

AI/ML

Artificial Intelligence Applications

Artificial Intelligence

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