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This Grafana & Friends meetup group hosts events focused on open source monitoring and observability using Grafana and related technologies. Some meetups feature formal presentations, while others are more relaxed and discussion-driven. Every event is designed to encourage learning, connection, and community. Snacks and stickers included!

🎤 Interested in speaking?
We’re always looking for meetup speakers! Submit your talk ideas here, and we’ll reach out with next steps if your proposal is accepted.

Grafana & Friends meetups aren’t the only way to connect with the community! Explore additional ways to get involved below:

Interact and be heard:

  • Forums: Do you have a problem, question, or curiosity? Visit our forums for a reservoir of knowledge- submit your own questions and answers!
  • Community Slack: Eager for real-time connections with fellow users? Begin a conversation on Slack

Learn:

  • YouTube: From getting started to exploring newer projects like Pyroscope and Beyla, the Grafana YouTube channel has what you need to get started! 

Contribute:

  • Github: Check out our open github repositories to report bugs and contribute code
  • Meetups and blogs: We’d love to feature your OSS Grafana Labs use case or story at an upcoming Grafana & Friends meetup or on the Grafana blog! Submit your idea here and we’ll connect with you on next steps if accepted. 
  • Champions: Join the Grafana Champions program! It’s designed to recognize and empower individuals who are actively contributing to the growth and success of the Grafana ecosystem.

All events hosted by this group and communication on this platform are subject to Grafana Labs' Events Code of Conduct.

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  • GrafanaCON Local Meetup Pune

    GrafanaCON Local Meetup Pune

    InfraCloud - An Improving Company, 66, KVP Sapatnekar Marg, Anand Park, Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra 411007, INDIA, Pune, IN

    Get ready for an exciting event with Grafana & Friends Pune: Happy Hours! Grafana Labs is all set to host its next happy hour with wonderful Recap of GrafanCon 2026 in collaboration with InfraCloud - An Improving Company.

    Agenda

    10:00 AM
    Intro and Welcome

    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    Recap of GrafanaCon 2026
    A recap of all the updates and releases made at GrafanaCon in Barcelona.
    Speaker: Sandeep Sukhani (Senior Software Engineer at Grafana Labs)

    11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
    The "Observability Tax" Strategy: Engineering for Cost-Efficiency with Grafana
    This talk introduces a practical strategy for engineering cost-efficient observability using Grafana and the open observability stack. We’ll examine the root causes of telemetry sprawl from label explosion in metrics to excessive log retention and unscoped tracing and explore architectural patterns that reduce waste without sacrificing visibility.
    Speaker: Saurabh Mishra (Lead Consultant at Optum)

    11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
    Telemetry at Scale: Best ways to use Prometheus and Thanos with Grafana
    I will detail my journey in implementing monitoring and observability on a multi cluster kubernetes architecture. I will describe how the architecture evolved from having no monitoring to a robust setup using Prometheus, Grafana and other tools. Attendees will gain insights into the challenges and considerations encountered throughout the process. I would explain the different architectures possible with pros and cons of each with sample use cases so attendees can properly evaluate various architectures and be better prepared while choosing to implement one over the other. I would explore various options going from Single Cluster to Multi Cloud Multi Cluster environments
    Speaker: Pratik Parikh (Lead DevOps Engineer at Simbian)

    12:20 PM - 12:50 PM
    AI-Powered Kubernetes Healing using Prometheus and Grafana
    This session demonstrates how to build an AI-powered Kubernetes healing system using Prometheus and Grafana. We will show how an AI agent can detect performance issues like CPU throttling using metrics, reason using a local LLM, and automatically remediate problems. The session highlights the evolution from monitoring systems to autonomous, self-healing infrastructure.
    Speaker: Jitesh Powankar (DevOps Tech Lead at JPMorganChase)

    12:50 PM - 01:30 PM
    Snacks, and Networking

    Note: This is an in-person event; no recordings will be available post-event.
    For any questions or to express interest in future speaking opportunities, please contact the organizers. More details on speakers and the complete agenda will be shared soon!

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