CNCF Vancouver + Grafana and Friends September meetup

## ​Note: You must register here: CNCF Vancouver group

## Call for Papers (CFP)📝

​If you are interested in hosting, speaking or sponsoring any of our events please reach out by creating a Github issue in our meetup repository 🫰🏻

## ​Event description 🎫

​​Join us at Northeastern University for our first event of the year, it will be an evening packed with networking, learning, and fun, hosted by Cloud Native Vancouver 🇨🇦, an official CNCF community group.
​Details
📝 Date: September 10th, 2025, at 5:00 PM 🕠
​​📍 Venue: Northeastern University - Vancouver
​This event is the perfect opportunity to dive into the world of cloud-native technologies while mingling with fellow tech enthusiasts.

## ​Who should attend 🧑🏻‍🤝🏻‍🧑🏻

• ​Software Developers
• ​Cloud Engineers
• ​Product Managers
• ​IT Professionals
• ​Students interested in Cloud Native driven architecture.

## ​Agenda 📖

## ​Agenda 📖

• ​5:00 – 5:30 PM → Guest arrival. Volunteers will guide you to the room. Free food & drinks 🍲 — feel free to start eating and networking as soon as you arrive!
• ​5:30 – 5:35 PM → Host introduction and sponsors shoutout.
• ​5:35 – 6:05 PM → Karpenter, what did you do? — Niko Smeds @ Grafana Labs - Talk
• ​6:05 – 6:35 PM → Building a Streaming Data Source for Grafana — Calvin Zhang @ Timeplus - Talk
• ​6:35 – 7:05 PM → Deploying Applications to AKS Using Azure DevOps Pipelines — Adetokunbo Temitayo @ Planview - Talk
• ​7:05 – 7:15 PM → Open Q&A + short break.
• ​7:15 – 7:55 PM → Extended networking in the venue.
• ​7:55 – 8:00 PM → Wrap up 🥂
• ​8:20 PM – ♾️ → Off-site Networking Event (5 min walk from the venue).

## ​Note: You must register here: CNCF group