Grafana & Friends Vancouver + Confluent

## Event description 🎫

​​​Join us at Improving Office(116 W 6th Ave #300, Vancouver) for our fall event, it will be an evening packed with networking, learning, and fun, hosted by Grafana & Friends Vancouver and Confluent.
​​Details
📝 Date: November 27th, 2025, at 5:00 PM 🕠
​​​📍 Venue: Improving Office (116 W 6th Ave #300, Vancouver) - walking distance from Olympic Village Station or Science World Station
​​This event is the perfect opportunity to dive into the world of Grafana, Kafka, and Kubernetes while mingling with fellow tech enthusiasts.

## ​​Who should attend 🧑🏻‍🤝🏻‍🧑🏻

• ​​Software Developers
• ​​Cloud Engineers
• ​​Product Managers
• ​​IT Professionals
• ​​Students interested in Cloud Native driven architecture.
• ​Anyone interested in learning more about observability, open source, or Grafana!

## ​​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 sponsor shoutout.
• ​​5:35 – 6:05 PM → Supercharging Grafana with Community Plugins
• ​​6:05 – 6:35 PM → Pending
• ​​6:35 – 7:05 PM → Pending
• ​​7:05 – 7:15 PM → Open Q&A + short break.
• ​​7:15 – 8:00 PM → Extended networking in the venue.

## ​Sponsors

​​​We want to thank our sponsors who support us. This event's proud sponsors are:
​​Thanks to Grafana Labs and Confluent for sponsoring our event in this opportunity!

## ​​Venue Host and Partners:

​​​Venue*:* Improving. Improving is a modern digital services company and trusted AI expert for Fortune 500 and Global 1000 enterprises. Their software consulting, development, and training services have helped thousands of clients achieve strategic goals in a competitive, ever-changing market.
​​Partner: Grafana Labs

## ​​Call for Papers (CFP)📝

​​If you are interested in hosting, speaking or sponsoring any of our events please reach out the organizer [grafana-friends-van-org@googlegroups.com](mailto:grafana-friends-van-org@googlegroups.com) 🫰🏻

## ​Contact us

​​If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, or partner for an event just reach out to our email [grafana-friends-van-org@googlegroups.com](mailto:grafana-friends-van-org@googlegroups.com)