We are opening the Call for Speakers for OTel Night Birmingham, a community meetup focused on OpenTelemetry, observability, cloud native monitoring, and real-world production experiences.
We are looking for speakers to share practical talks, lessons learned, case studies, or hands-on experiences around:
OpenTelemetry Observability Traces, metrics, and logs OTel Collector Kubernetes monitoring Cloud native platforms Production debugging Monitoring and telemetry pipelines
Speakers from all experience levels are welcome. You do not need to be an expert — beginner-friendly sessions and real-world learning stories are highly valuable to the community.
Submit your talk and be part of OTel Night Birmingham.
Let’s bring the Birmingham cloud native and observability community together.
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Join us for OTel Night Birmingham, an evening dedicated to OpenTelemetry, observability, cloud native monitoring, and real-world engineering lessons.
OpenTelemetry is becoming a key part of modern observability, helping teams collect, standardize, and understand telemetry data across applications, infrastructure, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.
This meetup is for engineers, platform teams, DevOps practitioners, SREs, developers, architects, and anyone interested in learning how OpenTelemetry is being used in production.
Expect practical talks, community discussions, lessons from real-world implementations, and plenty of time to connect with fellow engineers from the Birmingham and West Midlands cloud native community.
Speakers will be announced soon.
Whether you are already using OpenTelemetry or just starting your observability journey, this session will help you understand what works, what challenges teams face, and how OpenTelemetry fits into modern cloud native platforms.
What to Expect
- Real-world OpenTelemetry and observability talks
- Lessons learned from production environments
- Kubernetes, cloud native, and telemetry discussions
- Networking with local engineers and community members
- Food, drinks, and community conversations
Suggested Agenda
18:00 – Doors Open, Networking, Food & Drinks Welcome attendees and allow time for informal networking.
18:30 – Welcome & Introductions Introduction to Cloud Native Birmingham, OTel Night Birmingham, speakers, sponsors, and the evening agenda.
18:45 – Talk 1: Speaker to be announced A practical session focused on OpenTelemetry adoption, architecture, instrumentation, pipelines, or production lessons.
19:30 – Short Break Networking and refreshments.
19:45 – Talk 2: Speaker to be announced A second community talk covering real-world observability, Kubernetes monitoring, traces, metrics, logs, or platform engineering use cases.
20:30 – Community Q&A and Open Discussion Interactive discussion with speakers and attendees.
21:00 – Networking Continues Continue conversations with speakers, sponsors, and community members.
21:30 – Close
Who Should Attend
This event is ideal for DevOps Engineers, SREs, Platform Engineers, Cloud Engineers, Kubernetes Engineers, Developers, Observability Engineers, Architects, students, and beginners interested in cloud native observability.
Come and join us for an evening of learning, sharing, and networking with the Birmingham cloud native community.
Let’s explore how OpenTelemetry is shaping the future of observability together.
