Cloud Native Madison

cTENcf: Madison

Attendees: 29
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Event date
October 29, 2025
04:30 PM - 07:30 PM CDT
Location
StartingBlock Madison, Madison
About this event

It's time for our biggest event of the year! We're teaming up with Grafana, Devtron, and StartingBlock to host a special birthday bash for the 10th anniversary of Kubernetes and CNCF, and the 1st anniversary of our revitalized local CNCF community.

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Here's what to expect:

  • Great Talks: Hear directly from industry leaders, CNCF project maintainers, and local champions

  • Quick Demos: Catch up on the latest in cloud-native tech through a series of lightning talks

  • Local Connections: Meet and mingle with other companies, engineers, students, and innovators from right here in Madison

  • A Real Celebration: Enjoy food, drinks, and plenty of energy as we celebrate the community

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Event rundown (abstracts in bios!):

  • 5:00PM (Doors @ 4:30): WELCOME & KICKOFF

    • The Next Decade of Cloud Native: A Madison Perspective

      With Organizers: Ryan Etten, Cory Sherman, & Santanu Mojumder

  • 5:15PM: GRAFANA LABS KEYNOTE

    • Beyond Dashboarding: The Grafana Observability Stack

      Tim Levett, Director of Engineering @ Grafana Labs

  • 5:50PM: DEVTRON SPOTLIGHT

    • Supercharge the Kubernetes Experience with Devtron

      Cloud Native Madison Organizers on behalf of Devtron

  • 6:00PM: COMMUNITY TALKS

    • Building the Front Door to UW Innovation

      Siddharth (Sid) Singh, President @Transcend UW

    • The Atrophy of Muscle Memory in an Abstracted Development Platform

      Jonathon Jenkins, Enterprise Architect @ Entegral

    • For ten years you have been able to get away with this...

      Nick Nellis, Director of Solution Architecture @ Solo.io

  • 6:30PM: DINNER & NETWORKING

    • Continue the conversation over complimentary food and drinks

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A huge thank you to the sponsors making this happen:

✨ StartingBlock Madison – Venue Partner
✨ Grafana Labs – Event Sponsor
✨ Devtron – Event Sponsor

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The Details:

  • When: Wednesday, October 29th, from 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT

  • Where: StartingBlock Madison

  • Action: 👉 Register Above!

Don't miss out. This is a perfect chance to connect with the local tech community, learn something new, and celebrate the journey of Kubernetes and our own group. We can't wait to see you there!

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