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2019 marks my first trip to KubeCon. For those of you who are not already in the know, the CNCF<\/a> describes KubeCon + CloudNativeCon<\/a> as such:<\/p>\n

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation\u2019s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in San Diego, California from November 18-21, 2019. Join Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy, CoreDNS, containerd, Fluentd, OpenTracing, gRPC, CNI, Jaeger, Notary, TUF, Vitess, NATS, Linkerd, Helm, Rook, Harbor, etcd, Open Policy Agent, CRI-O, and TiKV as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.<\/p>\n

While KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019 was held in Barcelona in May and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2019 was held in Shanghai in June, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 is taking place in (so far) sunny San Diego, CA.
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I am still in awe at how quickly my KubeCon schedule filled up with conference events, client meetings, receptions, and more casual meet up with folks for tacos and\/or beer. With so much going on, I’ve decided to share my thoughts on each day’s events while they are still fresh in my mind. Ergo, I give you Day 0 of my KubeCon North America 2019 diary.<\/p>\n

Conference preliminaries<\/h1>\n

When I arrived at the airport yesterday, the conference registration line located near baggage claim had a very short line, so I was able to quickly pick up my badge.<\/p>\n

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Following what I consider to be a conference best practice, the CNCF provided pronoun stickers to attendees. I was also offered the option of adding a conversation sticker to my badge. These are designed to allow an attendee to let let others know the level to which they prefer to engage in conversation. I chose green (indicating that I am willing to talk to anyone), but other options indicated “I want to talk to only people I know” and “I do not wish to talk.”<\/p>\n

As a settled in at my hotel and scrounged up some pre-conference tacos, I checked through my Twitter feed to see how other conference attendees were settling in. I was delighted to see a number of returning attendees providing tips.\u00a0 In particular, I found this thread from Snyk’s Gareth Rushgrove<\/a> to be useful:<\/p>\n

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Before #kubecon<\/a> kicks off, I\u2019m pondering a few things about first time attendees. I\u2019ve been to most of the US events, and all the EU ones. So from a few hundred people to 12k or so this time around. Here\u2019s a thread, starting with tips for first timers.<\/p>\n

— Gareth Rushgrove (@garethr) November 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n