{"id":199,"date":"2020-08-25T22:51:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T02:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/kfitzpatrick\/?p=199"},"modified":"2020-08-25T22:51:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T02:51:27","slug":"some-takeaways-from-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/kfitzpatrick\/2020\/08\/25\/some-takeaways-from-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Takeaways from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In an alternate 2020, I would have attended KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in Amsterdam in late March. In that universe I would have found myself speed walking from keynotes to vendor meetings, then to analyst events and, hopefully, some nice bars with my RedMonk colleagues and the RedMonk Beers crowd. I would have attempted to publish a post for each day I attended the event, as I did for the 2019 KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in San Diego<\/a>, and those posts would have been fueled by delicious pastries and proper cafe settings.<\/p>\n

But this our 2020. And we are all conferencing from home.<\/p>\n

As my colleagues and I have already noted in our discussion of the first slew of events that moved online<\/a> due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the shift to virtual events it is rare to have the opportunity to dedicate multiple whole days to a given event. Nevertheless, last week I managed to carve out some part of each day to dedicate to the first virtual KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Here are my top takeaways.<\/p>\n

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon benefitted from earlier virtual events.<\/h1>\n

The downside of having postponed from March to August (initially as an in-person event before moving to a virtual format) is that KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe took place during the period when a lot of folks living in Europe are traditionally out on PTO. The upside is that it gave conference planners ample time to observe reactions to earlier virtual tech events and to adjust accordingly.<\/p>\n

The conference used the INXPO<\/a> platform (in places branded as \u201cIntrado\u201d), which allowed for session delivery, schedule viewing and agenda setup, a virtual expo hall, and various other activity categories (such as \u201cgames\u201d and \u201cexperiences\u201d).<\/p>\n

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Day 0 at #CloudNativeCon<\/a> + #KubeCon<\/a>. CNCF has done a great job with their virtual platform. Here we go\ud83d\ude80\ud83d\ude80!! pic.twitter.com\/KefWQta2mX<\/a><\/p>\n

— sam\ud83e\udd87\ud83d\udd0a (@proofofzen) August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n