# Join us for OpenTelemetry Talks and Activities at KubeCon NA 2023 LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt) --- The OpenTelemetry project maintainers, members of the governance committee, and technical committee are thrilled to be at [KubeCon NA][] in Chicago from November 6 - 9, 2023. Read on to learn about all the things related OpenTelemetry during KubeCon. ## OpenTelemetry Contribfest We are happy to announce, that for the first time, you can join the OpenTelemetry maintainers in making OpenTelemetry better for everyone during the [OpenTelemetry Contribfest](https://sched.co/1R2rQ), on Wednesday November 8, 2023 from 2:30pm - 3:55pm. There will be several opportunities to contribute: - Join the Collector maintainers and help fix bugs, add new features, and add new transformation functions. - Help the OTel JS maintainers update the instrumentation libraries and ensure they are outputting [semantic convention-compliant](/docs/specs/semconv/) telemetry data. ## KubeCon Talks and Maintainer Sessions - **[All You Need to Know About Prometheus in 2023: Decade of Monitoring](https://sched.co/1R2mK)**
by Julien Pivotto, O11y
Tuesday, November 7 • 11:00am - 11:35am - **[A Practical Guide to Debugging Browser Performance with OpenTelemetry](https://sched.co/1R2m6)**
by Purvi Kanal, Honeycomb
Tuesday, November 7 • 11:00am - 11:35am - **[A Tale of Two Flamegraphs: Unlocking Performance Insights in a Diverse Application Landscape](https://sched.co/1R2mo)**
by Ryan Perry, Grafana Labs
Tuesday, November 7 • 11:55am - 12:30pm - **[Observability in the Cloud Native Era - Why Is It Still so Hard?](https://sched.co/1R2nO)**
by Sharone Zitzman, RTFM Please; Jason Yee, Datadog; Charity Majors, honeycomb.io; Itiel Shwartz, Komodor
Tuesday, November 7 • 2:30pm - 3:05pm - **[Leverage Contextual and Structured Logging in K8s for Enhanced Monitoring](https://sched.co/1R2oQ)**
by Patrick Ohly, Intel & Shivanshu Raj Shrivastava, Independent
Tuesday, November 7 • 3:25pm - 4:00pm - **[Build in Observability While Developing](https://sched.co/1R2oA)**
by Jamie Danielson, Honeycomb.io
Tuesday, November 7 • 3:25pm - 4:00pm - **[E2E Observability for Connected Vehicle Service via Distributed Tracing](https://sched.co/1R2oh)**
by Kota Endo, KDDI Corporation & Masanori Itoh, Toyota Motor Corporation
Tuesday, November 7 • 4:30pm - 5:05pm - **[Journey to Becoming an OpenTelemetry Approver](https://sched.co/1R2pI)**
by Jamie Danielson, Honeycomb.io
Tuesday, November 7 • 5:25pm - 6:00pm - **[OpenTelemetry: What's Next? Logs, Profiles, and More](https://sched.co/1R2ur)**
by Morgan McLean, Splunk; Ted Young, Lightstep; Alolita Sharma, Apple; Daniel Dyla, Dynatrace
Wednesday, November 8 • 11:00am - 11:35am - **[Tutorial: Exploring the Power of Metrics Collection with OpenTelemetry on Kubernetes](https://sched.co/1R2pr)**
by Pavol Loffay & Benedikt Bongartz, Red Hat; Anthony Mirabella, AWS; Matej Gera, Coralogix; Anusha Reddy Narapureddy, Apple
Wednesday, November 8 • 11:00am - 12:30pm - **[Introducing Logs in OpenTelemetry: What It Unlocks and How to Use It](https://sched.co/1R2r4)**
by Morgan McLean, Splunk & Dan Jaglowski, observIQ
Wednesday, November 8 • 2:30pm - 3:05pm - **[Empowering Users Through Platform Engineering: Unleashing the Potential of Self-Service Tooling](https://sched.co/1R2rW)**
by Ana Margarita Medina & Adriana Villela, Lightstep
Wednesday, November 8 • 2:30pm - 3:05pm - **[Jaeger the Future with OpenTelemetry and Metrics](https://sched.co/1R2q1)**
by Pavol Loffay, Red Hat
Wednesday, November 8 • 3:25pm - 4:00pm - **[Tutorial: OpenTelemetry 101: Let's Instrument!](https://sched.co/1R2sI)**
by Paige Cruz, Chronosphere
Wednesday, November 8 • 4:30pm - 6:00pm - **[Remote Control for Observability Using the Open Agent Management Protocol](https://sched.co/1R2sr)**
by Jacob Aronoff, Lightstep from ServiceNow & Andy Keller, observIQ
Wednesday, November 8 • 5:25pm - 6:00pm - **[OpenTelemetry Tracing for Monoliths](https://sched.co/1R2sr)**
by Phillip Carter, Honeycomb
Thursday, November 9 • 11:00am - 11:35am - **[Today, Not Tomorrow: Scalable Strategies for Migrating to OpenTelemetry](https://sched.co/1R2uc)**
by Jason Anderson & Kevin Broadbridge, Cruise
Thursday, November 9 • 2:00pm - 2:35pm - **[How and Why You Should Adopt and Expose OSS Interfaces Like OTel & Prometheus](https://sched.co/1R2uc)**
by Daniel Hrabovcak & Shishi Chen, Google
Thursday, November 9 • 4:55pm - 5:30pm ## Co-located Events [Observability Day][] _fosters collaboration, discussion, and knowledge sharing of cloud native observability projects_. This event will be held on November 6, 2023 from 9am - 5pm. There will be several sessions on OpenTelemetry as well. > **IMPORTANT access note**: You > need an _in-person all-access_ pass for on-site access to **Observability > Day**. For details, see [KubeCon registration][]. If you have a virtual > ticket, you will be able to follow **Observability Day** through a live > stream. ## OpenTelemetry Project Booth Drop by and say _"Hi!"_ at the OpenTelemetry project booth in the KubeCon NA Project Pavilion. If you’re lucky, you may even pick up some OpenTelemetry swag. [Pavilion hours][] are as follows: - Tuesday, November 7: 10:30am – 8:00pm (includes KubeCrawl + CloudNativeFest from 6:00pm – 8:00pm) - Wednesday, November 8: 10:30am – 5:00pm - Thursday, November 9: 10:30am – 2:30pm You can help us improve the project by sharing your thoughts and feedback about your OpenTelemetry adoption, implementation, and usage. We also invite you to fill out our [community survey][]. We will create action items from your comments as appropriate. Check [#otel-user-research][] in CNCF's Slack instance for survey results and action item updates to come after KubeCon NA. ## OpenTelemetry Observatory In addition to our booth at the Project Pavilion, please visit the OpenTelemetry Observatory presented by Splunk in the Expo Hall! This will be a place for informal chats, meetups, and other discussions led by OpenTelemetry community members and maintainers. If you’d like to participate and lead a discussion or short presentation, [please fill out the content application form](https://forms.gle/ajNv8jGs12coDUjG8) to indicate your interest. Come join us to listen, learn, and get involved in OpenTelemetry. See you in Chicago! [kubecon na]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/ [Observability Day]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/co-located-events/observability-day/ [kubecon registration]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/register/ [pavilion hours]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/project-engagement/#project-pavilion [community survey]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKm6oLYRXlZOhEZMVmjoIn4eBToVYNmF6fwpm5GAIipQmPxA/viewform?pli=1 [#otel-user-research]: https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C01RT3MSWGZ