Thursday 20 May 2021

THEMES: APPS / INFRA

5,5h packed with Amazing Speeches, a Panel and Demo.

May.2021 Agenda 20 May 2021

Observability in the Cloud and the MELT stack

We’ll start by understanding the different application lifecycle and data flows in cloud-native applications, in order to understand the changing needs of modern observability. We’ll go through the 4 basic telemetry types, MELT (metrics, events, logs, traces), and how these can be implemented with modern tools (CNCF) on distributed systems.

George Hantzaras (old)
George Hantzaras (old) Director, Kubernetes Engineering @MongoDB

Gold Sponsors Nokia and Fuelics joint Presentation

Fuelics and Nokia presenting IoT solutions at a scale

Automation and AI/ML in Fixed Networks

This presentation will shed some light on how AI/ML is introduced at the heart of a network controller, as well as how it is used internally to improve the design of network functions.

Benoit Drooghaag
Benoit Drooghaag Senior Data Scientist, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff @Nokia.
Sireesha Kora
Sireesha Kora Director of Engineering @Nokia

Demo: Linux Superpowers made easy

The Linux kernel has always been an ideal place to implement monitoring/observability, networking, and security. eBPF enables the user by making the Linux Kernel easily programmable, enriching it without adding complexity.

Thiago Marques
Thiago Marques SW Engineer @NetData
Odysseas Lamtzidis
Odysseas Lamtzidis Developer Relations Leader @Netdata

Silver Sponsor SIgnal Presentation: Embracing digitisation into the shipping industry with the Signal Ocean Platform

How the 4th Industrial Revolution is knocking on the door of the shipping industry? How the Signal Ocean Platform aspires to be the digital transformer of the shipping industry? The challenges of creating a cutting-edge application, built to engage with the audience of a traditional industry.

Paschalis Rompanos
Paschalis Rompanos Senior Development Leader @Signal

Panel: Reversing Brain-Drain

During the panel, we'll discuss how we can minimize the brain drain from Greece, or even better reverse it by creating an environment for people to come back.

Dr. Eirini Spyropoulou
Dr. Eirini Spyropoulou Leading the EY AI Centre of Excellence in Document Intelligence (DICE) @NCSR Demokritos
Maria Calafatis (old)
Maria Calafatis (old) Co-Founder @The Cube Athens Workspace.
Matina Tsavli (OLD)
Matina Tsavli (OLD) Security Associate Manager @ Accenture
Antonis Kalipetis
Antonis Kalipetis Docker Captain, Senior Software Engineer
Dimitris Aivatoglou
Dimitris Aivatoglou Head of R&D @Nokia
Dr. Matina Thomaidou (2021)
Dr. Matina Thomaidou (2021) VP, Head of Data Science @ Dataseat | Co-Founder @ Greek Women Do Tech

Silver Sponsor Intralot presentation: Azure Modern Architecture on Large-scale Data Centers

INTRALOT is using Azure, a cloud platform, to power its digital transformation journey; addressing demands of a 24/7 global operation, while enabling a faster time-to-market expansion model and accelerating product/service innovation via cloud-native services.

Thanos Nikolaidis
Thanos Nikolaidis Enterprise IT Manager @Intralot

Agility in the world of Data Science, Machine Learning & AI

In this session we will look at the practicalities of applying Agile Thinking and Frameworks to projects led by Data Science

Chris Wolff
Chris Wolff Consulting Agilist, Agile Guide, Agile Coach and Scrum Master @Virgin Money