KCD Amsterdam 2023 (February 23-24)

[ams0]

We are back for a great edition in 2023! We have set the dates (23+24 February) and the venue. More info: https://bit.ly/kcdams , sponsor prospectus: https://bit.ly/kcdams-sponsor , CFP: https://bit.ly/kcdams-cfp

Event Location:

WesterUnie/Westergasterras (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Event Date and Time:

23+24 February, 2023

First day: Conference+speakers dinner+ workshops
Second day: Conference+BBQ+Attendee's party!

Event type:

Hybrid: in-person+remote attendance, all keynotes and sessions streamed and recorded, virtual and physical booths, and more ways to enjoy the event remotely.

Submission checklist:

*Please check each of these as you complete them:

• No other Kubernetes Community Day event in the same region
• Minimum of 3 organizers from 3 different organizations
• Every organizer has an account on Cloud Native Community Groups
• Each organizer lives in or just outside of the KCD location
• At least one organizer is a CNCF member employee, CNCF ambassador, or CNCF project maintainer
• All organizers agree to follow the event guidelines and CNCF Code of Conduct
• Minimum of 3 sponsors committed
• Identified fiscal sponsor that can accept payments such as from sponsorships and pay out expenses
• Agree to offer (at minimum) 3 complimentary tickets to increase diversity for the event
• Agree to use Cloud Native Community Groups for registration, scheduling, and event website
• Agree to use SM Apply for CFP (exception agreed with CNCF, since we had an outstanding sessionize event with 60+ papers already, we can use that).
• Event date and time has been chosen
• Added usernames for CNCF Slack for all organizers so that we can add you to the #kcd-organizers channel
• Create a Twitter handle specific to your KCD event (except for countries like China and Korea where Twitter is not used)
• Organizer email alias has been created

CFP open and close dates (at least 6 weeks ahead of the event):
Website launch date:

Submission checklist for CNCF:

• Organizer email alias has been created (organizers-netherlands@kubernetescommunitydays.org)
• Region created in Bevy
• Added to Bevy header
• CFP created in SMapply
• Marketing Plan shared

Post Event checklist:

• Post event survey sent out
• Removed from Bevy header
• CFP deactivated
• Videos uploaded to YouTube and linked to event page
• Collect event analytics

Expected Number of Attendees:

400+

Organizer 1: First and Last Name, Company, Title, Email, CNCF Slack Username

Alessandro Vozza, Microsoft/CNCF/Lovelace Engineering, CNCF Ambassador, alessandro.vozza@outlook.com, UAPQCHK1B

Organizer 2: First and Last Name, Company, Title, Email, CNCF Slack Username

Andrea Giardini, Freelancer / Overstory B.V. , Infrastructure Engineer, contact@andreagiardini.com, Andrea Giardini @AndreaGiardini

Organizer 3: First and Last Name, Company, Title, Email, CNCF Slack Username

Lian Li, Loft.sh, Developer advocate, cncf@lianmakesthings.dev, Lian Li

Organizer 4: First and Last Name, Company, Title, Email, CNCF Slack Username

Andy Repton, Red Hat, Black belt, cncf@falconsupport.com or a.repton@gmail.com, Andy

Sponsor 1

Microsoft

Sponsor 2

Fullstaq

Sponsor 3

Lovelace Engineering

Fiscal sponsor that will accept payments

Lovelace Engineering B.V. (Registered in NL with number 64231798)

[xmulligan]

@ams0 thanks for putting this together! Let me know when you have a third organizers and I can start moving forward from the CNCF side. Excited to have this again!

[ams0]

@xmulligan we have 3 organizers (more in fact) and we're all geared up for 2022. We have a date (12-13 May, close to Kubecon but should be fine).

[xmulligan]

@ams0 thanks for putting together the organizers! Really looking forward to the event!

You have the date listed in the top as April 14-15, but say May 12-13. Which is it? Can you also add the Twitter handle there too?

I've created the KCD Netherlands chapter in Bevy and added you and Andrea. Fabrizio Marras doesn't have an account yet on Bevy. Let me know if you want to add anyone else.

I've added each of the organizers to the email forward organizers-netherlands@kubernetescommunitydays.org.

[xmulligan]

@ams0 I just wanted to check in with you. Do you have any updates on the dates? Also once you get into the full swing of planning, I would like to set up a monthly check in with the team to make sure everything is on track and help resolve any issues

[ams0]

yes, we fixed the dates of 27+28 October 2022, so plenty of time still to prepare, and hopefully we'll have full capacity by then. In The Netherlands the government is already authorizing events up to 750 people, so we have good hopes :)

[xmulligan]

Great, I've updated the event date above. Let's plan on starting monthly check ins in February.

[xmulligan]

Hi @ams0 just wanted to check in with you before the end of the year. Is there anything you need from me to plan your KCD for next year?

[ams0]

Hi there, nothing special, we are starting to contact sponsors and get everything ready for October 2022 this month. Events are coming back in-person and we are planning some meetups too soon. We would like to create the event page this month, it's under "KCD Netherlands" (I have access) and create a "Meetup", right?

[xmulligan]

Sounds good, Please create the "Conference" event type

[ams0]

https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-netherlands-presents-kubernetes-community-days-amsterdam-2022/

We also have a Github org and a repo where we will store other assets (sponsor prospectus for example: https://github.com/KubernetesCommunityDaysAmsterdam/kcd2022)

[xmulligan]

@ams0 Hope the new year is starting well for you! When do you want to start the monthly check ins? and when will you move forward with planning the event?

[AndreaGiardini]

Hello @xmulligan

We found out that the dates KCD Amsterdam conflict with Kubecon Detroit, which is unfortunate... We met with the venue last Tuesday and we are waiting to get their availability for a new date. Ideally, we will have KCD Amsterdam a couple of weeks before/after Kubecon Detroit. As soon as we get the availability of the venue we will make a final decision on the dates