Elevate your API observability skills:
leap to expert level in just one day!
February 29, 2024 | 9am - 4pm ET
Elevate your API observability skills: leap to expert level!
February 29, 2024
9am - 4pm ET | 2pm - 9pm GMT
This event has now ended, but don't fret! It will soon be available on-demand to view in your own time!
Join the waitlist now to get first access to the API Observability Fundamentals programme, which promises to revolutionise the way you approach platform team operations and observability strategies.
Why take the LEAP?
Sign up for your free spot and learn how better API observability practices can:
Help your teams create more efficient API platforms
Rapidly reduce your dev team’s troubleshooting time on their APIs
Tackle the true cause of your API issues, not just the symptoms
Eliminate the ‘blame game’ between teams and vendors
Unlock more value from your API products.
Integrated learning
with dedicated tracks
Master observability’s impact in both business and tech. Engage in specialized tracks with business case studies and technical hands-on demos, enhancing strategic and technical skills.
Advanced
problem-solving
Develop the ability to swiftly identify and resolve critical issues. Transition from basic monitoring to proactive system management, optimizing resource utilization.
Efficiency
and strategy
Learn to create strategies that blend technical expertise with business insights, leading to more efficient processes and significant cost savings.
Expert
networking
Connect with industry leaders and peers. Gain valuable insights and build a professional network that fosters growth and collaboration.
Agenda
| Time |
Session(s) | General Session Implementers session Decision-makers session | |
9:00 ET 14:00 GMT |
Welcome to LEAP 2024 - opening keynote |
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9:20 ET 14:20 GMT |
Panel discussion: Taking a deeper look at observability |
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Adopting observability practices - Making the case for technical teams |
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Introducing OpenTelemetry in your organisation in 3 steps |
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10:50 ET
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Getting started with OpenTelemetry: OTel Demo to the rescue |
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| Improving your telemetry data for better observability Iris Dyrmishi (Miro) |
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11:30 ET 16:30 GMT |
OpenTelemetry Resources: What are they, why you need them, and why they are awesome |
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Panel discussion: Designing observable API platforms |
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12:30 ET
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Breaking the chain of blame: True end-to-end testing with distributed tracing |
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Panel discussion: Unlocking the APIOps cycle through O11y |
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13:20 ET 18:20 GMT
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Demo: Troubleshooting API issues within minutes using API observability |
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Everything that could go wrong with GraphQL and how OTel can help |
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14:00 ET
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How often should you ping? Configuring heartbeat and synthetics checks for your API |
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DORA metrics and beyond: Improving developer productivity and reducing burnout with API observability |
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14:40 ET
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The efficient way of autoscaling your workload in Kubernetes using observability |
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How to leverage API observability to meet product objectives |
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15:10 ET
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Leveraging the RED method for streamlined root cause analysis with OpenTelemetry, Tempo, Pyroscope and Grafana |
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200 is not always OK |
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15: 40 ET |
That's (not) all folks - closing remarks |
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Agenda
| For decision-makers | Time (ET) | For implementers |
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Opening keynote |
9:00 |
Opening keynote |
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Panel discussion: Defining observability |
9:20 |
Panel discussion: Defining observability |
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Introducing OpenTelemetry in your organisation in 3 steps |
10:10 |
Adopting observability practices - Making the case for technical teams |
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Improving your telemetry data for better observability |
10:50 |
Demo: Getting started with OpenTelemetry |
| What are DORA metrics and how do they relate to API observability Ari-Pekka Koponen (Swarmia) |
11:30 |
How often should you ping? Configuring heartbeat and synthetics checks for your API |
| Break | ||
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Panel discussion: APIOPs and observability |
12:30 |
Breaking the chain of blame: True end-to-end testing with distributed tracing |
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What could go wrong with GraphQL and can OpenTelemetry help? |
13:20 |
TBC |
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Fireside chat: Platform engineering and observability |
14:00 |
Resource attributes in OTel and why they are important |
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How to align API metrics to product objectives |
14:40 |
The efficient way of autoscaling your workload in Kubernetes using observability |
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200 is not always OK |
15:10 |
Leveraging the RED method for streamlined root cause analysis with OpenTelemetry, Tempo, Pyroscope and Grafana |
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That's (not) all folks - closing remarks |
15: 40 |
That's (not) all folks - closing remarks |
Speaker line-up
Founder
Tracetest
Budha Bhattacharya is responsible for product education, community engagement, and open-source ecosystem expansion. He is the lead instructor of the API platform engineering fundamentals programmes, host of the All About APIs podcast, and the API hangout where he engages with developers and business leaders on all things APIs.
DevOps activist / CNCF ambassador
Dynatrace
Sonja leads the platform, ops and cloud product areas at Tyk. With two decades of experience in the tech industry, she previously worked in the observability field. Sonja lives in Austria and spends most of her free time trying to catch up with her two very energetic sons.
Head of Product
Dash0
Michele considers himself a man of simple tastes: he likes boring software, and powerful and easy observability. Former staff engineer turned product manager, he is known to still moonlight by coding tracing instrumentation, Kubernetes operators and Infrastructure-as-Code integrations for observability.
Senior staff developer advocate
ServiceNow
Adriana Villela helps companies achieve reliability greatness through Observability, SRE, & DevOps practices. Previously, she managed a Platform Engineering team and an Observability Practices team at Tucows. Adriana has worked at various large-scale enterprises, both as an individual contributor and leader. Adriana is a public speaker a blogger, host of the Geeking Out Podcast, a CNCF Ambassador, and a HashiCorp Ambassador.
Senior Observability Engineer
Miro
Budha Bhattacharya is responsible for product education, community engagement, and open-source ecosystem expansion. He is the lead instructor of the API platform engineering fundamentals programmes, host of the All About APIs podcast, and the API hangout where he engages with developers and business leaders on all things APIs.
Senior Developer Advocate
Checkly
Nočnica is a former full-time developer working in developer relations. She's worked with Kubernetes and Observability for the last few years. She's been published in Information Age, The New Stack, and Forbes. She lives in Portland Oregon with her two children and dozens of houseplants.
Sr staff engineer/ Cloud native advocate Dynatrace
Henrik is a Cloud Native Advocate at Dynatrace, the leading Observability platform. Prior to Dynatrace, Henrik has worked more than 15 years, as Performance Engineer. Henrik Rexed Is Also one of the Organizer of the conferences named WOPR, KCD Austria and the owner of the Youtube Channel IsitObservable.
Developer Advocate
Datadog
Budha Bhattacharya is responsible for product education, community engagement, and open-source ecosystem expansion. He is the lead instructor of the API platform engineering fundamentals programmes, host of the All About APIs podcast, and the API hangout where he engages with developers and business leaders on all things APIs.
CEO & Chief Engineer
Krumware
Senior Product Manager
Tyk
CEO & Chief Engineer
Krumware
Lead Software Engineer
Tracetest
CEO
Moesif
Software Engineer
Microsoft
Principal engineer,
CNCF Platform working group lead
Syntasso
Solutions Engineer
Grafana Labs
Principal Solutions Engineer
Grafana Labs
Senior Product Manager
Tyk
Head of Platform
Swarmia
VP of Engineering
Graylog
Founding Partner
Osaango
CEO
Cardinal
VP of Developer Experience
Redocly
Product Owner/Observability Expert
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Solutions Architect
Tyk
Head of UX
Tyk
Head of Product
Traceable
Who should attend?
- Platform team members eager to upgrade their skills.
- IT professionals focusing on system observability and maintenance.
- Developers and engineers looking to streamline deployment processes.
- Tech leaders seeking to implement effective observability strategies in their organisations.
Your hosts
Developer Advocate
Tyk
Budha Bhattacharya is responsible for product education, community engagement, and open-source ecosystem expansion. He is the lead instructor of the API platform engineering fundamentals programmes, host of the All About APIs podcast, and the API hangout where he engages with developers and business leaders on all things APIs.
Group Product Manager
Tyk
Sonja leads the platform, ops and cloud product areas at Tyk. With two decades of experience in the tech industry, she previously worked in the observability field. Sonja lives in Austria and spends most of her free time trying to catch up with her two very energetic sons.
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