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title: "IstioCon 2021: Schedule Is Live!"
description: Learn about sessions, panels, workshops and more on the IstioCon website.
publishdate: 2021-02-16
attribution: "Istio Steering Committee"
keywords: [IstioCon,Istio,conference]
---

[IstioCon 2021](https://events.istio.io/istiocon-2021/) is a week-long, community-led, virtual conference starting on February 22.
This event provides an opportunity to hear the lessons learned from companies like Atlassian, Airbnb, FICO, eBay, T-Mobile and
Salesforce running Istio in production, hands-on experiences from the Istio community, and will feature maintainers from across
the Istio ecosystem.

You can now find the [full schedule of events](https://events.istio.io/istiocon-2021/schedule/) which includes a series of
[English](https://events.istio.io/istiocon-2021/schedule/english/) sessions and
[Chinese](https://events.istio.io/istiocon-2021/schedule/chinese/) sessions.

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    link="./istiocon-program.png"
    alt="IstioCon logo"
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By attending the conference, you’ll connect with community members from across the globe. Each day you will find keynotes,
technical talks, lightning talks, panel discussions, workshops and roadmap sessions led by diverse speakers representing the
Istio community. You can also connect with other Istio and Open Source ecosystem community members through social hour events
that include activities on the social platform [Gather.town](https://events.istio.io/istiocon-2021/networking/), a live cartoonist,
virtual swag bags, raffles, live music and games.

Don’t miss it! [Registration](https://events.istio.io/istiocon-2021/) is free. We look forward to seeing you at the first IstioCon!