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title: Join us for OpenTelemetry Talks and Activities at Kubecon NA 2022
linkTitle: Kubecon NA '22
author: '[Alolita Sharma](https://github.com/alolita)'
date: 2022-10-10
cSpell:ignore: Kowall Logz Pothulapati unconference Vineeth
---

The OpenTelemetry project maintainers, and members of the governance committee
and technical committee are excited to be at [KubeCon NA][] in a few weeks! Join
in to meet up in person or virtually for [OpenTelemetry](/) activities in Detroit
from October 24 - 28, 2022.

There are talks, workshops, an unconference as well as a project booth where you
are welcome to stop by, say Hi! and tell us about how you are using
OpenTelemetry or contributing to the project.

The talks, maintainer sessions and other project activities are listed below.

## KubeCon Talks and Maintainer Sessions

**[Jaeger: The Future with OpenTelemetry and Metrics](https://sched.co/182O7)**
by Jonah Kowall, Logz.io & Joe Elliott, Grafana Wednesday, October 26 • 4:30pm -
5:05pm

**[OpenTelemetry: Meet the Community, Build the Roadmap](https://sched.co/182On)**
by Morgan McLean, Splunk; Daniel Dyla, Dynatrace; Ted Young, Lightstep; Alolita
Sharma, Apple Thursday October 27, 2022 5:25pm - 6:00pm EDT

**[Tips And Tricks To Successfully Migrate From Jaeger To OpenTelemetry](https://sched.co/182Ib)**
by Vineeth Pothulapati, Timescale Inc Friday, October 28 • 4:55pm - 5:30pm

## Other Co-located Events

[OTel Unplugged](../otel-unplugged-kubecon-na/) is a one-day OpenTelemetry
unconference event held at Colony Club Detroit on Tuesday, Oct 25, 2022. Join in
to listen, learn about the latest features and get involved in the project.
Network with OpenTelemetry maintainers, governance committee and technical
committee members. For details, check out the
[event page](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/otel-unplugged-kubeconcloudnativecon-detroit-2022-tickets-427595037267).

[Open Observability Day](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-observability-day-north-america/)
has several OpenTelemetry sessions including panel discussions, workshops,
individual talks and lightning talks. This event will be on Monday Oct 24, 2022
and is co-located with KubeCon NA. For talk details, see the
[schedule](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-observability-day-north-america/program/schedule/).

[eBPF Day](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-native-ebpf-day-north-america/)
also has some OpenTelemetry talks focused on profiling and tracing using eBPF
events. This event will be held on Monday, Oct 24 2022 and is co-located with
KubeCon NA. For details, check out the
[schedule](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-native-ebpf-day-north-america/program/schedule/).

The **OpenTelemetry project meeting** is to meet and network with the
OpenTelemetry maintainers and core contributors. This meeting will be held 3-5
PM ET on Tuesday Oct 25, 2022 in Room 336 at the
[conference venue](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/venue-travel/),
Huntington Place.

## Come Visit the 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!

The pavilion hours are:

- Wednesday, October 26, 10:30 - 20:00 ET
- Thursday, October 27, 10:30 - 17:30 ET
- Friday, October 27, 10:30 - 16:00 ET

We’re super excited to learn from all of you about your experience with
OpenTelemetry, how you are using OpenTelemetry, features you may need and issues
you may be running into when using OpenTelemetry.

Come join us to listen, learn and get involved in OpenTelemetry.

See you in Detroit!

[KubeCon NA]:
  https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/
