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Welcome to the first Datadog User Group Meetup of the year! We’re kicking things off with an AWS re:Invent Recap on Thursday January 29th, bringing the community together to share insights, highlights and practical takeaways from the conference.

This year’s agenda also puts a strong spotlight on AI and how it is rapidly reshaping DevOps, operations and on-call workflows, setting the stage for an exciting year ahead. That's also why we've invited Prosus to the stage, leading the way in the AI field, focusing heavily on integrating artificial intelligence into its global e-commerce and lifestyle brands, as well as investing in the broader AI ecosystem.

Looking forward to seeing you there and starting the year strong as a local Datadog & AWS community.

Agenda 17:30 Walk-in, food and drinks (vegetarian options available) 18:00 Opening by Datadog User Group Organizers --- 18.10 Talk 1: AWS DevOps Agent, drive operational excellence with a frontier agent that resolves and proactively prevents incidents by Ioannis Moustakis (Solutions Architect Lead, AWS)

18.50 Talk 2: TBD by NAME (TITLE, Prosus)

19.30 Quick Break

19.40 Talk 3: Introducing Bits AI SRE, your AI on-call teammate by Ryan Earley (Sr. Enterprise Sales Engineer, Datadog) --- 20:20 Drinks and socializing 21:00 - 21:15 End

Speaker Bio's: 1. Ioannis Moustakis\, Solutions Architecture Lead (AWS) Leading a team of Solutions Architects across 11 countries in Northern Europe, supporting mid-market and scale-ups to accelerate cloud and AI adoption, modernization, and measurable business outcomes on AWS. 2. NAME\, Title (Prosus) Speaker Bio.. 3. Ryan Earley\, Sr. Enterprise Sales Engineer (Datadog) Ryan has been with Datadog for over 4,5 years, supporting Enteprrise organizations in EMEA with the evaluation and adoption of AI Observability and Security practices.

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Other important notes:

• Please inform us on any allergies or dietary restrictions so we can ensure everyone enjoys the food.
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• Your hosts for the evening: Tim Meijer (Datadog), Joe Hefferan (Datadog), Mart Noten (DD User Group Co-Organiser), Ali Faraj (DD User Group Assistant Organiser)

Fabric Data Days is back! In this session, we’ll explore how AI is reshaping the analyst’s toolkit and opening the door to deeper insights, faster workflows, and more strategic impact.

You’ll learn how to harness AI-powered capabilities to streamline tasks, enhance your analysis, and focus more on the work that truly requires human judgment.

We’ll cover the skills to invest in, the tools to adopt, and the practical ways AI can make you a more effective and future-ready analyst.

Learn more about the series here!

Fabric Data Days is back! In this session, we’ll explore how AI is reshaping the analyst’s toolkit and opening the door to deeper insights, faster workflows, and more strategic impact.

You’ll learn how to harness AI-powered capabilities to streamline tasks, enhance your analysis, and focus more on the work that truly requires human judgment.

We’ll cover the skills to invest in, the tools to adopt, and the practical ways AI can make you a more effective and future-ready analyst.

Learn more about the series here!

Fabric Data Days is back! In this session, we’ll explore how AI is reshaping the analyst’s toolkit and opening the door to deeper insights, faster workflows, and more strategic impact.

You’ll learn how to harness AI-powered capabilities to streamline tasks, enhance your analysis, and focus more on the work that truly requires human judgment.

We’ll cover the skills to invest in, the tools to adopt, and the practical ways AI can make you a more effective and future-ready analyst.

Learn more about the series here!

Join us for the official kickoff of the AKS Automatic Hackathon, a four-week virtual challenge designed to empower developers to build intelligent, scalable, and cloud-native solutions using AKS Automatic and other Azure services.

Whether you're new to Kubernetes or a seasoned cloud-native builder, this session will walk you through: - 🔍 What AKS Automatic is and why it matters - 🛠️ Hackathon structure\, timeline\, and deliverables - 🎯 Judging criteria and prize details - 📚 Resources to help you get started---from GitHub repos to technical docs - 💬 Live Q&A with the product and engineering teams

This is your chance to go hands-on with AKS Automatic, solve real-world problems, and showcase your work to the Azure community. Let's build the future---together.

📌 Register for the hack here

Join us for the official kickoff of the AKS Automatic Hackathon, a four-week virtual challenge designed to empower developers to build intelligent, scalable, and cloud-native solutions using AKS Automatic and other Azure services.

Whether you're new to Kubernetes or a seasoned cloud-native builder, this session will walk you through: - 🔍 What AKS Automatic is and why it matters - 🛠️ Hackathon structure\, timeline\, and deliverables - 🎯 Judging criteria and prize details - 📚 Resources to help you get started---from GitHub repos to technical docs - 💬 Live Q&A with the product and engineering teams

This is your chance to go hands-on with AKS Automatic, solve real-world problems, and showcase your work to the Azure community. Let's build the future---together.

📌 Register for the hack here

Join us for the official kickoff of the AKS Automatic Hackathon, a four-week virtual challenge designed to empower developers to build intelligent, scalable, and cloud-native solutions using AKS Automatic and other Azure services.

Whether you're new to Kubernetes or a seasoned cloud-native builder, this session will walk you through: - 🔍 What AKS Automatic is and why it matters - 🛠️ Hackathon structure\, timeline\, and deliverables - 🎯 Judging criteria and prize details - 📚 Resources to help you get started---from GitHub repos to technical docs - 💬 Live Q&A with the product and engineering teams

This is your chance to go hands-on with AKS Automatic, solve real-world problems, and showcase your work to the Azure community. Let's build the future---together.

📌 Register for the hack here

Explore how to leverage multi-agent systems in your applications to optimize operations, automate recommendations, and enhance customer experience.

The solution utilizes Microsoft Agent Framework, OpenAI ChatKit and NVIDIA Nemotron model on Microsoft Foundry to seamlessly connect with store databases, integrate human oversight, and deploy scalable chat agents.

This approach enables real-time analytics, predictive insights, and personalized interactions, resulting in improved decision-making, operational efficiency, and a superior user experience for both store managers and customers.

Explore how to leverage multi-agent systems in your applications to optimize operations, automate recommendations, and enhance customer experience.

The solution utilizes Microsoft Agent Framework, OpenAI ChatKit and NVIDIA Nemotron model on Microsoft Foundry to seamlessly connect with store databases, integrate human oversight, and deploy scalable chat agents.

This approach enables real-time analytics, predictive insights, and personalized interactions, resulting in improved decision-making, operational efficiency, and a superior user experience for both store managers and customers.

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More info on 👉 LinkedIn event!

⚠️ Important: Make sure you’re joining #discord to stay updated and following all of our LinkedIn pages awstronaut, kubestrong, KSUG.AI – KubeSmart & AI User Group to stay eligible.

Please join our KSUG.AI EMEA group!

Awesome giveaways from our amazing sponsors this December!

• 3 x KodeKloud Pro 1-year Subscription $456
• 1 x AWS exam voucher $300 donated by Yongkang He
• 3 x Cracking the Kubernetes Interview book $44.99 by Packt
• 2 x Civo Navigate London 2026 ticket £600
• 50% off Cloud exam vouchers donated by our friends

Whether you're an #awstronaut, #kubestronaut, or #goldenkubestronaut — you're invited to join our monthly upcoming sessions and grow with the most active Cloud Native & AI community. Please reach out to me if you're keen to join us as a speaker.

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Agenda and topics preview:

• Food, drinks and Socializing
• Welcome / Introductions by the Organizers @KSUG.AI
• Topic 1: AI & APIs: The Double Helix of Modern Integration by Rakhitha Ranathunge, Technical Lead @WSO2
• Topic 2: Next-Gen Agentic Coding with Qoder by Yongkang He, Founder @KSUG.AI
• Topic 3 : Building Smarter AI with Data Streaming by Justin Lee, Principal Solutions Engineer @Confluent
• Topic 4: Beyond NGINX: Modern Ingress & Gateway Technologies for Cloud-Native Kubernetes by Sivaiah Yakkanti, Platform Engineer @AMD
• Quiz time: nice swags giveaways

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Join #Discord for latest update 👉 https://discord.com/invite/Rp9WzYyKua

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By registering, you consent to the management of your personal information in accordance with KSUG.AI Meetup's Privacy Policy. Additionally, you agree that our sponsors may contact you.

KSUG.AI is an independent community and not affiliated with or endorsed by CNCF. Kubernetes, K8s, Kubestronaut are registered trademarks of The Linux Foundation.

Register now to attend! =>https://konfhub.com/ksug-sg-2025-12-10<=

Latest promotions discovered by KSUG.AI!

• Cyber Monday up to 65% OFF ends 9th Dec from Linux Foundation
• 30% off Kubernetes certifications using code 30K8SUG
• Up to 50% off KodeKloud plans using code K8SUGKK

We're excited to welcome you to the upcoming KSUG.AI EMEA Online Meetup — happening online via Zoom! 🎉

Agenda and topics preview:

• Food, drinks and Socializing
• Welcome / Introductions by the Organizers @KSUG.AI
• Topic 1: AI & APIs: The Double Helix of Modern Integration by Rakhitha Ranathunge, Technical Lead @WSO2
• Topic 2: Next-Gen Agentic Coding with Qoder by Yongkang He, Founder @KSUG.AI
• Topic 3 : Building Smarter AI with Data Streaming by Justin Lee, Principal Solutions Engineer @Confluent
• Topic 4: Beyond NGINX: Modern Ingress & Gateway Technologies for Cloud-Native Kubernetes by Sivaiah Yakkanti, Platform Engineer @AMD
• Quiz time: nice swags giveaways

This is a great opportunity to learn and network with our peers. Thanks to our sponsors @Nutanix, @KodeKloud, @WSO2, @Confluent, @Qoder!

Register here to secure your spot! See you all there!

Location: online event - zoom link in our linktree

Join #Discord for latest update 👉 https://discord.com/invite/Rp9WzYyKua

🔖 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬: ☸ 30% OFF #CNCF Certs - code 30K8SUG ☸ 37% OFF #KodeKloud plans - code K8SUGKK

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🎄 Christmas Meet-Up Edition! 🎄

Let's start the festivities the best way we know, by gathering together around a common interest, some delicious food and drink, and some exciting data!

Sigma is launching its first ever London-based meet-up at our EMEA HQ!

At this event, you’ll be able to hear directly from Sigma employees, as well as the chance to network with your fellow Sigma users across different organisations.

By attending this event, you will:

• Get exclusive insight into our upcoming Product Roadmap
• Have an expert demonstration on cutting edge features
• Learn about some of the successful use cases our customers have deployed
• Meet our awesome Support team, your peers, and more!

The event will be hosted in the Sigma London offices where there will also be a selection of refreshments, possibly including the odd mince pie and mini yule log.

Event Details:

• Sigma EMEA HQ - 7th Floor, 24 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4TY
• From 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Refreshments, bites and great conversations all included!

Radu Sora of Polysemantic presents Spark-on-Kubernetes use cases and benefits.

Rob Reid of Cockroach Labs discusses chaos engineering and learning to embrace chaos.

Presentation by Dr Jeremy Murray of stack8s on decoupling from hyperscalers via a Kubernetes-based sovereign AI & compute platform.