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title: "Schedule"
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date_added: 2026-04-25
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On **June 26, 2025**,
[OTel Community Day and Open Observability Summit](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-observability-summit-otel-community-day/)
are joining forces at
[Open Source Summit North America](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/).
The OpenTelemetry governance and technical committees, along with project
maintainers, are excited to present two community-led tracks, one co-located
event, and a shared goal: bring the observability community together to
collaborate, learn, and shape the future of open source observability.

**Open Observability Summit** is for developers, operators, and technical
leaders who rely on open source to gain deeper insight into their systems. Every
session is grounded in real-world experience and shaped by the community. Expect
hands-on learning, practical talks, and open dialogue.

**OTel Community Day** is a space for the OpenTelemetry community to celebrate
wins, share knowledge, and connect over where observability is headed. Our
[contributor experience survey results](../contribex-survey-results/) show that
OTel contributors are excited to collaborate in person, where they can not only
learn from each other and but also help end users with practical insights and
real-world examples. Whether you're building OTel or building with it, you'll
find your people here.

## Schedule

For convenience, a snapshot of the schedule is included below. Open it to search
for the topics of interest.

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### Welcome + Keynotes

- **[Welcome + Opening Remarks](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223Or)**
  by Austin Parker, honeycomb.io 9:00am – 9:05am

- **[Keynote: Hybrid Cloud Architecture: Making Big Bets on Open Standards](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24dNu)**
  by Margaret Dawson, Chronosphere 9:08am – 9:18am

- **[Sponsored Keynote: Foundation-Led Innovation: OpenSearch's Impact on Modern Data Insights](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/228KZ)**
  by Dotan Horovits, AWS OpenSearch 9:21am – 9:26am

- **[Keynote: OpenTelemetry and the Future of Open Source Observability](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24QRq)**
  by Austin Parker, honeycomb.io 9:29am – 9:39am

- **[Sponsored Keynote: Manage Logging Costs While Preserving Value](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24R7L)**
  by Alok Bhide, Chronosphere 9:42am – 9:47am

- **[Sponsored Keynote: Why Semantic Conventions Are OpenTelemetry's Most Important Contribution](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24R7t)**
  by Gordon Radlein, Datadog 9:50am – 9:55am

- **[Keynote: Supercharging Observability with LLMs](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/25Uhx)**
  by Alolita Sharma, Apple 9:58am – 10:08am

### Technical Talks & Breakouts

- **[Building Composable OTel Pipelines: CI/CD, Testing, Team-First, and Scalable Design](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24Jot)**
  by Anil Kuncham & Joe Canuel, DoorDash 10:25am – 10:50am MDT

- **[The Life of a Span](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223A3)**
  by Jamie Danielson, Honeycomb & Yuri Oliveira, OllyGarden 10:25am –
  10:50am MDT

- **[Telemetry Showdown: Fluent Bit vs. OpenTelemetry Collector – A Comprehensive Benchmark Analysis](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24Jow)**
  by Henrik Rexed, Dynatrace 10:55am – 11:20am MDT

- **[Scaling OpenTelemetry for Modern Workloads: From Mobile to Mainframe](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223A6)**
  by Vashistha Kumar Singh & Martin Tali, Broadcom 10:55am – 11:20am MDT

- **[Correlating Application and Database Performance Using OpenTelemetry](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24Joz)**
  by Lin Lin & Tammy Baylis, SolarWinds 11:25am – 11:50am MDT

- **[The Signal in the Storm: Practical Strategies for Managing Telemetry Overload](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223A9)**
  by Endre Sara, Causely 11:25am – 11:50am MDT

### Lightning Talks

- **[Faster Insights and Improved Accuracy: Spotify's Prometheus Upgrade](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24Jp2)**
  by Lauren Roshore, Spotify 11:55am – 12:10pm MDT

- **[Beyond Good Enough: Why We Want a Kotlin API and SDK](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223AC)**
  by Hanson Ho, Embrace 11:55am – 12:10pm MDT

- **[Weaving Legacy and OpenTelemetry: A Schema Strategy With Weaver](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24Jp5)**
  by Andrew Wang, Comcast 12:15pm – 12:30pm MDT

- **[Avoiding Chaotic Dysfunction: The 'Don't Do This' Guide To OpenTelemetry](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223AU)**
  by Budhaditya Bhattacharya, Tyk 12:15pm – 12:30pm MDT

- **[Observability-First DevSecOps: Building Resilient Multi-Cloud Pipelines With OpenTelemetry and GitOps](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24Jp8)**
  by Ravindra Bhargava, UPS 1:30pm – 1:45pm MDT

- **[Introducing Distrogen: A Tool for Generating OpenTelemetry Collector Distributions](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223AR)**
  by Braydon Kains, Google 1:30pm – 1:45pm MDT

- **[Observability at Scale: Building Cloud Native Pipelines for AI Infrastructure](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24JpB)**
  by Mansi Agrawal, LinkedIn 1:50pm – 2:05pm MDT

- **[From Zero To Developer: My One Year Serendipity Journey With OpenTelemetry](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223Ad)**
  by Diana Todea, Aircall 1:50pm – 2:05pm MDT

### Afternoon Talks & Panels

- **[Telemetry Pipelines: Never Gonna Let You Down](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24JpE)**
  by Yuri Oliveira, OllyGarden & Alex Boten, Honeycomb 2:10pm – 2:35pm MDT

- **[Tricked Out Traces](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223AF)**
  by Henrik Rexed, Dynatrace 2:10pm – 2:35pm MDT

- **[No Dependencies. No Plugins. Just Native OpenTelemetry](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24JpH)**
  by Liudmila Molkova, Microsoft 2:40pm – 3:05pm MDT

- **[Beyond OTLP: Unlocking the Potential of OS-native Tracing](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223Aa)**
  by Cijo Thomas & Chris Gray, Microsoft Corporation 2:40pm – 3:05pm MDT

- **[Let's Generate Art and Traces!](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24JpK)**
  by Tiffany Jernigan, Grafana Labs 3:10pm – 3:35pm MDT

- **[Panel: The Spec-tacular Game Show](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223AX)**
  by Liudmila Molkova (Microsoft), Ted Young (ServiceNow), Tyler Helmuth, Jamie
  Danielson & Alex Boten (Honeycomb) 3:10pm – 3:45pm MDT

- **[How To Think About Instrumentation Overhead](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24JpN)**
  by Jason Plumb, Splunk 4:00pm – 4:25pm MDT

- **[Building Resilient Telemetry Pipelines: Mastering the OpenTelemetry Collector's Persistent Queue](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223AI)**
  by Denton Krietz, Bindplane 4:00pm – 4:25pm MDT

- **[Monitoring GenAI Applications](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24JpQ)**
  by Prasad Mujumdar, Okahu AI 4:30pm – 4:55pm MDT

- **[Innovating on Top of Open Source Observability – Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24JpT)**
  by Vijay Samuel & Wei Tang, eBay 5:00pm – 5:25pm MDT

- **[Introducing a Lightweight Rust OpenTelemetry Collector](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223AO)**
  by Mike Heffner & Ray Jenkins, Streamfold 5:00pm – 5:25pm MDT

- **[Taming Metric Cardinality: Practical Cost Reduction With the OpenTelemetry Collector](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/24JpW)**
  by Jon Reeve & Eric Anderson, ControlTheory 5:30pm – 5:45pm MDT

- **[From GenAI Applications to AI Models: Unraveling End to End AI Observability With OpenTelemetry](https://otelopenobservabilityna25.sched.com/event/223AL)**
  by Huxing Zhang & Minghui Zhang, Alibaba Cloud 5:30pm – 5:45pm MDT

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>  **Schedule is subject to change**. For
> the most up-to-date information or to _build your own schedule_, see the
> event's
> [Schedule](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-observability-summit-otel-community-day/program/schedule/)
> page.

## Join us!

Come listen, learn, and get involved in OpenTelemetry. See you in Denver!
