FinOps at tech events
10 write-ups · 10 events · 2024–2026
This hub gathers talks on cloud cost and FinOps. Across Cloud Optimization, sustainability meetups, platform engineering events and observability sessions, the recurring themes are how teams see where money goes, how telemetry volume and platform choices drive spend, and how cost connects to energy use.
2026
8 Sept 2026 · How to Roll Out OpenTelemetry at Scale (Grafana Labs) · Amsterdam
Maintaining Everything Forever: The Hidden Cost of Observability at ScaleBeyond deployment, the hidden cost of observability: complexity at scale, tracking debt, and costs that grow faster than you can control.
25 Jun 2026 · RoachFest London 2026 · London
Inside Cockroach Labs' AI Playbook: The Database ReckoningFrom Cockroach Labs' own floor at RoachFest London 2026: 1,000 AI-built internal apps, an AI support engine, and why agents have no natural ceiling.
23 Jun 2026 · PlatformCon Live Day London 2026 · London
Kyverno Graduates CNCF, and Nirmata Adds AI GovernanceKyverno reached CNCF graduation. Nirmata's CEO on layering AI agents over the policy engine for compliance automation, plus a new LLM governance layer.
22 Apr 2026 · Platform Engineering Meetup NL (inaugural) · Amsterdam
Platform Engineering Meetup NL: Multi-TenantI am presenting 'Lessons Learned Orchestrating Multi-Tenant GPUs on OpenShift AI with NVIDIA KAI' at the first Platform Engineering Meetup NL in Amsterdam.
2025
17 Sept 2025 · Platform Engineering Amsterdam (September and November 2025) · Amsterdam
Platform Engineering Amsterdam Meetups, Autumn 2025Two Platform Engineering Amsterdam evenings in 2025: maturity data, OWASP LLM pen tests, fintech resilience, event sourcing, S3 savings and KubeDNA.
4 Jun 2025 · Platform Engineering MeetUp & BBQ · Amsterdam
Platform Engineering BBQ Amsterdam 2025: ObservabilityPlatform Engineering Amsterdam's summer meetup and BBQ, June 2025: SUSE on observability from ice age to AI, and a fintech platform startup story.
22 May 2025 · Unlock the Power of FinOps (Tergos meetup) · Amsterdam
Tergos FinOps Meetup Amsterdam 2025: Cloud Cost TipsTergos 'Unlock the Power of FinOps', Amsterdam Zuidas, May 2025: engineers as procurement, usage and rate optimisation, and Azure cost management.
20 Mar 2025 · Cloud Optimization 2025 · Amsterdam
ABN AMRO's FinOps Journey at Xebia Cloud Optimization 2025Notes from Xebia's Cloud Optimization 2025 evening in Amsterdam: ABN AMRO's six-year FinOps timeline, a maturity assessment, Wehkamp's cost bot and wiv.ai.
12 Feb 2025 · Platform Engineering Amsterdam (February 2025) · Amsterdam
Platform Engineering Amsterdam Meetup, February 2025Platform Engineering Amsterdam, February 2025: Kyverno and VPA for cost optimisation, building a platform team, and a talk from free kicks to git commits.
2024
4 Jul 2024 · Sustainability meetup (Amsterdam) · Amsterdam
Carbon-Aware HPC with KEDA: Sustainability Meetup 2024A July 2024 Amsterdam sustainability meetup: Sailfish-HPC on Kubernetes with KEDA, carbon-aware space shifting, and cutting Azure emissions.