Cloud Native Birmingham: Relaunch & Reconnect marks the return of the official CNCF community meetup in the region — a space where developers, DevOps engineers, platform teams, and tech enthusiasts come together to explore cloud-native technologies and open source tools.

This event will focus on real-world use cases, community-led knowledge sharing, and hands-on insights into CNCF projects such as Kubernetes, Linkerd, ArgoCD, Prometheus, and more. It’s an opportunity to learn how these tools are used in practice to solve real infrastructure challenges  from GitOps to observability, service mesh, and platform engineering.

Whether you're new to cloud-native or a seasoned practitioner, this meetup offers a welcoming environment to connect, share, and grow alongside others in the community.

🎤 Event Agenda:

6:00 PM: Doors open. Enjoy complimentary food and drinks and networking opportunities

6:30 PM: Welcome, Introduction, and Venue Guidelines

6:45 PM: Meletius Mgbeodichimma Igbokwe MBCS (Senior Modern Workplace Engineer @LIMA)

Talk: 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝-𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝

Despite industry best practices, cloud-native systems are still vulnerable. Meletius explores why static policies and automation often fall short, and how dynamic, context-aware defense is the key to securing fast-moving applications.

7:15 PM: Networking Break

7:30 PM: Rohit Ghumare (Founder|Creator CreateMVP)

Talk: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚

This session introduces Motia, a code-first framework for building event-driven workflows without managing infrastructure. Rohit will demonstrate how to create resilient, multi-language workflows with rich observability,all through live coding.

8:00 PM: Final Remarks, Group Photo & Networking

🤝 Why Attend?

Learn from real-world cloud-native projects

Network with local professionals and open source contributors

Discover new tools, tips, and workflows

Get inspired to start or deepen your cloud-native journey