2.0 -//Pentabarf//Schedule//EN PUBLISH 7AEZZJ@@pretalx.com -7AEZZJ Workshop: Managing GitHub with Terraform en en 20260904T130000 20260904T153000 023000

Workshop: Managing GitHub with Terraform

The fundamental building block of modern infrastructure deployments is a strong basis of codification. In this hands-on workshop, geared towards operations engineers (DevOps, SRE, Platform), Kerim Satirli and Patrick Koch will take you from _Zero_ to _Managed_ with HashiCorp Terraform and the GitHub Provider for Terraform. From understanding Terraform's core workflow to deploying and configuring repositories and more, this workshop is jam-packed with all the skills and techniques needed to effectively manage GitHub Organizations and all child resources. Attendees can expect to learn: * What Infrastructure as Code is * How to manage GitHub with Terraform * How to safely inject credentials into the process Attendees will get access to a full environment to build along. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/7AEZZJ/ Workshop Room - CZ 110 Kerim Satirli Patrick Koch PUBLISH NTSBXE@@pretalx.com -NTSBXE Deep Dive into Model Context Prototcol en en 20260904T160000 20260904T183000 023000

Deep Dive into Model Context Prototcol

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly emerging as a foundational building block for agentic software systems. In this hands-on workshop, Rainer Stropek takes you behind the scenes of MCP to explain how the protocol works in practice - not just conceptually, but operationally. Designed specifically for DevOps and platform engineers, the workshop focuses on the aspects that matter when running MCP servers in production. You will explore the underlying protocols, authentication and authorization mechanisms, deployment considerations, and operational best practices. By the end of the session, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to operate secure, reliable, and scalable MCP servers in real-world environments. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/NTSBXE/ Workshop Room - CZ 110 Rainer Stropek PUBLISH FVMYKQ@@pretalx.com -FVMYKQ Create Your Own Role-Playing Game with Agentic AI using Strands Agents en en 20260904T130000 20260904T153000 023000

Create Your Own Role-Playing Game with Agentic AI using Strands Agents

This workshop is an introduction to the open-source Strands Agents Python SDK. By coding a fun use case, we explore the main technologies of Agentic AI (see abstract) and we provide a role-playing game web interface so participants can test their agent. I already delivered this workshop at some Developers events (like DevFest) with great success. And I even come in costume (see Session image :D) PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/FVMYKQ/ Workshop Room - CZ 102 Arnaud Jean PUBLISH DGMKTA@@pretalx.com -DGMKTA AWS Terraform GameDay en en 20260904T160000 20260904T183000 023000

AWS Terraform GameDay

This "GameDay" is event is like a multi-player workshop where every participant can either compete against other participants or just tinker with the workshop content. Unlike workshops that guide attendees through each step, GameDay events will drop each participant into a high-fidelity environment and then the platform immediately starts to disable services or misconfigure settings and the participants have to keep their site up for as long as possible. Participants will need to bring their own laptop! PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/DGMKTA/ Workshop Room - CZ 102 Sam McGeown PUBLISH SPEGSV@@pretalx.com -SPEGSV Teamdevelopment through Social Deduction de de 20260904T130000 20260904T153000 023000

Teamdevelopment through Social Deduction

Discover how social deduction games can transform team dynamics by creating a structured environment for handling deception, building trust, and making decisions under pressure. We'll explore and play our own social deduction game where participants take on different roles with conflicting objectives, mirroring real workplace challenges. After gameplay, we'll analyze what has been experienced. Leave with practical insights to team dynamics to strengthen collaboration through game-based experience. As an expert on didactics and role-based teaching methods with a long standing interest for all kinds of social deduction games, I will show the participants how the agile mindset matches naturally with the overall game-framework, fostering agency, reflection, and retrospective analysis. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/SPEGSV/ Workshop Room - CZ 108 Stefan Ellmauthaler PUBLISH QXRJUK@@pretalx.com -QXRJUK The Holy Trinity of Lazy Developer Success (GitHub: Platform, Compliance & Copilot) en en 20260904T160000 20260904T183000 023000

The Holy Trinity of Lazy Developer Success (GitHub: Platform, Compliance & Copilot)

- Enable engineering teams through secure, standardized self-services and repository templates with reusable workflows, baseline rulesets for automatic compliance, repository user and secret management. - A build / deployment workflow, the security workflow - Releasing with release-please and “major tagging” for auto-fix/feature updates - Using GitHub Offerings like GHAS and Copilot to improve efficiency, reduce time to first commit and deployment, etc. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/QXRJUK/ Workshop Room - CZ 108 Andreas Titz Aleksei Zubkov PUBLISH QWHY3V@@pretalx.com -QWHY3V From MSSQL to Snowflake: An Unexpected Journey de de 20260904T130000 20260904T153000 023000

From MSSQL to Snowflake: An Unexpected Journey

This workshop is a practical, developer-to-developer introduction to Snowflake, built entirely from a MSSQL perspective. We won't waste your time with basic SELECT syntax (SQL is SQL, after all). Instead, we are going to explore how your hard-earned database knowledge translates into a modern, cloud-native architecture. The Architecture Shock: How Snowflake separates storage from compute, and why you will never have to rebuild an index or manage a transaction log again. Decoupling the Mental Model: Translating MSSQL concepts (like database instances, schemas, and linked servers) into Snowflake's elastic, multi-cluster environment. Understanding standard, hybrind and dynamic tables in snowflake. The Hidden Superpowers: A hands-on look at features, including Zero-Copy Cloning and Time Travel PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/QWHY3V/ Workshop Room - CZ 107 Markus Perz Manfred Wippel PUBLISH A9RQFJ@@pretalx.com -A9RQFJ Building Applications with OpenShift AI en en 20260904T160000 20260904T183000 023000

Building Applications with OpenShift AI

This workshop provides a hands-on introduction to building AI-enhanced applications using a combination of large language models, image processing, model deployment, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) on Red Hat OpenShift AI. Participants will explore how multiple AI/ML technologies can be integrated into an end-to-end prototype workflow, including sentiment analysis, prompt engineering, image recognition, model training and deployment, and web application integration. The session combines presentations and practical exercises to demonstrate both the user experience and the underlying architecture, while also discussing how these patterns can be extended into scalable, production-ready AI applications. No previous AI or development experience is required to participate. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/A9RQFJ/ Workshop Room - CZ 107 Verena Schiffer David Monschein Dino Begicevic PUBLISH 8PAEY3@@pretalx.com -8PAEY3 Opening DevOpsDays Graz 2026 en en 20260905T090000 20260905T091500 001500

Opening DevOpsDays Graz 2026

Kick off DevOpsDays Graz 2026 with an inspiring opening that sets the tone for collaboration, innovation, and learning. This session brings together practitioners, thought leaders, and curious minds to explore the evolving DevOps landscape - highlighting key themes, community spirit, and what to expect from the days ahead. Join us as we ignite conversations and celebrate the power of shared knowledge. Opening of the DevOpsDays Graz 2026 by the organizer team: - Sandra Niederl - Linda Kolb - Patrick Koch PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/8PAEY3/ Europasaal A Patrick Koch Linda Kolb Sandra Niederl PUBLISH JLYQ8D@@pretalx.com -JLYQ8D Shipping Software in the Age of Agents en en 20260905T091500 20260905T100000 004500

Shipping Software in the Age of Agents

AI agents are changing how software gets built, reviewed, secured, and shipped. They can take on tasks, reason across codebases, open pull requests, improve tests, and help teams move from idea to implementation faster than ever before. But faster delivery only matters if teams can still trust what they ship. In this session, we’ll explore what DevOps looks like in the age of agents. We’ll look at how agentic workflows are reshaping the software delivery loop, from planning and coding to review, security, and deployment. We’ll also talk about the human side of this shift: how teams provide context, set guardrails, keep control of critical decisions, and use agents to improve flow rather than create more noise. This is not a talk about replacing developers or automating DevOps away. It’s about building a better delivery system, where humans and agents work together to ship software with more speed, confidence, and impact. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/JLYQ8D/ Europasaal A April Yoho PUBLISH RMZDUA@@pretalx.com -RMZDUA Open Weight und Open Source - was kann KI ohne USA? en en 20260905T101500 20260905T104500 003000

Open Weight und Open Source - was kann KI ohne USA?

Die Nachfrage nach KI-gestütztem Coding wächst. Gleichzeitig steigt das Interesse an Lösungen, die nicht von den großen US-amerikanischen LLM-Anbietern abhängig sind und stattdessen auf Open Source und Open Weights setzen. In dieser Session gibt Rainer Stropek einen praxisorientierten Einblick in KI-Coding mit europäischen und offenen Modellen. Im Mittelpunkt steht das Devstral-Modell von Mistral, das in VS Code gemeinsam mit dem OSS-Tool Kilo Code eingesetzt wird. Darüber hinaus zeigt Rainer, wie sich mit Devstral und Ollama eine vollständig lokale KI-Umgebung aufbauen lässt. Er geht dabei nicht nur auf die technischen Grundlagen ein, sondern auch auf typische Herausforderungen und Grenzen, die beim Betrieb lokaler KI-Lösungen zu beachten sind. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/RMZDUA/ Europasaal A Rainer Stropek PUBLISH PFTCAR@@pretalx.com -PFTCAR Turning Platform Engineering Right Side Up: Building Better Paths for Juniors en en 20260905T110000 20260905T113000 003000

Turning Platform Engineering Right Side Up: Building Better Paths for Juniors

Starting in DevOps, I navigated two extremes: perfect and predictable sunshine tutorials and production's messy reality where overwhelming systems left me stuck & spiraling into procrastination. It's like stepping into the Upside Down: confusing, chaotic, full of unexpected challenges. The issue isn't just complexity. With countless tool combinations, there is no one-size-fits-all guide. Understanding the "why" behind tools, how they connect, transforms how you approach learning and how you add new tools to the platform. I'll share strategies like making connections visible, creating safe spaces to learn and building community support. Whether you're a junior or someone looking to support the next generation, this talk offers actionable ways to turn frustration into meaningful progress. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/PFTCAR/ Europasaal A Katharina Sick PUBLISH FENMBX@@pretalx.com -FENMBX 🇪🇺 European Cloud - Cloud state of the union de de 20260905T114500 20260905T121500 003000

🇪🇺 European Cloud - Cloud state of the union

## Outline - The Reality Check: Europe consumes far more cloud computing than it produces. - The Players: From well-known hyperscalers like AWS, Azure and GCP to lesser-known but credible European alternatives. - Cloud-Native on European Infrastructure: A practical look at where European providers deliver and where they fall short. - The European AI Infrastructure: Can European providers serve AI workloads competitively today? - The TCO comparison: Is there a cost to choosing European sovereignty over hyperscaler convenience? - The Verdict: Hybrid and multi-cloud as a strategy. ## Key takeaways This talk offers a practical view on what the European cloud landscape looks like today. Which lead to practical strategy at Denovo built from real-world decisions, not ideal ones. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/FENMBX/ Europasaal A Lukas Korl PUBLISH 7TVS8M@@pretalx.com -7TVS8M On-premise AI: The Pain, The Suffering and Why We Still Do It de de 20260905T131500 20260905T134500 003000

On-premise AI: The Pain, The Suffering and Why We Still Do It

AI promises innovation, automation, and transformation — but running it on-premises is often a very different story. Behind every successful deployment are countless challenges: infrastructure limitations, security requirements, integration headaches, operational complexity, and the constant battle between expectations and reality. In this talk, we take a practical and honest look at what it really means to operate on-premise AI in enterprise environments. With a focus on lessons learned, common pitfalls, and why organizations continue investing in on-premise solutions despite the complexity PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/7TVS8M/ Europasaal A Dino Begicevic PUBLISH HD3HB9@@pretalx.com -HD3HB9 Enterprise DevOps in the Era of Agents en en 20260905T140000 20260905T143000 003000

Enterprise DevOps in the Era of Agents

Everyone talks about agents running everything end‑to‑end. In reality, delivering company‑specific agents in enterprise environments is hard—especially under Austrian regulatory and data constraints, where weak DevOps just breaks faster. This talk shows how EY actually delivers custom agents, where they add value today, and why governance, guardrails, and sovereignty keep them from going rogue. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/HD3HB9/ Europasaal A László Baló PUBLISH ZJ7VAH@@pretalx.com -ZJ7VAH DevOps in the Age of Agentic AI - Panel Discussion en en 20260905T150000 20260905T153000 003000

DevOps in the Age of Agentic AI - Panel Discussion

Join this engaging panel discussion where industry experts and practitioners share their real-world experiences with DevOps in action. From culture and collaboration to automation and security, the panel explores current challenges, emerging trends, and lessons learned across diverse organizations. Expect lively debate, practical insights, and audience interaction as we dive into what it truly takes to build high-performing DevOps teams and drive continuous improvement. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/ZJ7VAH/ Europasaal A Patrick Ratheiser PUBLISH JNKZFY@@pretalx.com -JNKZFY Taking Back Control en en 20260905T154500 20260905T163000 004500

Taking Back Control

Europe’s digital infrastructure relies heavily on external platforms governed outside the EU. As regulations and geopolitical risk grow, this becomes a strategic liability. In this talk, Kerim explores how to build modern software that runs within European boundaries, keeps data and intelligence local, and remains automated, scalable, and compliant without mandatory cloud dependence, As data protection rules tighten and geopolitical uncertainty grows, organizations need systems they truly control. We’ll look at practical architectural patterns that support automation, repeatability, and scale without mandatory reliance on external clouds, showing how teams can move faster while aligning with Europe’s legal and ethical realities. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/JNKZFY/ Europasaal A Kerim Satirli PUBLISH CJREPU@@pretalx.com -CJREPU Closing DevOpsDays Graz 2026 en en 20260905T163000 20260905T164500 001500

Closing DevOpsDays Graz 2026

Close DevOpsDays Graz 2026 with a heartfelt and energetic final session led by the organizing team. Reflecting on the highlights, key learnings, and unforgettable moments of the conference, this closing brings the community together one last time. Expect gratitude, a touch of humor, and inspiring words that celebrate collaboration, connection, and shared progress—leaving you motivated to carry the DevOps spirit forward beyond Graz. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/CJREPU/ Europasaal A Patrick Koch Sandra Niederl Linda Kolb PUBLISH 8UVWKR@@pretalx.com -8UVWKR The Manual Nobody Gave You de de 20260905T101500 20260905T104500 003000

The Manual Nobody Gave You

Still deep in the code, but also responsible for your team's success? Whether you got promoted on purpose or by accident, technical leadership comes with challenges nobody really prepares you for. Carol and Nico — a people lead and a technical lead — have spent the last two and a half years navigating it together through company restructuring, leadership changes, and ambitious roadmaps. They don't always think alike, but they've found more common ground than you'd expect. In this session, they'll share the 5 key skills behind their shared leadership model, the hard lessons learned along the way, and why keeping humans at the center of technical work makes all the difference. Expect honest conversation, some audience participation, and a few laughs. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/8UVWKR/ Europasaal B Carol Guarrieri Nicolas Angelo PUBLISH Z8FBXD@@pretalx.com -Z8FBXD Lessons from Years of the OpenTelemetry Demo de de 20260905T110000 20260905T113000 003000

Lessons from Years of the OpenTelemetry Demo

The OpenTelemetry Demo, has grown from a simple microservices example into a comprehensive observability playground powered by CNCF tools. It now includes more than 20 services, multiple programming languages, and integrations with components such as Prometheus, Envoy, NGINX, Valkey, and OpenFeature. This talk shares a behind-the-scenes look at that evolution, including breaking changes, design decisions, and lessons learned while keeping up with a fast-moving ecosystem. The Demo has also served as a validation environment, helping uncover issues across projects like OpenTelemetry itself, OpenFeature, and Next.js. You will learn how to use the Demo to explore telemetry signals, validate assumptions, and better understand how cloud-native components work together in practice. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/Z8FBXD/ Europasaal B Juliano Costa PUBLISH XVEC38@@pretalx.com -XVEC38 No Cloud, No Problem: Building a Fully Local AI Terraform Code Assistant en en 20260905T114500 20260905T121500 003000

No Cloud, No Problem: Building a Fully Local AI Terraform Code Assistant

If you've read enough terms and conditions to be a little nervous about piping your internal module library and `.tfvars` files off to a third-party API, this session is for you. I'll take a look at where local models genuinely help versus where you'll be staring at generated HCL wondering what the HAL (I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that) it was thinking. By the end you'll have a working blueprint for a Terraform pair programmer that respects your air-gap, keeps your compliance team happy, and rides out your WiFi dead zones. And your `.tfvars` stay yours, we don't talk about what's in them. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/XVEC38/ Europasaal B Sam McGeown PUBLISH WESF7T@@pretalx.com -WESF7T Beyond CI/CD: How GitHub Workflows Became Our Developer Experience Platform de de 20260905T131500 20260905T134500 003000

Beyond CI/CD: How GitHub Workflows Became Our Developer Experience Platform

Every team starts with a CI pipeline. Ours evolved into a full Developer Experience platform. This talk shows how we leverage GitHub Actions across three areas: 1. **Task Management** — automated ticket assignment and issue templates for consistent structure. 2. **CI/CD & Deployments** — selective testing with Nx, parallelized jobs for speed, automatic PR preview environments, and cleanly separated deployments across multiple environments. 3. **AI & Deterministic Code Generation** — AI-powered code reviews for instant feedback, plus automatic API client generation from OpenAPI specs and Figma design token synchronization. Concrete workflows and lessons learned included. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/WESF7T/ Europasaal B Jonas Weber Alexis Delaunay PUBLISH 7TABVB@@pretalx.com -7TABVB Writing Terraform Modules the New Way en en 20260905T140000 20260905T143000 003000

Writing Terraform Modules the New Way

Infrastructure as Code promises repeatability and sanity. Reality? Half the time we’re refactoring variables, reworking outputs, and arguing about naming conventions in code review. In this session, we’ll look at a practical, engineer-first approach to writing Terraform modules with agents embedded into your workflow. Not magic. Not “click once, get VPC.” But a structured way to design, scaffold, refactor, document, and test modules faster. We’ll walk through real examples: defining good instructions for agents, generating sensible defaults, enforcing best practices and aligning everything with your environment and guidelines. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/7TABVB/ Europasaal B Eugen Božić PUBLISH GXDREH@@pretalx.com -GXDREH Secure your Pipe - A Demo how to Secure your DevOps Pipeline en en 20260905T150000 20260905T153000 003000

Secure your Pipe - A Demo how to Secure your DevOps Pipeline

Tired of endless security alerts slowing down your builds? Discover how to lock down your CI/CD pipelines using MDASH. We'll explore how this multi-model agentic harness from Microsoft automates vulnerability scanning and cuts through the noise Microsoft MDASH AI Vulnerability Discovery Breakthrough. Learn to validate exploits early, integrate AI into DevOps Defense at AI speed: Microsoft’s new multi-model agentic security system tops leading industry benchmark, and ship fast securely. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Lecture https://pretalx.com/devopsdays-graz-2026/talk/GXDREH/ Europasaal B Michael Freistetter Florian Dinhobl