Christos Markou

Christos Markou

Software Engineer @ Elastic | CNCF Ambassador

Athens, Greece

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Systems and software engineer. Passionate about distributed systems and cloud technologies. Hands-on experience in web services, cloud computing and large systems architecture. Currently focusing on Kubernetes and infrastructure observability. Open source enthusiast and Opentelemetry maintainer.

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Observability & telemetry
  • Distributed Systems Engineering

From Schema to Shipping Data, Making OpenTelemetry Stable by Default

OpenTelemetry is a beloved, now graduated, CNCF project. It goes without saying that it has become the de facto way to describe, collect and process telemetry in modern systems. However, the story does not end here. There is still plenty of work to be done and the project is focusing heavily on becoming stable by default. This translates into: no more sudden breaking changes from one release to the other. In this session, the speakers will share their insights, as active maintainers of the project, on how this ambitious goal is approached across the OpenTelemetry ecosystem, what are the key projects that show progress right now, what have been achieved so far and what is coming next.

Are you excited about OpenTelemetry and how it’s become the standard for open o11y? Join us to learn the latest and greatest from the source!

Observability Summit Europe 2026 Sessionize Event Upcoming

October 2026 Prague, Czechia

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Sessionize Event

March 2026 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 Sessionize Event

November 2025 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

OTel Community Day North America 2024 Sessionize Event

June 2024 Seattle, Washington, United States

Christos Markou

Software Engineer @ Elastic | CNCF Ambassador

Athens, Greece

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