In October, we hosted a total of 11 Meetups all around the globe — an absolute record for us!
Kong handles 400 billion API calls a day. That's a lot of API calls. And that means there are a lot of you around the world using Kong. From San Francisco to Dubai, Kong has 81 Meetup groups around the globe with more than 17,000 members. Join one to meet fellow Kong users and network, talk shop, and stay on top of the latest Kong-related tech.
Check out all the Meetup groups here to find and join a group near you.
Highlights from our October 2023 Meetups.
Since opening up the Kong Hyderabad Meetup Group just a few months ago, our community here is thriving! Join us at our 4th Meetup in collaboration with Zelarsoft!
When
December 1, 17:00 - 19:00
Where
Zelarsoft Pvt Ltd, Raghuma Towers, Hitech City Rd, Phase 2, Kavuri Hills, Madhapur, Hyderabad, Telangana 500033
Agenda
The Kong community congregates in Amsterdam and Brussels during April 2023 meetups.
We’re teaming up with Verifone for our last meetup for 2023 in Bengaluru! Here is the schedule:
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Welcome, networking & coffee
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. [Talk 1] Kong Gateway Custom Plugin Development by Prema Namasivayam (Technical Manager, Verifone) and Satyajit Sial (Senior Software Development Engineer, Verifone)
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. [Talk 2] Troubleshooting Kong plugins in Kong Gateway 3.x by Avinash Upadhyaya K R (Platformatory)
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Networking & lunch
We hope to see you there!
Community members, partners, and customers come together at Kong’s May 2023 meetups in Istanbul and Berlin.
Want to keep up with meetups near you and other Kong events? Check out the Kong Events page. Or explore other ways you can find your place in the Kong Community.
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