Backstage Finland User Group Meetup #1/ Let's get going

[EVENT SCHEDULE UPDATED with Speakers and topics below]

Let's GO! Backstage Finland User Group is on the way. Please join us for this epic virgin voyage!

WHEN
We chose the date as Tuesday, 19th May - the day before Kubernetes Community Days Helsinki 2026 (Wednesday, 20th May)

So if you feel like warming up with Backstage and Platform Engineering, and you are already in the Helsinki area
---> Come join and relax with us next to the Helsinki Central Railway station with Pizza & Drinks

Building the Future of Developer Experience in Finland!

Backstage Finland is gathering experts and newcomers alike to discuss how we can reduce cognitive load and build the most vibrant Platform Engineering community in the North.

WHAT
- Knowledge sharing from people already with their hands deep in Backstage
- Live Demos
- Networking

EVENT SCHEDULE
16:00 – 16:30 | Doors open, Coffee, and Refreshments, Relaxed lounging

16:30 – 16:40 | Opening Remarks
(Fossi & Heikki)

16:40 – 17:00 | OP Pohjola’s Backstage Evolution: From History to Present
(Jyrki Koistinen, Product Owner - OP HUB (Backstage based IDP) OP Bank

17:00 – 17:30 | PIZZA TIME and Refreshments

17:30 – 18:00 | Developer Roundtable: Open Discussion and Knowledge Sharing

• TOPIC 1.

• What are you banging your head on the table with Backstage currently ? Maybe someone has already solved it ? 🤔

• TOPIC 2.

• What new thing have you learnt with Backstage recently that you would like to share...nothing is too little of a matter :)

18:00 – 18:15 | Improving Self-Service Template Reliability with Health-check Plugin
(Martti Mourujärvi, Site Reliability Engineer, OP Bank)

18:15 – 18:30 | Refreshment Break

18:30 – 19:00 | Observability in Backstage with OpenTelemetry (Martti Mourujärvi, Site Reliability Engineer, OP Bank)

19:00 – 20:00 | OP Hub Demo: Comprehensive Walkthrough
(Heikki Hellgren, Expert Lead Developer in OP Bank's Backstage team)

20:00 – 20:15 | Short Break and Refreshments

20:15 – 20:45 | AI Integration in Internal Backstage Development
(Teemu Koivumaa, Specialist, DevOps Engineer, OP Bank)

20:45 – 21:00 | Closing Remarks
(Fossi & Heikki)

21:00 – 22:00 | Social Hour: Pizza, Drinks, and Relaxed Networking

FOOD + DRINKS
Pizzaaaa!!!! + alcohol and non-alcohol beverages + snacks / Pizza from 17:00 -->