GDG Cloud Zürich - 28 May 2026 Meetup (#34)

Join the GDG Cloud Zürich community for an evening of technical talks on Google Cloud, real-world insights, and networking with local practitioners.

This meetup is intended for developers, architects, and engineers working with Google Cloud technologies.

Agenda
⏰ 18:45: Doors open
⏰ 18:55: Doors close (late entry may not be possible due to building security)
⏰ 19:00: Welcome – Graham Polley, Thomas Hug, Filippo Broggini, Erin La, Alessandro Recca and Rachel Werner (organizers)
⏰ 19:05: Talk 1 – Ship features, not firewall rules: Abstracting GCP for speed, Norwin Metzger, Sanitas
⏰ 19:30: Talk 2 – Directly from Vegas, the SRE extension, baked in Zürich, is live! - Ricc & Ramón, Google
⏰ 20:00: Networking & Apéro – Supported by Google Cloud, Zencore, ABB, and Datwave

Talk details
Talk 1
Title: Ship features, not firewall rules: Abstracting GCP for speedSpeaker: Norwin Metzger, SanitasDescription: 80% of Sanitas’ workloads run on Google Cloud. To enable approximately 15 development teams to maximize business value, the Cloud Competence Center (CCC) abstracts away infrastructure and CI/CD complexity as much as possible. The CCC Product Owner will explain the challenges development teams face today and how the CCC continuously works to improve the developer experience at Sanitas.

Talk 2
Title: Directly from Vegas, the SRE extension, baked in Zürich, is live!Speaker: Ricc & Ramón, Google

Call for speakers
Interested in speaking at a future GDG Cloud Zürich event?
Submit your proposal here:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUUqeMrb6KD1zanhJ8ve5ZB-v7Z-VRHkxWVjA0NUwLyWavLg/viewform

Agenda

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Hosted By

Thomas Hug, Founder & CEO

Filippo Broggini, Organizer

Alessandro Recca, Organizer

Rachel Werner, Organizer

Erin La, Organizer

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-cloud-zurich-presents-gdg-cloud-zurich-28-may-2026-meetup-34/.