OPER8IT
The 5th edition of Poland's biggest conference for IT Operations - AUTUMN 2025
It's all about modern IT Operations
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AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
Jarosław Kuźniar: The Perfect Host for OPER8IT
Experience excellence with Jarosław Kuźniar as your OPER8IT host! A trailblazer in integrating artificial intelligence into podcasting, Kuźniar brings an innovative blend of technology and media expertise.
At the forefront of this technological evolution, Kuźniar has been utilizing AI to read portions of his podcasts. This groundbreaking use of AI not only maintains the consistency of his voice but also enhances the efficiency and quality of the content delivered.
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How the Cloud Powers WOŚP's Grand Finale: From Challenges to Success
The Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity is a unique event that gathers thousands of people from all over Poland and beyond. It's the culmination of months of preparation, where the community comes together to support a common cause.
However, such a large event also brings technological challenges. The intense traffic and increasing use of electronic payment channels during the event push IT systems to their limits. Ensuring the continuity of application operations on local servers is impossible under such growth. Jerzy Ochnio, IT Coordinator at @WOŚP, will discuss how moving the application to the cloud addresses these challenges.
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Boost Your Organization's Business Resilience by Enhancing Cyber Resilience
Are you looking to strengthen your organization's business resilience? The key lies in improving your cyber resilience.
Join us for a compelling presentation led by Maciej Żarski, Global Head of DFIR/CERT @ Atos/Eviden. Discover the latest silent hacking techniques that bypass MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) and EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response). These advanced tactics were recently employed by APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) groups just months before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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IT Operations Fuckup Stories
IT Operations managers will share their failures, mistakes, and lessons learned in Lightning Talk format. This is a unique opportunity to hear authentic stories from the IT frontline, understand the implemented changes to avoid similar situations in the future and learn valuable lessons from our speakers. Join us to gain insights that will help you avoid common pitfalls and enhance your IT Operations management skills.
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Gear-up Workshops
Gear-up Day offers a unique opportunity to enhance your IT Operations skills. Dive into practical workshops designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge needed to excel in your role. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, Gear-up Day has something for everyone.
To participate in the Gear-Up workshops, you must be the holder of an "All-in-One" ticket.
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Conlea Zone
We present to you our additional stage - Conlea Zone. Here, you can join engaging and interactive sessions, connect with fellow attendees, and dive deep into the most pressing challenges facing IT Operations and organizations today.
At each table, you'll join a group of 8-10 peers and a skilled moderator to discuss a specific topic related to the conference's key topics.
Agenda Highlights
Tools & Platforms Showcase
Join the Tools & Platforms Showcase - an exceptional and informative session featuring four IT organizations. During three separate presentations, you will learn about modern tools essential for IT Operations, their capabilities, and the benefits of using them.
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See the opinions of the attendees of OPER8IT
When the organizers explained to me the types of organizations that would be coming the delegates that would be here, it was clearly a very good community of people who are really interested in understanding how IT operations can be put at the center of business performance.
Mark Gallagher
Managing Director @ Performance Insights Ltd
For me, a conference like OPER8IT, but also like IT Manager of Tomorrow, is, above all, a chance to meet great people who have very diverse experience and are willing to share it, so even a coffee break is just such an opportunity to meet these people and with talk to them and learn something.
Izabela Gęsicka
Director, Established Products& Support, R&D Tech @ GSK
I think that conference participants will have the opportunity to look at their role a little differently. They will be able to break out of the pattern they may be used to a little bit.
Monika Kryńska
Service Management Lead @ Formula 1
You will always meet great people, you will always find great content and there is always something to inspire me. I would definitely recommend taking part in OPER8IT! The first edition showed its tremendous potential for connecting people and sharing knowledge across IT organizations.
Marek Ostrowski
Senior Service Manager @ GSK
It is always worth sharing experiences, using other experiences, hearing what others do and how they do it, how they deal with problems and issues.
Katarzyna Karpińska
Head of Product Area @ Ringier Axel Springer Tech
This is a unique event because it caters to a particular audience it's the only event of its kind it really tries to address the things that are needed for it operations which is a really, really cool thing
Dawid Ostręga
Business Leader, Head Coach, Scout Master, Keynote Speaker
This is a great event and a great opportunity to share ideas, hear the use cases and atmosphere is amazing. We would for sure recommend attending the event to our colleagues and peers.
Mariusz Terens
e-Xim
Really good and interesting mix of people here so there's this mixture of human and technical content this mixture of really difficult techniques, so it's an interesting mixture of topics I think that's really good about this plus of course is pretty good energy from all of the participants.
Andrew Vermes
Senior Consultant @ Kepner-Tregoe
Who to expect?
Marcin Szamborski
Helicopter instructor pilot, airplane pilot, the only Pole to have flown around the world in a helicopter
Marek Kamiński
Conqueror of the poles, philosopher, mentor, entrepreneur & explorer of human potential
Pete Phillips
Director of Security and Loss Prevention - The Americas and Sr. Site Lead Austin, TX @ Amazon
Jarosław Kuźniar
Journalist, Mentor @ Voice House Academy, CEO of Kuźniar Media, and editor-in-chief @ Voice House
Agenda Outline
15/10
Day 1
Gear Up Day
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Gear-up Workshops
Paid additionally
16/10
Day 2
Conference Day
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
2 Parallel Stages + Additional Tracks, including: Keynote Presentations, Case Studies, Panel Discussions, Lightning Talks, Case Study, Tools & Platforms Showcase
8:00 PM
Networking Party
17/10
Conference Day
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
2 Parallel Stages + Additional Tracks, including: Keynote Presentations, Case Studies, Panel Discussions, Lightning Talks, Case Study, Tools & Platforms Showcase
What can you expect from the conference?
Watch the previous edition's aftermovie and get a glimpse of OPER8IT's amazing atmosphere, speakers and attendees.
We are talking about the most relevant topics
Competences and Talent Management
Analyzing methods for managing competences, knowledge, and talents within IT teams, including recruitment strategies, skill development, and retention of key employees.
SRE and Observability
Examining the roles of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and observability techniques in ensuring high availability and performance of IT systems.
ITSM and DevOps Integration
Discussing IT service management and service-oriented approaches, including the integration of DevOps methodologies to enhance collaboration between development and operations teams.
Infrastructure, Automation and Cloud Management
Exploring cloud processes, including the implementation of automated processes to optimize resource management, enhance scalability, strengthen security, and ensure continuous service availability across cloud environments.
Security Operation Centers (SOC)
Analyzing the functions and tasks of Security Operation Centers (SOC), including threat monitoring, incident response, and strategies for protecting against cyberattacks.
RPA and Machine learning
Exploring the applications of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and Machine learning in the context of IT operations and their impact on efficiency, innovation, and security.
Supplier and Partner Management
Managing suppliers and partners, including contract negotiations, risk assessment, and building effective business relationships.
AI in IT Operations
Investigating the role of artificial intelligence in IT operations, including process automation, anomaly detection, failure prediction, and resource optimization.
IT Operations Transformation
Examining the processes of IT operations transformation, including the implementation of modern technologies, new operational models, and change management in IT organizations.
Who should attend
OPER8IT is a conference for Heads/Managers/Experts/Architects/Analysts of:
IT Technology / Operations/ Infrastructure / Security Data Center Cloud Services Security Operations Technology Projects Enterprise Architecture Business Application Management IT Service Delivery Infrastructure Engineers (Network / Servers / Storage / Cloud Computing) Resilience and Continuity IT Service Desk ITSM Processes
The Magic Module
Congrats! You've just become a magician. This is the do-it-all module where you can let your creativity run wild. The best part is that it's just going to keep getting more and more awesome over time.
What is OPER8IT?
We strongly believe that Central Europe can be the go-to location for the most innovative IT operations centers in Europe. At OPER8IT we want to connect people from the worlds of shared service centers and in-house operations centers and enable them to exchange experiences, explore best practices, see the successful implementation cases, discuss actual process improvements, and feel tangible effects of fulfilling transformations.
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