diff --git a/assets/events/2026-barcelona/organizers/ana.jpg b/assets/events/2026-barcelona/organizers/ana.jpg deleted file mode 100644 index e5cac37337e..00000000000 Binary files a/assets/events/2026-barcelona/organizers/ana.jpg and /dev/null differ diff --git a/assets/events/2026-barcelona/organizers/ricard.jpg b/assets/events/2026-barcelona/organizers/ricard.jpg deleted file mode 100644 index b97507e64bc..00000000000 Binary files a/assets/events/2026-barcelona/organizers/ricard.jpg and /dev/null differ diff --git a/data/events/2026/barcelona/main.yml b/data/events/2026/barcelona/main.yml index c4735e5129e..be22b36e92f 100644 --- a/data/events/2026/barcelona/main.yml +++ b/data/events/2026/barcelona/main.yml @@ -65,15 +65,14 @@ nav_elements: # List of pages you want to show up in the navigation of your page # These are the same people you have on the mailing list and Slack channel. team_members: # Name is the only required field for team members. - - name: "David Castañeda" - pronouns: "he/him" - employer: "Xcelirate" + - name: "Almudena Vivanco" + employer: "SCRM Lidl International Hub" + pronouns: "she/her" website: "" - twitter: "DevOopsEngineer" - linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/devooops/" - image: david.jpg - bio: 'David Castañeda is a "Platform Whisperer & DevOoops Engineer" from Barcelona who is a Senior DevOps Engineer at Xcelirate. He has a background as an Infrastructure engineer and describes himself as an enthusiastic and energetic person who enjoys working in a multicultural environment.

David likes to build things the "right way" while learning as much as possible. After many years of attending different conferences and meetups, David is now a core organizer of DevOpsBCN meetup and is excited to bring back the DevOpsDays community to Barcelona' - + linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniger/" + image: almudena.jpg + bio: "Almudena is of a mathematical vocation and has been dedicated to performance engineering for 18 years. Almudena has worked on projects with high traffic and high availability from online television platforms, job portals, security proxies, and now a European retailer.

For 20 years, she has been actively involved in the dissemination of DevOps and performance culture in Spain, hosting the webperf barcelona meetup since 2014. She is also an activist for the integration of female talent in STEM." + - name: "David Acacio" pronouns: "he/him" employer: "Schneider Electric" @@ -82,16 +81,16 @@ team_members: # Name is the only required field for team members. linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidacacio/" image: acacio.jpg bio: "Acacio's journey started with a Spectrum 48k and has evolved into a career as a Cloud Architect ☁️, Podcaster and entrepreneur.

He thrives on building innovative solutions using Open Source, Unix/Linux systems, and applying agile & DevOps principles to drive results. 💡

As a Cloud Architect and Podcaster 🎙️, He's dedicated to pushing the boundaries of technology and sharing my knowledge with the community" - - - name: "Imma Valls Bernaus" - employer: "Grafana Labs" - pronouns: "she/her" - twitter: "eyeveebee" - website: "https://eyeveebee.dev" - linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/imma-valls/" - image: imma.jpg - bio: "Imma is a Staff Developer at Grafana Labs, with a passion for simplifying Observability, OpenTelemetry, and Cloud-Native knowledge. She focuses on creating accessible technical content and driving the adoption of best practices within the community.
A passionate community builder and ally, she actively co-organizes local meetups at Cloud Native Barcelona, DevOps BCN, Grafana & Friends, and TechFems, focusing on creating inclusive spaces and helping underrepresented voices share their stories and expertise.
She is a Bruce Springsteen fan. No surrender!" - + + - name: "David Castañeda" + pronouns: "he/him" + employer: "Xcelirate" + website: "" + twitter: "DevOopsEngineer" + linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/devooops/" + image: david.jpg + bio: 'David Castañeda is a "Platform Whisperer & DevOoops Engineer" from Barcelona who is a Senior DevOps Engineer at Xcelirate. He has a background as an Infrastructure engineer and describes himself as an enthusiastic and energetic person who enjoys working in a multicultural environment.

David likes to build things the "right way" while learning as much as possible. After many years of attending different conferences and meetups, David is now a core organizer of DevOpsBCN meetup and is excited to bring back the DevOpsDays community to Barcelona' + - name: "Eduard Epure" pronouns: "he/him" employer: "Mews" @@ -99,41 +98,21 @@ team_members: # Name is the only required field for team members. linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduard-epure" image: eduard.jpg bio: "Eduard is a Security Engineer at Mews, with a strong background in cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.

Passionate about building secure, scalable systems that simplify the work of engineers." - - - name: "Almudena Vivanco" - employer: "SCRM Lidl International Hub" - pronouns: "she/her" - website: "" - linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniger/" - image: almudena.jpg - bio: "Almudena is of a mathematical vocation and has been dedicated to performance engineering for 18 years. Almudena has worked on projects with high traffic and high availability from online television platforms, job portals, security proxies, and now a European retailer.

For 20 years, she has been actively involved in the dissemination of DevOps and performance culture in Spain, hosting the webperf barcelona meetup since 2014. She is also an activist for the integration of female talent in STEM." - - - name: "Julia Lamenza" - employer: "" - website: "" - linkedin: "https://linkedIn.com/in/jlamenza" - image: julia.jpg - bio: "Julia is an SRE with 15 years of Linux experience. Obsessed with automation, uptime, and catching flights more than outages. 🌍🐧" - - - name: Ana Carmona - employer: "Adevinta Spain / Infojobs" - linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-carmona-ag" - pronouns: "she/her" - image: ana.jpg - bio: "Ana Carmona is an engineering leader at InfoJobs, where she works with platform and infrastructure teams to boost developer experience and reliability.

She’s been part of the Barcelona tech community for years, helping organize events like Women Techmakers, DotNet, and Software Crafters Barcelona.

Outside of work, she’s a slow runner, a mom of two, and a big fan of building communities. Her motto? “If I don’t know it, I’ll learn it.”" - + - name: Heather Thacker employer: "Gatling" linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/hhthacker/" image: heather.jpg bio: "Developer advocate with a background in full stack software engineering." - - - name: "Ricard Forcada Viladomiu" - employer: "Roche" - pronouns: "he/him" - linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rforcada/" - image: ricard.jpg - bio: "Ricard is a DevOps Engineering Manager at Roche, leading CI/CD and Cloud practices for Lab Insights. With over 15 years of experience ranging from IT Audit to Software Development, he specializes in implementing DevOps strategies in the Lab Insights Chapter at Roche." + + - name: "Imma Valls Bernaus" + employer: "Grafana Labs" + pronouns: "she/her" + twitter: "eyeveebee" + website: "https://eyeveebee.dev" + linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/imma-valls/" + image: imma.jpg + bio: "Imma is a Staff Developer at Grafana Labs, with a passion for simplifying Observability, OpenTelemetry, and Cloud-Native knowledge. She focuses on creating accessible technical content and driving the adoption of best practices within the community.
A passionate community builder and ally, she actively co-organizes local meetups at Cloud Native Barcelona, DevOps BCN, Grafana & Friends, and TechFems, focusing on creating inclusive spaces and helping underrepresented voices share their stories and expertise.
She is a Bruce Springsteen fan. No surrender!" - name: "Javier Vanoli" employer: "Materialise" @@ -142,6 +121,13 @@ team_members: # Name is the only required field for team members. image: javier.jpg bio: "Javier is a DevOps Engineer at Materialise, working on Cloud Native solutions for the Additive Manufacturing industry.

With experience spanning infrastructure databases, and site reliability, he focuses on making work smoother for developers and operations through automation, monitoring, and smart tooling.

Originally from Uruguay and based in Barcelona for 15 years, Javier believes connecting with people is the most important skill on the DevOps stack." + - name: "Julia Lamenza" + employer: "" + website: "" + linkedin: "https://linkedIn.com/in/jlamenza" + image: julia.jpg + bio: "Julia is an SRE with 15 years of Linux experience. Obsessed with automation, uptime, and catching flights more than outages. 🌍🐧" + organizer_email: "barcelona@devopsdays.org" # Put your organizer email address here # List all of your sponsors here along with what level of sponsorship they have.