Conference Agenda

The 2025 Checkmk Conference spans across three days, divided into two key segments. The main conference occurs on days 1 and 2. Day 3 is optional, dedicated to interactive workshops.

Agenda details will be updated regularly and may change.

Conference Day 1: May 20, 2025

The conference opening day, partially livestreamed, takes place on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at Paulaner am Nockherberg in Munich city.

  • Knowledge Fair & Breakfast
    09:30 - 11:00

    Start your day by engaging with our developers and consultants before the day’s presentations begin. Enjoy a breakfast spread while visiting various booths where you can get answers to your questions from the Checkmk team. Connect with the community and kick off the conference with valuable interactions.

  • Welcome
    11:00 - 11:15
    Melina Weide (Conference Lead, Checkmk)
  • State of Checkmk
    11:15 - 11:25
    Jan Justus (CEO, Checkmk)

    Jan Justus will reflect on the evolution of Checkmk over the years and provides a glimpse into the future.

  • Checkmk 2.4 at a Glance
    11:25 - 12:30
    Martin Hirschvogel (CPO, Checkmk)

    Zoom out to dive deep – let’s take a look at the paradigms and priorities that shaped our product into where we are now and learn about the major improvements coming in Checkmk 2.4.

  • Lunch break
    12:30 - 14:00
  • Set-up cloud monitoring in minutes
    14:00 - 14:30
    Wontek Hong (Tech Lead, Checkmk)

    With Checkmk 2.4 we introduce a new concept for configuration workflows, called the quick setup. It utilizes the new UI framework to deliver completely new features in the Checkmk UI, which are already re-used now in other projects as well.

    See in a demo how easy it has become to configure a previously very complex workflow, AWS monitoring, and imagine with us where we can apply that as well.

  • You'll love notification with Checkmk!
    14:30 - 15:15
    Tanja Hohenstatt (Team Lead UX, Checkmk)

    The Checkmk notifications have been revamped. Experience in a live demo the new notifications hub in action, a guided and expert mode for configuring notifications in an entirely new way, and new notification emails.

    Learn as well how all major notification methods were systematically analyzed and improved.

  • OpenTelemetry & Prometheus exporter integrations
    15:15 - 15:45
    TBA

    Monitor custom applications by pushing OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP) metrics to Checkmk sites or pulling Prometheus metrics from exporters or natively directly from Checkmk sites.

  • Coffee break
    15:45 - 16:15
  • Enhanced distributed monitoring
    16:15 - 16:35
    Moritz Kiemer (Tech Lead, Checkmk)

    Checkmk 2.4 comes with a new concept for inter-site communication and it's first use case with piggyback data. Learn how remote Checkmk sites can now communicate with each other directly to exchange data and how you can move piggyback data from one site to another automatically.

  • Better handling of large highly dynamic environments
    16:35 - 16:55
    Torsten Engler (Engineering Manager, Checkmk)

    The dynamic host management has undergone a complete architectural rework to make it ready for more demanding use cases and to ensure that it runs without errors in any scenario.

  • The non-root agent is there
    16:55 - 17:15
    Andreas Umbreit (Software Developer, Checkmk)

    Learn how the new non-root mode for the Linux/UNIX Checkmk agent works and how you can utilize the mechanism for your own plug-ins. Further agent/server improvements are currently planned, and will be presented in case development has progressed enough.

  • TBA
    17:15 - 18:00
  • Evening Event
    19:00 - 23:59

    Join us at München Hoch5 for this year’s evening event. As an on-site conference attendee you will have the opportunity to socialize and unwind. Reflect on the day’s insights, enjoy some music, and indulge in delicious food and drinks with fellow participants.

Conference Day 2: May 21, 2025

The second day of the conference on Wednesday also took place at Paulaner am Nockherberg, concluding the official events for all participants, both online and on-site.

  • Breakfast & Knowledge Fair
    09:00 - 09:30

    Seize the chance to engage with our developers and consultants before the day’s first presentation. Enjoy a breakfast of light bites while exploring various booths at the conference venue, where you can ask the Checkmk team your specific questions. Take advantage of this opportunity to connect with the community and set the tone for an amazing day.

  • Customer Talks - Round 1
    09:30 - 11:00
    Got a great idea to share with the community?
  • Coffee break & Knowledge Fair
    11:00 - 11:30
  • Customer Talks - Round 2
    11:30 - 12:45
    Got a great idea to share with the community?
  • Lunch break & Knowledge Fair
    12:45 - 14:15
  • What’s with All the CVEs
    14:15 - 14:45
    Hannes Rantzsch (Security Specialist, Checkmk)

    What happens behind the scenes when a new Checkmk CVE drops? In this talk, you’ll get an inside look at our application security process—from discovering a vulnerability to publishing a CVE. We’ll dig into how we balance transparency with practical security considerations, and what we’re doing to keep vulnerabilities from popping up in the first place.

  • What's new in Synthetic Monitoring
    14:45 - 15:05
    Jörg Herbel (Team Lead Development, Checkmk) & Simon Meggle (Senior Product Manager, Checkmk)

    In this presentation, we will show the new features added to Synthetic Monitoring in Checkmk 2.4, including Linux support, monitoring of KPI keywords and an internal Checkmk Robot management, which significantly improves the configuration of test clients. In addition, there is now support for offline provisioning of Python environments. We will also be presenting the revised pricing model, which makes Synthetic Monitoring more accessible and scalable than ever before.

  • Coffee break & Knowledge Fair
    15:05 - 15:35
  • What's next for Checkmk
    15:35 - 17:00
    Martin Hirschvogel (CPO, Checkmk) & Lars Michelsen (CTO, Checkmk)

    Kick back after two days of in-depth updates, and get a sneak peek at our longer term plans for Checkmk, and how we think of our strategic roadmap.

  • Workshop Dinner
    18:00 - 22:00

    Anyone holding a workshop ticket for the third day will be invited to a special dinner following the presentations on day 2. We’re excited to spend an additional evening with you, our community, while you’re in Munich. Join us for a relaxed evening reflecting on the conference, complemented by traditional Bavarian food and drinks provided by Paulaner am Nockherberg.

Conference Day 3: May 22, 2025

The third day of the conference is optional and directed at those looking to enhance their #CMKConf11 experience by delving deeper into specific topics through our workshops. Below is the general schedule for these sessions. Workshops are available on-site only to ensure optimal interaction and quality. Attendance at the Checkmk Conference #11 is required for workshop participation.

We are still finalizing the workshop lineup and will provide updates on this website as more details become available. 

  • Morning Workshops
    08:30 - 12:00
    • Workshop #1: Automating Checkmk via the REST API (DE, morning)
    • Workshop #2: Security Best Practices (EN, morning)
    • Workshop #4 Migrating plug-ins from Checkmk 2.3 to 2.4 (EN, morning)
    • Workshop #5: Automate Checkmk with Ansible (EN, full-day) - Part 1
    • Workshop #6: (Network) Visualization with Checkmk (DE, morning)
  • Lunch Break
    12:00 - 13:15
  • Afternoon Workshops
    13:15 - 17:00
    • Workshop #1: Automating Checkmk via the REST API (EN, afternoon)
    • Workshop #4 Migrating plug-ins from Checkmk 2.3 to 2.4 (DE, afternoon)
    • Workshop #5: Automate Checkmk with Ansible (EN, full-day) - Part 2