Sponsorship Prospectus
Cloud Operator Days Tokyo ２０２４ Organizing Committee ver. 202４.0４.０５
https://cloudopsdays.com/

Spotlighting Cloud Operators! 〜The Future of AI, Reality for Operators〜
Under the main theme of “The Future of AI, Reality for Operators," we would like to share new challenges, successes
and failures, and know-how gained from experience in actual operation.
The future of AI is full of unlimited possibilities, and it is expected that the evolution of the technology will drasticallychange the way cloud operations are conducted. However, the reality is that cloud operators actually face many
challenges such as operational automation and scalability, security and compliance, while managing complex
infrastructure with limited human resources. The event will explore how the evolution of AI technologies interact withthe field of cloud operations.
We are considering the following main tracks for this year’s event, but we are open to a wide range of topics as long as
they are operations-related and in line with the purpose of the event.
- AIOps- Operation War Stories- Automation (Dev/Ops, CI/CD, IaC)
- Team Building, Training/Education- OpenStack- Monitoring, Log, Observability- Managing Public Clouds- Other operation-related topics[Cloud Operator Days Tokyo]
A tech event focused on cloud operators. Cloud operators include not only infrastructure engineers who are operating
cloud infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, CaaS, FaaS), but also those who create and operate applications on cloudinfrastructure. We would like to grow this event as a community that can develop operations technology and educate
and train young engineers who are interested in infrastructure and application operations by presenting and sharing
techniques, problems, and solutions related to operation.
Last year's third event featured more than 50 online, on-demand sessions, followed by a one-day hybrid closing event,and was accessed by more than 1,000 viewers. https://cloudopsdays.com/archive/2023/
This year we plan to hold the event again with online, on-demand session delivery and a closing event to be held offline.

Purpose
Operational challenges (multiple choice)from CODT202３ audience survey

Why focus on “operations engineers” ?
The building and operation of cloud infrastructure systems are two sidesof the same coin, but the main topics covered in technical articles, books,
documents, and technical events and cutting-edge case studies
inevitably lean toward building. However, if we consider the “life” of anenterprise IT system, most of its lifetime is occupied by “operations". Itshould be obvious that the know-how related to operation is theinformation that most engineers want to acquire.

Other

Changes to

6.9%

existing apps
5.9%

Aging
Infrastructure
8.3%

Following newtechnology
28.9%
InsufficientHumanmanpower

dependency

25.0%

25.0%

In the enterprise field, operations engineers are involved in a wide range of tasks, from day-to-day stable
operation to fixing problems, responding to incidents, and performing various types of maintenance. The
dilemma is that it is difficult to share know-how with the outside world, and even if you want to provide
information, you cannot put it in a form that can be understood by outsiders. In addition, there seems to be a
psychological feeling of embarrassment in exposing case studies to the outside world, since it is necessary totell stories of failure and hardships.
Unfortunately, it is not so convenient to find a way out of this situation. If there is anything that can be done,
it would be to prepare more places where the situation in the field can be discussed as openly as possible. In
the same way as with open source development, opening up the know-how of cloud operations will be ashortcut for more engineers to grow together.
連載"運用者に光を"「Cloud Operator Days Tokyo 2021」の歩き方
https://gihyo.jp/admin/serial/01/codt2021/

Event Outline
Cloud Operator Days Tokyo (CODT) 202４
Theme: Spotlighting Cloud Operators!
〜 The Future of AI，Reality for Operators〜
Host: CODT202４ Organizing Committee
Fee: Free (advance registration required)
Expected Viewers: 2,０00202３.0９.１４ CODT202３ Closing Event
Toshiaki Iwamoto（GURUNAVI, INC. / CTO）

Dates (Format):- July 10，2024

On-demand delivery (online | 60 sessions | CFS/Sponsor/Invited content)- September 6，２０２４

Closing Event (offline | one-day | Keynote/Panel/LT/Award Ceremony）

Host
Cloud Operator Days Tokyo 2024 Organizing Committee
Chair: Akihiro Hasegawa (AXLBIT)
Committee Members:
Sakiko Ida (New Relic)

Hideki Takashima (NTT AT)

Takashi Iwamoto (ENECHANGE Ltd.)

Daichi Toyooka (NTT-ME)

Toshiaki Iwamoto (GURUNAVI, INC.)

Susumu Tomita (DENSO）

Yuki Osawa (ForgeVision, Inc.)

Takeshi Narisako (DENSO）

Yudai Kudo（Hitachi Solutions）

Teruaki Noyama (NTT-ME ）Kenta Gomi (NTT East)

Kanako Fukuoka (New Relic)

Shinako Bansai (NTT-ME)

Yushiro Furukawa (LINE)

Naomichi Shimazu (DENSO）

Shintaro Mizuno (NTT)Yuma Taguchi (NTT East)

Yuki Yamashita (NTT)Hanayo Masutani (Chatwork)Past Events
CODT２０２０
Registrants
Viewers(unique)

CODT2021

１,422

１，９０８

1,387 (July 2021 two-day program; live streaming）

１，821 (July/August 2021; four week on demand viewing)
４０８ （2021.08.27 closing event – award ceremony viewers;
live streaming)

Sessions

43

５４

Sponsors

１３

１９

Main
SessionTracksApplication development
Troubleshooting
Large-scale operation
OpenStackOrganization Theory

Large-scale system operation
Internal Infra (infosys, dev infra) operation
Operation automation（Dev/Ops、CI/CD）
Operation war stories (failures/troubleshooting)
Cloud Native Telecom Operator Meetup (CNTOM)

Top Viewed
Sessions

Rakuten Mobile "Complete Virtualization”
KDDI's approach to "agile development"
IaaS infra supporting Yahoo! JAPAN's 80 billion PV/month
How to Troubleshoot Cloud Infrastructure
Static Testing Strategy for Infrastructure as CodeHow to Start SRE: NTT DOCOMO "RAFTEL"'s PracticeConfronting the Super PayPay Shopping Festival
NFV changing the way telcos operate - cloud-native (KDDI)OpenShift for Kubernetes Operation
Yahoo Japan's IaaS Kubernetes cluster update story

Event
Report(Japanese)

https://cloudopsdays.com/wpcontent/uploads/2020/09/CODT2020_report.pdf

https://cloudopsdays.com/wpcontent/uploads/2021/09/CODT2021_report_final.pdf

Past Events
CODT２０２２

CODT２０２３ 「Unplugged」
2023.02.14

Registrant
s

２，０３９

Registrants

144

Viewers(unique)

１，846 （On-demand session viewers）
５０１ （７/27 Closing Event - Hybrid）

participants

96（off-line）

PurposeA completely offline operational
engineers' roundtable discussion. Unlike
a traditional conference, this was be a
fishbowl-style discussion of the real
voices of engineers. As the name
"Unplugged" suggests, this was a great
opportunity for speakers to not only give,
but also take away information from eachother through discussion.

Main
SessionTracks

Large infrastructure incidents
Operational HR
Deployment
Monitoring and logging
Technology acquisition strategy
Bare metal
Remote troubleshooting
Agile teams
Latest technology roundtableLog

https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/JPCODT-2023-Unplugged

Sessions

７１

Sponsors

２４

Main
SessionTracks

Large-scale system operation
War stories
Operation automation (Dev/Ops, CI/CD)
Internal infrastructure
Service and application operations
Product and technology trends
Cloud CoETop
ViewedSessions- KDDI’s internal upgrade of its OpenStack NFV infrastructure- Gameday at a credit card company - unleashing "Gremlin" on Kubernetes- The evolution of accident prevention efforts at Yahoo! Japan- Rethinking Effective Alerts- Building Japan's Largest Containerized Data Center

Event
Report(Japanese)

https://cloudopsdays.com/wpcontent/uploads/2022/09/CODT2022_report_final.pdf

開催実績
CODT２０２３
Registrants

879

participants

111 （9/14 Closing event）

Sessions

53

Sponsors

14

Main Session
Tracks- AIOps- War stories (failures, troubleshooting)- Automation (Dev/Ops, CI/CD, IaC)
- Cost management- OpenStack- Monitoring and Log Observability- Public cloud operations (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)

Top Viewed Sessions

・- The industry‘s first Generative AI Observability Assistant - Transforming operations with next-generation AIOps.
・Practice of in-house development - NTT East‘s progress in in - house cloud development, barriers to external
development and a sustainable development system.
・Introduction of an operation integration platform that realizes ‘standardization of operation’, ‘sharing ofoperation personnel' and 'control of operation'.
・What system operations are required in the age of cloud computing? -Incident management and security
operations suited to the changing environment.

Event Report (Japanese)

https://cloudopsdays.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CODT2023_report_final.pdf

Attendee Profile
Infra Engineers ６０％ ｜ Software Engineers ２０％
Managers, Group Leaders, Other Tech Staff 2０％
Number of Employees
11－50

4.0%

51-99

Size of cloud (nodes) operating in current project

Less than 10
4.3%

～1000

More than

6.3%

9.7%
More than

10,00024.7%

500-999

5,000

5000-9999

1000-4999

13.0%

23.5%

100-499
15.2%

Involvement in Purchase Process
Purchase Decision
Maker
5.8%

22.3%

～500

～100

11.3%

30.1%

Review/Decide

othersproduct and service

8.0%

specs
32.9%

OpenStack

AWS

9.7%

39.1%

GCP

14.6%

Recommend～10

Cloud infra operating/using (multiple response)

SellerSpecify and

CODT2023 Viewer
Survey Responses

5.6%

37.7%

5.7%

9.0%

～5000

User
24.4%

11.4%
VMware

Azure

13.7%

18.1%

Event Contents
Mar-May

Call for Speakers （CFS）
Initial deadline for applications (10 May)

Call for Sponsors
Initial deadline for applications (31 May)

Jun-JulProgram Building- Early June - notification of CFS initial selection results- Late June - 5-minute session video recording/submission- Late July - notification of selection to speak at Closing EventOn Demand Session Streaming‐ Begins １０ July
- 2-week selection period, open to the public
until the September 6 closing event- 60 sessions (CFS/invited/sponsor)

6 Sep

One-day Offline Closing Event
docomo R&D OPEN LAB ODAIBA- Offline- Keynote, Panel, LT sessions- Cloud Operator Award Ceremony- Sponsor exhibit booths- Reception Party

① On-demand Session Streaming
From July 10 (2-week selection period, open to the public until the September 6
Closing Event) during the on-demand streaming period, 60 session videos will besimultaneously available on-demand. (Selected CFS adopted sessions / Organizedsessions / sponsor sessions)
Session video streaming site(searchable by theme and tag; viewer tracking data provided)

Session Video

On-demand session video streaming begins July 10, 2024 (tentative)(2-week selection period, open to the public until September 6 Closing Event)② Closing Event (Offline)
Following the on-demand streaming period, a one-day offline event will be held
on September 6, 2024 to conclude CODT2024. The Closing Event will feature
keynote speeches by prominent global guests, cloud operator panel sessions,and the CODT 2024 Awards Ceremony to recognize outstanding content fromthe on-demand sessions.
Date:
Venue:
Format:Fee:
Content:
Attendees：

Cloud Operator Days Tokyo 2024 Closing Event
6 September 2024; One day
docomo R&D OPEN LAB ODAIBA
OfflineFree (advance registration required)
Keynote, Panel, selected CFS sessions, Sponsor Booths, OPS Meetup
300

September 6, 2024 Offline
docomo R&D OPEN LAB ODAIBACloud Operator Awards
During the on-demand streaming period, viewers will be asked to nominate
sessions for the awards through a survey for each session, and the Evaluation
Committee will decide on the winning sessions.
The winning sessions will be selected by a panel of judges, who will present the"Cloud Operator Awards" during a ceremony at the one-day offline closing eventon September 6, 2024.
Images from “Cloud Operator Awards 2023” Ceremony

Voice of a CODT2021 Cloud Operator Award Winner
Jayoung Oh, Rakuten Mobile
I am honored to receive such an award. I have never given a presentation outside the company before, but since I
was given this opportunity, I decided to take on a new challenge and gave a presentation on the automation of cloud
platform operations that I am currently working on. I was able to win the "Young Operator Award" thanks to the
support of my team members from the preparation stage of my presentation.
23 Dec 2021
Rakuten Mobile engineers won the Young Operator Award at Cloud Operator Days Tokyo 2021!Announces
measures to automate the development process of its cloud Platform
https://corp.mobile.rakuten.co.jp/blog/2021/1223_01/

docomo R&D OPEN LAB ODAIBA
docomo R&D OPEN LAB ODAIBA will be the venue for the closing event on
September 6, 2024. Keynote, selected CFS Sessions, and OPS Meetup Sessions
will be held in four different rooms within the venue. After the event, a
reception will be held at the main venue.

Session②

Session①
Main Venue
Sponsor Exhibits
Reception

Session③

OPS Meetup
SessionSponsor Exhibits

September 6, 2024 Offline
docomo R&D OPEN LAB ODAIBA

https://docomo-openlab.jp/

Sponsor Levels and Benefits
Sponsorship Fee(not inclusive of 10% sales tax)

Diamond

PlatinumGold

Silver2,000,000 JPY

800,000 JPY

300,000 JPY

150,000 JPY

Past OSDT and CODT sponsors Sponsors will be entitled to a 10% discount off the above sponsorship fees
Lead Data〇 all registrant data

〇 sponsor session registrant data

(advance registration data)(estimated 2,000 registrants)(estimated 100-200 registrants)〇 sponsor session registrantーdata〇 15 min x 1 sessions〇 15 min x 1 session〇 15 min x 1 session(viewer tracking data provided)(viewer tracking data provided)(viewer tracking data provided)

Speaking Session(s)(Closing Event)〇 30 min x 1 sessions〇 10 min x 1 keynote〇 15 min x 1 session

ーーReal Exhibit Space(Closing Event)〇Booth Exhibit〇Booth Exhibit〇Panel ExhibitーVideo Ad
(Closing Event)

1 min. video slot during
closing event

30 sec. video slot during closing
event

ー

ー

〇

〇

〇

〇

Speaking Session(s)(pre-recorded video content provided by sponsor)(On demand streaming)(estimated 100-200 registrants)ー(video ad content provided by sponsor)

Logo(event site/streaming platform/closing event)

Lead data provided (in Japanese only): name, work email address, work phone number, work department, work title

Cloud Operator Days Tokyo 2023 Sponsors
Diamond

PlatinumGold

SilverApplications and Inquiries
Sponsorship Application
https://forms.gle/KPYXLUUkEnZRAcsq8
Please complete the online CODT2024 Sponsorship Application Form to apply.

Initial Application Deadline
The initial application deadline is set as Friday, May 31, 2024. If you are unable tomeet this deadline, please contact the Event Office to confirm availability.

Invoicing of Sponsorship Fees
Following the application deadline, sponsors will be provided with a pdf version of thesponsorship fee invoice for confirmation. Payment of sponsorship fees will be requested to becompleted within 30 days of invoicing. If you cannot meet the payment deadline, pleasecontact the Event Office with details and requests.
Cloud Operator Days Tokyo 2024 Event Officec/o e-side, inc.
POC: Yuka Nishijima, Scott Macdonald
Tel: 81-3-6435-8789 Fax: 81-3-6435-8790
email: codt2024-office@e-side.co.jp

Sponsorship Agreement
Execution of Agreement
Organizations that sponsor the Event (hereinafter referred to as "Sponsors") must comply with all provisions described in the following regulations. If a Sponsor
violates any of these rules, the Organizer may reject the application for sponsorship, terminate the sponsorship agreement, cancel or change the speaking
session, or give instructions to remove or change the online booth content. In such cases, any fees paid in advance by the Sponsors will not be refunded. In
addition, the Organizer will not compensate the Sponsor or any related parties for any loss or damage incurred by the Sponsor or any related parties due tocancellation of the sponsorship agreement, cancellation or change of the speaking session, or removal or change of online booth content.
Qualification
The Organizer reserves the right to determine whether the Sponsor's products, services, etc. are appropriate with the purpose of the Event.
Date of Agreement
The Sponsorship Agreement will be effective as of the date the completed Sponsorship Application Form is received by the Organizer.
Payment of Sponsorship Fee
The Sponsor shall pay the full amount of the invoiced Sponsorship Fee by bank transfer to the bank account designated by the Organizer by the deadline statedon the invoice. If the payment of the Sponsorship Fee cannot be confirmed by the due date, the Sponsorship Agreement will be terminated. If the Organizer incurs
any damage in this case, the Sponsor shall compensate for all such damage.
Cancellation of the Sponsorship Agreement
If the Sponsor wishes to terminate the Sponsorship Agreement in whole or in part after it has been executed, it must do so in writing. The sponsor will be required
to pay 30% of the sponsorship fee on cancellations made on or before May 31, 2024 (Friday) and the full sponsorship fee on or after June 3, 2024 (Monday). If
the Organizer incurs damages in excess of the cancellation fee, the Sponsor will be required to compensate for such damages separately.
Transfer of Sponsorship Benefit
The Sponsor will not assign or lend all or part of the speaking slots, advertising slots or online booth to other companies without the permission of the Organizer.
Cancellation of the Event
The Organizer reserves the right to cancel the event at any time. In the event of cancellation, the Organizer will reimburse the Sponsor an amount deemed
reasonable by the Organizer. The Organizer will not be responsible for any expenses or damages exceeding the original sponsorship fee.
Liability for Damages
The Organizer shall not be held responsible for any typographical errors or omissions that may occur in any work produced for this event.
Handling of Personal Information
When obtaining personal information through the Event, Sponsors shall comply with the Protection of Personal Information. The purpose of use of personal
information must be announced or notified, and the information must be used within the scope of the purpose of use. The Sponsor shall be responsible for the
management of the personal information it obtains. In the case damage is caused to a participant, the Sponsor shall bear full responsibility and shall be
responsible for resolving any dispute.
Refer to the following for an explanation of how the Organizer obtains personal information.
Cloud Operator Days Tokyo Privacy Policy https://cloudopsdays.com/privacy-policy/
Please note that sponsor's information will be provided to contractors for purposes of event operation.