Keynote: Riding the Waves: Around the World in an Electric Glider... Ricardo Rocha & Klaus Ohlmann

This talk explores the intersection of sustainable aviation and cloud-native technology through the experience of flying around the world in an electric glider. The speakers, Klaus Ohlmann and Ricardo Rocha, discuss how this glider, developed in partnership with CERN, functions as a flying scientific laboratory that measures atmospheric conditions and cosmic rays using advanced sensors. They illustrate how data is streamed live via a Kubernetes-based telemetry and visualization pipeline, enabling real-time scientific experimentation. The session emphasizes the role of open infrastructure, edge computing, and renewable energy in pioneering the next generation of exploration.