Josh Reed
Josh lives in Montréal, Canada, and works for Aiven.io as a Staff Platform Engineer. With many years of experience in several parts of the software development lifecycle, he has a passion for processes that enable smooth interactions between developers and operations. When he’s not hacking away at a problem or championing best practices, he loves to cook recipes from around the world, as long as he can garnish them with a little bit of cilantro!
Sessions Montréal 2026
Nobody is Serious About Digital Sovereignty
Session en Anglais - Débutant
Data sovereignty has become a hot topic in the last year. Longstanding geopolitical assumptions are being stood on their head, and many folks have gotten far less comfortable with three large American companies hosting all their data. But can we even fight it? Unless you're on-prem, open source, and SaaS-avoidant, probably not. In this talk we investigate what it means to have digital sovereignty, what it takes, and if it even matters.
