# Backstage in Salt Lake City: Highlights from BackstageCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024

DevFeed: [Backstage in Salt Lake City: Highlights from BackstageCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/backstage-in-salt-lake-city-highlights-from-backstagecon-and-kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america-2024-12106.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://backstage.io/blog/2024/12/09/kubecon-slc-24>)

Author: André Wanlin, Spotify & Camila Loiola, Spotify

Published: 2024-12-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Backstage Software Catalog and Developer Platform Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/backstage-software-catalog-and-developer-platform-blog.md>)

Topics: [Backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backstage.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [internal developer portal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-developer-portal.md>), [code productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-productivity.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [backstage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backstage.md>), [booz-allen-hamilton](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/booz-allen-hamilton.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [developer-portal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-portal.md>), [developer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-productivity.md>), [governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/governance.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [idp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/idp.md>), [internal-developer-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internal-developer-platform.md>), [kubecon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubecon.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [software-catalog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-catalog.md>), [software-templates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-templates.md>), [techdocs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/techdocs.md>)

## AI overview

This article highlights discussions and talks about Backstage at BackstageCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 in Salt Lake City. It covers evaluating Backstage's value, adoption journeys at large organizations, developer productivity, automated governance and compliance, and maintaining and customizing Backstage instances.

## Source excerpt

Beaver in front of snowcapped mountains peeking over a banner that reads BackstageCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024, Salt Lake City