efforts of our contributors, maintainers, release managers, and users.</p><figure style=width:75%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:75%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.26/blog/2023/istio-at-kubecon-eu/opening-keynote.jpg title="Istio Day Europe 2023, Opening Keynote"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.26/blog/2023/istio-at-kubecon-eu/opening-keynote.jpg alt="Istio Day Europe 2023, Opening Keynote"></a></div><figcaption>Istio Day Europe 2023, Opening Keynote</figcaption></fig