nghai, China.</p><figure style=width:75%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:66.66666666666666%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.21/blog/2023/istio-at-kubecon-na/welcome.jpg title><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.21/blog/2023/istio-at-kubecon-na/welcome.jpg alt="Istio Day NA 2023 welcome sign"></a></div><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p>Istio Day kicked off with an opening keynote from the Program Committee chairs, Faseela K and Zack Butcher. The keynote made sure to recog