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This meetup is for your fellow event streaming enthusiasts!
The topics discussed at our events are all about event streaming, including Confluent Platform, Confluent Cloud, Apache Kafka®, Kafka Connect, streaming data pipelines, ksqlDB, Kafka Streams as well as stream processing, Security, Microservices and a lot more!!
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Find recordings of previous meetups around the world and see upcoming dates for many more at the Meetup Hub
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Upcoming events
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Building Real-Time AI Agents with Elasticsearch and Kafka
Lynnwood Brewing Concern, 1053 E Whitaker Mill Rd, Raleigh, NC, USIMPORTANT PLEASE RSVP @ https://www.meetup.com/elastic-triangle-user-group/events/311287528/?slug=elastic-triangle-user-group&eventId=311287528
Agenda:
- 5:30 - Doors open; come in, meet some people, grab some food
- 5:45 - Building Data-Grounded AI Agents with Elastic Agent Builder, by Tanya Kalich, Senior Solutions Architect at Elastic
- 6:15 - Q&A with Tanya
- 6:30 - Break
- 6:45 - Streaming Context: Powering Semantic Search with Kafka and Elasticsearch, by Sandon Jacobs, Senior Developer Advocate at Confluent
- 7:15 - Q&A with Sandon
- 7:30 - Event wrap up
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If you want to host or speak at a meetup, reach out to community@confluent.io1 attendee
Apache Iceberg™ Meetup North Carolina
Location not specified yetIMPORTANT: PLEASE RSVP @ https://luma.com/4vj17iue
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Join us on November 19th (Wednesday) from 5:00-8:30 PM
Connect with fellow enthusiasts, share insights, and dive into the latest developments in the Apache Iceberg™ ecosystem! Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to Apache Iceberg, this meetup is the perfect place to exchange ideas and spark innovation.## Agenda
5:00p - 6:00p: Doors Open & Networking 💃
6:00p - 7:30p: Welcome Remarks & Presentations!
7:30p - 8:30p: More Networking 🕺The event will focus on use cases around and innovations in Apache Iceberg (https://iceberg.apache.org/)
We will discuss topics around Open-Source Data Analytics, Open Table Formats (OTF), software concepts like Transactional Data Lakes or Lakehouse, advancements in AI/ML including generative AI, and many more topics of mutual interest that leverage Apache Iceberg.
During the sessions, we will provide you tips to get involved within the community, you will learn more about how the community is collaborating to grow the technology, and software/solutions that ease problem solving and improve user experiences.1 attendee
Past events
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