Kafka as a Service and KSQL for Apache Kafka

Instructions for entering the building:

• Please navigate to 13625 Technology Drive for this event. There are multiple Optum campuses in Eden Prairie so just typing in Optum will take you to the wrong location.
• There is a large parking ramp behind the buildings, please park there and use the stairs/elevator to enter through the Skyway Level. This is the only entrance that visitors are allowed to enter through.
• Please ensure you RSVP to ensure entrance as there will be a guest list and security checks.
• Please arrive before 7pm to guarantee entry. The security desk will not be staffed after this time.

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Join us for our next Twin Cities Apache Kafka meetup on May 2nd from 6:00pm hosted by Optum. The agenda, venue and speaker information can be found below. See you there!

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Agenda:
6:00pm: Doors open
6:00pm - 6:45pm: Luke Gesior, Optum
6:45 pm - 7:30pm: - Mitchell Henderson, Confluent
7:30 - 8:00 - Pizza, Drinks, Networking and additional Q&A

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Speaker 1:
Luke Gesior

Bio:
Luke Gesior has been deploying and operating Kafka at scale since 0.8, offering Kafka as a service to application and infrastructure teams in two fortune 50's. Now that Kafka 1.0 has been released, and log compaction doesn't break daily, he focuses on building the tools and automation that allow large organizations to embrace Kafka as a streaming solution.

Title:
Kafka as a service

Abstract:
In his talk Luke will walk through his journey offering Kafka as a service in data centers, public clouds, and hybrid cloud environments. He'll walk through the architecture, toolsets, CI/CD pipelines, and of course, the most difficult part of running multi-tenant Kafka clusters, how to deal with the users.

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Speaker 2:
Mitchell Henderson, Confluent

Bio:
Mitch Henderson is a Sr. Technical Account Manager for Confluent. Mitch’s background is rooted in DevOps roles mostly focused on inserting new technologies into the enterprise. Before joining Confluent Mitch was a field engineer at DataStax and played integral roles at Thompson Reuters and CenturyLink where he built large-scale deployments, planned auditing services, and was a key player doing financial data delivery with a focus on quality, maintainability, stability and scalability.

Title:
KSQL for Apache Kafka

Abstract:
The rapidly expanding world of stream processing can be daunting, with new concepts such as various types of time semantics, windowed aggregates, changelogs, and programming frameworks to master.

KSQL is an open-source, Apache 2.0 licensed streaming SQL engine on top of Apache Kafka which aims to simplify all this and make stream processing available to everyone. Benefits of using KSQL include: No coding required; no additional analytics cluster needed; streams and tables as first-class constructs; access to the rich Kafka ecosystem. This session introduces the concepts and architecture of KSQL. Use cases such as Streaming ETL, Real Time Stream Monitoring or Anomaly Detection are discussed. A live demo shows how to setup and use KSQL quickly and easily on top of your Kafka ecosystem.

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Special thanks to Optum who are our local organisers for this event.

Don't forget to join our Community Slack Team (https://launchpass.com/confluentcommunity) !

If you would like to speak or host our next event please let us know! community@confluent.io

NOTE: We are unable to cater for any attendees under the age of 18. Please do not sign up for this event if you are under 18.