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Upcoming events
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IN-PERSON: Apache Kafka® Meetup - June 2026
Austrian Post, Rochuspl. 1, Wien, La, ATJoin us for an Apache Kafka® meetup on Tuesday, June 9th from 5:30 pm hosted by Austrian Post AG!
Not an official dress code, but if you're in the mood to bring your "beach party outfit" it would be nice!
📍Venue:
Austrian Post AG
Rochusplatz 1
1030 Vienna🗓 Agenda:
- 5:30pm: Doors open
- 5:30pm – 6:00pm: Drinks and networking
- 6:00pm - 6:45pm: How to discover schemas and topics for your next domain service
- 6:45pm - 7:30pm: Kafka on Kubernetes: Building a Full-Stack Streaming Environment with Strimzi
- 7:30pm - 9:00pm: Additional Q&A, Snacks and Networking
💡 Speaker One:
Nicola Narducci (Austrian Post), Lukas Peleska (Austrian Post)Title of Talk:
How to discover schemas and topics for your next domain serviceAbstract:
At the foundation of every event driven system are schemas and topics describing what data is flowing through your system. Nico and Lukas will show what it takes for topics and schemas to show up in EventCatalog for data discovery. This includes their GitOps approach, how versioning, reviews, and automation helps them maintain consistency, enable self‑service, and avoid breaking changes in production.Bio:
Nico joined Austrian Post in 2021, contributing to and leading the Event Streaming Platform as Solution Architect. His academic roots are in Bologna Italy. He started working as a software engineer in a small software house in Italy before moving to Vienna. Outside of work, he enjoys biking, video games (especially AoE2), eating pizza and tinkering with anything that can be connected to a networkLukas started working for Austrian Post in 2024 as a Software Engineer for the Event Streaming Platform.
In his career he has mostly worked in enterprise environments with reactive systems playing a significant part everywhere.
His first interactions with Kafka were in 2017.
When not delivering Kafka Messages at Post, he likes watching old movies at the cinema, playing the guitar and doing analog photography.💡Speaker Two:
Sahil SharmaTitle of Talk:
Kafka on Kubernetes: Building a Full-Stack Streaming Environment with StrimziAbstract:
Running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes was once considered a daunting task. However, the Strimzi operator has simplified this process, making it possible to manage complex streaming infrastructure through a declarative approach. In this session, we will demonstrate how to bridge the gap between local development and production patterns by deploying a full-stack Kafka environment inside a Kind cluster.We will walk through a live setup including:
- Cluster Provisioning: Using Strimzi to deploy a functional Kafka cluster in seconds.
- Management & Visibility: Integrating Kafbat UI to inspect topics and messages.
- Observability: Implementing a Grafana and Prometheus + AlertManager stack to track broker health and consumer lag.
- Application Flow: Deploying a producer and consumer to validate the end-to-end data pipeline using Confluent library.
- Whether you are building a local sandbox or planning a larger rollout, you will leave with a repeatable template for a fully observable Kafka ecosystem on Kubernetes.
Bio:
Sahil is a Cloud & Platform Engineer focused on building resilient infrastructure at the intersection of Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. (Contact: https://sahil.work)***
If you would like to speak or host our next event please let us know! community@confluent.io7 attendees
Past events
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