In-Person! Harness the Power of Data in Motion with Kafka Streams

Hello Streamers!

Our friends at Carahsoft will be hosting an IN-PERSON meetup in Reston with our own Dave Klein on Thursday, April 21st and you are invited!! You can find the registration link and agenda for the meetup below.

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To register to attend, please follow this link. There you will find the event location, further details and reminders for this meetup.
https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/285023-confluent

***DISCLAIMER
BY ATTENDING THIS EVENT IN PERSON, you acknowledge that risk includes possible exposure to and illness from infectious diseases including COVID-19, and accept responsibility for this, if it occurs.
To register to attend please visit:
https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/285023-confluent

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Agenda:
6:00pm-6:25pm: Doors open/Networking

6:25pm-6:30pm: Welcome and introduction from Carahsoft

6:30pm-7:30pm: Harness the Power of Data in Motion with Kafka Streams,
Dave Klein, Senior Developer Advocate, Confluent

7:30pm-8:15pm: Q&A/Networking
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Speaker:
Dave Klein, Senior Developer Advocate, Confluent

Title:
Harness the Power of Data in Motion with Kafka Streams

Abstract:
Some say that data is the new oil, and like oil, data needs to be collected, refined, and distributed to gain value from it. For years we've collected data into tankers called databases, and when we had enough, we shipped batches of it to be refined by some process. Then when that was done, we'd make it available to end-users. However, unlike oil, data tends to lose its value the longer we wait to use it. (Data is the new milk?) So, what if we could hook up a pipeline* to the source of the oil, er… data, and transform it in near real time, on its way to the end-users? That's precisely what we can do with Apache Kafka and Kafka Streams. In this session, we’ll see how we can use Kafka Streams to enrich, aggregate, summarize, and otherwise transform our data while it is flowing through our systems.
*These pipelines are completely harmless to the environment.

Bio:
After 28 years as a developer, architect, project manager (recovered), author, trainer, conference organizer, and homeschooling dad, Dave Klein landed his dream job as a developer advocate at Confluent. Dave is marveling in and eager to help others explore the amazing world of event streaming with Apache Kafka.
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