Lessons Learned While Running Kafka at Scale by Gwen Shapira

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18:30 - 19:30 - Lessons Learned While Running Kafka at Scale by Gwen Shapira
19:30 - 20: 00 Ask The Expert

Abstract: Apache Kafka lies at the heart of the largest data
pipelines, handling trillions of messages and petabytes of data every
day. Learn the right approach for getting the most out of Kafka from
the experts at Confluent. Gwen Shapira explores how to monitor,
optimize, and troubleshoot performance of your data pipelines—from
producer to consumer, development to production.

Bio: Gwen is a system architect at Confluent helping customers achieve
success with their Apache Kafka implementation. She has 15 years of
experience working with code and customers to build scalable data
architectures, integrating relational and big data technologies. She
currently specializes in building real-time reliable data processing pipelines using Apache Kafka. Gwen is an Oracle Ace Director, and
author of "Hadoop Application Architectures", and a frequent presenter
at industry conferences. Gwen is also a committer on the Apache Kafka
and Apache Sqoop projects. When Gwen isn't coding or building datapipelines, you can find her pedaling on her bike exploring the roadsand trails of California, and beyond.

Parking :
There's a fairly large (not free) parking lot on Rothschild 1