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Upcoming events (1)
See all- IN PERSON Apache Kafka® Meetup Chennai - July 2025Flyers Soft Private Limited, Chennai
Hello everyone! Join us for an IN PERSON Apache Kafka® meetup on July 26th from 11 am.
📍 Venue:
Flyers Soft Private LimitedIMPORTANT!
For security purposes, please fill out the form here.Agenda:
- 11:-00 AM - 11:15 AM : Registration and Welcome
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM : Zameer Fouzan, Lead Developer Relations Engineer, New Relic
- 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM : Damini K (Senior Engineer, Presidio) & Vishal Periyasamy Rajendran (Lead Engineer, Presidio)
- 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM | Lunch & Networking
Session 01:
💡 Speaker :
Zameer Fouzan, Lead Developer Relations Engineer, New RelicTalk:
Unlocking Observability in Apache Kafka-Based Systems with OpenTelemetryAbstract:
Distributed tracing is essential for tracking requests across micro-services. But when it comes to Kafka’s decoupled producers, consumers, and asynchronous processes, tracing a transaction from start to finish isn’t always straightforward.In this talk, we will go th rough how to monitor Kafka-based applications using distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry. By leveraging tools like Jaeger and New Relic, we’ll uncover how to gain a full view of your micro-services, even in the face of Apache Kafka’s asynchronous nature. we’ll also walk through both automatic and manual instrumentation to capture rich telemetry.Session 02:
💡 Speaker :- Damini K (Senior Engineer, Presidio)
- Vishal Periyasamy Rajendran (Lead Engineer, Presidio)
Talk:
Kafka Meets AI: MCP Integration WorkshopAbstract:
This hands-on workshop covers the fundamentals of integrating Apache Kafka with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for AI-driven streaming applications. We'll start with Kafka basics, including topics, producers, and consumers, then explore MCP fundamentals and how it enables AI models to interact with external systems. The workshop demonstrates building practical integrations where AI models can:List and manage Kafka topicsSend messages to topics
Retrieve and process messages
Monitor streaming data in real-timeUsing the MCP-Kafka implementation, participants will create working examples that showcase how AI applications can seamlessly interact with Kafka through standardised MCP interfaces.***
If you would like to speak or host our next event please let us know! community@confluent.io
