Name: Multimodal E-Commerce Search with Elastic and Jina
Start: 2026-10-20T22:30:00.000Z
Location: 5445 Legacy Dr #100

Join the **Elastic Chicago User Group** and **[Cloud Security Alliance Chicago](https://circle.cloudsecurityalliance.org/chicago/home)** for an evening exploring the evolving intersection of generative AI and security.

**Gus Carlock, Senior Data Scientist on Elastic’s Threat Research and Detection Engineering team,** will present *Autonomous Agents: The Emerging GenAI Threat*. Gus will explore how autonomous agent threats are already being observed in the wild and discuss potential protections.

After the talk, connect with members of Chicago’s security and Elastic communities over pizza and refreshments.

📅 **Date and Time:**
Wednesday, October 14th from 6:00-8:00pm

📍**Location:**
Associated Forum - 10 S Riverside Plaza #800, Chicago, IL 60606
*The main entrance to the building is on the corner of Monroe and Canal.*

🔑 **RSVP & Arrival Instructions:**
Please include your **email address** when registering for this event and **bring a valid ID** for check-in at the venue. Attendees will need to show ID to lobby security for access to Suite 800

**🚗 Parking:**
500 W. Monroe and 10 S. Wacker are both within ½ a block radius. ParkChirp or Spothero typically have discounted rates. Metra and CTA are within a ½ block radius.

🗓 **Agenda:**

* 6:00 pm: Doors open; say hi, grab a seat, and eat some food.
* 6:15 pm: Updates from [Cloud Security Alliance Chicago](https://circle.cloudsecurityalliance.org/chicago/home)
* 6:20 pm: **Autonomous Agents: The Emerging GenAI Threat-** Gus Carlock (Senior Data Scientist at Elastic)
* 6:45-8:00pm: Networking & refreshments

**Talk Abstracts:**
**Autonomous Agents: The Emerging GenAI Threat-** Gus Carlock (Senior Data Scientist at Elastic)
*Join Gus Carlock, Senior Data Scientist on the Threat Research and Detection Engineering team at Elastic to discuss the emerging threat posed by autonomous agents. No longer a hypothetical, we look how these threats have been observed in the wild and discuss possible protections.*

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Autonomous Agents: The Emerging GenAI Threat

10 S Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606

Join us for an evening with two talks, one theme: data flowing at scale — and handling it responsibly.
From architecting your OpenTelemetry Collector fleet across edge-to-gateway topologies, to protecting PII in real-time Kafka pipelines — practical patterns, live demos, and a few privacy war stories along the way. Food and drinks on us — stick around after for networking.
✍️ RSVP soon — capacity is limited!

📅 **Date and Time**
Thursday, October 15, 2026 from 18:00-20:45

📍 **Location**
[EBCONT office, beyond Quartier Heidestrasse, 34, 10557 Berlin](https://maps.app.goo.gl/aQGPgteqhQ2yrmx96)

📝 **Agenda**
18:00 – Doors open, arrivals and check-in
18:20 – Welcome note by EBCONT
18:30 – **Keeping data private in real-time pipelines** by [Olena Kutsenko](https://www.linkedin.com/in/olenakutsenko/), Confluent
*Real-time data — clicks, payments, messages — is full of personal information we're not supposed to leak. The challenge: how do we keep streaming data useful and safe at the same time?*
*We'll explore practical privacy protection patterns in streaming systems using Kafka, Flink, and Iceberg — from masking and tokenizing PII, to why "anonymous" data often isn't, to techniques like k-anonymity and noise injection. With real-world deanonymization stories and live demos included.*
19:00 – Q&A & quick break
19:15 – **From Edge to Gateway: architecting your OpenTelemetry Collector deployment** by [Marcin "Perk" Stożek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/perk-marcin-stozek/), Elastic
*As OpenTelemetry adoption scales, the Collector becomes your observability backbone — but deploying it effectively means knowing what to run and where.*
*We'll cover the full Collector fleet lifecycle: demystifying binaries (standard, EDOT, and custom OCB builds), mapping deployment topologies from edge agents to centralized gateways, and tackling fleet management at scale — from static configs to dynamic orchestration with OpAMP.*
19:45 – Pizza, drinks & networking
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Invite your friends and join us for an evening of learning and networking with fellow engineers and speakers!

Thank you to **EBCONT** for hosting us!

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Pipelines, Privacy & the Collector Fleet: Real-Time Data Done Right

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Join the **Elastic Seattle User Group** and **Pulumi** on **Thursday, October 15**, for an evening exploring AI-powered applications, search, and the changing landscape of web traffic.

Peter Yoakum of Pulumi will share a technical look at how developers can use Elastic and Pulumi to understand agent versus human web traffic and adapt their data pipelines. Kapil Jadhav of Elastic will explore building AI applications with Jina models.

Stay afterward to connect with Seattle’s tech community over pizza and refreshments!

📅 **Date and Time:**
Thursday, October 15 from 5:00–8:00 pm

📍 **Location:**
Pulumi Office – Two Union Square
601 Union Street, 51st Floor
Seattle, WA 98101

🚗 **Parking:**
Underground parking is available via the garage entrance on 7th Avenue, underneath Two Union Square. Additional parking structures are located less than a block away near the convention center.

🪧 **Arrival Instructions:**
Once inside the building lobby, take the elevator to the 51st floor. A team member will be available in the 51st-floor lobby to direct you to the meeting room.

📝 **Agenda:**

* 5:00 pm: Doors open; say hi and grab some food
* 5:30 pm: **Understanding Agent vs. Human Web Traffic with Elastic and Pulumi** – Peter Yoakum (Pulumi)
* 6:30 pm: **Building AI Applications with Jina Models** – Kapil Jadhav (Elastic)
* 7:30 pm: Event ends

💭 **Talk Abstracts:**
**Understanding Agent vs. Human Web Traffic with Elastic and Pulumi** – Peter Yoakum (Pulumi)
*Additional details coming soon!*

**Building AI Applications with Jina Models** – Kapil Jadhav (Elastic)
*Details coming soon!*

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Agents, Search & AI Apps with Elastic, Pulumi and Jina Models

Pulumi Office

Roll up your sleeves: we're teaming up with Hopsworks for our very **first Amsterdam hack night!** Come along with your laptop and get ready to win a prize 🏆

**👉 Limited spots** available so make sure you got yours.

This time we are running a hands on hack night where you’ll get stuck into real-world data. We will provide you with an open Formula 1 seasonal telemetry dataset from which you can enrich, find meaningful information, build dashboards or predict the timings for the laps.

**📍 Location**
Elastic office, Keizersgracht 281 · Amsterdam

**🛠️ You will need**
The hackathon details and pre-requisites are shared on the GitHub repository (https://github.com/afzaal-ahmad-zeeshan/2026-10-19-ElasticxHopsworks-Hackathon-Amsterdam). You will need to bring your laptop (and chargers, etc.)

The data to use for the Hackathon will be shared during the event.

**📆 Agenda**
17.45: Doors open, pizza and drinks
18.00: Intro
18.15: 5 minutes demo by Elastic on Elastic Agent, build a dashboard about the dataset
18.20: 5 minutes demo by partner
18.25: Time to build!
20.25: Presentations and choose the winner(s)
21.00: Wrap up

**🎙️ Hosts & Sponsors**
Hosted by Jim Dowling, Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan and David Pilato

Elastic Netherlands User Group

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Joey Dreijer

Jorrit

Barend Schut

Sofia

Andri Herumurti

Sanchir Kartiev

Saikiran Vanamala

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Elastic x Hopsworks Amsterdam Hack Night

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Join the **Elastic Dallas User Group** on **Tuesday, October 20** for an evening of technical learning, community, and conversation!

**Srinivas Chilakapati from Elastic Consulting** will present **Multimodal E-Commerce Search with Elastic and Jina**, exploring how image-based retrieval can improve product discovery and e-commerce search experiences.

After the presentation, stick around to connect with fellow Elastic users and members of the Dallas tech community over pizza and refreshments.
Whether you’re an experienced Elastic user or simply interested in learning more, everyone is welcome!

📅 **Date and Time:**
Tuesday, October 20, from 5:30–7:30 PM CT

📍 **Location:**
Improving Dallas
5445 Legacy Drive, Suite 100
Plano, TX 75024
[View on Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/5445+Legacy+Dr+%23100,+Plano,+TX+75024/@33.0780951,-96.810568,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x864c3ccc060ecc59:0x90110ed74c027889!8m2!3d33.0780906!4d-96.8079931!16s%2Fg%2F11qpmxsnn6?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)

📝 **Agenda:**

* **5:30 PM:** Doors open, food, and networking
* **6:00 PM:** **Multimodal E-Commerce Search with Elastic and Jina** — Srinivas Chilakapati, Elastic Consulting
* **7:00 PM:** Networking and conversation
* **7:30 PM:** Event concludes

💭 **Talk Details:**
**Multimodal E-Commerce Search with Jina/Improving E-Commerce Search with Image-Based Retrieval Using Jina** — Srinivas Chilakapati, Elastic Consulting
*Learn how Elastic and Jina can power multimodal e-commerce search experiences using image-based retrieval. Srinivas will explore how visual search can help users discover relevant products and create more intuitive search experiences.*

🎤 **Interested in presenting at a future meetup?**
We welcome everything from 5–10 minute lightning talks to 45-minute technical deep dives. If you’d like to share an Elastic use case or technical topic with the community, email us at meetups@elastic.co

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