Name: IN PERSON! Apache Kafka® x Apache Flink® Meetup - Sep 2025
Start: 2025-09-16T17:30:00+10:00
End: 2025-09-16T19:30:00+10:00
Location: Mantel Group

Hello everyone! Join us for an Apache Kafka® x Apache Flink® meetup on **Sep 16th from 5:30pm**, hosted by Mantel in Sydney!

The address, agenda, and speaker information can be found below. See you there!

**📍Venue**:
Mantel
Level 21, 580 George St, Sydney NSW 2000

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**🗓 Agenda:**

* 5:30pm: Doors open
* 5:30pm - 6:00pm: Pizza, Drinks, and Networking
* 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Jaehyeon Kim, Developer Experience Engineer, Factor House
* 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Pradnya Gurjar, Senior Customer Success Technical Architect, Confluent
* 7:00pm - 7:30pm: Additional Networking

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**💡 Speaker:**
Jaehyeon Kim, Developer Experience Engineer, Factor House

**Talk:**
Hands-On Local Development: Kafka, Flink, Docker, and more.

**Abstract:**
Jae will present an introduction to a collection of open-source Docker environments designed to help you build and learn about modern data platforms.
This session is perfect for engineers interested in getting hands-on experience with Kafka, Flink, Spark, Iceberg, and Pinot, along with tools for management and observability.
We will also introduce a series of hands-on tutorials designed to guide you through building a complete, end-to-end data pipeline—from data ingestion with Kafka to real-time analytics and visualization.

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**💡 Speaker:**
Pradnya Gurjar, Senior Customer Success Technical Architect, Confluent

**Talk:**
Event-Driven Architecture in the Age of AI: Real-Time Data for Smarter Systems

**Abstract:**
This talk explores how Event-Driven Architecture is the backbone of real-time AI, and why it’s essential as AI agents begin to transform how businesses and the world operate

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If you would like to speak or host our next event please let us know! community@[confluent.io](http://confluent.io/)

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