Workshop: Event Streams using Apache Kafka

This session dives deep into the architecture of Apache Kafka and how to use it in practice. Kafka offers a new take on publish/subscribe messaging which is very different than other messaging systems. But Kafka isn’t just a messaging system; it’s an event-streaming platform. Become an expert on Kafka concepts such as topic partitioning, consumer groups and exactly-once semantics.

Presented by: Dale Lane
Dale is a developer for IBM, and since 2011 worked on IBM’s Watson platform, responsible for a variety of projects and developer services. In the last couple of years, he has worked on projects to help explain the fundamental principles of machine learning to school children, through building a variety of games and tools, and running events at schools and IBM’s development labs. He will be in NYC speaking at QCon.

Agenda:

• 6:30-7pm - Doors Open; Check-in & Food
• 7-830pm - Presentation by Dale Lane
• 830-9pm - Networking
  -9pm - Venue closes