IN-PERSON: Data Streaming Meetup

Join us for an Apache Flink® x Apache Kafka® meetup in San Francisco hosted by meshIQ!

📍Venue:
Room 202
AMA Conference Center inside San Francisco Marriott Marquis
780 Mission Street, Blue Elevators, 2nd Level
San Francisco, CA 94103 415-442-6770

Specific Instructions
• We are located on the 2nd Level inside the San Francisco Marriott Marquis
• Enter the hotel from either the Valet Drive on Mission Street or from the Fourth Street entrance.
• Walk to the BLUE ELEVATORS, which are located BEHIND the PINK and YELLOW elevator banks.
• Take the BLUE ELEVATORS to the 2nd floor.
• When you step out of the elevator bank on the second floor, make a left.
• AMA's San Francisco Executive Conference Center will be located just down the hall on your left.
OR
• Once you are in the lobby, take the escalator to the second level and follow the arrows below.

🗓 Agenda:

• 5:30pm - 6:00pm: Doors Open/Networking
• 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Elijah Meeks, Principal Engineer I, Confluent
• 6:30pm - 7:00pm: JB Onofre, Director of the ASF & leads OSPO at Dremio
• 7:00pm - 8:00pm: Additional Q&A, Networking

💡First Speaker:
Elijah Meeks, Principal Engineer I, Confluent

Title of Talk:
TBA

Abstract:
TBA

Bio:
Elijah Meeks is a leading voice in data visualization, with a career spanning both academia and tech. He is currently a Principal Engineer at Confluent, where he focuses on data visualization for real-time streaming data. Previously, he co-founded Noteable, a startup dedicated to advancing data analysis and communication, and was the founding Executive Director of the Data Visualization Society. His experience also includes pioneering data visualization applications at Netflix and Apple, including the development of the charting library Semiotic.

Before his time in tech, he worked in the digital humanities at Stanford University, where he served as the technical lead for major projects like ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World. He is also the author of [D3.js](http://d3.js/) in Action, now in its third edition. His broad background allows him to speak with deep expertise on the evolution of data visualization, from its foundational principles to its most current applications in industry.

💡 Speaker Two:
JB Onofre, Director of the ASF & leads OSPO at Dremio

Title of Talk:
TBA

Abstract:
TBA

Bio:
JB is Director of the ASF, PMC member on ~ 20 Apache projects. He also leads the OSPO at Dremio.