IN-PERSON: Apache Kafka® x Apache Flink® x Apache Iceberg #2

Join us for an Apache Kafka® x Apache Flink® x Apache Iceberg meetup on June 11th from 6:00pm hosted by Clari! The talks will be presented in English.

📍Venue:
Clari
2nd Floor, Długa 72, 31-146 Kraków, Poland

🗓 Agenda:

• 6:00pm: Doors open/Welcome
• 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Food/drinks & Networking
• 6:30pm - 7:00:pm: Olena Kutsenko, Staff Developer Advocate, Confluent
• 7:00pm - 7:30pm: Viktor Gamov, Principal Developer Advocate, Confluent
• 7:30pm - 8:30pm: Additional Q&A, Networking

💡 Speaker One:
Olena Kutsenko, Staff Developer Advocate, Confluent

Title of Talk:
The art of structuring real-time data streams into actionable insights

Abstract:
Real-time data can be messy, unpredictable, and hard to manage. To unlock its full potential, you need a way to turn raw streams into clean, structured data. In this talk, we'll show you how to use Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and Apache Iceberg to organize real-time data streams efficiently and prepare them for advanced use cases, including AI applications. We'll start by explaining how Kafka handles high-speed data streams and how Flink processes these streams in real time. You'll learn how to use Flink to transform raw data into structured formats, ensuring it's ready for storage and analysis. Then, we'll dive into Iceberg, demonstrating how it stores and organizes structured data for easy querying and visualizing.

Through clear examples, we'll walk you through building a practical pipeline that turns chaotic data streams into organized schemas. By the end of the session, you'll know how to manage real-time data effectively and set the stage for downstream AI and analytics. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this talk will give you the tools to simplify and enhance your data pipelines!

Bio:
Olena is a Staff Developer Advocate at Confluent and a recognized expert in data streaming and analytics. With two decades of experience in software engineering, she has built mission-critical applications, led high-performing teams, and driven large-scale technology adoption at industry leaders like Nokia, HERE Technologies, AWS, and Aiven.

A passionate advocate for real-time data processing and AI-driven applications, Olena empowers developers and organizations to use the power of streaming data. She is an AWS Community Builder, a dedicated mentor, and a volunteer instructor at a nonprofit tech school, helping to shape the next generation of engineers.

As an international speaker and thought leader, Olena regularly presents at top global conferences, sharing deep technical insights and hands-on expertise. Whether through her talks, workshops, or content, she is committed to making complex technologies accessible and inspiring innovation in the developer community.

💡 Speaker Two:
Viktor Gamov, Principal Developer Advocate, Confluent

Title of Talk:
One Does Not Simply Query a Stream

Abstract:
Suppose you have embraced Apache Kafka as the core of your data infrastructure. In that case, you have probably integrated event-driven services to communicate with each other through topics, combined with legacy systems through an ecosystem of connectors, and responded more or less in real-time to things happening in the world outside your software. Immutable logs of events form a more robust backbone than the one-database-to-rule-them-all of your profound monolith past. Your stack is more evolvable, responsive, and easier to work with. However, you might face a challenge now that everything is a stream - how do you query things? Although you may name at least one or two ways off the top of your head, it's time you think through how to make the choice. In this talk, we'll explore the solutions currently in use for asking questions about the contents of a topic, including Kafka Streams, the various streaming SQL implementations, your favorite relational database, your favorite data lake, and real-time analytics databases like Apache Pinot. There is no single correct answer to the question, so as responsible builders of systems, we must understand our options and the trade-offs they present to us. You'll leave this talk even more satisfied that you've embraced Kafka as the heart of your system and are ready to deploy the right choice for querying the logs that hold your data.

Bio:
Viktor Gamov is a Principal Developer Advocate at Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®. . With a rich background in implementing and advocating for distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, Viktor excels in open-source technologies. He is passionate about assisting architects, developers, and operators in crafting systems that are not only low in latency and scalable but also highly available.
As a Java Champion and an esteemed speaker, Viktor is known for his insightful presentations at top industry events like JavaOne, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and QCon. His expertise spans distributed systems, real-time data streaming, JVM, and DevOps.

Viktor has co-authored "Enterprise Web Development" from O'Reilly and "Apache Kafka® in Action" from Manning.
Follow Viktor on X - @gamussa to stay updated with Viktor's latest thoughts on technology, his gym and food adventures, and insights into open-source and developer advocacy.

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DISCLAIMER
NOTE: We are unable to cater for any attendees under the age of 18.
If you wish to speak at and/or host a future meetup, please email community@confluent.io