Real-Time Data & Apache Flink® — NYC Meetup

Join Ververica and open-source practitioners in New York for a casual, technical evening dedicated to real-time data processing and Apache Flink®.

This meetup is designed for engineers and architects who want to delve beyond high-level discussions and explore how streaming systems work in practice. The evening will focus on real-world operational challenges, and hands-on lessons from running streaming systems in production.

Agenda:
18:00–18:30 | Arrival, Snacks & Drinks
18:30–18:40 | Intro
Ben Gamble, Field CTO Ververica — Apache Flink® What it is and where it's going
18:45–19:10 | Expert Talk
Tim Spann, Senior Field Engineer at Snowflake & All Around Data Guru — Real Time AI Pipeline Architectures with Flink SQL, NiFi, Kafka, and Iceberg
19:15:–19:40 | Expert Talk
Erin Mikail Staples, Staff Developer Education Engineer at Tiger Data —MCP for EDU!
19:45 – 20:10 | Technical dive deep
Ben Gamble — What No One Tells You About Operating Streaming Systems
20:10-20:40: Networking

Meet-up location:
WeWork 500 7th Avenue