Name: Systems That Scale, Systems That Last: Aerospike | Data Tribes | Scenwise
Start: 2025-09-25T16:00:00.000Z
Location: B. Amsterdam. B3 - The Jack. Johan Huizingalaan 400 · Amsterdam, NH

Join us for an evening packed with real-world lessons and cutting-edge strategies in streaming, low-latency processing, and high-volume infrastructure. Hear Confluent share proven patterns for mastering data streams, and learn how IntentIQ scaled billions of daily requests while keeping speed and accuracy intact. Whether you’re tackling scale today or preparing for tomorrow’s challenges, this meetup will leave you with practical insights and inspiration from the front lines.

**Agenda:**

**18:00-18:30 - Welcome drinks and networking**

**18:30-19:00 - The Power of Real-Time: Speed, Scale, and Zero Compromise**
*Oshrat Ben-Avi Zabludovitz, Israel Country Manager, Aerospike*

Discover how modern data platforms are designed to power mission-critical applications at massive scale. We’ll explore how hybrid memory architecture, high-throughput secondary indexing, and cross-data-center replication enable consistent sub-millisecond performance, five-nines availability, and efficient real-time processing. The session will also cover architectural patterns for handling petabyte-scale data, millions of TPS, and globally distributed workloads, delivering both the reliability engineers demand and the speed businesses need.

**19:00-19:30 - Stream All the Things - Patterns of Effective Data Stream Processing**
*Adi Polak - Director, Advocacy and Developer Experience Engineering, Confluent*

Data streaming is a really difficult problem. Despite 10+ years of attempting to simplify it, teams building real-time data pipelines can spend up to 80% of their time optimizing it or fixing downstream output by handling bad data at the lake. All we want is a service that will be reliable, handle all kinds of data, connect with all kinds of systems, be easy to manage, and scale up and down as our systems change.

Oh, it should also have super low latency and result in good data. Is it too much to ask?

In this presentation\, you’ll learn the basics of data streaming and architecture patterns such as DLQ\, used to tackle these challenges\. We will then explore how to implement these patterns using Apache Flink and discuss the challenges that real\-time AI applications bring to our infrastructure\. Difficult problems are difficult\, and we offer no silver bullets\. Still\, we will share pragmatic solutions that have helped many organizations build fast\, scalable\, and manageable data streaming pipelines\. \|

**19:30-20:00 - Speed, Low Maintenance and Lower costs: Having It All**
*Eden Rosenthal, R&D Team Leader, IntentIQ*

In the fast-paced world of ad tech, handling billions of requests a day isn’t just about speed - it’s about keeping systems scalable, maintainable, and cost-efficient.

For years, IntentIQ had to maintain performance at a significant expense and operational complexity.
In her session, Eden will share the core challenges they faced and how moving to Aerospike enabled them to scale efficiently and unlock new capabilities with minimal effort.

20:00-21:00 - **Networking**

Israeli Aerospike User Group

Aerospike

Alice Richardson

Guy Weissgarten

carlito carlito

Taly

Moshe Diamond 

Shulamit Moscovich

Natallie Hen

Matan Dascalu

Aviad Rivlin

SHAMIR  COHEN

Shaked farkash

Eran  davidof 

Dotan Mor

harel dagan

Sophie

Elad Sheffer

𝗦𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮 (Sasha)

David Sachs

Naor Gonen

Real-Time Data at Scale

The Brain Embassy TLV

**Systems That Scale\, Systems That Last: Aerospike \| Data Tribes \| Scenwise**

After a summer break, we’re back with fresh energy and big ideas! Join us as we explore the cutting edge of distributed systems and smart mobility with two outstanding speakers.

**Agenda**
**Drinks & Pizza 17:00 - 19:00**
We look forward to meeting you!

**Session One**
**Speed vs Capacity: Designing Data Systems for Real-Time Scale**
*Evelina Bern\, Regional Lead \| Nordics & Benelux\, Aerospike*

In high-performance data systems, the balance between RAM and disk is critical to delivering real-time performance at scale. Evelina explores the technical nuances of database architecture in today’s AI-driven era, where workloads demand low latency, massive scalability, and adaptive infrastructure. Drawing on real-world, mission-critical systems, she’ll show how to achieve the right mix of speed, cost-efficiency, and reliability—designing architectures that are both high-performing and sustainable.

**Session Two**
**Are Distributed Transactions Really Slow?**
*Nicolas Wlodarczyk, Sales Engineer, Aerospike*

For years, distributed systems were thought to trade performance for ACID consistency. Nicolas will challenge that assumption. With 25 years of experience in databases, performance, and distributed systems, he’ll show how Aerospike achieves strong durability, isolation, and consistency without sacrificing speed or availability—bringing true ACID transactions to distributed environments at scale.

**Session Three**
**Smart Mobility in Action: From Data to Real-World Impact**
*Kin Fai Chan, Founder & CEO, Scenwise*

With over 25 years of experience in smart mobility and intelligent transport systems, Kin Fai shares how Scenwise turns complex data into practical solutions for cities and governments. From SmartRoads (automatic incident detection) to MySmartCity (multimodal crowd management), he’ll highlight lessons learned in bridging innovation and governance, and explore the future of AI, automation, and digital twins in mobility.

**Session Four**
**Data & Infrastructure: The Hidden Gem**
*Alina Boshchenko, Software Engineer*

Behind every app, dashboard, and AI model lies the invisible plumbing that makes data flow and scale. Alina will pull back the curtain on modern infrastructure design, the challenges teams face, and the questions leaders need to ask to build resilient, scalable systems. With hands-on experience in high-load systems, transaction management, and database migration, Alina also brings her passion for mentorship, guiding the next generation of engineers.

**Networking**: Chat with industry experts and peers.

Expect deep technical insights, real-world applications, networking, and inspiring conversations over pizza, drinks.

We will collect your details, contacting you with information on future Aerospike events and company updates.

Aerospike Amsterdam Data Management Community

Alex Ritter

kiran Nreddy

David Gomez

Rajesh Gunasekaran

Maksim Shevchenko

Gordan Kondev

Dimitrios

Ketan Patel

Sourabh Bhavsar

Sanchir Kartiev

Evelina Bern

Riabikova Mariia

Bob McLaughlin

Eaugene Thomas

hitesh Madan

Akshat Hegde

Ami Aharonovich

Systems That Scale, Systems That Last: Aerospike | Data Tribes | Scenwise 

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