Name: Elastic Chicago User Group x Confluent Meetup
Start: 2025-11-05T23:00:00.000Z
Location: Improving

**Data:** 28 października 2025
**Godzina:** 13:00–14:00 (PL)
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**Prelegent:** Piotr Przybyl, Senior Developer Advocate dla Elastic

**Opis spotkania**

**Elastic: co to jest**
Być może obiło Ci się o uszy, że ktoś kiedyś “wyszukiwał dane w Elasticu” albo “telemetrię mamy na Elasticu”. I zastanawiasz się: co to jest ten cały Elastic?
W pierwszej części naszej mini-serii zobaczysz o co chodzi z Elasticsearchem i Kibaną, jak można zacząć z nich korzystać, kiedy warto, a kiedy to przerost formy nad treścią.

**O prelegencie**

**Piotr Przybyl** to Senior Developer Advocate w Elastic, znany z dynamicznych i pełnych konkretów prezentacji. Od lat dzieli się wiedzą na konferencjach i meetupach, pomagając deweloperom lepiej zrozumieć narzędzia, z których korzystają na co dzień. Java Champion, Testcontainers Champion.

**Dołącz do nas!**

To pierwsze z trzech spotkań poświęconych Elasticowi, prowadzonych w języku polskim.
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We’re thrilled to unite the Elastic and Red Hat communities for an evening of learning and connection.

Expect great presentations and insightful discussions. This event is tailored for tech enthusiasts, professionals, and anyone eager to learn more about Elastic.

**Date and Time:**
Thursday, October 30th, from 5:30-7:30 pm EDT

**Location:**
Elastic Arlington Office - 4100 Fairfax Drive, Ste 500, Arlington, VA 22203

**Agenda:**

* 5:30 pm: Doors open; say hi, grab a seat, and eat some food.
* 5:45 pm: *The AI Journey with OpenShift AI + Lightspeed*, by Syeda Habib, Solution Architect at Red Hat
* 6:20 pm: Q&A with Syeda
* 6:30 pm: *The Power of Search Augmented with AI via Elastic*, by Eric Forte, Senior Security Research Engineer at Elastic
* 7:05 pm: Q&A with Eric
* 7:15-7:30 pm: Networking & refreshments

**Talk Abstracts:**
*The AI Journey with OpenShift AI + Lightspeed*, by Syeda Habib
In this session, we'll explore the AI journey and learn how Red Hat’s
OpenShift AI platform, combined with OpenShift Lightspeed, empowers developers and data scientists at every step.
What You’ll Learn:

* The AI Journey: Understand the key phases and how to progress at each step.
* OpenShift AI: A secure, scalable platform to run AI workloads anywhere: on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge.
* Lightspeed: Use natural language to generate Kubernetes configs and deploy AI apps. No YAML expertise needed.
* Interactive Walkthrough: See how Lightspeed streamlines AI app deployment in an interactive lab experience.

*The Power of Search Augmented with AI via Elastic*, by Eric Forte
Discover how you can leverage your data with Elastic’s developer-centric, Search AI Platform. Utilize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with the most widely deployed, open source vector database to provide your users with precisely what they need, precisely when they need it.
What You’ll Learn:

* AI in Practice, in Your Application: Explore Elastic’s AI Playground where we use a chat-like interface to build queries, retrieve data, write code, and utilize RAG to show its work.
* Speed, Scale, Relevance: Learn how Elastic can help scale your application with access to our AI Ecosystem, featuring seamless integrations across our partners including RedHat.
* Elastic’s AI Assistant for Elastic Security: See how these features come together in our Agentic AI for Security from Attack Discovery to Threat Intelligence capabilities.

**Parking:**

* The building’s parking garage is operated by Colonial Parking and is located off N. Randolph Street
* Book a spot on [SpotHero](https://spothero.com/search?kind=address&latitude=38.8818514&longitude=-77.1095268&search_string=4100+Fairfax+Dr+%23500%2C+Arlington%2C+VA+22203%2C+USA)
* A Metro Station is located across the street

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The Elastic Los Angeles User Group is partnering with [LA DevOps](https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-zzqwjltm/events/306433403/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events) for a joint meetup on **Thursday, October 30th.**

**⚡️ Interested in giving a talk? ⚡️**
Are you interested in presenting your Elastic use case? We welcome 5-10 minute lightning talks, 45-minute deep dives, and everything in between. If you're interested, please send us an email at [meetups@elastic.co.](http://meetups@elastic.co./)

📅 **Date & Time:** Thursday, October 30th from 6:00-9:00pm

📍**Location:** O'Briens Irish Pub 2226 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica, CA

**📝 Agenda:**

* 6:00 - 6:30 Attendees arrive. Networking/Mingle
* 6:30 - 6:45 LA DevOps Welcome, Attendee Introductions
* 6:45 - 7:30 Using NLP and Pattern Matching to Detect, Assess, and Redact PII in Logs - Stephen Brown
* 7:30 - 8:00 DevOps Adaptability: My Strategy To Be The Human in the Loop - Rich Horace
* 8:00 - 9:00 Networking/Mingle

💭 **Talk Abstracts:**

**Title: Using NLP and Pattern Matching to Detect, Assess, and Redact PII in Logs -** Stephen Brown - Sr Principal, Customer Enterprise Specialist at Elastic

*The prevalence of high-entropy logs in distributed systems has significantly raised the risk of PII (Personally Identifiable Information) seeping into our logs, which can result in security and compliance issues. This talk delves into the crucial task of identifying and managing this issue using the Elastic Stack. We will explore using NLP (Natural Language Processing) and Pattern matching to detect, assess, and, where feasible, redact PII from logs that are being ingested into Elasticsearch.*

**About Stephen**
[Stephen Brown](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-brown-b78213/) is a Sr Principal, Customer Enterprise Specialist with Elastic for over 7 years. He is part of our Customer Engineering Specialist Team and works with some of our largest customers. He is a bit of a Data Geek with 25+ years of experience in Software and Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and IT Operations.

**Title: DevOps Adaptability: My Strategy To Be The Human in the Loop - Rich Horace**

*DevOps has always been about adaptability, and navigating the AI revolution is no different. The challenge is effectively merging proven DevOps practices with an AI-First strategy. Join me as I share my personal strategy for bridging this gap. I’ll walk you through the ongoing steps I take to future-proof myself, including the three essential non-AI subscriptions that keep my core DevOps knowledge sharp and ensure I remain a valuable 'human in the loop.'*

**About Rich**

[Rich Horace](https://www.linkedin.com/in/richhorace/) is the Principal Consultant at SecretSauceOps. He's been passionate about DevOps since the early days, recognizing its potential to help teams work smarter and drive business success. Over his career, Rich has built and led data-driven DevOps teams for SaaS companies in online advertising (Nativo, Fox, MySpace) and gained valuable experience in Corporate IT at Nestle and EMC.

These days, he's channeling his passion for automation and problem-solving to help clients achieve their DevOps goals. Rich has also been an active member of the LA tech community, organizing the Elastic LA Meetup since 2015 and joining the LA DevOps Meetup as an organizer in 2025.

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Detecting, Assessing, and Redacting PII in Logs with Elastic NLP x LA DevOps

O'Briens Irish Pub

Join the **Elastic Chicago User Group** and **Confluent** on **Wednesday, November 5th** for a joint meetup. Terry Dupureur (Elastic) and Asimansu Bera (Confluent) will present, followed by networking, refreshments, and pizza.

*Thank you to [Improving](https://www.improving.com/locations/chicago/) for hosting our meetup. Improving is* *a modern* *digital services consulting firm focused on solving business problems with innovative technical solutions.*

**RSVP Instructions:**
Please provide your email when you register for this event. **Please bring an ID to the event for check-in.**

📅 **Date and Time:**
Wednesday, November 5th from 5:00-8:00 pm

📍 **Location:**
Improving - 222 S Riverside Plaza 15th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

📝**Agenda:**

* 5:00 PM – Doors open, grab a seat, and enjoy some pizza!
* 5:45 PM – Welcome & Introduction by Improving
* 6:00 PM – Talk #1: Asimansu Bera (Confluent)
* 6:30 PM – Agentic AI Showcase: Talk to Your Data! - Terry Dupureur (Elastic)
* 7:00 - 7:30 PM – Networking & refreshments

**Arrival Instructions:**

* **Please bring an ID for check-in**
* Upon arrival at 222 Riverside, check in at the **Improving table**
* Take the elevator to the 15th floor - the meetup will be in the common area through the doors.

💭**Talk Abstracts:**

**Agentic AI Showcase: Talk to Your Data!** - Terry Dupureur (Elastic)
*See how specialized AI agents can act as experts for your specific business domains. This feature moves you beyond simple dashboards and search bars, transforming your data from a passive resource into an active, conversational partner!*

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