Raleigh Airflow Meetup at Red Hat!
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Join fellow airflow enthusiasts and leaders at Red Hat's Office for the launch of our Raleigh Chapter! Airflow Meetups is a global program spanning 15 countries with 31 chapters. At our event, you can look forward to an evening of engaging presentations, delicious food and drinks, and awesome swag!
PRESENTATION
Talk #1: Scaling AI Workflows with Apache Airflow
- Speaker: Chandrakanth Akkinepalli, Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
Learn how Apache Airflow enables us to operationalize AI across our organization. From data ingestion to model deployment, we’ll explore how Airflow orchestrates complex machine learning workflows, drives automation, and supports rapid experimentation in production environments.
Talk #2: What's New in Airflow 3.1
- Speakers: Caitlin Petro, Sales Engineer at Astronomer & Annie Friedman, Resident Solutions Architect at Astronomer
Airflow 3.1 is here, bringing new features and enhancements that make orchestration faster, more flexible, and easier to manage at scale. In this session, we’ll walk through the most impactful changes in 3.1, including improvements to the user experience, DAG management, and core functionality. Whether you’re running Airflow in production or just getting started, you’ll leave with a clear picture of what’s new, why it matters, and how to take advantage of it.
AGENDA
- 5:30-6 PM: Arrivals, networking, food & drinks
- 6-7PM: Presentations
- 7-8PM: Networking

