OpenRiak Tokyo Kickoff — Cluster Basics, Roadmap & Working Session

When
Wednesday, 4 February 2026

• 13:00–14:00 for Pizza & informal arrival (optional)
• 14:00–16:00 for the main session

Where
SOHO office 1m from Shimo Station on the Namboku Line in Kita-ku. Akabane Station is about a 15 minute walk. Exact address will be shared with attendees after RSVP.

Food & Drinks
Pizza and soft drinks will be available from 13:00 for anyone joining over lunch. Message me with a favourite topping and we'll see what we can do!

Agenda
13:00 – 14:00 | Arrival, Pizza & Informal Discussion (Optional)

• Eat, chat, get set up
• No formal content — feel free to arrive later if preferred

14:00 – 14:20 | Welcome & Group Overview

• What OpenRiak is today
• Goals of the Tokyo user group
• How often we’ll meet and what formats to expect

14:20 – 14:45 | Talk: “OpenRiak Today — Architecture & Roadmap”

• How OpenRiak has evolved from Riak
• Current development focus
• Where contributions are happening globally
• Tokyo’s role in the ecosystem

14:45 – 15:20 | Demo: Building a Small OpenRiak Cluster

• Starting a multi-node cluster
• Basic KV and CRDT operations
• Observing replication and fault tolerance

15:20 – 15:45 | Discussion: Use Cases & Future Topics

• What attendees want to learn or build
• Ideas for future talks and workshops
• Lightning talk volunteers for future sessions

15:45 – 16:00 | Wrap-up & Next Steps

• Confirm next meetup date
• How to stay involved between meetups
• Open Q&A

What to Bring

• Laptop recommended if you want to follow along with the demo
• Not required — observers are very welcome

Who Should Attend

• Backend and distributed systems engineers
• SREs and DevOps practitioners
• Researchers and students
• Anyone curious about OpenRiak or resilient data systems

All skill levels are welcome. This is a working, discussion-oriented meetup rather than a polished conference talk.

Language
Primary language will be English, but Japanese support will be available.