Running Real-time Missions Critical Systems: K8s, Data Streaming and Database

Join us for an Aerospike x Apache Kafka® Apache Flink® x Apache Iceberg meetup on Thursday, June 26th from 6:00pm in Vilnius hosted by HomeToGo & supported by Aerospike!

📍Venue:
Academy Hall [meeting room]
NFQ Technologies office (B corpus, 6th floor) Rinktinės g. 5, 09234 Vilnius
(parking unavailable)
Where to find us:
Rinktinės str. 5 (Business Stadium), B corpus (entrance next to the iLunch).
Use the entrance gates next to the elevator - they’ll be open.
Head to the 6th floor, where you’ll see a visible “NFQ” sign
Once you enter the reception area (doors will be open), turn right and walk across the bridge.
You’ll then see the big kitchen and Academy Hall.
We’ll have clear signs and arrows throughout the space to help guide you.

🗓 Agenda:

• 6:00pm - 6:20pm: Welcome/Food/Drinks
• 6:20pm – 6:45pm: Audrius Bugas, Technology Director - Architecture @ HomeToGo
• 6:50pm – 7:15pm: Olena Kutsenko, Staff Developer Advocate, Confluent
• 7:20pm – 8pm: Ivan Maier – Account Manager & Nicolas Wlodarczyk – Sales Engineer, Aerospike
• 8:00pm - 9:00pm: Additional Q&A and Networking

💡 Speaker One:
Audrius Bugas, Technology Director - Architecture @ HomeToGo

Title of Talk:
Optimising HomeToGo Vacation Rental Search with Aerospike

Abstract:
This talk will highlight how Aerospike technology helped HomeToGo to scale vacation rental search functionality by supporting low latency access to realtime availability and price data - challenges we've met, search architecture and infrastructure.

💡 Speaker Two:
Olena Kutsenko, Staff Developer Advocate, Confluent

Title of Talk:
The art of structuring real-time data streams into actionable insights

Abstract:
Real-time data can be messy, unpredictable, and hard to manage. To unlock its full potential, you need a way to turn raw streams into clean, structured data. In this talk, we’ll show you how to use Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and Apache Iceberg to organize real-time data streams efficiently and prepare them for advanced use cases, including AI applications.

We’ll start by explaining how Kafka handles high-speed data streams and how Flink processes these streams in real time. You’ll learn how to use Flink to transform raw data into structured formats, ensuring it’s ready for storage and analysis. Then, we’ll dive into Iceberg, demonstrating how it stores and organizes structured data for easy querying and visualizing.

Through clear examples, we’ll walk you through building a practical pipeline that turns chaotic data streams into organized structure. By the end of the session, you’ll know how to manage real-time data effectively and set the stage for downstream AI and analytics. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced developer, this talk will give you the tools to simplify and enhance your data pipelines!

💡 Speaker Three:
Ivan Maier – Account Manager & Nicolas Wlodarczyk – Sales Engineer, Aerospike

Title of Talk:
Aerospike: smarter scaling

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DISCLAIMER
NOTE: We are unable to cater for any attendees under the age of 20.
If you would like to speak or host our next event please let us know! community@confluent.io