Elastic & Red Hat joint meetup

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
• A Metro Station is located across the street