IN-PERSON: Apache Kafka® Meetup Zurich

Join us for an Apache Kafka® meetup on Tuesday, Jan 14th from 5:30pm in Zurich hosted by Mimacom!

📍Venue:
Mimacom
Baslerpark, Baslerstrasse 60, 8048 Zürich.
Room Matterhorn.

NOTE: If you RSVP on Bern Apache Kafka® Meetup Group, you don't need to RSVP here too.

🗓 Agenda:

• 5:30pm: Doors open
• 5:30pm - 6:30pm: Pizza, Drinks & Networking
• 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Pawel Wasowicz, Head of Data Engineering, Mimacom
• 7:00pm - 7:30pm: Viktor Gamov, Principal Developer Advocate, Confluent
• 7:30pm - 8:30pm: Additional Q&A & Networking

💡 Speaker One:
Pawel Wasowicz, Head of Data Engineering, Mimacom

Title of Talk:
Architecting Reliable IoT Solutions with Kafka

Abstract:
The omnipresence of IoT devices of any type has changed the landscape of network security. Sometimes these devices' increasing popularity and their excessive demand has happened at the expense of proper security measures.

In this presentation I will delve into the integration of Confluent Kafka and MQTT to build a robust IoT data streaming pipeline. We will explore how the quality assurance process of Kafka+IoT solutions can be enhanced.

The demonstration will showcase a stress testing framework that utilizes a simulator to generate massive volumes of IoT data. By subjecting the Kafka-MQTT pipeline to rigorous testing, we aim to identify potential bottlenecks, performance issues, and security vulnerabilities, ultimately ensuring the reliability and scalability of IoT deployments.

Bio:
Located in Bern, Switzerland, Pawel Wasowicz designs solutions in Data Engineering area. At Mimacom, he helps our customers get the most out of their data by leveraging latest trends, proven technologies and year of experience in the field.

💡 Speaker Two:
Viktor Gamov, Principal Developer Advocate, Confluent

Title of Talk:
One Does Not Simply Query a Stream

Abstract:
Suppose you have embraced Apache Kafka as the core of your data infrastructure. In that case, you have probably integrated event-driven services to communicate with each other through topics, combined with legacy systems through an ecosystem of connectors, and responded more or less in real-time to things happening in the world outside your software. Immutable logs of events form a more robust backbone than the one-database-to-rule-them-all of your profound monolith past. Your stack is more evolvable, responsive, and easier to work with. However, you might face a challenge now that everything is a stream - how do you query things?

Although you may name at least one or two ways off the top of your head, it's time you think through how to make the choice. In this talk, we'll explore the solutions currently in use for asking questions about the contents of a topic, including Kafka Streams, the various streaming SQL implementations, your favorite relational database, your favorite data lake, and real-time analytics databases like Apache Pinot. There is no single correct answer to the question, so as responsible builders of systems, we must understand our options and the trade-offs they present to us.

You'll leave this talk even more satisfied that you've embraced Kafka as the heart of your system and are ready to deploy the right choice for querying the logs that hold your data.

Bio:
Viktor Gamov is a Principal Developer Advocate at Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®. With a rich background in implementing and advocating for distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, Viktor excels in open-source technologies. He is passionate about assisting architects, developers, and operators in crafting systems that are not only low in latency and scalable but also highly available.
As a Java Champion and an esteemed speaker, Viktor is known for his insightful presentations at top industry events like JavaOne, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and QCon. His expertise spans distributed systems, real-time data streaming, JVM, and DevOps.

Viktor has co-authored "Enterprise Web Development" from O'Reilly and "Apache Kafka® in Action" from Manning.

Follow Viktor on X - @gamussa to stay updated with Viktor's latest thoughts on technology, his gym and food adventures, and insights into open-source and developer advocacy.

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DISCLAIMER
We are unable to cater for any attendees under the age of 18.
If you would like to speak or host our next event please let us know! community@confluent.io