Name: Data After Dark: Real-Time Challenges in Finance
Start: 2026-05-06T20:00:00.000+02:00
End: 2026-05-06T23:00:00.000+02:00
Location: Wien, Austria

Ververica

Real-Time. Real Challenges. Real Conversations.

An exclusive evening for senior data & technology leaders in BFSI

📅 May 6, Vienna · 20:00 – 22:00 (+ drinks until 23:00) 

The financial industry needs to move faster than ever.

 Fraud detection in milliseconds. Real-time risk. Instant payments.

Streaming data is no longer a nice-to-have; it's infrastructure. And building it right is hard.

Most of the war stories never make it to the big stage, so we're creating a room where they can.

Ververica invites a small, carefully selected group of BFSI leaders for an intimate, off-the-record evening in Vienna. Honest conversations. Shared challenges. The people actually solving them.

This is not a conference. It's a curated gathering for:

If you're dealing with the complexity of real-time data at scale in financial services, you belong here.

The keynotes are fine. But the real value? It's in the room.

 — your challenges, your peers, your questions. Expect candid conversations with people who get it, a format that actually creates connections (not just business cards), and zero vendor pitch energy.

✔ Peer-level conversations with senior BFSI tech leaders 

✔ Honest insights from a real production environment 

✔ A networking format built for depth, not small talk 

✔ Intimate setting — max 30 people, no big stage, no fluff

 — Stefan Schmautz (former VP Advanced Analytics at UniCredit) and Erik Schmiegelow (CEO of Hivemind Technologies) shares their real-world experience: what worked, what didn't, and what's next in real-time data

 — A structured, fast-paced format to connect with every person in the room. Walk away with real connections, not just names on a badge.

 — Keep the conversations going, no agenda, just good people and good drinks 

 This evening is invite-only and capped at 30 people.

If you received this invitation, it's because we think you'd make the room better.