Open Source Data Happy Hour Bay Area

​Finish your day with pizza, drinks, and practical discussions on Apache Kafka®. This session is designed for data engineers, architects, and technical decision-makers who want to solve real-world data infrastructure challenges.

​The highlight of the evening is a Fireside Chat with our customer, OpsHelm. Together, we’ll dive into Diskless 101, exploring the history and groundbreaking innovation of diskless architecture within Apache Kafka®. We’ll move beyond the theory to discuss how removing the "disk" bottleneck transforms scalability and cost-efficiency in modern data platforms.

Speakers:

• ​Ville Lehto, Chief of Staff at Aiven

• ​​Greg Harris, Staff Software Engineer II at Aiven

• ​Eric Gong, Senior Solution Architect at Aiven

• ​Kyle McCullough, Co-Founder & CTO at OpsHelm

• ​Bill Gambardella , Co-Founder & CEO at OpsHelm

​​Agenda:

• ​​05:30 to 06:00 PM – Doors Open & Networking

• ​​06:00 to 06:30 PM – Session 1: Fireside Chat: OpsHelm’s Diskless Journey - The Past and Future of Apache Kafka® Innovation

• ​​06:30 to 07:00 PM – Session 2: Cost-Effective Streaming For All: Apache Kafka®

• ​​07:00 to 07:30 PM – Open Q&A and Technical Breakouts

• ​​07:30 to 08:30 PM – More Networking

​Abstract:

​Apache Kafka® is a streaming data industry standard, and is now getting an innovative new storage engine! We’ll introduce Aiven for Apache Kafka®, and our newest developments into Diskless Topics offering huge cost savings in the cloud.