Next week, I’ll be at IBM TechXchange: our annual technical learning conference.
Our other big annual event Think had a business focus, but TechXchange is for technologists to advance their skills and expertise.
There are thousands of presentations, demos, workshops and hands-on labs to choose from, but naturally the most interesting ones will be about event-driven architectures and event stream processing technologies. 😉
In this post, I’ll share what I’ll be up to – if you’re going to TechXchange next week, I hope to see you at some of these!
On Monday…
Writing Flink SQL
The low-code canvas UI in Event Processing makes it easy for people to get started with Apache Flink, but there are still times where you need something a little different. The canvas has several ways to dip into Flink SQL, whether that is to tweak the code generated by the canvas assistant or to write something completely new.
In this instructor-led lab, we’ll explore examples of when this is useful and get hands-on to try it for ourselves.
Event Driven Architectures with IBM Event Automation
User Group : 5:00pm (details)
In this Integration User Group session, I’ll be presenting about the types of event driven architectures that companies are creating, and the role that this plays in the broader drive towards hybrid integration.
Opening Night Block Party
Networking 3607 : 7:00pm (details)
On Monday night, I’ll be in the Sandbox for food, drinks, and games. The retro arcade games in the Sandbox were a highlight last year, so I’m looking forward to seeing what we’ll have.
On Tuesday…
Working with Kafka and Flink – a practical guide
Breakout 3376 : 5:00pm (details)
In this breakout session, I’ll be giving a demo-driven presentation about how to get value from event streaming and event processing using Apache Kafka and Apache Flink.
Universal Orlando Resorts
Networking : 7:30pm (details)
On Tuesday night, I’ll be at the evening event at the Islands of Adventure Universal theme park, making a beeline for the Spider-Man ride.
On Wednesday…
A day in the life of an Event Automation administrator
In this instructor-led lab, I’ll put you in charge of the event based architecture at a fictional retailer. They have a busy system where users have been creating a variety of Kafka topics, integrations, stream processing apps, connectors, and much more.
Things have gotten out of hand. Users are being impacted by things like poorly configured topics, poorly written applications, poorly managed connectors, poorly configured stream processors… as the new admin, your job is to bring control to the chaos! You’ll learn how to get an insight into what is happening, find out where the problems are, and put controls in place to mitigate their impact. The lessons you learn from this workshop will help you understand how to effectively run an event driven architecture in your own enterprise.
The goal for the lab is to highlight the importance of metrics and monitoring for event driven architectures, and introduce you to the tools that are available to help.
Ask Me Anything about IBM Event Automation
Meet the Expert 3237 : 12:30pm (details)
A chance to fire questions at me about anything relating to Apache Kafka, Apache Flink and IBM Event Automation
Event Automation with watsonx
Demo 3078 : 3:30pm (details)
You have Kafka topics distributing valuable event data. What if you could take that same data and use it not just for integration, but also to drive artificial intelligence and machine learning — things like real-time anomaly detection, prediction models, personalization, decision pipelines, and more — without needing to build a new data lake or rebuild your whole infrastructure?
In this Sandbox demo session, I’ll be giving demos of how to leverage your existing Kafka topics (and the streams of events on them) as the foundation for AI and ML projects.
EMEA Reception Dinner
Networking 4480 : 6:30pm (details)
On Wednesday night, I’ll be at the Rodizio Grill for Brazilian-themed food, music and networking.
On Thursday…
Ask Me Anything about IBM Event Automation
Meet the Expert 2996 : 8:00am (details)
Another chance to fire questions at me about anything relating to Apache Kafka, Apache Flink and IBM Event Automation
Get more out of Kafka with IBM Event Automation
Breakout 3375 : 11:00am (details)
In this breakout session, I’ll be talking about the common challenges and inhibitors that slow down adoption of event driven architectures, and how Event Automation seeks to address them.
Socializing Kafka topics as AsyncAPIs
In this instructor-led lab, we’ll be showing how to expose events on Kafka topics as standardized AsyncAPIs, and how this helps govern and manage the lifecycle of Kafka topics as shared and reusable APIs.
The lab will be a hands-on opportunity to try this for yourself, and surface Kafka topics in an API developer portal alongside other API types.
See you there!
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