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Viktor Kessler is both co-founder of Vakamo, a company specialising in governance for Iceberg, and a major contributor to Lakekeeper, an open-source Iceberg REST catalog. His contributions to the Iceberg aren’t limited to pull requests: Viktor is also the organiser of the Apache Iceberg Meetup Europe and hosted some fantastic events in 2025 that brought the Iceberg community together all over Europe from Dublin to Vilnius.

In Episode 3 of Elephant in the Room, we move from theory to practice, building a real, community-focused application live on stream. Join Jay Miller (Aiven), Abigail Dogbe, and Andres Pineda as they collaboratively design and build a CFP (Call for Proposals) review platform using PostgreSQL and Django. The goal: create a practical tool that helps speakers get better feedback on their talks, and helps organizers discover new, diverse voices.

As we kick off 2026, the tech landscape is being reshaped by the very breakthroughs discussed at Civo Navigate India 2025. This panel, featuring Josh Mesout, Murthy Chitlur, Chirotpal Das and Anjali Batra, laid the groundwork for the AI-driven world we are operating in today. From the rise of agentic AI and small language models to the massive shift toward open-source parity, these experts didn't just discuss trends; they provided the blueprint for building resilient, sovereign, and scalable AI infrastructure in India.

Season 2 of Get Kafka-Nated kicks off with Giannis Polyzos for a deep dive into Fluss and one of the most enduring questions in data infrastructure: streaming vs batch, or both? Drawing on his experience as a member of the Fluss PMC, Giannis breaks down what Fluss is, how it fits into modern lakehouse architectures, and where the lakehouse model is heading as we look toward 2026.

Learn how to securely download and manage Kafka certificates using Aiven for Apache Kafka. In this demo, we’ll walk you through locating your service certificates in the Aiven Console, downloading them safely, as well as using them to authenticate Kafka clients and ensure encrypted communication. We also cover best practices for certificate management to keep your data streaming infrastructure secure and compliant.

Join us for A Kristmas Kafka, an informal and deeply technical roundtable with Apache Kafka committers, contributors and community leaders. This conversation brings together the people closest to the Kafka codebase to reflect on where the project started, how it has evolved and what lies ahead for streaming systems.