Get Kafka-Nated Episode 4: Alex Merced - Co Author of Apache Iceberg - The Definitive Guide

Aug 1, 2025

Friday August 15

16:00 BST

17:00 CEST

11:00 EDT

Guest Focus: Iceberg and the future of Streaming Data Architectures
Alex from Dremio, will be joining our host Hugh Evans. Alex is making data lakes more accessible in his role as a developer advocate at Dremio.

What we’ll cover:

  • A background to how and why Alex started working on Iceberg at Dremio.
  • An explanation of exactly what Apache Iceberg is and why engineers should care.
  • The key benefits of streaming data directly into Iceberg tables.
  • How Iceberg handles schema evolution in streaming scenarios.
  • How Iceberg is expected to work alongside newer concepts - especially diskless Kafka.

As always we’ll offer a free coffee voucher to all attendees. Get Kafka-Nated!