Get Kafka-Nated Episode 9: Live from Current New Orleans
Get Kafka-Nated: Live from Current (New Orleans)
🗓 Thursday, October 30th, 2025
🕙 10:00–11:00 AM CDT
📍 Broadcasting Live from the Aiven booth at Current 2025
We’re shaking things up for a special live edition of Get Kafka-Nated!
Join host Hugh Evans for a high-energy hour of rapid-fire conversations with experts shaping the future of streaming data. Broadcasting directly from Current 2025 in New Orleans, this episode packs six lightning interviews into one hour, mixing deep technical insights with a few fun surprises along the way.
🎙️ Guests include:
Olena Kutsenko, Confluent.
Ben Gamble, Ververica
Alex Merced, Dremio
Sion Smith, OSO
Zander Matheson, ex-ByteWax, Confluent
Hojjat Jafarpour, DeltaStream
Tom Scott, Streambased
💡 Expect:
- Real-world streaming lessons and “war stories”
- Hot takes on Kafka, Flink, Iceberg & beyond
- The myths, challenges, and breakthroughs defining modern data streaming
- A few laughs and lightning-round debates ("Kafka or Pulsar?" anyone?)
🎥 Watch us live on and catch the energy of Current 2025 as we bring the Kafka and Iceberg communities together.