Video Recordings

Conference talks and webinars

I regularly upload new video recordings to my YouTube channel. In addition, Conference talks and webinars are often recorded. The following shows an overview with links to on-demand videos:

Conference Talks and Interviews

Here are a few of my recorded conference talks:

2026 / 11 – Techstrong TV: AI Governance Goes Beyond the Agent
2026 / 10 – Mimacom: Trusted AI Starts With the Data Stream: How to Govern the Real-Time Data Your Agents Act On (Webinar + Slides)
2026 / 10 – SixFive Media: Why Unified Orchestration Is Becoming Its Own Category
2026 / 09 – it-novum: Operating Modern Streaming Architectures with Sovereignty: Platform Choice, Governance, and Open Source
2026 / 09 – Agentic Engineering Podcast: Why Orchestration and Governance Matter More Than the Model in Agentic AI
2026 / 09 – What’s New in Kestra 2.0
2026 / 08 – Cairo Data Streaming Show: Shift Left, Event-Driven Design and Trusted Agentic AI in the Enterprise
2025 / 11 (Open Source Data Summit) – Data Streaming Meets the Lakehouse – Apache Iceberg for Unified Real-Time and Batch Analytics
2025 / 07 (Confluent): Data Streaming Show – Telecommunications and Media (with JioHotstar, Edgescale AI, Infosys)
2025 / 03 (Confluent): Data Streaming Show – Manufacturing (with Siemens Digital Industries, Siemens Healthineers)
2025 / 01 (YouTube): Apache Flink Al Model Inference for GenAl and Real-time Analytics
2024 / 10 (OpenSlava): Panel Discussion: Generative Al: A Year of Real-World Impact
2024/ 10 (OpenSlava): The Evolution of Data Streaming with Kafka and Flink in the Cloud Era & Its Synergy with GenAl
2024 / 07 (YouTube): Data Streaming and Generative AI: The Emergence of Real-Time GenAI
2024 / 05 (YouTube): GenAI – RAG with Data Streaming using Kafka and Flink
2024 / 01 (Connack IoT Munich): MQTT and Apache Kafka – A Match Made in Heaven
2024 / 01 (YouTube): Live Demo – GenAi with Python, LangChain, OpenAI, Kafka and Flink
2023 / 12 (YouTube): What is Apache Flink? (Lightboard)
2023 / 11 (AWS ReInvent 2023, Las Vegas): DISH’s Smart 5G network: Cloud-native data streaming
2023 / 08 (Current 2023, San Jose): A Trifecta of Real-Time Applications: Apache Kafka, Flink, and Druid
2023 / 05 (Data in Motion Tour, Sydney): Stream Processing with Apache Flink in the Cloud and Stream Sharing
2023 / 02 (Kafka Meetup, Tel Aviv) – The Heart of the Data Mesh Beats Real-Time
2022 / 04 (Kafka Summit London) – Apache Kafka as the Real-time Backbone for Cybersecurity
2022 / 04 (QCon London) – Resilient Data Streaming Architecture for the Edge and Hybrid Cloud
2021 / 04 (Kafka Summit Europe) – Can Apache Kafka Replace a Database?
2021 / 04 (Energy Conference Network) – Apache Kafka for Oil & Gas, Smart Grid, and Energy Utilities
2021 / 04 (Bitkom AI Summit) – The Next Generation of Intelligent Software with Kafka and Machine Learning
2020 / 11 (Big Things Spain) – Streaming Machine Learning with Kafka
2020 / 10 (Confluent Streaming Days EMEA) – Streaming all over the World: Real-Life Use Cases & Architectures for Event Streaming
2020 / 09 (Kafka Summit Texas) – Apache Kafka, Tiered Storage and TensorFlow for Streaming Machine Learning without a Data Lake
2020 / 06 (Influx Days) – A Digital Twin for 100,000 connected cars with Kafka and InfluxDB
2020 / 06 (MongoDB World) – How to Build a Digital Twin with Apache Kafka and MongoDB Atlas
2019 / 12 (IT Tage Frankfurt) – Re-thinking Enterprise Architectures with Event Streaming (German)
2019 / 10 (Kafka Summit San Francisco) – Event-Driven Model Serving: Stream Processing vs. RPC with Apache Kafka and TensorFLow
2019 / 09 (Oracle OpenWorld / CodeOne San Francisco) – Unleashing Apache Kafka and TensorFlow in Public Cloud and Hybrid Architectures
2019 / 06 (Dataxday Paris) – How to Build Scalable and Reliable Machine Learning Architectures with the Apache Kafka Ecosystem
2019 / 04 (Kafka Summit London) – Apache Kafka vs. Integration Middleware (MQ, ETL, ESB) – Friends, Enemies or Frenemies?
2018 / 11 (Big Data Spain): KSQL – The Open Source Streaming SQL Engine for Apache Kafka
2018 / 10 (Kafka Summit San Francisco): Processing IoT Data End-to-End with MQTT and Apache Kafka
2018 / 04 (W-JAX Munich): Deep Learning in Mission-Critical and Scalable Real Time Applications with Open Source Frameworks
2018 / 02 (Voxxed Zurich): The Rise of a Streaming Platform: Apache Kafka and its Open Source Ecosystem
2017 / 10 (Kafka Meetup Stockholm): Building Event-Driven Microservices with Stateful Streams and Apache Kafka Ecosystem
2017 / 10 (MesosCon Prague): Highly Scalable Microservices with Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams and DC/OS
2017 / 04 (GopherCon Pune): Golang-based Open Source Project ‘Flogo’ for IoT Edge Integration
2017 / 03 (Codemotion Rome): Deep Learning and Neural Networks with R, TensorFlow, H2O.ai and TIBCO Spotfire
2016 / 12 (Codemotion Milan): Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Real Time Processing
2016 / 11 (Big Data Spain): Comparison of Streaming Analytics Frameworks
2016 / 11 (Big Data Spain): How to Apply Machine Learning to Real Time Processing
Journey from On Premise ESB deployments to Cloud-Native Middleware Microservices
How to apply big data analytics and machine learning to real time processing
Stream Processing Frameworks as Game Changer for Big Data and IoT
Microservices, Containers and a Cloud-Native Architecture for Middleware (Interview)
Microservices: Death of the Enterprise Service Bus?
Big Data beyond Apache Hadoop — How to integrate ALL your data
Which Integration Framework to Use: Apache Camel, Spring Integration, or Mulesoft?
NoSQL takes over — Systems Integration in the NoSQL Era with Apache Camel

Screencasts, Webinars and Podcasts

Here are a few of my recorded webinars and podcasts:

2021 / 08 – IT Modernization in the Telco Industry (OSS, BSS, OTT) powered by Apache Kafka
2021 / 08 – Gaming and Betting Use Cases and Architectures for Data in Motion
2021 / 06 – Behoerdenspiegel Podcast (German): The value of event streaming in the public sector
2020 / 05 – Confluent Podcast: Kafka at the Edge (i.e. Outside the Data Center)
2020 / 03 – Kafka for Industrial IoT Streaming | The 4th Gen Podcast
2020 / 12 – Top 5 Event Streaming Use Cases for 2021 – Edge Deployments, Hybrid Architectures, Service Mesh-based Microservices, Streaming Machine Learning, Cybersecurity
2020 / 08 – Streamsheets and Apache Kafka – Interactively build real-time Dashboards & Streaming Apps by using your Spreadsheet Skills
2020 / 08 – Use Cases and Architectures for Real-Time Data Streaming with Kafka and Confluent in the Telecom Industry
2020 / 07 – End to End Integration from IoT Edge to Serverless Apache Kafka in Confluent Cloud
2020 / 07 – Machine Learning with Apache Kafka without another Data Lake
2020 / 07 – Confluent Webinar – Kafka and Big Data Streaming Use Cases in the Gaming Industry
2020 / 07 – Confluent Webinar – Building a Secure, Tamper-Proof & Scalable Blockchain on Top of Apache Kafka
2020 / 06 – Confluent Webinar – Stand up to the Dinosaur: Mainframe Integration, Offloading and Replacement with Apache Kafka
2020 / 06 – Confluent Webinar – AI and Machine Learning for Life Sciences and Pharma
2020 / 05 – Confluent Webinar – IoT Architectures for Apache Kafka and Event Streaming
2020 / 04 – Apache Kafka and Machine Learning in the Finance Industry
2020 / 03 – Confluent Podcast: IoT Integration and Real-Time Data Correlation with Kafka Connect and Kafka Streams ft. Kai Waehner
2019 / 12 – Confluent Podcast: Streaming Audio: Machine Learning with Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, and ksqlDB
2019 / 11 – Live Demo – 100.000 Connected Cars – Real Time Processing and Analytics with Kafka, MQTT and TensorFlow
2019 / 11 – Streaming Machine Learning with Apache Kafka and TensorFlow
2019 / 09 – Service Mesh and Cloud-Native Microservices with Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, Envoy, Linkerd, Istio
2019 / 08 – Industrial IoT (IIoT) – Real Time Supply Chain Optimization with Apache Kafka Ecosystem and Machine Learning
2019 / 08 – What’s new in Confluent Platform – Kubernetes Operator, Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Ansible Scripts, and more
2019 / 07 – Lightboard Webinar: IoT Edge to Confluent Cloud
2019 / 05 – Podcast / Interview with Enterprise Times: IoT Integration from Edge to Enterprise Cloud with the Apache Kafka Ecosystem
2019 / 05 – Webinar with Audi (German): Fast Data – Fast Cars => Connected Car Infrastructure @ Audi with Confluent Event Streaming Platform
2019 / 05 – Whiteboard Discussion: Ask Confluent #13 – Apache Kafka and Machine Learning with Kai Waehner
2019 / 03 – Apache Kafka vs. Middleware (MQ, ETL, ESB)
2018 / 11 – Google’s “Let’s Talk AI” – Data for AI in Real Time with Apache Kafka, GCP and Google ML
2018 / 08 – Apache Kafka + MQTT IoT Integration with Kafka Connect / Confluent MQTT Proxy
2018 / 08 – Unleashing Apache Kafka and TensorFlow in the Cloud
2018 / 07 – Confluent Webinar Series (German) Confluent Webinar Series about Kafka, Connect, Streams, Schema Registry, REST Proxy and KSQL
2018 / 03 – KSQL in 15min – Live Demo with streaming data in CSV, JSON and Avro Data Format
2017 / 10 – Deep Learning with the Apache Kafka Ecosystem
2017 / 10 – Apache Kafka + Kafka Streams + Apache Mesos for Highly Scalable Microservices
2017 / 08 – Highly Scalable Machine Learning with H2O.ai, TensorFlow and Apache Kafka’s Streams API
2017 / 03 – Case Study – How to Move from a (Middleware) Monolith to Cloud, Containers and Microservices
2017 / 02 – Flogo – Golang-powered Open Source IoT Integration Framework
2017 / 02 – Data Preparation: Data Preprocessing vs. (Inline) Data Wrangling in Machine Learning and Deep Learning Projects
2017 / 02 – Streaming Analytics with TIBCO StreamBase and Ethereum Blockchain
2017 / 01 – Circuit Breaker Design Pattern with Netflix’ Hystrix and TIBCO BWCE
IoT Project Flogo – How to Build an Apache Kafka Connector (with Golang)
Streaming Analytics – Comparison of Frameworks, Products and Cloud Offerings
Comparison of Integration Frameworks for the Internet of Things (Apache Nifi, Eclipse Kura, Node-Red , Flogo)
Golang-powered Open Source Project Flogo 15min Live Demo
Introduction to Open Source Project Flogo for Integration of the Internet of Things
Blockchain – The Next Big Thing for Middleware
How to Apply Machine Learning (R, Apache Spark, H2O.ai) To Real Time Streaming Analytics
TIBCO BusinessWorks Container Edition (BWCE) with Docker, Kubernetes, CloudFoundry, Consul and Spring Cloud Integration
Data Warehouse vs Visual Real Time Analytics / Live Datamart
TIBCO BusinessWorks (ESB) for Integration of Salesforce (CRM), SAP (ERP), Tibbr (Social Enterprise)