Highlights from Flink Forward Barcelona 2025
Speakers
- Sergio Chong LooStaff Software EngineerApple
Sergio is a Staff Software Engineer at Apple Maps Infrastructure. His expertise includes System Architecture, Microservices (SaaS/PaaS) and Databases. He’s currently focused on Data Streaming/Analytics pipelines on the Cloud with Flink, Iceberg and Scala. Before Apple he worked on building Services for the Energy and Utilities Trading Market, and he helped built a national network of LP Gas stations in Mexico prior to that. Aside from work he’s a guitar player and music production enthusiast.
- Divya ManoharSoftware EngineerStripe
Divya is a Software Engineer based out of Seattle, working on developing Shepherd, Stripe’s next-gen ML feature computation platform. Prior to her ML Infrastructure work, she spent 2 years working in Airflow, Stripe’s data orchestration system.
- Sujay JainSenior Software EngineerNetflix
Sujay is a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, where he is part of the Data Platform team. He tackles a range of challenges in data movement, processing and real-time analytics space and has contributed to key platforms like Data Mesh and Keystone. Prior to joining Netflix, Sujay was part of the Data Infrastructure team at Meta.
- Erik SchumannProduct Owner Data StreamingNORD/LB
Erik Schumann is the product owner of the streaming data platform at NORD/LB. This includes Kafka, Flink as well as the Data Quality Platform. Usually described as talking with people and drawing pictures he designs solution architectures, ensures data management requirements are met and coordinates the platform team.
- Daren WongSoftware EngineerAWS
Daren is an experienced software engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he specializes in the Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink. With a passion for real-time data streaming, Daren contributes extensively to the Apache Flink open-source community.
As an active contributor, Daren’s work includes:
- Apache Flink AWS Connectors: Creator of the CloudWatch connector and key contributor to the Kinesis, Firehose, and DynamoDB connectors.
- Apache Flink Prometheus Connector: Creator of the Prometheus TableAPI and SQL connector, enhancing monitoring and observability within Flink ecosystems.
- Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator: Contributor to the 1.3.0 release, with notable enhancements in error metadata and new configuration options.
Outside of his work at AWS, Daren is dedicated to fostering the growth of the Apache Flink community and is enthusiastic about sharing his expertise with the broader data community. He looks forward to discussing the power of Apache Flink and its potential for modern data-driven applications. - Antonio Davide CaliStaff Data EngineerJustEat Takeaway
Antonio is a Staff Data Engineer at JustEatTakeaway.com, where he leads the streaming ingestion team. His mission? To build self-service tools that empower teams across the company to land their data smoothly onto the Data Platform.
Antonio has worked across Europe for companies like LEGO and IKEA, proving he’s not afraid of assembling complex systems (or flat-pack furniture). He dove into the world of Apache Flink about a year and a half ago and has since been bravely battling stream processing dragons, including the questionable life choice of writing a custom BigQuery Flink Source Connector.
The most interesting thing about him? Easily his dog, named Spark. Yes, that Spark. It’s complicated.
An Italian man living in London.
I have a dog named Spark. - Cesar FickData EngineerKuehne+Nagel
Cesar has worked in IT for more than 25 years.
From the early days dealing with mainframe programs and VSAM files, evolving to relational databases like Oracle and Sql Server up to the current days using state of the art cloud data solutions like Snowflake and mostly AWS services, data is always in the core of his professional background.
For the past year, he has worked at Kuehne+Nagel as a data architect, helping to build the company's new data mesh.
- Preeti NayakSenior Software EngineerBloomberg
Preeti Nayak is a Senior Software Engineer in Bloomberg’s Compliance Reliability Engineering group, with an interest in scaling distributed systems and data pipelines through automation and cloud-native solutions. Before joining Bloomberg, she interned at Meta on the WhatsApp Infra team and was a Lead Engineer in the Web Engine & Privacy team at Samsung Research Institute, Bangalore. Preeti earned a bachelor’s in computer engineering from VJTI Mumbai and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Agenda
This year, Flink Forward Barcelona 2025 offers a four day conference schedule.
At the conclusion of training, the main conference includes two additional days packed with exciting content, including sessions selected by the Program Committee from the streaming data community.
Flink Forward Barcelona 2025 is sure to provide a vibrant social environment, including plenty of opportunities to network with expert speakers, other attendees and partners in the engaging expo hall. In celebration, at the conclusion of Flink Forward Barcelona, join the community at Flink Fest, the closing party you won’t want to miss.
Day 1
Monday, Oct 13
Day 2
Tuesday, Oct 14
Day 3
Wednesday, Oct 15
Day 4
Thursday, Oct 16
Venue
Barcelona, renowned for Gaudí’s stunning architecture, vibrant culture, and Mediterranean charm, is also a major European tech hub, hosting flagship conferences that bring together global innovators. With excellent international connectivity and accessibility, along with pleasant autumn weather, it’s the perfect destination to inspire collaboration and groundbreaking discussions in streaming data technology.
The Palau de Congressos de Barcelona in Montjuïc is centrally located, easily accessible from the airport and well-connected to the public transportation network. The venue was built in 1929 to host the International Fair, and is situated in Montjuïc Park, an area with deep cultural and historical interest, including beautiful museums, theaters, and proximity to many of the primary tourist attractions in Barcelona.
Venue
Palau de Congressos de Barcelona - Montjuïc
Convince Your Boss: Why You Should Attend Flink Forward Barcelona 2025
Flink Forward is the leading conference dedicated to real-time stream processing, Apache Flink, and AI applications powered by streaming data. It brings together practitioners, architects, and industry leaders from around the globe to explore how cutting-edge technologies are being applied in the real world.
Key Benefits for You and Your Organization
1. Stay Ahead of the Curve
- Learn about the latest trends in real-time stream processing, streaming architectures, and real-time AI.
- Gain insights from real-world use cases, tech deep dives, and new tools shaping the industry.
2. Sharpen Your Skills
- Attend talks by Flink core committers, industry pioneers, and engineers solving real problems at scale in leading companies like Apple, Google and Uber.
- Leave with actionable takeaways to improve your team’s workflows, architecture, and processes.
3. Network with Experts
- Connect with developers, architects, and decision-makers in the streaming community.
- Explore partnerships, vendor solutions, and implementation best practices.
4. Bring Value Back to the Team
- Share what you’ve learned with your team—through a short presentation or internal recap doc.
- Improve your streaming architecture, data pipeline performance and real-time analytics strategy.
- Show examples of how leaders in your segment innovate with real-time AI.