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Barcelona 2025

October 13-16 2025

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Barcelona 2025 the future of AI is real-time

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The Future of AI is Real-Time

Organized by Ververica: Original Creators of the Unified Streaming Data Platform for the future and Apache Flink®

We’re thrilled to be bringing Flink Forward to Spain for the first time! Barcelona is an iconic city known for its innovation, vibrant culture, and stunning waterfront. This year’s event is set to be the biggest Flink Forward to date, bringing together more attendees, speakers, and partners than ever before. With a dynamic agenda packed with cutting-edge Flink use cases, training options, and plenty of networking opportunities, Barcelona will provide the perfect backdrop for the global Flink community to connect, learn, and push the boundaries of real-time data streaming. Get ready for an unforgettable experience!

About Flink Forward

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.

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Day 1

Monday, Oct 13

Training

Training

Day 2

Tuesday, Oct 14

Training

Training

Speakers Dinner

Day 3

Wednesday, Oct 15

Keynote sessions

Conference

Sponsors Cocktail

Day 4

Thursday, Oct 16

Conference

Conference

Flink Fest

Last Year's Speakers

Zhenqiu Huang Software Engineeer Apple

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Zhenqiu Huang has been in Apache Flink Community for many years. He has been building Streaming Platform in Uber Technology and Apple Inc for last several years. Recently, he worked with Openlineage community on building data Lineage for Apache Flink applications.

Mike Gualtieri VP, Principal Analyst Forrester

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Mike's research focuses on AI technologies, platforms, and practices that enable technology professionals to deliver applications that lead to prescient digital experiences and breakthrough operational efficiency. His key technology coverage areas are AI and emerging technologies that make software faster, smarter, and transformative for global enterprises and organizations. He advises business and technology leaders around the world on the intersection of business strategy, AI, and digital transformation.
Mike has authored more than 130 research reports and is a recipient of the Forrester Courage Award for making bold calls that inspire Forrester clients to make great business and technology decisions.
He is a frequent and highly sought-after speaker at industry, corporate, and technology events for his audience-designed, insightful, and energetic speeches.
Mike provides technology vendors with actionable advisory sessions on technology buying trends, strategy advice, messaging, product roadmaps, and buyer personas for the areas he directly covers. He also offers “what-if” investment advisory for clients who wish to invest in or launch new products in the markets he covers.

Yang Yang Sr Staff Software Engineer Uber

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Yang is a Sr Staff Software Engineer at Uber, and she leads Uber's Streaming Data (Kafka) and Flink team. She focuses on building a highly scalable and reliable real-time data system at scale for thousands of engineers and data scientists at Uber.

Lu Niu Sr Staff Software Engineer Pinterest

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Lu Niu is the founding member and current Tech Lead of the Streaming Data Processing team at Pinterest. Prior to joining Pinterest, he played a pivotal role in building Presto as a Service at Uber. Lu is passionate about big data and distributed systems, and has contributed to several prominent projects including Flink, Presto, and Velox.

Ejaskhan S Senior Technical Lead Mercedes-Benz

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Senior technical lead with 8 years of experience in distributed system design and development.

Subham Rakshit Streaming Solution Architect AWS

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Subham Rakshit is a Streaming Solutions Architect for Analytics at AWS based in the UK. He works with customers to design and build streaming architectures so that they can get value from analysing their streaming data. His two little daughters keep her occupied most of the time outside work and loves solving jigsaw puzzles with them.

Stephan Ewen Founder Restate

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Stephan co-founded 'Restate' (https://restate.dev/) with the goal to simplify building distributed applications and microservice architectures.
Before that, he was the one of the original creators and of Apache Flink and founder / CTO of dataArtisans/Ververica. Stephan holds a Ph.D. in database systems.

Pawel Leszczynski Openlineage contributor Astronomer

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Data practitioner with decade long experience, holding PhD in distributed databases. Currently fully involved in Openlineage - an open platform for collection and analysis of data lineage with special focus on automatic lineage extraction.

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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.

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.

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