Crypto Streams to AI Predictions: Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink® & Apache Iceberg®
Schedule
Wed Nov 12 2025 at 05:30 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
2154 University Square Mall, Tampa, FL, United States, Florida 33612 | Tampa, FL
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Hosted by Cheetah Byte and AMRoC Fab Lab, this meetup features a hands-on workshop by Sandon Jacobs, helping you harness the power of Confluent Cloud - the fully managed data streaming platform built on Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink®, and Apache Iceberg® - to build a live crypto-streaming pipeline that ingests, processes, stores, and predicts real-time data.📍Venue:
AMRoC Fab Lab
2154 University Square Mall, Tampa, Florida, 33612
Agenda:
5:30pm – 6:15pm: Food/Drinks and networking
6:15pm - 6:30 pm: Cheetah Byte and AmRoc Introduction and Prize Raffle
6:30pm - 7:30pm: Workshop (pt. 1)
7:30pm - 7:40: Break with Raffle
7:40pm - 8:30: Workshop (pt. 2)
Close: Final raffle
📌 So that Sandon has an idea of audience priorities, please fill in the pre-workshop form when you can (no personal info is collected)
💡 Speaker & Workshop Details:
Sandon Jacobs, Senior Developer Advocate, Confluent
From Crypto Streams to AI-Powered Predictions: Predictions
Build Real-Time Intelligence with Confluent’s Data Streaming Platform, built on Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink®, and Apache Iceberg®.
Workshop Overview
In this 2-hour hands-on workshop, you'll build an end-to-end streaming analytics pipeline that captures live cryptocurrency prices, processes them in real-time, and uses AI to forecast the future.
You will start by ingesting a live data feed of crypto data (courtesy of Coingecko Rest API) into Apache Kafka using Kafka Connect. Then tame that chaos with Apache Flink's stream processing superpowers. Next, we'll "freeze" those streams into queryable Apache Iceberg tables using Tableflow. Finally, we'll try to predict the future by using Flink's built-in AI capabilities to analyze historical patterns and forecast where prices might head next. No prior experience with Kafka, Flink, or Iceberg required! Just bring your curiosity and a laptop!
What You'll Learn
How to set up and manage a Kafka cluster in Confluent Cloud
Build and deploy Flink SQL jobs for real-time analytics
Convert streams to query-ready Iceberg tables with Tableflow
Run analytics in DuckDB
Apply AI/ML forecasting directly inside your Flink pipeline
What You'll Build
Stream live crypto data into Kafka using Kafka Connect
Transform and enrich data in motion using Flink’s streaming queries
“Freeze” those flowing insights into Iceberg tables via Tableflow
Query and analyze it all in DuckDB
Use Flink AI to forecast price trends
Technical Prerequisites:
To make sure you can get hands on during this workshop, please make sure the following are installed on your system (Make sure your bring your laptops!)
Full details at Meetup link: https://www.meetup.com/tampa-kafka/events/311319854/
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Where is it happening?
2154 University Square Mall, Tampa, FL, United States, Florida 33612Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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