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Fireside Chat: Neha Narkhede, CTO of Confluent, Apache Kafka & Marco Palladino CTO, Kong

Neha Narkhede, who co-created Apache Kafka, co-founded Confluent and is now its CTO, and Marco Palladino sit down for a far-ranging conversation about the history of Kafka. They also discuss trends driving the software industry, strategies for open core businesses, and the challenges of being a CTO. The conversation closes with both CTOs’ advice for engineers aspiring to found companies or become Chief Technology Officers.

Serverless Panel: Komal Mangtani, Greg Osuri, Guillermo Rauch, Gwen Shapira

Serverless and event-driven computing are gaining traction, providing cost savings in the cloud and more efficient resource utilization on premise. Kong CTO Marco Palladino moderates a panel discussion with industry leaders about the rise of serverless, its interactions with other cloud-native technologies, the challenges of implementing it, and where the field is headed in the future.