Kafka Summit 2020, the first-ever virtual edition, attracted over 33,000 registrants and featured a range of engaging sessions and keynotes, including an opening address by Gwen Shapira, who discussed Apache Kafka's growth and future innovations such as Kafka Tiered Storage and the replacement of ZooKeeper with a Self-Managed Metadata Quorum. Jun Rao, co-creator of Apache Kafka, highlighted how various industries like online travel, global banking, and retail are adopting Kafka, often starting with small use cases and transitioning to cloud-native data ecosystems. The event also included practical sessions, such as a deep dive into messaging systems by Ben Stopford and Michael Noll, and other notable presentations from Lyft, Confluent, and Microsoft, providing valuable insights into using Kafka for real-time event streaming. Day one was complemented with entertaining activities and set the stage for more discussions in the following days, with keynotes from Jay Kreps and Sam Newman anticipated.