The recent Kafka Summit, held in San Francisco, attracted nearly 2,000 participants from 40 countries and 595 companies, marking its largest event to date. The summit featured four keynote speakers, 56 sessions, and numerous opportunities for learning, including tutorials, training sessions, and a sold-out Girl Geek Dinner with prominent speakers from Confluent. Attendees could engage with a variety of topics, as recorded sessions and slides were made available for those who missed the live events. Notable highlights included talks on building cloud Kafka services and leveraging Kafka Streams, as well as a meetup at Confluent’s office with discussions led by experts from Confluent, Bloomberg LP, and Airbnb. The event concluded with encouragement to watch the session videos to relive the summit experience, while attendees were also invited to explore upcoming opportunities at AWS re:Invent 2024.