Confluent Current
Confluent · 11 keynotes · 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 · mostly Data platforms and Agents · 11 announcements
Year by year
The top highlight of each keynote20261
Building Intelligent Systems on Real-time DataA 1h 16m keynote video from the official Confluent, an IBM Company channel.
20253
Keynote Day 2: Be Ready for What's NextA 1h 2m keynote video in New Orleans from the official Confluent, an IBM Company channel.
Building Intelligent Systems on Real-time DataJay Kreps opened Current 2025 in New Orleans on building intelligent systems with real-time dataJay Kreps8 announced1h 48m
Bangalore KeynoteA 1h 37m keynote video from the official Confluent, an IBM Company channel.
20244
Day 2 Keynote: The Rise of Data Streaming EngineersA 1h 14m keynote video from the official Confluent, an IBM Company channel.
Keynote Day 1: Data Streaming in the Age of AIAI applications need data that is relevant and up to date with what is happening right now, Kreps arguedJay Kreps3 announced1h 37m
Kafka Summit Bangalore KeynoteA 1h 31m keynote by Jay Kreps.
Streams Forever: Kafka Summit London KeynoteA 1h 47m keynote by Jay Kreps.
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Streaming into the Future: The Evolution & Impact of Data Streaming PlatformsA 1h 31m keynote video from the official Confluent, an IBM Company channel.
Day 2 Keynote: Kafka, Flink, and BeyondA 1h 18m keynote video from the official Confluent, an IBM Company channel.
Beyond Speed: Kafka Summit London KeynoteA 1h 27m keynote by Jay Kreps.
Announcements
Confluent IntelligenceReal-time, trustworthy data platform for production AI
Tableflow Delta Lake and Unity Catalog supportNative Databricks integration
Confluent Hub 2.0Redesigned connector marketplace
Real-Time Context EngineEarly access; serves enriched data to AI agents via MCP
Streaming Agents Phase 2Agent definition, observability, and debugging
Unified Stream ManagerSingle control point for streaming data across the business
Queues for Kafka (KIP-932)Dynamic scaling for dedicated clusters
mTLS AuthenticationLimited availability for enterprise clusters in December
Flink in Confluent PlatformStream processing on premises
TableflowKafka topics as Apache Iceberg tables
Flink Table API for Java and PythonProgrammatic Flink in Confluent Cloud
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GAPreviewComingAnnounced
Companies on stage: Confluent, Airy, Amazon SageMaker, Anthropic, AWS Glue, ClickHouse, Couchbase, Databricks, Firebolt, MariaDB, Redis, SingleStore, Weaviate, YugabyteDB