Redpanda Day × Hudson Bay Capital

Align. Build. Ship faster.

A working session on the next phase of real-time data infrastructure

Join Redpanda and Hudson Bay Capital Management for a focused summit exploring the next phase of real-time data infrastructure. This event brings together architects, platform teams, and product stakeholders to share learnings, align on roadmap priorities, and explore how streaming can unlock new capabilities across the organization.

Date: October 2026 (exact date to be confirmed)
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:45 PM ET
Location: Hudson Bay Capital offices, NYC | Join us in person or virtually
Breakfast and lunch will be fully catered for in-person attendees

Designed as a collaborative working session, the day pairs strategic conversation with hands-on technical work — giving both teams a chance to dig into real production challenges together and leave with a clear, shared path forward.

Agenda

• 8:30 – 9:00 · Breakfast & Welcome — Meet the Redpanda and HBC teams over breakfast before the day begins.

• 9:00 – 10:00 · Executive Briefing, Company Vision & Goals for the Day — An opening session framing HBC's priorities and where streaming infrastructure fits into the broader company vision.

• 10:00 – 11:15 · Redpanda Roadmap Deep Dive — A look at Redpanda's direction over the coming quarters, focused on the capabilities most relevant to HBC's environment.

• 11:30 – 12:30 · Tiered Storage, Iceberg & the Databricks Unity Catalog — Tiered storage and native Iceberg topics, and how they integrate with a Unity Catalog-based lakehouse — object storage options, catalog sync, and when to use native Iceberg versus Redpanda Connect.

• 12:30 – 1:30 · Catered Lunch & Open Q&A

• 1:30 – 2:30 · Observability & Monitoring Best Practices — Practical guidance on monitoring Redpanda in production: key metrics, alerting thresholds, and tooling recommendations.

• 2:30 – 3:45 · Capacity Planning & Architectural Review — A working review of capacity planning and architecture, focused on resilience through disaster recovery and shadow linking design patterns.

• 4:00 – 4:45 · Strategic Business Review & Executive Alignment — A closing discussion to align HBC and Redpanda leadership on priorities coming out of the day.

• 4:45 – 5:00 · Wrap-Up, Next Steps & Feedback — Named owners and dates for everything raised during the day, plus a chance to share feedback.