In-Person Event

CrateDB European City Tour Coming to Amsterdam

📍 Amsterdam | 💡 Free Workshop | 🤝 In Partnership with AWS & Datapebbles

December 3rd, 2025

Amazon Web Services
Mr. Treublaan 7
1097 DP Amsterdam

09:00–13:30

Together with experts from CrateDB, AWS, and Datapebbles, you’ll build a modern event-driven analytics pipeline, all in the cloud.
Discover how to handle high-velocity data, process events as they happen, and visualize results instantly in Grafana, using CrateDB Cloud, AWS MSK, and AWS Lambda.

Why You Should Attend

Data is moving faster than ever, and real-time decision-making is now a must.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:

Stream, store, and query millions of events in real time using familiar SQL
Build scalable analytics pipelines powered by CrateDB Cloud and AWS services
Combine structured and semi-structured data with ease, from metrics to logs to business events
Visualize and monitor results in Grafana for instant insight and alerting

Whether your events come from applications, systems, or connected devices, this session will show you how to make every data point count, the moment it arrives.

What to Expect

Hands-on learning: Follow step-by-step exercises guided by CrateDB engineers
All in the cloud: No setup, no installs. Just log in and start building
Instant results: Watch your data flow from source to dashboard in seconds
Networking: Meet fellow developers, data engineers, and solution architects, and exchange ideas over pastry and drinks

Who Should Join

Developers and data engineers working with event streams or analytics pipelines
Solution architects designing modern, real-time platforms
Anyone eager to explore the next generation of streaming data technologies

Seats are limited — reserve your spot now!

About CrateDB

CrateDB is a distributed SQL database for real-time analytics, search, and AI. It combines structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in one scalable system, enabling organizations to analyze massive data volumes instantly. Businesses use CrateDB to power live dashboards, event-driven applications, and AI insights, on any infrastructure, from cloud to edge. Learn more at cratedb.com.

CrateDB Cloud on AWS offers a seamless and scalable SQL database solution for managing all types of data for advanced analytics and machine learning applications. Available on AWS, CrateDB Cloud enables the deployment of modern, scalable applications, ensuring compliance with strict security standards.

About AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a widely adopted cloud platform, offering +200 fully featured services from data centers globally. AWS empowers organizations of all sizes - from startups to enterprises, government agencies, and nonprofits - to innovate, scale, and transform their operations with secure, reliable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure. AWS enables customers to build, deploy, and manage applications with unmatched flexibility and scalability, helping them accelerate growth and drive meaningful impact across industries.

About Datapebbles

DataPebbles focuses on the practical applications of AI and data to solve real business challenges. By combining advanced analytics, intelligent automation, and robust software engineering, DataPebbles creates solutions that are not just innovative, but truly usable in everyday operations. DataPebbles’ AI-driven systems simplify complexity, enhance decision-making, and unlock opportunities that help organizations stay ahead in a fast-changing world. With DataPebbles, AI becomes a trusted partner for innovation — empowering businesses to work smarter, move faster, and grow sustainably.

Venue

Amazon Web Services
Mr. Treublaan 7
1097 DP Amsterdam

The event will take place on the 4th floor in rooms 04.508–04.509.
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Agenda

09:00–09:30	Welcome breakfast
09:30–09:45	CrateDB introduction & Workshop Overview Meet the CrateDB team and discover how CrateDB powers real-time IoT and analytics use cases across industries.
09:45–10:05	AWS Introduction
10:05–10:25	DataPebbles Introduction "Deep Learning at Work: Autoencoders for Predictive Maintenance in Modern Industry"
10:25–11:10	Building Real-Time Event-Driven Applications Learn how CrateDB combines time-series, relational, and JSON data in one SQL engine. See how developers stream IoT data into AWS using events which write into CrateDB and query millions of records in milliseconds.
11:10–11:25	Break
11:25–12:40	Hands-on Workshop Set up your CrateDB Cloud Free Tier account. Stream IoT sensor data from producer into MSK (Managed Kafka). Use Lambda function to write to CrateDB. Build and visualize live dashboards in Grafana. Explore SQL queries for analytics and time-series.
12:40–13:30	Networking Relax after the session and connect with fellow developers, architects, IoT builders, and real-time analytics enthusiasts.

Our Speakers

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Gregor Bauer VP Customer Engineering at CrateDB

Gregor Bauer is VP of Customer Engineering at CrateDB, where he leads the team responsible for helping customers unlock the full potential of real-time data and distributed SQL technologies. His focus lies in enabling organizations to build modern, data-driven applications that scale effortlessly from IoT and time-series analytics to edge and cloud deployments.

Niklas-Schmidtmer

Niklas Schmidtmer Head of Customer Support, CrateDB

Niklas is CrateDB's Head of Customer Support. With his team, he helps customers implement CrateDB in their environments and make the best use of its features. Niklas gained experience in the database space by delivering various data warehousing and data integration projects. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Passau.

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Alejandro Navarro-Soto del Castillo Partner Solutions Architect, AWS

As a Partner Solutions Architect at AWS in Central Europe, Alejandro bridges technical expertise with business strategy. He helps partners align their technical roadmaps with their business objectives, specializing in DevOps and Generative AI implementations.

His role involves collaborating with partners across industries, from architecting cloud solutions to strategic planning. By combining technical knowledge with business understanding, Alejandro helps partners make informed technology decisions that drive growth and maintain competitiveness.

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Surajeet Bhuinya Founder at DataPebbles

Surajeet, founder of DataPebbles and Moonjelly, brings over two decades of experience in IT and software innovation. His expertise spans software architecture, system design, and applying data and AI to solve complex business challenges. He is currently spearheading the creation of a Generative AI platform designed to deliver real-world impact.

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Steve van den Berg SVP Sales

Steve brings with him a wealth of sales management experience acquired from the database and data management industry, where he has successfully expanded the international presence of numerous software companies, including Precisely, EDB (PostgreSQL), Datastax (Cassandra), IBM, Selligent, and Goldengate Software.