What is 'Current' with data streaming?

Current 2022, the successor to the Kafka Summit series of conferences, took place on October 4-5, 2022 in Austin. The event expanded the scope of the former Kafka Summit by including a variety of event streaming technologies and frameworks. Apache Kafka received more attention this year with 50% more content than previous years. The conference featured inspiring keynotes focusing on real-time data streaming, its history, evolution, and the role that Apache Kafka has played over the years. Some common topics emerging from Current 2022 included Data Governance, Batch vs. Streaming, performance improvements, and support for members from underrepresented groups. The event highlighted the growing adoption of streaming data as the de facto paradigm in building modern data systems across organizations.