RethinkConn 2025
The largest NATS community event of the year
NATS is used from cloud to edge and everywhere in between: connected cars, distributed AI, smart manufacturing, global fleet management and more. This virtual event showcases real-world stories and production use cases.
In addition, hear from the NATS community, learn about the new features in v2.11, and walk through the NATS roadmap.
What was covered in the event?
Ecosystem Insights - Hear from industry leaders about the future of edge-native technology, intelligent connectivity, and the evolving NATS ecosystem.
NATS 2.11 & Beyond - Discover the latest advancements in NATS, including new features and capabilities designed for cloud and edge workloads.
AI & Intelligent Workloads - Learn how NATS enables real-time, AI-driven applications with powerful data streaming and connectivity solutions.
Hands-on Learning - Participate in an optional workshop to get practical experience with NATS and the latest tooling.
RethinkConn 2025 Schedule
Live Q&A following each talk. Thank you for attending!
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Justyna Bak
VP of Marketing
Nate Emerson
DX Engineer
Keynote: The Synadia Edge-native and AI-ready Tech Stack
Derek Collison
Founder and CEO, NATS Creator
Customer Story: Industrial IoT with NATS & MachineMetrics
Tyler Schoppe
Staff Engineer @ MachineMetrics
Jochen Rau
Engineering Manager - Data Platform, MachineMetrics
NATS 2.11: What's New?
Neil Twigg
Senior Software Engineer
Customer Story: How PowerFlex Handles Intermittent Connectivity at the Edge with NATS
Robbie Hughes
Engineering Manager, PowerFlex
NATS: Orbit – Extending NATS Clients with Richer Capabilities
Tomasz Pietrek
Manager, OSS Engineering
Synadia Control Plane Update: Simplifying NATS at Scale
Seth Back
Manager, Engineering
Customer Lightning Talk: NATS for ACI Card Payments
Adrian Florea
Senior Architect, ACI Worldwide
Customer Lightning Talk: NATS at the Edge with F1 Arcade
Jamie Allen
Lead Engineer, F1 Arcade
Partner Talk: NATS on Akamai Cloud
Brian Apley
Principal Cloud, IoT & Messaging Architect, Akamai
Community Talk: Giving REST a rest...with NATS
Mark Freydl
Co-CEO, Codiac
Community Talk: Go Beyond Kubernetes Native Events with NATS
Gianluca Mardente
Principal Engineer at Cisco, Creator & Maintainer, Sveltos
AI/ML at the Edge - Distributed IForest Anomaly Detection with NATS
Scott Daniels
Senior Software Engineer
Workloads - Distributed cloud-to-edge compute with NATS Execution Engine
Jordan Rash
Senior Software Engineer
Connectors – Seamlessly Integrate NATS with Other Systems
Daan Gertis
Product Strategist
The Future of NATS: Roadmap & Vision
Byron Ruth
VP of Product and Engineering
Q&A and Closing Remarks
Nate Emerson
DX Engineer
Catch a preview of the event
Hosted by Synadia, RethinkConn 2025 will feature roadmap updates, live demos, and stories from NATS users building and scaling innovative distributed systems.
