Open Source Unlocked: Exploring the Journey from Redis to Valkey – October 30, 2025

Change is part of open source and it’s what drives progress!

As the Redis ecosystem evolves, new opportunities are emerging for developers and organizations that value transparency, freedom, and innovation.

That’s why Percona, together with AWS, is hosting Open Source Unlocked: From Redis to Valkey, a one-day, in-person event where you can explore how the community is reimagining in-memory databases with Valkey, the open source alternative to Redis.

Event Details

📅 Thursday, October 30, 2025
🕐 11:30 – 17:15 EDT (15:30 – 21:15 GMT)
📍 Boston – Row 34, Seaport | 383 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210

Speakers

Peter Zaitsev – Co-founder and CEO, Percona
Michal Nosek – Senior Enterprise Architect, Percona
Roberto Luna Rojas – Technical Evangelist, Valkey Open Source Project
Madelyn Olson – Principal Engineer, AWS

What You Can Expect

You’ll learn how organizations can keep their systems flexible and future-proof, even as the licensing and commercial landscape changes around Redis.

Topics include:

Valkey’s open governance and BSD licensing
Using Valkey for vector search, JSON processing, and real-time analytics
Migration paths from Redis to Valkey with demos and performance insights
Deploying Valkey on AWS, Kubernetes, or on-premise
Percona’s open source support for both Redis and Valkey

Who It’s For

This event is for:

Database & Systems Engineers
AI/ML & Application Developers
IT Decision-Makers
Cloud & Solutions Architects
SREs and DevOps Professionals

🗓️ Event Flow (Highlights)

11:30 – 12:00: Registration & Networking
12:00 – 12:45: Opening Keynotes – Open Source Choices in the Redis Landscape
13:00 – 14:15: Breakouts – Executive Roundtable or Engineer Lab
14:30 – 15:30: From Cache to Capability – Valkey Use Cases
15:30 – 16:00: Closing Remarks
16:00 – 17:15: Happy Hour: “Open Source on the Rocks” 🍹

How to Join

👉 Register now to secure your seat. ∎

Speakers

Peter Zaitsev

CEO, Percona

Peter Zaitsev is CEO and co-founder of Percona. As one of the foremost experts on MySQL strategy and optimization, Peter leveraged both his technical vision and entrepreneurial skills to grow Percona from a two-person shop to one of the most respected open source companies in the business. A serial entrepreneur, Peter co-founded his rst startup while attending Moscow State University where he majored in Computer Science. Peter is a co-author of High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication, one of the most popular books on MySQL performance. Peter frequently speaks as an expert lecturer at Open Source Databases and related conferences. He has also been tapped as a contributor to Fortune and DZone.

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Michal Nosek

Michal Nosek is a Senior Enterprise Architect at Percona with over a decade of experience across roles in software engineering, business analysis, and technical consulting. He combines deep technical knowledge with a focus on aligning database technologies to business goals, helping Percona’s global customers design effective open source data strategies. Michal holds a BS in Computer and Information Science from the Cracow University of Technology and lives in Gdansk, Poland, where he enjoys traveling and windsurfing.

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