The Future of Data: Open, Scalable, and AI-Ready
Dec 11, 2025
19:30 - 22:00 PM
Restaurante Via Graça, Lisbon, Portugal
Join Cassio Sampaio, Aiven’s Chief Product & Technology Officer, and Diogo Gomes, Head of Data Engineering at La Redoute, for an evening of open discussion about what’s next in data and AI.
Around the table, we will talk about how leaders are simplifying data infrastructure, scaling streaming and databases, and creating space for innovation without losing control or flexibility.
This is a small, invite-only dinner for senior executives who are navigating the same challenges. It’s a chance to exchange ideas, share experiences, and enjoy a relaxed evening with peers overlooking Lisbon’s skyline.
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Meet our speakers
Cassio Sampaio
Chief Product and Technology Officer, Aiven
Cassio Sampaio is Chief Product & Technology Officer at Aiven, where he leads the company’s product and technology strategy, helping organizations build open, scalable, and AI-ready data infrastructures. With over 25 years of experience in global technology leadership, Cassio has held senior product roles at companies such as Auth0 (acquired by Okta), Apple, and DigitalOcean. Based in Lisbon, Cassio also serves as an advisor and board member to several tech startups and venture organizations across Europe and North America.
Diogo Gomes
Head of Engineering Program Management at La Redoute
Diogo Gomes leads Engineering Program Management at La Redoute, driving cross-functional teams to deliver impactful and scalable technology solutions. With a background in cloud transformation and database modernization, he has played a key role in shaping La Redoute’s digital and data strategy over the past nine years. A self-described geek with a passion for empowering people, Diogo is dedicated to turning bold ideas into real-world results — combining technical depth with a strong focus on collaboration and business impact.
Why attend?
- Connect with peers – Exchange ideas with senior business and technology leaders driving data and AI innovation.
- Gain fresh perspectives – Hear how others are modernizing their infrastructure to stay agile and competitive.
- Engage in real conversation – No slides, no pitches — just open discussion over dinner in a relaxed setting.
- Enjoy the experience – A refined dining evening at Restaurante Via Graça with panoramic views of Lisbon.
Benefits of Aiven Platform
Multi-cloud solutions
Aiven's capability to deploy to any cloud empowers your organization with:
- Workload and Cost Optimization: Choose the ideal cloud provider for each task to maximize performance and cost-efficiency. Benefit from competitive pricing across different cloud providers.
- Risk Mitigation: Distribute data and applications across regions and providers for enhanced business continuity.
- Streamlined Operations: Manage your data infrastructure on a centralized platform across multiple clouds to reduce complexity and ensure compliance with data residency regulations.
Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
Aiven offers flexible deployment options for your data services, catering to various business needs and preferences. Choose the deployment model that best aligns with your organization's priorities, whether it's convenience, cost savings, or maximum control.
- Aiven infrastructure: A hassle-free solution where Aiven takes care of all cloud configurations, maintenance, and costs, allowing you to focus on your core business.
- Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC): Deploy Aiven services directly to your existing cloud account giving you greater control over your data and infrastructure. BYOC allows you to:
- Leverage your existing cloud investments and negotiated discounts.
- Maintain strict control over your data and comply with specific security or regulatory requirements.
- Customize your infrastructure to meet your unique needs.
- Benefit from Aiven's expertise and support while retaining full control.
Choice of integrated open source services
Build with Aiven's popular data services that best fit your specific use cases to stream, store, and serve data to your systems and applications.
- Build faster with skilled talent: Gain access to the skills of a broad community of open source experts.
- Innovation and Collaboration: Benefit from open source's collaborative culture which accelerates the development of new features and improvements.
- Security and Reliability: Improve security and reliability compared to proprietary software where the code is not publicly accessible. The open nature of open source ensures that many eyes are constantly reviewing and testing the code.
Cross-cloud and cross-region disaster recovery
Aiven enables your data infrastructure to be highly available, reliable, and operational even in the face of disruptions or failures.
- High Availability: Leverage multiple availability zones, regions, and providers to ensure your data is replicated and distributed across different locations. If one location or provider experiences an outage, your services can seamlessly failover to another, minimizing downtime.
- Automated Backups and Recovery: Aiven automatically creates backups of your data at regular intervals. In case of data loss or corruption, you can easily restore your data from these backups, ensuring business continuity.
AI database optimization to boost efficiency
Aiven's AI Database Optimizer quickly helps your organization understand how to tune your PostgreSQL and MySQL queries to save your organization engineering time, and money on your database bills.
- Accelerate development: Receive AI-driven index and SQL rewrite suggestions in minutes.
- Reduce incident resolution time: Gain real-time performance insights and optimization suggestions.
- Optimize before production: Ensure applications are performant and scalable before release.
- Free up DBA resources: Allow DBAs to focus on high-value tasks.