Building an Open Lakehouse powered by Apache Iceberg and Apache Beam - Beam Summit 2026

Presented by Brad Miro at Beam Summit 2026. Apache Iceberg and open table formats have changed the way data teams think about and build lakehouse architectures inside their organizations. In this talk, we'll give an overview of what Apache Iceberg is, why open table formats are so useful for lakehouses, and how to integrate Beam into an Iceberg-based lakehouse.