diff --git a/apps/kafka-integration/core/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kafkaintegration/converter/DeviceEventConverter.java b/apps/kafka-integration/core/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kafkaintegration/converter/DeviceEventConverter.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.converter;
+
+import com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage;
+import org.onosproject.event.Event;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.Device.DeviceCore;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.Device.DeviceType;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.DeviceEvent.DeviceEventType;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.DeviceEvent.DeviceNotification;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.Port.PortCore;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.Port.PortType;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceEvent;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Converts ONOS Device event message to protobuf format.
+ */
+public class DeviceEventConverter implements EventConverter {
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Override
+    public GeneratedMessage convertToProtoMessage(Event<?, ?> event) {
+
+        DeviceEvent deviceEvent = (DeviceEvent) event;
+
+        if (!deviceEventTypeSupported(deviceEvent)) {
+            log.error("Unsupported Onos Device Event {}. There is no matching"
+                    + "proto Device Event type", deviceEvent.type().toString());
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return buildDeviceProtoMessage(deviceEvent);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the ONOS Device Event type is supported.
+     *
+     * @param event ONOS Device event
+     * @return true if there is a match and false otherwise
+     */
+    private boolean deviceEventTypeSupported(DeviceEvent event) {
+        DeviceEventType[] deviceEvents = DeviceEventType.values();
+        for (DeviceEventType deviceEventType : deviceEvents) {
+            if (deviceEventType.name().equals(event.type().name())) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private DeviceNotification buildDeviceProtoMessage(DeviceEvent deviceEvent) {
+        DeviceNotification.Builder notificationBuilder =
+                DeviceNotification.newBuilder();
+
+        DeviceCore deviceCore =
+                DeviceCore.newBuilder()
+                        .setChassisId(deviceEvent.subject().chassisId().id()
+                                              .toString())
+                        .setDeviceId(deviceEvent.subject().id().toString())
+                        .setHwVersion(deviceEvent.subject().hwVersion())
+                        .setManufacturer(deviceEvent.subject().manufacturer())
+                        .setSerialNumber(deviceEvent.subject().serialNumber())
+                        .setSwVersion(deviceEvent.subject().swVersion())
+                        .setType(DeviceType
+                                         .valueOf(deviceEvent.subject().type().name()))
+                        .build();
+
+        PortCore portCore = null;
+        if (deviceEvent.port() != null) {
+            portCore =
+                    PortCore.newBuilder()
+                            .setIsEnabled(deviceEvent.port().isEnabled())
+                            .setPortNumber(deviceEvent.port().number()
+                                                   .toString())
+                            .setPortSpeed(deviceEvent.port().portSpeed())
+                            .setType(PortType
+                                             .valueOf(deviceEvent.port().type().name()))
+                            .build();
+
+            notificationBuilder.setPort(portCore);
+        }
+
+        notificationBuilder.setDeviceEventType(getProtoType(deviceEvent))
+                .setDevice(deviceCore);
+
+        return notificationBuilder.build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the protobuf generated device event type.
+     *
+     * @param event ONOS Device Event
+     * @return generated Device Event Type
+     */
+    private DeviceEventType getProtoType(DeviceEvent event) {
+        DeviceEventType protobufEventType = null;
+        DeviceEventType[] deviceEvents = DeviceEventType.values();
+        for (DeviceEventType deviceEventType : deviceEvents) {
+            if (deviceEventType.name().equals(event.type().name())) {
+                protobufEventType = deviceEventType;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return protobufEventType;
+    }
+}