diff --git a/apps/kafka-integration/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kafkaintegration/converter/HostEventConverter.java b/apps/kafka-integration/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/kafkaintegration/converter/HostEventConverter.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.GeneratedMessageV3;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.event.Event;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.host.models.HostEnumsProto.HostEventTypeProto;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.host.models.HostEventProto.HostNotificationProto;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.models.HostProtoOuterClass.HostProto;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.protobuf.models.net.AnnotationsTranslator;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.protobuf.models.net.HostIdProtoTranslator;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.protobuf.models.net.HostLocationProtoTranslator;
+import org.onosproject.net.host.HostEvent;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * Converts ONOS Host event message to protobuf format.
+ */
+public class HostEventConverter implements EventConverter {
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] convertToProtoMessage(Event<?, ?> event) {
+
+        HostEvent hostEvent = (HostEvent) event;
+
+        if (!hostEventTypeSupported(hostEvent)) {
+            log.error("Unsupported Onos Host Event {}. There is no matching"
+                    + "proto Host Event type", hostEvent.type().toString());
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return ((GeneratedMessageV3) buildHostProtoMessage(hostEvent)).toByteArray();
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the ONOS Host Event type is supported.
+     *
+     * @param event ONOS Host event
+     * @return true if there is a match and false otherwise
+     */
+    private boolean hostEventTypeSupported(HostEvent event) {
+        HostEventTypeProto[] hostEvents = HostEventTypeProto.values();
+        for (HostEventTypeProto hostEventType : hostEvents) {
+            if (hostEventType.name().equals(event.type().name())) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private HostNotificationProto buildHostProtoMessage(HostEvent hostEvent) {
+        HostNotificationProto.Builder notificationBuilder =
+                HostNotificationProto.newBuilder();
+
+        HostProto hostCore =
+                HostProto.newBuilder()
+                        .setHostId(HostIdProtoTranslator.translate(hostEvent
+                                .subject().id()))
+                        .setConfigured(hostEvent.subject().configured())
+                        .addAllIpAddresses(hostEvent.subject().ipAddresses()
+                                .stream().map(IpAddress::toString)
+                                .collect(Collectors.toList()))
+                        .setLocation(HostLocationProtoTranslator.translate(
+                                hostEvent.subject().location()))
+                        .setVlan(hostEvent.subject().vlan().toShort())
+                        .putAllAnnotations(AnnotationsTranslator.asMap(
+                                hostEvent.subject().annotations()))
+                        .build();
+
+        notificationBuilder.setHostEventType(getProtoType(hostEvent))
+                .setHost(hostCore);
+
+        return notificationBuilder.build();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the protobuf generated host event type.
+     *
+     * @param event ONOS Host Event
+     * @return generated Host Event Type
+     */
+    private HostEventTypeProto getProtoType(HostEvent event) {
+        HostEventTypeProto protobufEventType = null;
+        HostEventTypeProto[] hostEvents = HostEventTypeProto.values();
+        for (HostEventTypeProto hostEventType : hostEvents) {
+            if (hostEventType.name().equals(event.type().name())) {
+                protobufEventType = hostEventType;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return protobufEventType;
+    }
+}