Seattle Apache Iceberg Community Meetup

​​Ice{berg} over Drinks 🧊❄️🍦

​Join us on Nov 13 (Wed) from 5:00-8:30 PM

​Amazon: The Everest (SEA82) - 425 106th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA

​Conference Room: Everest 02.201

​(Meet at reception to sign-in and security will let you in)

​​Connect with fellow enthusiasts, share insights, and dive into the latest developments in the Apache Iceberg ecosystem! Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to Apache Iceberg, this meetup is the perfect place to exchange ideas and spark innovation.

​​Agenda

​​5:00p - 6:00p: Doors Open & Networking 💃

​​6:00p - 7:00p: Welcome Remarks & Presentations!

​​7:00p - 8:30p: More Networking 🕺

​The event will focus on innovations in Apache Iceberg (https://iceberg.apache.org/)

​We will discuss topics around Open-Source Data Analytics, Open Table Formats (OTF), software concepts like Transactional Data Lakes or Lakehouse, advancements in AI/ML including generative AI, and many more topics of mutual interest that leverage Apache Iceberg.

​During the sessions, we will provide you tips to get involved within the community, you will learn more about how the community is collaborating to grow the technology, and software/solutions that ease problem solving and improve user experiences.

​​Presentations

​Jeremy Song - Principal Engineer from AWS Glue

​Oversees the Glue products such as Iceberg optimizations and stats collection. Talk about Glue's Iceberg table optimizations. We launched Iceberg compaction optimization last year, and recently launched snapshot expiration and orphan file deletion optimizations. We will talk about some of the improvements we have done to the OSS Iceberg maintenance jobs, and what we want to collaborate with the community in the future.

​Kevin Liu - Apache Iceberg Committer

​Developer's Guide to PyIceberg: This presentation provides an overview of the iceberg-python project, covering its evolution from past to present and looking ahead at what's in store for the future of Iceberg on Python. We'll also explore some powerful features you can integrate into your current data stack today.

​​Call for Speakers

​We are looking for speakers. If you have a topic in mind to recommend, and/or would like to speak at this or future events, please fill in this form.

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