Meet the Maker – MariaDB Meetup on Innovation & Community

Join us for an inspiring and hands-on MariaDB Meetup in Dublin —a unique opportunity to dive into the world of open source, innovation, and AI with Michael “Monty” Widenius, the legendary founder of MySQL and MariaDB.
What to expect:
- Meet Michael “Monty” Widenius and hear the story behind creation of MySQL and MariaDB
- Explore MariaDB’s vector capabilities and how they power LLMs and AI applications
- Dive into the exciting subjects of database performance and scalability with the Founder of HammerDB, Steve Shaw
- Listen to Stas Bogachinsky’s presentation on running highly available MariaDB with Amazon RDS
- Network with fellow database professionals, developers, and open source enthusiasts.
Open to everyone. Free to attend.
Schedule
17:00
5m
Monty Widenius, MariaDB
Welcome
17:05
40m
Steve Shaw, HammerDB
17:45
45m
Alex Hanshaw, MariaDB plc
18:30
45m
Stas Bogachinsky, AWS
19:15
45m
Pizza and discussions