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Upcoming Data Talks from Alex Merced (And how to follow)

July 20, 2024

In this article, I will provide you with a list of events I’m currently scheduled to speak at. New events are regularly being added, so here are a couple of good spots to always be in the know.

Events

Apache Iceberg Crash Course (July 11 - October 29th)

There is a 10-session Crash Course on Apache Iceberg, which you can REGISTER HERE. The curriculum and dates are here.

  • July 11: What is a Data Lakehouse and What is a Table Format? (On Demand)
  • July 16: The Architecture of Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi and Delta Lake (On Demand)
  • July 23: The Read and Write Process for Apache Iceberg Tables
  • Aug 13: Understanding Apache Iceberg’s Partitioning Features
  • Aug 27: Optimizing Apache Iceberg Tables
  • Sep 3: Streaming with Apache Iceberg
  • Sep 17: The Role of Apache Iceberg Catalogs
  • Oct 1: Versioning with Apache Iceberg
  • Oct 15: Ingesting Data into Apache Iceberg with Apache Spark
  • Oct 29: Ingesting Data into Apache Iceberg with Dremio

Registrants can access the on-demand recordings if they’ve missed the first few sessions.

Tampa Bay Data Engineering Meetup

I regularly speak most months at this meetup based in my state (Florida). I’ll be speaking at these two upcoming meetups. These meetups are online so can attended from anywhere.

Anants Data Engineers Lunch

Anant runs several weekly meetups for the data community, including their weekly Data Engineer Lunch, which I regularly speak at once a month. Here are my next visits to the Lunch which is a virtual event:

SQLSaturday Denver

SQLSaturday is an annual event featuring talks about data, databases, analytics, and AI and is held in many cities nationwide. Recently, I spoke at the 2024 SQLSaturday in Ft. Lauderdale and will now speak at the SQLSaturday in Denver.

Apache Community Over Code

The Community Over Code conference is one of the world’s biggest gatherings of open-source developers. I am honored to be part of this year’s line-up discussing Data Lakehouse House Data Versioning and different open-source approaches. Find more information about the conference here.

Remember you can stay up to date on events I’ll be at by…

Subscribing to my Calendar on Lu.Ma

Also find my social links, slack communities and more here


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