+1 I would be inclined to attend an EU summit but not a NA one.
I was chair of the ASF Community over Code EU 2024 and am willing to help organize, though I do not have time to act as chair. Claude On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM Viktor Kessler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > +1 to JB’s proposal — we fully support the idea of hosting Iceberg Summit > 2026 in Europe in addition to NA. > > We’ve been organizing multiple Iceberg-focused meetups across Europe and > have consistently seen strong attendance and enthusiasm from the community. > There’s clearly a growing and highly engaged user base here. > > Many attendees specifically asked for a European summit — not only to get > a deeper understanding of Iceberg, but also to exchange ideas, learn from > real-world implementations, and connect with fellow practitioners. A > dedicated event in Europe would be an excellent way to meet this demand and > further grow the ecosystem. > > Happy to help make this happen. > > Best, > Viktor > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> We had Iceberg Summit 2025 in April this year, and I think we can say >> both on site and virtual days were a great success. >> It was a great opportunity to gather the community and super >> interesting discussions about the future of Apache Iceberg. >> >> I would like to propose Iceberg Summit 2026 NA in the same spirit as >> 2025 (hybrid event). >> Why NA ? Because I would also like to discuss the Iceberg Summit 2026 in >> Europe. >> The reason is to easily gather the European community about Iceberg, >> same format as in NA. >> I discussed with Viktor about an European event, and we think it's >> possible. >> >> Thoughts ? >> >> Regards >> JB >> >
