+1 for both NA and EU. I would love to attend both so I'd prefer they be on different days. Also +1 for hybrid. We should definitely keep the virtual days, they were helpful for the overall community to participate.
I'm happy to be the MC again as needed :) Best, Kevin Liu On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM Roy Hasson <royhas...@microsoft.com.invalid> wrote: > +2 for me (NA and EU) :) > > I, and Microsoft, are very much in favor of having two summits to > accommodate Iceberg's large and growing international community. > > Roy > > ------------------------------ > > I would love to participate in an Iceberg summit, and not have to fly > long hours to get there. > So +1 from me > > Gábor Kaszab <gaborkas...@apache.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. júl. 28., > H, 15:17): > > Great to see there is interest for both NA and EU! > > +1 for both locations from me. > > Best Regards, > Gabor Kaszab > > Eduard Tudenhöfner <etudenhoef...@apache.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. > júl. 28., H, 10:07): > > +1 to having an EU summit > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM Claude Warren, Jr > <claude.war...@aiven.io.invalid> wrote: > > +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 <vik...@vakamo.com.invalid> > 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 <j...@nanthrax.net> > 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 > >
