Thank you, Scott and Elizabeth, for this great idea! It’s often difficult for the stars to align for folks to present their work at an in-person meetup. Hopefully, this can be a great space for the community to share ideas and learn from one another. We’re actively learning as we go, so please let us know if you have any feedback! :)
Looking forward to this! On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 10:50 AM Scott Haines <[email protected]> wrote: > We're looking for speakers interested in presenting a new online virtual > Apache Iceberg meetup series we're starting. The goal is to create a forum > where members of the Apache Iceberg community can demo interesting work, > share experiences, and discuss ideas with one another. > > *What we're looking for* > > We're especially interested in talks that are practical, demo-driven, or > story-rich. Whether you're a practitioner, startup founder, platform > engineer, or contributor, we'd love to hear what you've been working on and > what you've learned. > > Some ideas for talk topics include: > > - Iceberg migration stories and case studies > - New Iceberg features, proposals, and community projects > - Iceberg catalogs, integrations, and interoperability > - Data engineering tools, demos, prototypes, and experiments > > *Community-focused talks* > > We want the meetup to be a *place for learning and community discussion* > rather > than product or vendor marketing. > > Talks can feature tools, products, or technologies you work on, but the > focus should be on technical insights, demos, lessons learned, or ideas > that are useful to the broader Apache Iceberg community—not on promoting a > company or product. > > *How the meetup works* > > Meetups will be held virtually on Google Meet and will be publicly open to > everyone. > > Talks will typically be around 20–30 minutes, leaving plenty of time for > introductions, questions, and open community discussion. We aim to keep > each meetup to about an hour and start and end on time. > > Talks will generally be recorded and posted to the [**Apache Iceberg > Meetup YouTube** channel](https://www.youtube.com/@IcebergMeetup). If > you'd prefer not to have your talk recorded, let us know when submitting. > We do not plan to record the Q&A and open discussion portion of the meetup. > > *Submitting a talk* > Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Even if a talk isn't > scheduled for the next meetup, we may reach out about presenting at a > future session. > > Submit a Talk: Submit your Talk Idea > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScX8gLl6J2BFYnpx-GY72YruO0crkER0NAqxFqNaAo_RWpuqA/viewform> > Take a Look at the Fine Print: Virtual Meetup Github Issue > <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/17665> > *Join the new Apache Iceberg Slack Channel*: (#meetup-virtual) > <https://apache-iceberg.slack.com/archives/C0BRNUQ31S4> > > If we receive several submissions around a similar topic, we may also > suggest bringing presenters together for a shared discussion or panel. > > *First Virtual Meetup* > We've set a date (September 18th @ 9:00am PST) for the first meetup. If > you're on the Apache Iceberg Community Events Calendar (or if not, > subscribe to it here > <https://iceberg.apache.org/community/#apache-iceberg-community-calendar>), > you'll see the event on the calendar already. > > Thanks to @elizabeth-christensen > <https://github.com/elizabeth-christensen> and @kevinjqliu > <https://github.com/kevinjqliu> for partnering to make this happen. > > -- > *Scott Haines* > OSS Engineer > E: 408.768.3799 > LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotthaines/ > Github: https://github.com/newfront/ > >
