DuckCon #6 in Amsterdam

Scheduled for January 31, 2025
at Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam

DuckCon #6 Splashscreen

We are excited to hold DuckCon #6, DuckDB's next user conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands at Pakhuis de Zwijger, located at Piet Heinkade 179. The event will take place on January 31, 2025 (Friday).

Streaming and Photos

DuckCon #6 was live streamed on the DuckDB YouTube channel. The recordings are available as a YouTube playlist and in the timetable below.

The photo gallery is available in the DuckCon #6 album on iCloud.

Registration

Attendance is free but registration is required. Please use Eventbrite to register.

Timetable

The times are given in Central European Time (UTC+1).

Time Title Presenter Slides
14:00 Venue opens    
15:00 First session    
15:00 Welcome and opening remarks Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt
(DuckDB Labs)		 pdf
15:20 Airport for DuckDB: Letting DuckDB take Apache Arrow Flights Rusty Conover pdf
15:40 Ibis, DuckDB, and GeoParquet: Making geospatial analytics fast, simple, and Pythonic Naty Clementi pdf
16:00 Coffee break    
16:20 Second session    
16:20 Introducing a SQL-based metrics layer powered by DuckDB Mike Driscoll
(Rill Data)		 pdf
16:40 Stock data analysis with DuckDB Ryan Hamilton
(TimeStored)		 pdf
17:00 Lightning talks    
  zoekeend: A seach engine for information retrieval experiments based on DuckDB Djoerd Hiemstra
(Radboud University)		 pdf
  Unlocking graph analytics in DuckDB with SQL/PGQ Daniel ten Wolde
(CWI)		 pdf
  yato — orchestrate your queries with no pain Christophe Blefari
(nao)		 pdf
  How NOT to use DuckDB: How we introduced a CVSS 9.9 vulnerability into Grafana Sam Jewell
(Grafana Labs)		 pdf
  DuckDB powering real time finance data extraction Adam Cooke
(Cloudslurp)		 pdf
  Dump the Ducktape: Unblocking data pipelines at scale in healthcare using DuckDB Tony Zeljkovic
(Curative)		 pdf
17:45 Borrel (drinks and snacks)    
19:30 End of event    

Sponsors

We would like to thank DuckCon #6's sponsors for supporting this event.

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

  • Crunchy Data
  • Rill Data

Accessing the Venue

Public transport. The easiest way to access the venue is taking public transport from Amsterdam Centraal station. Take Tram 26 to Kattenburgerstraat or Bus 46 to Jan Schaeferbrug. All forms of public transport in Amsterdam accept contactless payment debit/credit cards (issued by Visa, Mastercard, and Maestro).

Parking. Bicycle parking is available in front of the building. For those arriving by car, there is a parking garage next to the venue.

Accessibility. Amsterdam Centraal station, the recommended public transport options, and Pakhuis de Zwijger are wheelchair-accessible, employing wide doors and leveled entries, as well as ramps and elevators.

Code of Conduct

The DuckDB Code of Conduct applies to the event. If you experience any incidents, please let us know at [email protected].

Events Nearby

The FOSDEM 2025 conference in Brussels is happening on the weekend after DuckCon #6, so you can conveniently travel there via a direct train.

Previous Editions

Previous editions of DuckCon were held in Brussels (#2), San Francisco (#3), Amsterdam (#4) and Seattle (#5).

Inquiries

Please contact Kelly de Smit at [email protected] if you have any questions.

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