DuckCon #5 in Seattle
We are excited to hold the next "DuckCon" DuckDB user group meeting in Seattle, WA, sponsored by MotherDuck. The meeting will take place on August 15, 2024 (Thursday) in the SIFF Cinema Egyptian, located at 805 E Pine St, Seattle, WA, 98122.
As is traditional in DuckCons, we will start with a talk from DuckDB's creators Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt about the state of DuckDB. This will be followed by presentations by DuckDB users. In addition, we will have several lightning talks from the DuckDB community.
Timetable
| Time | Title | Presenter |
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| 1:30PM | First session | |
| 1:30PM | Introductions | Hannes Mühleisen (DuckDB Labs) |
| 1:40PM | Overview and latest developments | Hannes Mühleisen, Mark Raasveldt (DuckDB Labs) |
| 2:10PM | MotherDuck: Taking flight with interactive analytics | Frances Perry (MotherDuck) |
| 2:40PM | How DuckDB is changing the face of spatial analytics | Matt Forrest (CARTO) |
| 3:10PM | Break | |
| 3:30PM | Second session | |
| 3:30PM | A duck for your dashboard: Performant data apps in the browser with DuckDB | Robert Kosara (Observable) |
| 4:00PM | Lightning talks | |
| Delighting users with RESTful APIs and DuckDB | Miguel Filipe (Dune Analytics) |
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| Aerodynamic data models: Flying fast at scale with DuckDB | Benjamin Egelund-Müller (Rill Data) |
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| Scaling business intelligence in the built environment using analytics and AI to improve health | Jaan Lı (University of Tartu and One Fact Foundation) |
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| Double glazing: Two years of windowing improvements | Richard Wesley (DuckDB Labs) |
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| dbverse: composable database libraries for larger-than-memory scientific analytics | Edward Ruiz (Boston University) |
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| A quack at building scalable data pipelines with DuckDB | Junaid Rahim (Atlan) |
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| Quack attack: Bringing DuckDB to the dart side | Andy Prock (TigerEye) |
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| 5:00PM | Drinks and snacks | |
| 6:30PM | End of event |
Availability of Talks
The event will not be streamed online and there is no hybrid option for participation. However, the slides and recorded videos of the talks will be published a few weeks after the event, similarly to DuckCon #3 and DuckCon #4.
Registration Process
Attendance is free. While supplies last, you can still get a ticket on Eventbrite. You will need to show this ticket at the entrance to attend.
If you register before July 24, you will get a badge with your name at the registration desk.
Parking Information
- Parking garage is available across the street at 1609 Harvard Ave for $15/day.
- There is no cloakroom and there are no lockers available.
Inquiries
Please contact Kelly de Smit at [email protected] if you have any questions.