DuckCon #6 in Amsterdam
We are excited to hold DuckCon #6, DuckDB's next user group meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands at Pakhuis de Zwijger, located at Piet Heinkade 179. The event will take place on January 31, 2025 (Friday) and it will be streamed online on the DuckDB YouTube channel.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 14:30 | Venue opens | |
| 15:00 | First session | |
| 15:00 | Welcome and opening remarks | Hannes Mühleisen (DuckDB Labs) |
| 15:20 | Airport for DuckDB: Letting DuckDB take Apache Arrow Flights | Rusty Conover |
| 15:40 | Ibis, DuckDB, and GeoParquet: Making geospatial analytics fast, simple, and Pythonic | Naty Clementi |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:20 | Second session | |
| 16:20 | Introducing a SQL-based metrics layer powered by DuckDB | Mike Driscoll (Rill Data) |
| 16:40 | Stock data analysis with DuckDB | Ryan Hamilton (TimeStored) |
| 17:00 | Lightning talks | |
| zoekeend: A seach engine for information retrieval experiments based on DuckDB | Djoerd Hiemstra (Radboud University) |
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| Unlocking graph analytics in DuckDB with SQL/PGQ | Daniel ten Wolde (CWI) |
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| yato — orchestrate your queries with no pain | Christophe Blefari (nao) |
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| How NOT to use DuckDB: How we introduced a CVSS 9.9 vulnerability into Grafana | Sam Jewell (Grafana Labs) |
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| DuckDB powering real time finance data extraction | Adam Cooke (Cloudslurp) |
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| Dump the Ducktape: Unblocking data pipelines at scale in healthcare using DuckDB | Tony Zeljkovic (Curative) |
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| 17:30 | Borrel (drinks and snacks) | |
| 19:30 | End of event |
Streaming
The event will be streamed live online on DuckDB's YouTube channel.
Sponsors
We would like to thank DuckCon #6's sponsors for supporting this event.
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
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.
