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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T123000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T090000
DTSTAMP:20080305T164106
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/658
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-09:00--658
SUMMARY:MySQL Workbench. The Ultimate Guide to DBA Productivity: Writing
  Plugins and Scripts
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Vladimir Kolesnikov (Primebase Technologies). M
 ySQL Workbench is a highly customizable tool to help you make your every
 day job more efficient. This tutorial will show how to write configurabl
 e, flexible, cross-platform plugins (C++, Python, LUA).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T173000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T203400
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/128
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-14:00--128
SUMMARY:Writing MySQL UDFs
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Roland Bouman (XCDSQL Solutions / Strukton Rail
 ). During this tutorial, attendees will get a detailed introduction into
  the MySQL UDF interface and will learn to write and deploy their own UD
 Fs for both Windows and Linux platforms.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T105000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135030
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/165
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-10:50--165
SUMMARY:Testing PHP/MySQL Applications with PHPUnit/DbUnit
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sebastian Bergmann (thePHP.cc). PHP/MySQL appli
 cations are used more and more to perform enterprise-critical tasks. The
  audience will learn how to efficiently test PHP/MySQL applications with
  PHPUnit and its DbUnit extension.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T035058
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/842
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-11:55--842
SUMMARY:Advanced .NET and MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeffrey McManus (Approver.com). In this session
  we'll go beyond the basics to demonstrate the creation of data-driven a
 pplications using .NET and MySQL. We'll include discussion of ASP.NET Aj
 ax with MySQL and LINQ in .NET 3.x.
END:VEVENT
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DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T140000
DTSTAMP:20080414T171158
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/880
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-14:00--880
SUMMARY:Memcached and MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brian Aker (MySQL). Not heard of Memcached? Thi
 s means you haven't scaled your application yet, or that you are having 
 problems. Lets consider some solutions.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150500
DTSTAMP:20080212T203545
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/119
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-15:05--119
SUMMARY:Beyond SQL and ORM: Object-oriented MySQL Querying in PHP
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mike Ho (Quasidea Development). Beyond the basi
 cs of today's ORM-based approaches, this discusses object-oriented query
 ing in PHP, allowing developers to execute complex MySQL queries without
  needing to write a single line of SQL.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T162500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/529
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-16:25--529
SUMMARY:Talk = Ruby + MySql.new(bie): An Introduction to Using MySQL wit
 h Ruby
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeremy McAnally (Arcturo). This talk will cover
  the basics of using MySQL with Ruby, providing an overview of the three
  most popular and pragmatic options: the mysql gem, DBI/DataObjects, and
  ActiveRecord.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171500
DTSTAMP:20080414T170950
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/4321
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-17:15--4321
SUMMARY:MySQL Cluster and Java (and python, and ruby, and...)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Monty Taylor (HP). MySQL Cluster is a fault-tol
 erant, high performance, in memory clustered storage engine. Additionall
 y, it provides a direct API that works underneath the SQL layer that can
  be used for clients with truly high performance needs.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T032055
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/948
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-10:50--948
SUMMARY:Using MySQL's Spatial Extensions with Rails
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Seth Fitzsimmons (Yahoo! Inc.). MySQL's Spatial
  Extensions and Ruby on Rails are a powerful combination for quickly and
  simply creating powerful spatially enabled applications.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T201841
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/248
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-11:55--248
SUMMARY:Bending MySQL Connector/J to Your Liking
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mark Matthews (Oracle). Learn how to use Connec
 tor/J's extension points to solve interesting problems and add functiona
 lity without changing the core code of the driver.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T195750
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/345
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-14:00--345
SUMMARY:MySQL Workbench: Advanced Migration, Schema Maintenance, and Rep
 orting
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michael G. Zinner (Sun Microsystems). The power
  of MySQL Workbench will be shown by using it in several real world scen
 arios. These will cover migration, automation of schema transformation p
 rocesses, and schema reporting.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150500
DTSTAMP:20080212T162508
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/362
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-15:05--362
SUMMARY:An Introduction to BLOB Streaming for MySQL Project
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Paul McCullagh (PrimeBase Technologies GmbH). T
 his session explains how the BLOB Streaming engine solves the problems i
 nvolved in storing pictures, films, MP3 files, and other binary and text
  objects (BLOBs) in the database.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T162500
DTSTAMP:20080212T163112
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/352
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-16:25--352
SUMMARY:MySQL Hacks and Tricks to Make Phorum Fast
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brian Moon (dealnews.com). Phorum is the messag
 e board software used by MySQL. One reason they chose Phorum was because
  of its speed. We have to use some tricks and fancy SQL to make this hap
 pen. Learn  how.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171500
DTSTAMP:20080212T085354
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/531
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-17:15--531
SUMMARY:ActiveRecord Under the Microscope
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeremy McAnally (Arcturo). It's very important 
 to have a firm grasp of ActiveRecord if one plans on using it with Rails
  or Ruby; this talk will cover ActiveRecord from the top level abstracti
 ons to the nitty-gritty with SQL.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T105000
DTSTAMP:20080214T171226
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/617
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:50--617
SUMMARY:Optimizing MySQL and InnoDB on Solaris 10 for World's Largest Ph
 oto Blogging Community
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Frank Mashraqi (Opportunities). In this present
 ation learn how MySQL, InnoDB, and Solaris helped Fotolog gain the top p
 erformance it desired as the world's largest photo blogging community th
 rough tuning and schema optimizations.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T162200
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/379
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-11:55--379
SUMMARY:A Tour of External Language Stored Procedures for MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Antony Curtis (MySQL), Eric Herman (MySQL). A l
 ightning tour of the design, implementation, and use of MySQL External L
 anguage Stored Procedures framework, with examples using C, Java, XML-RP
 C, and more.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T140000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/902
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:00--902
SUMMARY:Scaling MySQL and Java in High Write Throughput Environments
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kevin Burton (Spinn3r), Jonathan Moore (Tailran
 k/spinn3r). Most existing work in scaling MySQL has focused on high read
  throughput environments similar to web applications. Burton and Moore w
 ill present the backend architecture behind Spinn3r—their scalable web c
 rawler.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T145000
DTSTAMP:20080212T162923
LOCATION:Ballroom A
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/355
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:50--355
SUMMARY:Deadly Sins Using MySQL and PHP
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Arjen Lentz (Open Query). A popular and lighthe
 arted session in quiz format. Fun and educational, a broad range of "wha
 t not to do" is explored, taking examples from the scary real world.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T123000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T090000
DTSTAMP:20080212T000250
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1611
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-09:00--1611
SUMMARY:Advanced Stored Procedures
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mariella Di Giacomo (The Hive). MySQL 5.0 and h
 igher versions support stored routines that are based on the SQL:2003 st
 andard. The introduction of stored programs in MySLQ 5 has been a signif
 icant milestone of the MySQL language. This tutorial will offer a brief 
 overview of the stored program language and focus on how to improve and 
 tune stored programs.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T105000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135033
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/344
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-10:50--344
SUMMARY:MySQL Workbench: The Ultimate Database Design Tool for Developer
 s
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michael G. Zinner (Sun Microsystems). A hands-o
 n discussion of the MySQL Workbench tool showing the benefits for Ruby/P
 ython/PHP, as well as .NET/Java developers. Efficient database schema de
 sign and maintenance has never been so easy.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3189
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-11:55--3189
SUMMARY:The Future of MySQL: What You Need to Know About What's Coming
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Robin Schumacher (Sun/MySQL), Rob Young (Oracle
 /MySQL ). What enhancements can you expect in the MySQL Server in the ne
 xt few years? What new tools, services, and software is MySQL going to d
 eliver this year and next to help you deploy and maintain MySQL applicat
 ions? This session will let you in on all the plans MySQL has for the se
 rver, the Enterprise Monitor, the upcoming Load Balancer and Query Analy
 zer, management tools, and more.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T140000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/473
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-14:00--473
SUMMARY:Best Practices for Database Administrators
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sheeri K. Cabral (Mozilla Foundation). Novice a
 nd experienced DBAs alike will learn, share, and discuss best practices 
 that will help them be successful.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T162500
DTSTAMP:20080212T082833
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/612
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-16:25--612
SUMMARY:Disaster is Inevitable—Are You Prepared?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Frank Mashraqi (Opportunities). What’s the wors
 t disaster you expect to happen? What can you do to better prepare for t
 he disaster? Join us in this heart-racing, real-life inspired presentati
 on for answers to these questions and more.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/438
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-17:15--438
SUMMARY:Backup and Recovery Basics
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kai Voigt (Sun Microsystems). Do you backup you
 r data periodically? If not, this is your session. Learn about the possi
 ble options for backing up your data and how to get it back if you've lo
 st something.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T173000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T140000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1627
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-14:00--1627
SUMMARY:Memcached and MySQL: Everything You Need To Know
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brian Aker (MySQL), Alan Kasindorf (Six Apart).
  Large MySQL deployments and Memcached go hand and hand. This tutorial d
 etails how to get started, the ins and outs of deploying Memcached as a 
 key caching layer in your applications, and how to keep scaling.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T204231
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/98
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-10:50--98
SUMMARY:Embedded MySQL Applications
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chuck Bell (Oracle). In this session you will l
 earn how to create embedded MySQL applications through a tour of the MyS
 QL embedded library C API.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T000820
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1240
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-11:55--1240
SUMMARY:MySQL in eBay’s Personalization Platform
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chris Kasten (eBay). This presentation discusse
 s how MySQL was leveraged to provide a large scale personalization techn
 ology platform solution for a site like ebay.com, which processes over 2
  billion URL requests per day.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T204458
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/68
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-14:00--68
SUMMARY:How to be Normal, a Guide for Developers
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mike  Hillyer (Message Systems). At some point 
 in every software project involving a database it becomes necessary for 
 the developers who created (or inherited) the project to step back and t
 ake a look at their database. Mike Hillyer will guide the audience throu
 gh the principles of database normalization and review some common norma
 lization scenarios encountered by many application developers.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150500
DTSTAMP:20080212T034846
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/849
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-15:05--849
SUMMARY:Astronomy, Petabytes, and MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kian-Tat Lim (Stanford Linear Accelerator Cente
 r). The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will produce a 20 petabyte datab
 ase. To support this huge database, we are investigating a new generic s
 calable architecture with MySQL as a core component. Learn how it can be
  used by others to manage extremely large databases.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T162500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/272
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-16:25--272
SUMMARY:Help, My Website has been Hacked!  Now What?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eli White (Zend Technologies). A crash course o
 n what to do AFTER your web site has been hacked via SQL injection, XSS,
  CSRF, etc. How to track down the problem and fix it. Talk will focus on
  PHP/MySQL.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/252
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-17:15--252
SUMMARY:Performing MySQL Backups Using LVM Snapshots
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lenz Grimmer (Sun Microsystems). This session o
 ffers an introduction to the concept of utilizing LVM filesystem snapsho
 ts to perform consistent backups of MySQL databases without having to in
 terrupt the normal server operations. While this technique isn't a "real
 " hot backup, it still provides a viable and free alternative to other b
 ackup methods like SQL dumps.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T105000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/918
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:50--918
SUMMARY:Stored Routines: Tips, Tricks, and Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alexander Nozdrin (Oracle (MySQL division)), Ge
 orge Trujillo (MySQL ). This presentation will consist of two major bloc
 ks: explaining tricky features of stored routine behavior and providing 
 examples of advanced use, such as using dynamic SQL in stored routines.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135033
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/981
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-11:55--981
SUMMARY:Database Security Using White-Hat Google Hacking
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sheeri K. Cabral (Mozilla Foundation). For many
  companies, getting hacked is a matter of when, not if. This session sho
 ws how to find database vulnerabilities by Google hacking, providing met
 hods minimizing the impact of being hacked.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T201337
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/283
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:00--283
SUMMARY:Top 20 DB Design Tips Every Architect Needs to Know
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ronald  Bradford (EffectiveMySQL). Each databas
 e product has strengths and weaknesses. Having chosen MySQL as your data
 base product, leverage the strengths of the product to maximize design a
 nd performance. Learn the things to avoid.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T145000
DTSTAMP:20080324T143208
LOCATION:Ballroom B
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3434
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:50--3434
SUMMARY:OSS Impact on the SaaS Industry
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Gregg Kitaeff (LogicWorks), John Rowell (OpSour
 ce, Inc.), Bruce T. Guptill (Saugatuck Technology), Uday Shanmugam (Rela
 tionals). This panel will discuss the impact of Open Source Software on 
 Software as a Service  (SaaS)companies and their ability to effectively 
 deliver on Service Level Agreements to their clients.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T173000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T090000
DTSTAMP:20080212T160811
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/425
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-09:00--425
SUMMARY:MySQL Cluster Tutorial (full day)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Stewart Smith (Percona). A hands-on MySQL Clust
 er 5.1 tutorial where you'll install and setup MySQL Cluster (on your la
 ptop) and learn about what it is, what it can do, and basic administrati
 on skills.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T204115
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/99
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-10:50--99
SUMMARY:MySQL Online Backup: An In-depth Introduction
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chuck Bell (Oracle). This session presents the 
 new Online Backup capability. Existing backup options and details of how
  they compare with the new features will be presented.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/794
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-11:55--794
SUMMARY:The Lost Art of the Self Join
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Beat Vontobel (MeteoNews AG). Why would you joi
 n a table to itself? It's an elegant solution to many problems beyond th
 e text book example of an employee's table! And if you're brave, you mig
 ht even solve a Sudoku with one SELECT.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T160626
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/426
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-14:00--426
SUMMARY:From SQL to NDB API and the MySQL Cluster Data Nodes and Back Ag
 ain
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Stewart Smith (Percona), Monty Taylor (HP). A d
 iscussion of the use of and internals of the NDB API (through C++ and Ja
 va) and execution in MySQL Cluster.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/493
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-15:05--493
SUMMARY:High Availability Landscape of MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Monty Taylor (HP). MySQL can be made Highly Ava
 ilable in countless ways, which can make picking the right one tough. We
 'll compare and contrast many of the popular tools, including Replicatio
 n, DRBD, Cluster, and more.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T162500
DTSTAMP:20080212T162342
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/367
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-16:25--367
SUMMARY:Past, Present, and Future of the MySQL Plugin API
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sergei Golubchik (MariaDB). This talk will desc
 ribe the MySQL Plugin API, its design principles, how it is used, and wh
 at plugin types are supported. It will cover both old and very new featu
 res, and discuss the future of the API.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T200504
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/289
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-10:50--289
SUMMARY:MySQL Cluster with Replication for Financial Transactions
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Cicero Torteli (Paggo), Mauricio Hermogenes (Pa
 ggo), Emerson Suzuki (Paggo). Learn how Paggo utilized a Replicated Clus
 ter to guarantee the necessary High Availability and contingency for fin
 ancial transactions.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115500
DTSTAMP:20080407T164410
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2590
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-11:55--2590
SUMMARY:Web Workloads for Comparing, Testing & Tuning MySQL Performance 
 , SPECjAppServer2004, EAStress & Faban
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tom Daly (Sun Microsystems, Inc.). This technic
 al session highlights three benchmark tools that MySQL users and web dev
 elopers can use to compare, test, and tune MySQL performance: SPECjAppSe
 rver2004, EAStress, and FABAN.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T084545
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/582
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-14:00--582
SUMMARY:Batched Key Access: a Significant Speed-up for Join Queries
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Igor Babaev (MySQL). Batched Key Access is an a
 dvanced technique that is able to speed up the execution of queries with
  multitable joins to the factor of 5 and more.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150500
DTSTAMP:20080212T161202
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/385
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-15:05--385
SUMMARY:Using User-defined Functions and Aggregates to Speed Up Your Dat
 a Warehouse Processing
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brian Miezejewski (MySQL), Mark Atwood (HP Clou
 d Services). One of the most powerful, yet underutilized MySQL features 
 are User Defined Functions and Aggregates. Learn how to use them to dram
 atically improve the speed of your data warehouse processing.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T162500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/802
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-16:25--802
SUMMARY:Using MySQL Cluster in a High Volume Email Environment
DESCRIPTION:Presented by James Blair (UC Berkeley), Paul Fisher (UC Berk
 eley). UC Berkeley's email system serves 70,000 users. Based on free sof
 tware, a 22 node MySQL cluster ties the components together. See integra
 tion examples with Exim and the SQLAlchemy ORM for Python.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171500
DTSTAMP:20080212T205212
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/49
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-17:15--49
SUMMARY:From One Server to a Cluster
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brian Moon (dealnews.com). The more popular a w
 eb site gets, the more power it takes to run it. Brian Moon will share t
 he journey of their web site from one server, to the cluster they run to
 day, including how they have used MySQL.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T105000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/520
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:50--520
SUMMARY:Future Design Hurdles to Tackle in the MySQL Server
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michael Widenius (Monty Program Ab), Jay Pipes 
 (Rackspace Cloud). MySQL Fellow, Monty Widenius, will talk about the arc
 hitectural and design challenges currently facing the MySQL server devel
 opers, including a bit of history behind why the architecture of MySQL l
 ooks the way it does.  He will then talk about the future architecture o
 f the MySQL server and the plans he and others have to solve the design 
 issues of the present day.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T091015
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/511
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-11:55--511
SUMMARY:Sphinx: High Performance Full Text Search for MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Andrew Aksyonoff (Sphinx Technologies), Peter Z
 aitsev (Percona Inc). Sphinx is an open source full-text search engine d
 esigned for indexing databases and integrated especially well with MySQL
 . We'll talk about its features, capabilities, and real-world applicatio
 ns.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T140000
DTSTAMP:20080414T172545
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2153
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:00--2153
SUMMARY:System Techniques to Remove I/O Bottlenecks in Large Query Inten
 sive Applications
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Joseph Chamdani (Kickfire). Traditionally runni
 ng complex queries on large database workloads requires expensive high-p
 erformance hardware. In this talk, Chamdani will present the key system 
 techniques that remove the I/O bottlenecks to deliver order of magnitude
 (s) performance improvements on large query intensive applications.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T145000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom C
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3287
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:50--3287
SUMMARY:High Availability MySQL with DRBD and Heartbeat: MTV Japan Mobil
 e Services
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Patrick Bolduan (MTV Networks Japan KK), Yoshin
 ori Matsunobu (DeNA). This session will cover issues including High Avai
 lability database architecture using MySQL/DRDB/Heartbeat, modular appli
 cation design, scale planning, and day-to-day operations of an HA MySQL 
 implementation.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T173000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T090000
DTSTAMP:20080212T155149
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/478
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-09:00--478
SUMMARY:MySQL Proxy: The Complete Tutorial (full day)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Giuseppe Maxia (Continuent), Jan Kneschke (MySQ
 L). MySQL Proxy is a tool that can enhance existing MySQL server feature
 s and create new ones. This tutorial explains how to create new syntax, 
 filter queries, and how to deal with multiple servers.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T035503
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/828
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-10:50--828
SUMMARY:Performance Guide for MySQL Cluster
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mikael Ronstrom (MySQL). Learn about all the tr
 icks required to make MySQL Cluster high performance. This includes usin
 g real-time scheduling, batching in all its form, cluster interconnects,
  and locking threads to CPUs.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T002402
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1099
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-11:55--1099
SUMMARY:Replication for Dummies
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Patrick Galbraith (Blue Gecko). Replication is 
 one of the most important features in MySQL. Having the ability to repli
 cate data across data centers is invaluable. Learn how to set up replica
 tion, monitoring, and problem-solving.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T140000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/300
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-14:00--300
SUMMARY:EXPLAIN Demystified
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Baron Schwartz (VividCortex Inc). EXPLAIN is on
 e of MySQL's most-used and least-understood features, and it's not docum
 ented fully. This session helps EXPLAIN make sense by showing how it rea
 lly maps to a query execution plan.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150500
DTSTAMP:20080212T034021
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/898
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-15:05--898
SUMMARY:Upgrading to Elegant and Versatile Database Architecture Using P
 HP5 Data Objects
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sigurd Magnusson (SilverStripe). Preserving bac
 kward compatibility often prevents projects from benefitting from new My
 SQL features. Learn how to write elegant PHP code and SQL protected agai
 nst the future as well as the past.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T162500
DTSTAMP:20080415T192140
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1764
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-16:25--1764
SUMMARY:Migrating from PostgreSQL to MySQL at Cocolog, Japan's Largest B
 log Community
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Naoto Yokoyama (NIFTY Corporation), Kenji Hiroh
 ama (Sumisho Computer Systems Corp.), Lisa Phillips (Six Apart), Garth W
 ebb (Six Apart). NIFTY Corporation will discuss their experiences with M
 ySQL and how they changed the configuration in TypePad to meet the Japan
 ese market's requirement, such as more availability, more cell phone sup
 port, and so on.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/452
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-17:15--452
SUMMARY:0 to 60 in 3.1
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tyler Carlton (LimeWire), Cory Sessions (Nexati
 on, Inc.). We did it! Hear how we went from a third party database syste
 m to a 60G MySQL Cluster hosting large external web services and intensi
 ve internal data applications flawlessly, in three months.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T083248
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/599
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-10:50--599
SUMMARY:Portable Scale-out Benchmarks for MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Robert Hodges (Continuent.com). This talk prese
 nts new open source tools that allow users to set up and run database sc
 ale-out benchmarks easily.  Hodges illustrates with benchmark results fr
 om your favorite MySQL configurations.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/133
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-11:55--133
SUMMARY:Applied Partitioning and Scaling Your Database System
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Phil Hildebrand (thePlatform). Take advantage o
 f MySQL partitioning to allow your database applications to scale in bot
 h size and performance. A practical look at applying partitioning to OLT
 P database systems.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T161400
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/384
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-14:00--384
SUMMARY:Financial Informatics: Startup Low-cost Dataload Challenges and 
 Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sean Kelly (Stumbleupon.com). In this discussio
 n we'll focus on the architecture, approaches, and challenges of cheaply
  loading the daily and historical stock market data into MySQL necessary
  for financial data applications.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150500
DTSTAMP:20080401T171912
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/586
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-15:05--586
SUMMARY:Integration of Frameworks for Rapid Web Development
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Markus Popp (MySQL), Duleepa Wijayawardhana (My
 SQL). How to extend your LAMP stack for rapid web application developmen
 t by using an integrated environment of various frameworks (Zend for PHP
 , YUI for Ajax), Smarty for templating, and other libraries.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T162500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/132
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-16:25--132
SUMMARY:Benchmarking and Monitoring: Tools of the Trade (Part I)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tom Hanlon (Cloudera). Benchmarking and Profili
 ng are extrememly important and a large array of tools exist for the job
 . Join Tom Hanlon for a tour of the current landscape. Demos of each too
 l wil be shown.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171500
DTSTAMP:20080209T233420
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2613
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-17:15--2613
SUMMARY:Benchmarking and Monitoring: Tools of the Trade (Part II)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tom Hanlon (Cloudera). Join us for a presentati
 on of the wonderful world of benchmarks and monitoring tools. Here you w
 ill learn what is available, how each tool works, and a demonstration us
 ing each tool against a running database from a veteran MySQL expert.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T074040
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/728
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:50--728
SUMMARY:Horizontal Scaling with HiveDB
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Britt Crawford (Cafepress.com), Justin McCarthy
  (CafePress.com). Some data, such as user-created content, grows so larg
 e so fast it simply can't be stored in one database. This session will p
 resent HiveDB, an open source system for horizontally partitioning MySQL
 .
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T204624
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/66
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-11:55--66
SUMMARY:Helping InnoDB Scale on Servers with Many CPU Cores and Disks
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mark Callaghan (Facebook). Mike Callaghan will 
 describe enhancements to InnoDB that improve its scalability on servers 
 with many disks and many CPU cores, results from benchmarks, and results
  from production systems.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T140000
DTSTAMP:20080407T165128
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/592
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:00--592
SUMMARY:10,000 Tables Can’t Be Wrong: Designing a Highly Scalable MySQL 
 Architecture for Write-intensive Applications
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Richard Chart (ScienceLogic, LLC). Harnessing t
 he performance of MyISAM to simply scale-out highly write-intensive appl
 ications.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T145000
DTSTAMP:20080304T071350
LOCATION:Ballroom D
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/874
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:50--874
SUMMARY:Optimizing MySQL for High Volume Data Logging Applications
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Charles Lee (Hyperic, Inc.). This talk will foc
 us on the significant changes Hyperic’s developers made to Hyperic HQ's 
 underlying database code in order to add support for a MySQL backend, an
 d provide tips for other developers.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T123000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T090000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/679
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-09:00--679
SUMMARY:All Bases Covered: A Hands-on Introduction to High-availability 
 MySQL and DRBD
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Florian Haas (LINBIT Information Technologies G
 mbH), Philipp Reisner (LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH). Is high av
 ailability on your agenda? Then this tutorial is a must. It's high-avail
 ability clustering on Linux with MySQL and DRBD in a nutshell.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T090500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T083000
DTSTAMP:20080212T164957
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1756
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-08:30--1756
SUMMARY:State of MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mårten Mickos (MySQL), Rich Green (Sun Microsys
 tems, Inc). In his annual State of MySQL keynote, Marten discusses the c
 urrent and future role of MySQL in the modern online world. The presenta
 tion also covers the acquisition by Sun of MySQL, the role open source i
 s playing for users and customers all over the planet, and what the visi
 ons for the future are.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T094000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T090500
DTSTAMP:20080210T005533
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2551
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-09:05--2551
SUMMARY:Open Source: The Heart of the Network Economy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jonathan Schwartz (Sun Microsystems). Free soft
 ware and open communities are the lifeblood of network innovation. Sun M
 icrosystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz will highlight the rising open source 
 tide and how Sun's recently announced acquisition of MySQL furthers free
  software as a platform for the web economy.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T102000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T094000
DTSTAMP:20080325T085611
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2552
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-09:40--2552
SUMMARY:A Head in the Cloud - The Power of Infrastructure as a Service
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Werner Vogels (Amazon.com). There are many chal
 lenges when building a reliable, flexible architecture that can manage u
 npredictable behaviors of today's internet business. This presentation w
 ill review some of the lessons learned from building one of the world's 
 largest distributed systems; Amazon.com.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T083502
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/595
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-10:50--595
SUMMARY:New Subquery Optimizations in MySQL 6.0
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sergey Petrunia (MySQL). This talk describes ne
 w subquery optimizations in MySQL 6.0: what they are, how they are refle
 cted in EXPLAIN output, and how they give orders-of-magnitude speedups f
 or real-world queries.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T204855
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/63
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-11:55--63
SUMMARY:Full Text Search with MySQL 5.1: New Features & How To
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alexander Rubin (MySQL). This presentation cove
 rs new Full Text Search features in MySQL 5.1. We also show some common 
 tasks and solutions with Full Text Search in MySQL as well as benchmark 
 results.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T162024
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/381
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-14:00--381
SUMMARY:Securing MySQL for a Security Audit
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brian Miezejewski (MySQL). Learn the places in 
 MySQL that need to be secured and how to secure them for most commercial
  security audits.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150500
DTSTAMP:20080320T010822
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/930
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-15:05--930
SUMMARY:Dramatically Improving MySQL Database Performance in Data Wareho
 use Applications
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Martin Farach-Colton (Tokutek). Data-driven bus
 inesses that use data analysis to direct their decisions, are collecting
  data at ever-increasing rates. At the heart of these businesses is the 
 database used to store and analyze that data. Tokutek's storage engine s
 ignificantly accelerates both insertions and range queries. Our storage 
 engine achieves high performance through the use of cache-oblivious algo
 rithmics.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T162500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2146
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-16:25--2146
SUMMARY:Replication Tricks and Tips
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lars Thalmann (Oracle), Mats Kindahl (MySQL). T
 ips and tricks to speed up deployment of your replicated database server
  environment.  Come learn all the goodies from the creators of the MySQL
  replication system!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1762
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-17:15--1762
SUMMARY:Mitigating Replication Latency in a Distributed Application Envi
 ronment
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeff Freund (Clickability). Master-Master repli
 cation provides high availability and serviceability for the application
 s.  Publishing web sites is a read-intensive operation, and the combinat
 ion of Master-Slave replication with an application layer that intellige
 ntly splits database read and write operations allows for rapid scale ou
 t. Hear how Clickability solves issues for both environments.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T173000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T140000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135030
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1639
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-14:00--1639
SUMMARY:SQL Antipatterns
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bill Karwin (Karwin Software Solutions). Bill K
 arwin has answered questions from SQL users for over ten years. Some tec
 hniques have emerged as widely used, but flawed, making them brittle, bu
 ggy solutions and create security or scalability risks in your projects.
  In this tutorial, Karwin describes SQL techniques that should be called
  antipatterns, illustrates their weaknesses, and offers better solutions
 .
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T091500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T083000
DTSTAMP:20080210T172719
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2180
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-08:30--2180
SUMMARY:Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Rick Falkvinge (Swedish Pirate Party). Rick Fal
 kvinge, founder of the Swedish Pirate Party, talks about the rise and su
 ccess of pirates and why pirates are necessary in today's politics. He'l
 l also outline the next steps in the pirates' strategy to change global 
 copyright laws.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T100000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T091500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3960
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-09:15--3960
SUMMARY:Scaling MySQL - Up or Out?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kaj Arnö (SkySQL Ab), John Allspaw (Etsy.com), 
 Jeff Rothschild (Facebook.com), Monty Taylor (HP), Domas Mituzas (Facebo
 ok), Paul Tuckfield (YouTube), Frank Mashraqi (Opportunities). This live
 ly panel discussion keynote will address the challenges large, modern we
 b properties face in scaling MySQL.  Panelists from Facebook, YouTube, a
 nd Flickr pair up with MySQL engineers in discussing the current and fut
 ure problem domain and possible solutions.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T102000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T100000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3286
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-10:00--3286
SUMMARY:Faster, Greener, Cheaper: Why Every MySQL Database Server Will O
 ne Day Have a SQL Chip
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Raj Cherabuddi (Kickfire). The history of compu
 ting is full of algorithms such as graphics processing that are fine-tun
 ed in general purpose CPUs over decades. Only when they are finally port
 ed to dedicated hardware are tremendous improvements in speed, cost, and
  power realized. Raj Cherabuddi explains how a new SQL chip will revolut
 ionize today’s database query processing.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T105000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/129
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-10:50--129
SUMMARY:Grand Tour of the Information Schema and its Applications
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Roland Bouman (XCDSQL Solutions / Strukton Rail
 ). The information schema is an underestimated feature: it has many appl
 ications but many people are unaware of them. This talk will introduce i
 ts components and demonstrate its applications.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T204737
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/65
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-11:55--65
SUMMARY:Developing INFORMATION_SCHEMA Plugins
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mark  Leith (MySQL). MySQL 5.1 includes new fun
 ctionality that allows you to create your own INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables 
 with the new plugin interface. Learn how to implement these along with s
 ome real-world examples.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T145308
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/521
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-14:00--521
SUMMARY:Architecture of Maria: A New Storage Engine with a Transactional
  Design
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michael Widenius (Monty Program Ab). A deep tou
 r into the design of Maria, a new MVCC storage engine for MySQL from the
  original authors of MySQL that is designed to support transactions and 
 automatic recovery.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150500
DTSTAMP:20080210T180205
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1806
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-15:05--1806
SUMMARY:dbBlender: Integrating MySQL in Blender
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Nathan Letwory (Blender Foundation). MySQL can 
 bring a production environment the basis needed to create the tools for 
 managing large datasets. Searches can be implemented in an efficient man
 or and the database lends itself for collaboration between multisites. d
 bBlender is a project to integrate MySQL in Blender to solve many of the
  problems with large datasets and multisite projects.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T162500
DTSTAMP:20080304T065501
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3285
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-16:25--3285
SUMMARY:Falcon for InnoDB Users
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kevin Lewis (Sun Microsystems), Ann Harrison (M
 ySQL). Falcon is MySQL’s new transactional storage engine, currently in 
 beta. Falcon, however, is not InnoDB and was not designed as a drop in r
 eplacement. The talk will discuss the architectural and philosophical di
 fferences between Falcon and InnoDB, and the problems that may be encoun
 tered when switching between InnoDB and Falcon.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171500
DTSTAMP:20080212T084256
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/584
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-17:15--584
SUMMARY:Monitoring Scale-out with the MySQL Enterprise Monitor
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Andy Bang (MySQL). Automatically detect your re
 plication environments and display their configurations. Monitor the hea
 lth and performance of those systems.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T091500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T083000
DTSTAMP:20080210T010732
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2460
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-08:30--2460
SUMMARY:Who is the Dick on My Site?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dick Hardt (Sxip Identity Corporation). Much of
  the data in a database is about people. Identity 2.0 technologies will 
 lower the friction for people to provide and easily move data about them
 selves online. This fast paced keynote will offer a background on Identi
 ty 2.0, discuss current roadblocks and future opportunities, and explore
  the potential impacts these will have on databases.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T100000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T091500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3645
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-09:15--3645
SUMMARY:A Match Made in Heaven? The Social Graph and the Database
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeff Rothschild (Facebook.com). Social applicat
 ions integrate information about many different facets of people’s lives
 . Join us as Jeff Rothschild from Facebook looks at the power of the soc
 ial graph, how it can increase the utility and adoption of applications,
  and its implications on storage architectures.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T102000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T100000
DTSTAMP:20080308T205530
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3364
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:00--3364
SUMMARY:Radically Simple Backup & Recovery for Live MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Chander Kant (Zmanda). Protecting corporate dat
 a through effective backup and recovery is the most critical task for a 
 database administrator. As MySQL moves into mission-critical transaction
  environments, the ability to perform online backups without causing any
  application downtime is a must. Similarly, the ability for MySQL DBAs t
 o go back in time and restore data just before an error is equally impor
 tant.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T105000
DTSTAMP:20090729T165711
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2155
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:50--2155
SUMMARY:Just-In-Time Scalability: Agile Methods to Support Massive Growt
 h
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Eric  Ries (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), 
 Chris Hondl (IMVU). In the course of six months IMVU’s user base quadrup
 led in size. This session will focus on the techniques used to increment
 ally add scalability without making large changes to the application lay
 er or disrupt ongoing feature development by the rest of the team.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T001215
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1227
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-11:55--1227
SUMMARY:What MySQL Can Learn from PostgreSQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Joshua Drake (Command Prompt, Inc.). Designed t
 o deliver pointed information on the flaws in the MySQL and PostgreSQL c
 ommunities, what they can learn from each other and how they both can im
 prove the open source database landscape.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T140000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/588
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:00--588
SUMMARY:Scaling Heavy Concurrent Writes In Real Time
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dathan Pattishall (Rockyou). Flickr implemented
  a real-time collection of referrers to Photos, streams, sets and collec
 tions. MySQL myISAM/INNODB, curl, Java are the only component used in th
 e setup and it scales linearly. This talk is about building a model for 
 capacity planning, scaling for triple the request rate, and scaling line
 arly for an intensive application.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T145000
DTSTAMP:20080319T233957
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3288
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:50--3288
SUMMARY:Addressing Challenges of Data Warehousing - a Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Robin Schumacher (Sun/MySQL), Brian Miezejewski
  (MySQL), Charles Hooper (Pro Relational Systems), Paul Whittington (Nit
 roSecurity, Inc.), Raj Cherabuddi (Kickfire), Victoria Eastwood (InfoBri
 ght Inc. ). A panel discussion hosted by Robin Schumacher that presents 
 topics to a variety of data warehousing experts about issues concerning 
 their industry.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T163500
DTSTAMP:20080304T072924
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3341
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-16:35--3341
SUMMARY:Farewell Closing Reception
DESCRIPTION:Take the opportunity to network one last time at this closin
 g event. Say thank you and exchange contact information until next year.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T163500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T155000
DTSTAMP:20080210T175458
LOCATION:Ballroom E
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1865
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-15:50--1865
SUMMARY:The Science and Fiction of Petascale Analytics
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jacek Becla (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
 ). Scientists are trying to understand dark matter, discover distant gal
 axies, hunt for the Higgs boson, detect asteroids, and take movies of mo
 lecules. Their science is fascinating but their analysis requirements ma
 y seem like science fiction. Few have experienced the reality of petasca
 le analytics so far, but everybody, including you, will face it tomorrow
 . Are we ready?
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T123000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T090000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135030
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1613
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-09:00--1613
SUMMARY:Building Scalable & High Performance Datamarts with MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tangirala Sarma (DW/BI Architect). Data Warehou
 sing and Business Intelligence is gaining mission critical status in man
 aging today's enterprise. It is critical that these datamarts are built 
 on good foundation. This tutorial focuses on design principles and techn
 iques to build a solid foundation for datamarts using MySQL.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T105000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135030
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/625
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-10:50--625
SUMMARY:Lessons Learned in Building a Highly Scalable MySQL Database
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mariella Di Giacomo (The Hive), Daniel  Chote (
 The Hive), Geoff Harrison (The Hive). Learn about a horizontal scalable 
 architecture for accessing exponentially growing datasets, and performan
 ce results obtained on several filesystems, MySQL storage engines, and p
 artitioning.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T200130
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/334
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-11:55--334
SUMMARY:Practical MySQL for Web Applications
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Domas Mituzas (Facebook). A walk through modern
  web application database development tips and tricks: MySQL-specific fe
 atures, web-oriented schemas and queries, and storage engine behavior.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T033249
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/923
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-14:00--923
SUMMARY:InnoDB: Status, Architecture, and New Features
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Heikki Tuuri (Innobase / Oracle Corp.), Ken Jac
 obs (Oracle / Innobase). Ken Jacobs and Heikki Tuuri will describe the I
 nnoDB architecture in depth, and discuss the new powerful performance-en
 hancing capabilities in InnoDB.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/150
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-15:05--150
SUMMARY:Investigating Innodb Scalability Limits
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Peter Zaitsev (Percona Inc), Vadim Tkachenko (M
 ySQLPerformanceBlog.com). You may have heard Innodb has limited scalabil
 ity with multiple CPUs and some of these were fixed in recent MySQL 5.0 
 versions. In this presentations we will look into which problems are fix
 ed.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T162500
DTSTAMP:20080212T085056
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/532
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-16:25--532
SUMMARY:Exploring Amazon EC2 for Scale-out Applications
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Morgan Tocker (Percona, Inc.), Carl Mercier (De
 fensio). This talk tests Amazon EC2's (Elastic Compute Cloud) suitabilit
 y for MySQL scale-out applications, including benchmarks and war-stories
  from active deployments.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171500
DTSTAMP:20080212T155800
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/468
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-17:15--468
SUMMARY:Services Oriented Architecture with PHP and MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Joe Stump (SimpleGeo). Services Oriented Archit
 ecture offers a number of benefits over the standard paradigm including 
 parallel asynchronous request, decoupling your code from your data, and 
 abstracting scalability.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T105000
DTSTAMP:20080304T061902
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/311
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-10:50--311
SUMMARY:MySQL Sandbox: Easily Using Multiple Database Servers in Isolati
 on
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Giuseppe Maxia (Continuent). MySQL Sandbox is a
  tool to install a side server or a replication system in "seconds," in 
 complete isolation, without need to remember complex sequence of command
 s.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115500
DTSTAMP:20080304T062411
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3284
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-11:55--3284
SUMMARY:Falcon from the Beginning
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jim Starkey (MySQL), Ann Harrison (MySQL). This
  talk is intended for users contemplating using Falcon for new applicati
 ons. Starkey and Harrison will discuss the differences between Falcon an
 d other storage engines, the types of applications for which Falcon is a
  good fit, and ways to exploit Falcon's strengths at the design stage.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T140000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/477
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-14:00--477
SUMMARY:MySQL Performance Under a Microscope: The Tobias and Jay Show
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tobias Asplund (Marin Software), Jay Pipes (Rac
 kspace Cloud). In this session we'll put features that do the same thing
  up against each other and see which performs better. We find the optima
 l way to do smaller things. Everything is backed up by benchmarks and di
 scussion.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1763
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-15:05--1763
SUMMARY:The MySQL Query Cache
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Baron Schwartz (VividCortex Inc). Understanding
  and tuning the query cache can be daunting. It's not really complicated
 ; it only seems that way. Baron will explain it in ways you'll understan
 d and remember.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T162500
DTSTAMP:20080212T034540
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/872
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-16:25--872
SUMMARY:Grazr: Lessons Learned Building a Web 2.0 Application Using MySQ
 L
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Patrick Galbraith (Blue Gecko), Michael Kowalch
 ik (Grazr Corporation). Grazr is a new platform for aggregating, consoli
 dating, and sharing information. We would like to share lessons we've le
 arned with others considering using MySQL as the foundation for their pr
 oduct.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171500
DTSTAMP:20080212T034215
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/877
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-17:15--877
SUMMARY:Extending MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Brian Aker (MySQL). MySQL has a wealth of exten
 sion points. Through plugins and UDFs you can extend the server to creat
 e custom environments.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T154434
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/495
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:50--495
SUMMARY:MySQL Proxy, the Friendly Man in the Middle
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jan Kneschke (MySQL), Jimmy Guerrero (Oracle-My
 SQL). MySQL Proxy is a tool to route, rewrite, handle, and block queries
  on the MySQL Protocol level. Load Balancing, Query Replay, Online Query
  Rewrites, and more with a grain of scripting.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T001950
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1193
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-11:55--1193
SUMMARY:DTrace and MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ben Rockwood (Joyent Inc). Noted Solaris and DT
 race expert Ben Rockwood will show how to evaluate and introspect MySQL'
 s behavior, and gain information that isn't normally attainable by devel
 opers and system administrators.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T140000
DTSTAMP:20080324T151100
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3200
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:00--3200
SUMMARY:Scaling with MySQL using Materialized Views and a Shared Everyth
 ing architecture
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Moshe Shadmon (ScaleDB). ScaleDB is a transacti
 onal storage engine for MySQL. It is based on innovative indexing techno
 logy that provides high performance for large, disk based data sets. It 
 provides for MySQL the functionality of Materialized Views and as it ope
 rates over the source data, it obviates the need to maintain a replica a
 nd synchronize between the source data and the replica.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T145000
DTSTAMP:20080304T072656
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/689
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:50--689
SUMMARY:The Ticket Department
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Marc Taillieu (Roadtrips). TheTicketDepartment.
 com is an Online Ticket Brokerage that ties into approximately 800 broke
 rs. Learn how they have tied MySQL 5.1 DB into a MySQL 3.23 DB App using
  replication and triggers.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T203000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T190000
DTSTAMP:20080318T164622
LOCATION:Ballroom F
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3336
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-19:00--3336
SUMMARY:MySQL Quiz Show
DESCRIPTION:The MySQL Conference Quiz Show pits teams of contestants aga
 inst each other in a battle of geek wit, ingenuity, MySQL knowledge, and
  speed.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T100000
DTSTAMP:20080319T174504
LOCATION:Ballroom Foyer
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3342
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:00--3342
SUMMARY:MySQL Career Fair
DESCRIPTION:New addition to the MySQL Conference & Expo for 2008, the My
 SQL open source career fair offers sponsors the opportunity to promote j
 ob openings to the hundreds of MySQL developer DBAs and system administr
 ators attending the conference. The one-day fair will take place on the 
 last day of the conference, Thursday, April 17, from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T223000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T193000
DTSTAMP:20080414T180235
LOCATION:Ballroom Foyer
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/4323
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-19:30--4323
SUMMARY:Tuesday Birds of a Feather Sessions (BoFs)
DESCRIPTION:Following the planned sessions during the day, it's time for
  MySQL participants to take the floor. BoFs are informal conversations t
 hat you and other participants plan. Check the BoF board in the Grand Ba
 llroom Foyer for schedule information.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T223000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T193000
DTSTAMP:20080414T180306
LOCATION:Ballroom Foyer
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/4324
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-19:30--4324
SUMMARY:Wednesday Birds of a Feather Sessions (BoFs)
DESCRIPTION:Following the planned sessions during the day, it's time for
  MySQL participants to take the floor. BoFs are informal conversations t
 hat you and other participants plan. Check the BoF board in the Grand Ba
 llroom Foyer for schedule information.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T105000
DTSTAMP:20081024T232329
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3511
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-10:50--3511
SUMMARY:Multi-terabyte MySQL Data Warehouses? Absolutely!
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Robin Schumacher (Sun/MySQL), Miriam Tuerk (Inf
 obright Inc), Victoria Eastwood (InfoBright Inc. ). As organizations str
 uggle to cope with increasing amounts of data, MySQL users are looking f
 or ways to scale their data warehouse system. Come learn about new engin
 e technology with proven scalability to 30TB, designed to support comple
 x, ad hoc queries.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115500
DTSTAMP:20080304T054202
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2577
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-11:55--2577
SUMMARY:MySQL Backups Go Near-continuous
DESCRIPTION:Presented by David  Wartell (R1Soft ). Online backup and res
 tore of mission critical MySQL servers has never been easy. Sure it’s no
 t so bad if you have a small data set and you can afford to take your se
 rver offline for a backup. Seriously, how many MySQL deployments fit tho
 se requirements?     This session helps you make sense of the myriad of 
 MySQL backup options out there.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T140000
DTSTAMP:20080305T184511
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2581
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-14:00--2581
SUMMARY:Crazy Data Formats and Multiple Data Sources? Taming Your Messy 
 Mashups
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kirstan Vandersluis (XAware, Inc.). Have you be
 en ripping your hair out trying to mix and mash multiple data sources, a
 ll of different formats, into something that actually makes sense? There
 's something to be said for getting all your ducks in a row, and in this
  session, we'll show you how to regain your sanity when it comes to a di
 stributed, heterogeneous data environment.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150500
DTSTAMP:20080304T054712
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2583
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-15:05--2583
SUMMARY:Speed Up Your LAMP Stack Applications with Dolphin Express
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Einar Rustad (Dolphin Interconnect Solutions ).
  The PCI express-based, MySQL optimized interconnect reduces latency and
  overhead and incorporates two levels of fault tolerance. The performanc
 e improvements allow customers to reduce their hardware investments and 
 cost of operation and reduce time consuming performance tuning for devel
 opers. All fully transparent to the application.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T162500
DTSTAMP:20080210T011917
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2257
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-16:25--2257
SUMMARY:InnoDB: Fast, Reliable, Proven Transactional Storage for MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Heikki Tuuri (Innobase / Oracle Corp.), Ken Jac
 obs (Oracle / Innobase). If you're new to MySQL, new to transactional ap
 plications, or wondering about how InnoDB compares to other emerging sto
 rage engines, this session is for you. Your business can depend on relia
 ble, fast, and proven transactional capabilities.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171500
DTSTAMP:20080304T055220
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3235
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-17:15--3235
SUMMARY:Web Operations: The Whole is Much More than the Sum of the Parts
DESCRIPTION:Presented by John Rowell (OpSource, Inc.). Until this point,
  SaaS applications have been created in separate silos. However, now the
 re are non-proprietary platform choices as part of the Web 2.0 architect
 ure and other emerging technologies that enable mash-ups and composite a
 pplications. Learn how web operations have expanded to include applicati
 on and business services that affect application development and integra
 tion.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T173000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T140000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/1640
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-14:00--1640
SUMMARY:Real World Web: Performance & Scalability, MySQL Edition
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ask Bjørn Hansen (Develooper). Ask Bjoern Hanse
 n will be covering the overall platform and architecture considerations 
 involved in tuning applications from a holistic perspective. You'll be s
 hown design scaleable architectures for dynamic, high-volume web sites. 
 Topics covered include caching, scalable database design, replication, l
 oad-balancing, and architectural decisions derived from many years of ex
 perience.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T081221
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/676
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-10:50--676
SUMMARY:Database Integrity Protection with MySQL and DRBD
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Florian Haas (LINBIT Information Technologies G
 mbH), Philipp Reisner (LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH). A high-lev
 el introduction to high-availability database clustering on Linux with M
 ySQL Enterprise, Heartbeat, and DRBD.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/642
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-11:55--642
SUMMARY:Paying It Forward: Harnessing the MySQL Contributory Resources
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Colin Charles (Monty Program Ab). MySQL has cre
 ated many resources online for opening up contributions from the communi
 ty. From MySQL Forge, to the DevZone, to code reviews in public, MySQL i
 s primed for more external contributions!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T084812
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/568
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-14:00--568
SUMMARY:Practical Character Sets
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Domas Mituzas (Facebook). Experience from inter
 national customer base and multilingual projects: character set conversi
 on issues, performance impact, limitations, security concerns, and more.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150500
DTSTAMP:20080326T154513
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/997
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-15:05--997
SUMMARY:Creating Interactive OLAP Applications with MySQL Enterprise and
  Mondrian
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Julian Hyde (SQLstream). This session will desc
 ribe the benefits and approach to building OnLine Analytical Processing 
 (OLAP) applications using MySQL Enterprise and Pentaho's Mondrian OLAP P
 roject.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T162500
DTSTAMP:20080413T135555
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3477
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-16:25--3477
SUMMARY:Top 5 Considerations While Setting Up Your MySQL Backup
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dmitri Joukovski (Zmanda). As MySQL powers the 
 businesses, a good backup will go a long way to ensure you recover your 
 data without impacting your business. In this session we review the top 
 considerations for backing up MySQL.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171500
DTSTAMP:20080212T160944
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/398
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-17:15--398
SUMMARY:Deadlocks, Wait Timeouts, and Other Transaction Issues
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jess Balint (Sun Microsystems, Inc.). Deadlocks
 , wait timeouts, and other transaction issues—how to develop transaction
 al applications with InnoDB and what to expect from Falcon.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T105000
DTSTAMP:20080212T162621
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/361
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:50--361
SUMMARY:Inside the PBXT Storage Engine
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Paul McCullagh (PrimeBase Technologies GmbH). T
 his session takes a tour of the internals of the PBXT storage engine, re
 vealing some unique solutions to the problems of transactional isolation
 , consistency, and durability.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T203738
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/116
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-11:55--116
SUMMARY:Code Generators for MySQL Plugins and User Defined Functions (UD
 Fs)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Hartmut  Holzgraefe (MySQL). Your first MySQL P
 lugin or UDF extension is only 10 minutes away using this code generator
 . Focus on the actual functionality and let the generator take care of g
 lue code and build infrastructure.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T080521
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/683
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:00--683
SUMMARY:DBSlayer: A Simpler Way to Proxy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Derek Gottfrid (The New York Times). This talk 
 will present a basic introduction to the DBAccessLayer or DBSlayer, a li
 ghtweight web-friendly mechanism for connection pooling and proxying aga
 inst MySQL.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T145000
DTSTAMP:20080212T082618
LOCATION:Ballroom G
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/614
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:50--614
SUMMARY:The Power of Lucene
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Frank Mashraqi (Opportunities). Lucene is a hig
 h performance, scalable, full-text search engine library that allows you
  to add search to any application. This presentation shows you how you c
 an use Lucene within your environment.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T123000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T090000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135031
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2145
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-09:00--2145
SUMMARY:MySQL Replication Tutorial
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lars Thalmann (Oracle), Mats Kindahl (MySQL). I
 n this tutorial, the developers behind MySQL Replication start by explai
 ning the architecture and major replication concepts and then walk you t
 hrough a configuration to show what you can do with it.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T105000
DTSTAMP:20080320T005245
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2576
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-10:50--2576
SUMMARY:Web 2.0 Business Intelligence with JasperSoft
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ian Fyfe (JasperSoft), Mary Flynn (Ten Pages). 
 This presentation and demonstration will highlight advances that are bri
 nging the power of interactive Ajax web technology and powerful metadata
  to bring secure self-service business intelligence to business-users an
 d OEM applications. Topics covered will include drag & drop report and d
 ashboard design, JSR-168 portal support, and the new ad hoc query facili
 ty.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T115500
DTSTAMP:20080219T202203
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2578
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-11:55--2578
SUMMARY:Increase the Flexibility of MySQL-based SOA Frameworks with a Da
 ta Access Layer
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mike Frost (DataDirect). In this presentation, 
 Mike Frost, product manager for DataDirect Technologies, will introduce 
 a strategy for separating application logic from MySQL database access l
 ogic. The presentation will describe the benefits of a loosely coupled a
 pproach for all application and data access logic.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T140000
DTSTAMP:20080219T185727
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2582
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-14:00--2582
SUMMARY:Continuent Tungsten: Proxies on Steroids for HA and Performance!
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Robert Hodges (Continuent.com). Replicated data
 bases are complex to manage, don't provide seamless availability, and re
 quire application changes to provide scaling benefits. We show how Conti
 nuent's new Tungsten architecture rides new technology trends to create 
 data services with high availability and performance using commodity har
 dware and off-the-shelf MySQL databases. Tungsten: it's coming to open s
 ource!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T150500
DTSTAMP:20080407T154807
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2584
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-15:05--2584
SUMMARY:MySQL Scaling & Performance on HP BladeSystem c-Class Servers
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Daniel Stangel (HP Open Source Middleware Stack
 s (OSMS)), Bruce Huang (HP Open Source Middleware Stacks (OSMS)). More i
 nformation coming soon
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T162500
DTSTAMP:20080320T012439
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3601
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-16:25--3601
SUMMARY:MySQL, LINQ and the ADO.NET Entity Framework
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Reggie Burnett (Oracle), David Sceppa (Microsof
 t Corporation). LINQ is perhaps the most powerful new feature in the .NE
 T Framework, allowing you to query in memory structures like tables in a
  database. Learn how to use the ADO.NET Entity Framework to construct LI
 NQ queries or Entity SQL queries to interact with data in your MySQL dat
 abase.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T171500
DTSTAMP:20080227T234009
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2589
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-17:15--2589
SUMMARY:How to Achieve Operational BI on a Budget
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lance Walter (Pentaho Corporation). Learn how t
 o obtain expert insight and learn best practices to help you achieve ope
 rational business intelligence throughout your organization from data wa
 rehousing to business intelligence functionality and performance.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T105000
DTSTAMP:20080331T143904
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3846
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-10:50--3846
SUMMARY:So Advanced You’ll Think it’s Magic!
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Raj Cherabuddi (Kickfire). Learn about the revo
 lutionary hardware and software behind the first high-performance databa
 se appliance for MySQL. Find out how Kickfire packs the power of 10s of 
 CPUs into a single SQL chip and delivers record-breaking query performan
 ce for reporting and analysis in the industry’s smallest form factor app
 liance. Raj Cherabuddi will explain all and share the astounding benchma
 rk data.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T115500
DTSTAMP:20080214T173144
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3246
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-11:55--3246
SUMMARY:MySQL Usage in OBM, the Open Source Groupware and Messaging Solu
 tion
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Pierre Baudracco (Linagora). More information s
 oon
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T140000
DTSTAMP:20080212T035653
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/806
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-14:00--806
SUMMARY:Best Practices for Deploying MySQL on the Solaris Platform
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ritu Kamboj (Sun Microsystems, Inc), Luojia Che
 n (Sun Microsystems, Inc.). This session explains how MySQL can take adv
 antage of advanced technologies in the Solaris OS, thereby expanding the
  MySQL user base into new and larger enterprises.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T155000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T150500
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3402
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-15:05--3402
SUMMARY:Scaling MySQL to Meet Global Demands for Live Entertainment
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ed Presz (Ticketmaster, Inc.). With the help of
  MySQL 5, Ticketmaster event databases are meeting the growing global li
 ve entertainment demand. Learn how they are implementing databases for t
 he Beijing Olympics, and the new features and limitations they encounter
 ed upgrading from MySQL 4 to 5.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T180000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T171500
DTSTAMP:20080331T144649
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3847
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-17:15--3847
SUMMARY:Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ann Ruckstuhl (Zmanda, Inc.). Zmanda Recovery M
 anager (ZRM) for MySQL is a comprehensive, certified, enterprise backup 
 and recovery solution specifically designed for MySQL databases. With ZR
 M, MySQL database administrators (DBAs) can manage mission-critical, hig
 h-volume transaction processing environments with confidence.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T105000
DTSTAMP:20080713T135032
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2292
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-10:50--2292
SUMMARY:Scaling out MySQL: Hardware Today and Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jeremy Cole (Twitter), Eric Bergen (Proven Scal
 ing LLC). In this session, Cole and Bergen will take a look at the hardw
 are of recent past, today's hardware, and what hardware trends will beco
 me interesting during 2008 and beyond.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T124000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T115500
DTSTAMP:20080212T035842
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/803
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-11:55--803
SUMMARY:MySQL Hidden Treasures
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Damien Seguy (Nexen Services). A wealth of tips
  and tricks to solve real world SQL problems with SQL wizardy and MySQL 
 magic. All you need is your commandline, and a lot of curiosity.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T144500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T140000
DTSTAMP:20080210T010402
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/2546
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:00--2546
SUMMARY:Cross Platform .NET Development with Mono and MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Joseph Hill (Novell), Joe Audette (Source Tree 
 Solutions, LLC). This session provides an introduction to application de
 velopment with Mono and MySQL; the current state of Mono, including its 
 support for databases through ADO.NET and LINQ; and explores how one ope
 n source ASP.NET application provides support for Mono and MySQL.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080417T145000
DTSTAMP:20080414T172529
LOCATION:Ballroom H
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/347
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-17-14:50--347
SUMMARY:Geo Distance Search with MySQL
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Alexander Rubin (MySQL). Geo distance / proximi
 ty search is a very common task in social networking (and other Web 2.0)
  applications. Example: "For the given user, find all users that live ne
 ar by." Learn how to perform geo distance searches with MySQL.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T193000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080415T180000
DTSTAMP:20080305T005240
LOCATION:Exhibit Hall
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3335
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-15-18:00--3335
SUMMARY:Expo Hall Reception
DESCRIPTION:Visit the exhibitors, mingle with other attendees, and enjoy
  great refreshments and drinks at the evening reception.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T193000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T173000
DTSTAMP:20080407T155449
LOCATION:Bayshore Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3339
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-17:30--3339
SUMMARY:Jasper Soft Reception
DESCRIPTION:Sun Microsystems and JasperSoft invite all MySQL OEM custome
 rs and prospects to join us for a cocktail reception, Wednesday, April 1
 6, 2008, from 5:30PM-7:30PM, in the Bayshore Ballroom at the Hyatt Regen
 cy Santa Clara.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T193000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T173000
DTSTAMP:20080319T231205
LOCATION:Santa Clara Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3609
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-17:30--3609
SUMMARY:MySQL Partner Meeting
DESCRIPTION:MySQL will host a partner meeting, in conjunction with our C
 onference, on Monday April 14, 2008 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. As a current 
 or prospective partner, this is a unique opportunity to learn about comp
 any goals, future directions, product roadmaps, partnership opportunitie
 s.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T171500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080414T160000
DTSTAMP:20080320T193322
LOCATION:Santa Clara Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3610
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-14-16:00--3610
SUMMARY:Partner Seminar: Grow your Business with MySQL Enterprise
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this 75 minute Seminar on how MySQL Enterprise c
 an help you strengthen your position as a trusted adviser and drive reve
 nue.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T220000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20080416T203000
DTSTAMP:20080415T190222
LOCATION:Santa Clara Ballroom
URL:http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/schedule/detail/3338
UID:http://www.mysqlconf.com/--s2008-04-16-20:30--3338
SUMMARY:Sun Sponsor Party
DESCRIPTION:Have a drink, mingle with fellow conference participants, an
 d enter our raffle to win great prizes, including a a Sony PS3!  Sponsor
 ed by Sun Microsystems.
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