Presentations: Keynote

Below is a list of confirmed Keynotes. Keynote speakers and content are subject to change.

MySQL at Facebook
Mark Callaghan (Facebook)
Many things happen when MySQL is part of the core technology used to scale a rapidly growing social networking service. Mark will share stories and details about the MySQL deployment at Facebook.

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O'Reilly Radar
Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
Tim returns to share insights into the world of emerging technology, presenting his take on what matters most-and what will be most disruptive-to the tech community.

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RethinkDB: Why Start a New Database Company in 2010
Slava Akhmechet (RethinkDB), Michael Glukhovsky (RethinkDB)
Why start a new database company? What is RethinkDB all about? What will database technology look like twenty years from now? In this talk we will explore these questions, present some of the exciting technology we've been developing at RethinkDB, and show how it fits into our larger vision of what database systems may look like in the future

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State of Drizzle
Brian Aker (HP)
Presentation: State of Drizzle Presentation [PPT]
What's the forecast for Drizzle, a database optimized for Cloud and Net applications? Brian provides an overview of the Drizzle project's current state as well as what's ahead.

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State of MariaDB
Michael Widenius (Monty Program Ab)
Presentation: State of MariaDB Presentation [PDF]
Monty, the co-founder of MySQL and now project lead of MariaDB, discusses what MariaDB is all about. He'll also present an overview of the future of this community developed branch of the MySQL database.

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State of the Dolphin
Edward Screven (Oracle Corporation)
Join Edward Screven, Oracle’s Chief Corporate Architect and leader of the MySQL business, as he discusses the current and future state of MySQL, now part of the Oracle family of products. The presentation also covers Oracle’s investment in MySQL technology and community; and the role that open source in general is playing within heterogeneous customer environments around the world.

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State of the MySQL Community
Kaj Arnö (SkySQL Ab)
Presentation: State of the MySQL Community Presentation [PDF]
In a complement to Edward Screven's opening keynote, Kaj will interpret the state of the MySQL community and the happenings of the MySQL Conference in a language familiar to those whose business has grown up with MySQL. What has changed already, what will change soon, and what won't change with Oracle as the steward of MySQL?

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The Engines Of Community
Jono Bacon (Canonical Ltd)
In this brand new talk, Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manger, author of the critically acclaimed The Art Of Community by O'Reilly and founder of the annual Community Leadership Summit, talks about the evolution of community and how we can identify the engines of community, helping us to unite a global collection of volunteers to solve interesting and worthwhile problems.

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Under New Management: Next Steps for the Community
Sheeri K. Cabral (Mozilla Foundation)
Sheeri Cabral knows the MySQL Community. Working for the Pythian Group, she has tapped her co-workers' knowledge about the Oracle Community. In this brief community keynote, Sheeri maps out the differences between the communities and what we can expect next now that MySQL is "under new management".

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  • Oracle
  • Monty Program
  • Calpont
  • Facebook
  • Gear6
  • Infobright, Inc
  • JasperSoft
  • Joyent
  • Kickfire
  • NorthScale, Inc.
  • Percona
  • Schooner Information Technology
  • Solid Quality Mentors (SolidQ)
  • Intel
  • Pentaho
  • Linux Pro Magazine

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