DISCUSSION: Seattle DataFusion Meetup (April 23, 2026)

[tbar4]

Is there any interest for a Seattle DataFusion meetup in early 2025? Maybe Jan/Feb time range?

[alamb]

I will be in Seattle and we are organizing a meetup on April 23, 2026. I am confirming the final details but it will likely be in Bellevue

We are (as always) looking for speakers. Here is a call for speakers (based on the previous one in #10348)

We are looking for speakers to present at a Apache DataFusion meetup in Seattle. As in past events, we will have slots for everyone who wants to present.

If you have a ~15 minute presentation about DataFusion or want to discuss your favorite data processing tools, we want to hear from you!

Here are some topics to get your creative juices flowing:

🔥 Performance testing and optimization magic
🚀 Rolling out a game-changing new feature in the core library
🐛 The thrill (and agony) of squashing a particularly tricky bug
🛠️ Crafting an amazing product using DataFusion

But don't let this list limit you—if it’s related to DataFusion or the broader Apache Arrow ecosystem and it excites you, we’re all ears!

[CurtHagenlocher]

(Presumably this should read April 23, 2026?)

[alamb]

Yes, thank you - I have updated it to say so

[alamb]

Here are the details on the meetup

Date: Thursday April 23, 2026
Time 17:30 - 20:00
Location: Databricks Bellevue Office, 500 108th Ave NE, 26th Floor, Bellevue, WA
Luma Event Page: https://luma.com/hxshbp0m

[tbar4]

Dang! The one week in April I won't be able to go! Hopefully they become more routine.

[alamb]

@alamb Hey Andrew, could you update the Luma event page to add my name and presentation there? Thank you! 😁

Done @jiayuasu

[waynexia]

Hi, thank you for hosting this event! I'd like to share my recent work on implementing a JSON type (repo: https://github.com/waynexia/jsonfusion) with DataFusion if there is a slot left.

(is this reply a submission or it should be posted somewhere else

[alamb]

I'll add you to th elist and speaker chain shortly

[alamb]

I added you to the list / email chain

BTW this discussion might be of interest to you as well: #21301