Portland Apache DataFusion Meetup

​​​Join us for an evening of talks, community discussions about Apache DataFusion and its growing role in modern data infrastructure.

​​​This meetup will spotlight real-world applications, performance innovations, and evolving integrations. Come and meet your fellow DataFusion community members

​The building requires access, in case you have problem entering the building call

​+1 971 533 5587 (Mustafa)

​​​​​Agenda

​​​​​17:30 – 18:00 | Welcome, networking

​​​​​18:00 – 19:30 | Lightning Talks

​​​19:30 – 20:00 | Wrap-up

​Speakers

​Andrew Lamb, "Introduction to Apache DataFusion"

​Mustafa Akur, "Query Plan Optimization for Streaming Executions in DataFusion"

​Weston Pace, "Datafusion without Row Groups: How Lance Scans AI Workloads"

​Lu Qiu, "Distributed Predicate Pushdown Execution with DataFusion and Lance"

​If you would like to give a talk, please send an email to akurmustafa@gmail.com

​Discussion Page

​https://github.com/apache/datafusion/discussions/19817

​Call for Speakers

​​If you would like to give a ~15-20 minute presentation about DataFusion (or related systems in Database space), we want to hear from you!

​​Here are some possible topics (not limited):

​​🔥 Performance testing and optimization magic
🚀 Rolling out a new feature in the core library
🐛 Fixing, discovering a particularly tricky bug
🛠️ Building an application using DataFusion

​and more ...