Join us for an evening of talks and community discussion about Apache DataFusion and its growing role in modern data infrastructure. This year's meetup will spotlight real-world applications, performance innovations, and evolving integrations.

​Speakers:

• ​Yingjun Wu – CEO, RisingWave: From Stream Processing to Data Compaction and Lake Analytics

• ​Pranav Toggi – Software Engineer, Wherobots: Making Spatial Data a First-Class Citizen in DataFusion

• ​Prashant Rao – AI Engineer, LanceDB: Distributed query execution with DataFusion and Lance

• ​Stu Hood – Head of Engineering, ParadeDB: DataFusion for Top-K Joins

​Agenda:

• ​5:30 – 6:30 PM – Welcome, food, and networking

• ​6:30 – 8:00 PM – Talks

• ​8:00 – 8:30 PM – Wrap-up and mingling