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DISCUSSION: Boston Datafusion Meetup September 2026 #21541
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Thank you @PratibhaRana-DD for starting this discussion and for offering to host. I think Sep 4 is a Friday and therefore may be somewhat lightly attended I think the way VLDB is normally structured, for example from 2025 https://vldb.org/2025/?program-structure, the main program is Tue - Thur, with a big dinner / evening event on Wed. Friday has workshops, but also many people travel home that day Therefore we may want to consider Thur Sep 3 as a date I'll also post this discussion into slack/discord and on the mailing list to see if we can get some other feedbacl |
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Also I would be more than happy to present, but I would like to do something that is not "intro to DataFusion" 😆 as I have done that many times before. Maybe someone else could do the intro talk too |
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I would be available on Thursday, September 3rd. |
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The 3rd works for me as well, looking forward to |
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Let's finalize Sep 3rd as the date and start looking for speakers that can make it. So far I have:
@alamb can you please socialize this. |
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will do -- probably next week |
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I created a luma page and started an organizing document and added @PratibhaRana-DD and @NGA-TRAN as organizers. I'll follow up in email too Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2026, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
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I would be happy to talk about improving point queries in DataFusion, if there is still availability and if this is something that people would be interested in. |
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That would be great @nuno-faria -- I'll add you to the list and follow up |
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I'd be happy to talk about how we use datafusion in the otel-arrow project, if you're still looking for speakers, and if this topic is of interest |
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Sure. I will add you to the list @albertlockett |
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I might have a talk (about integrating Vortex and its type system), would that be a good fit? If it is - how long of a talk would be appropriate? |
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Will follow up Adam -- I think we may have hit the unfortunate milestone of having too many speakers |
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@AdamGS -- can you email me at alamb@influxdata.com (I don't have your email address) -- you'll be our last speaker. |
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We had a great event. Here are some photos |
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Here are some more photos 
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Boston Apache DataFusion Meetup (VLDB) — 2026-09-03
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It was amazing. Thanks to everybody <3 |
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I wanted to start a discussion around the idea of hosting a DataFusion meetup in Boston this September.
Update:
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2026, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Datadog Boston Office, 225 Franklin St 24th floor, Boston
Luma: https://luma.com/yexgqifv
Organizing Doc (organizers + speakers only)
Discussion
@alamb pointed out that there’s a potential opportunity to align this with VLDB 2026, which will be taking place in Boston from August 31 to September 4. Since many folks in the data systems community will already be in town, this could be a great chance to get contributors and users together in person.
Some initial thoughts:
Location: DataDog Boston, MA
Tentative Date: Sept 3 ( towards the end of the conference so might be lighter on the agenda in the evening)
Goal: Bring together DataFusion users, contributors, and anyone interested in the project
Before moving forward, it would be great to get a sense of interest and availability from the community.
Would you be interested in attending and possibly presenting?
If you're planning to be at VLDB, would you stay for (or make time for) a DataFusion meetup?
Any preferences on format, topics, or timing?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
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