Let's talk about DuckDB (at TCube in Dublin City Centre)

Join us for an exciting in-person DuckDB meetup 🐥 on January 23rd at 6:30 PM in Dublin City Centre.

We'll have 3 engaging talks, networking opportunities with industry experts (including our special guest Mehdi Ouazza ⭐️, developer advocate from MotherDuck), and 🦆 swags for attendees.

🗓 Agenda:

• 18:00 - Doors open
• 18:30 - Presentations and Q&A
• 19:10 - Break with pizza & drinks 🍕🍻
• 19:40 - Presentations and Q&A
• 20:45 - Closing remarks & networking

🗣 Presentations:

1. "Why should you care about DuckDB!?" by Mihai Bojin: will present a brief evolution of the big data landscape in the past decade and explore a few of the reasons behind DuckDB's recent surge in popularity.
2. "Exploring Monte Carlo Simulations in DuckDB" by James McNeill: will discuss the importance of efficiency in Monte Carlo simulations, and how DuckDB compares with other tools in the Python ecosystem.
3. "DuckDB & Recommenders: A Lightning-Fast Synergy" by Khalil Muhammad: will explore common challenges in training recommenders, such as collaboration, scalability and speed, and show how DuckDB addresses them. The speaker will also share real-world lessons learned from using DuckDB.

💙 Support:

• MotherDuck (event sponsor)
• DuckDB Labs

See you there!

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