DISCUSSION: January 2025 DataFusion Meetup in Amsterdam / CIDR 2025

[alamb]

I would like to dicuss having a DataFusion meetup in Amsterdam , either before/after https://www.cidrdb.org/cidr2025/
(January 19-22, 2025)

There will likely be many interested parties already in Amsterdam for this conference (including myself, as I am a coauthor on a paper accepted at CIDR this year)

I can help organize the content / speakers, but I need help finding a suitable space / Venue.

Previously @kavirajk and @Dtenwolde mentioned that they had some ideas #10347 (comment)

Is anyone else interested in helping or might have ideas on how to organize a space / venue for this meetup?

[alamb]

I believe @SamSynnada may be interested in this as well

[SamSynnada]

Spoke with a friend from Xomnia, @backkem is also looking for a venue

[alamb]

Maybe @Dandandan who I think is also based in the Netherlands can suggest other areas to explore

[alamb]

I wonder if @Abdullahsab3 / their team are perhaps based near this venue given their previous comment #11442 (comment)

[Abdullahsab3]

We're based in Belgium (Ghent), couple of hours away from Amsterdam. I still have the meetup on my mind but had a very busy couple of weeks. I spoke about it with my team. My CTO mentioned a while ago that he may know some places that are suitable for a meetup in Amsterdam, but he wonders whether there is a specific budget. I thought perhaps there might be already datafusion users in Amsterdam who might have a place to host the meetup instead :p

[alamb]

Thanks @Abdullahsab3 -- indeed I think we should try and find someone who has space that can host the event rather than paying for it. Sounds like maybe @SamSynnada has worked some magic. Let's see

[ozankabak]

If I'm not mistaken, we made some progress on this. @SamSynnada will probably write an update soon