Alex Monahan
Employers on the program
- 2023–2026MotherDuck13 talks
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python)
- Coalesce
- Data in the D Conference
- PyCon (national Python conferences)
- AI By the Bay
- Data Outpost
- The Dive
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | Data Outpost 2026 | Data Outpost | workshop | Lakehouses for Robots: Scaling DuckLake and Iceberg for Agent Workloads as MotherDuck Data lakehouses are open, scalable, and interoperable, but most are not ready for agents. We’ll show you how to query Iceberg and DuckLake using both DuckDB and…Show lessData lakehouses are open, scalable, and interoperable, but most are not ready for agents. We’ll show you how to query Iceberg and DuckLake using both DuckDB and MotherDuck with the agent of your choice. | |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Data in the D Conference 2026 | Data in the D Conference | lightning | Accurate Agentic Analytics: Easy, flexible context in the warehouse as MotherDuck | |
| Jun 1, 2026 | The Dive 2026 | The Dive | speaker | MotherDuck + DuckDB Meetup [Special Edition]: Contributing C++ to DuckDB with AI as MotherDuck | |
| Jun 1, 2026 | The Dive 2026 | The Dive | moderator | Panel: The Future of Open Table Formats as MotherDuck | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | Data in the D Conference 2025 | Data in the D Conference | speaker | Making Big Data Feel Small with MotherDuck and DuckLake as MotherDuck | Slides |
| Oct 13, 2025 | Coalesce 2025 | Coalesce | speaker | DuckLake: Making BIG DATA feel small as MotherDuck Easy, fast, and scalable: pick 3. | Video |
| Jul 7, 2025 | SciPy 2025 | SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python) | tutorial | All the SQL a Pythonista needs to know: an introduction to SQL and DataFrames with DuckDB as MotherDuck Structured Query Language (or SQL for short) is a programming language to manage data in a database system and an essential part of any data engineer’s tool…Show lessStructured Query Language (or SQL for short) is a programming language to manage data in a database system and an essential part of any data engineer’s tool kit. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use SQL to create databases, tables, insert data into them and extract, filter, join data or make calculations using queries. | |
| May 14, 2025 | PyCon US 2025 | PyCon (national Python conferences) | speaker | Taming file zoos: Data science with DuckDB database files as MotherDuck Problem statement Data scientists working in Python often spend the majority of their time cleaning input data, frequently from files. | |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Coalesce 2024 | Coalesce | speaker | Simplify your dbt data pipelines with serverless DuckDB as MotherDuck Discover how to cut complexity of your dbt data pipelines with serverless DuckDB while improving performance and drastically reducing costs. This session covers…Show lessDiscover how to cut complexity of your dbt data pipelines with serverless DuckDB while improving performance and drastically reducing costs. This session covers practical strategies for cutting complexity and expenses in data flows while enjoying a more ergonomic and frictionless workflow. | Video |
| Jul 8, 2024 | SciPy 2024 | SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python) | tutorial | All the SQL a Pythonista needs to know: an introduction to SQL and DataFrames with DuckDB as MotherDuck Structured Query Language (or SQL for short) is a programming language to manage data in a database system and an essential part of any data engineer’s tool…Show lessStructured Query Language (or SQL for short) is a programming language to manage data in a database system and an essential part of any data engineer’s tool kit. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use SQL to create databases, tables, insert data into them and extract, filter, join data or make calculations using queries. | |
| Jul 8, 2024 | SciPy 2024 | SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python) | speaker | How to bootstrap a Data Warehouse with DuckDB as MotherDuck A Data Warehouse (DW) is a powerful tool to manage your scientific data, training data, logs, or any other type of relational data. Most Data Warehouses are…Show lessA Data Warehouse (DW) is a powerful tool to manage your scientific data, training data, logs, or any other type of relational data. Most Data Warehouses are cloud-based and built to scale to petabyte workflows, but might not be optimal for smaller workloads that need a fast iteration cycle. | |
| May 15, 2024 | PyCon US 2024 | PyCon (national Python conferences) | speaker | Python and SQL: Better Together, Powered by DuckDB as MotherDuck Data management systems and data scientists have a troubled relationship: Common systems such as Postgres or Spark are hard to set up and maintain, hard to…Show lessData management systems and data scientists have a troubled relationship: Common systems such as Postgres or Spark are hard to set up and maintain, hard to transfer data into and out of, and hard to integrate into Python workflows. | Video |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Scale By the Bay 2023 | AI By the Bay | speaker | In Process Analytical Data Management with DuckDB | Video |
| Jul 10, 2023 | SciPy 2023 | SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python) | speaker | In-Process Analytical Data Management with DuckDB as MotherDuck DuckDB is a novel analytical data management system. DuckDB supports complex queries, has no external dependencies, and is deeply integrated into the Python…Show lessDuckDB is a novel analytical data management system. DuckDB supports complex queries, has no external dependencies, and is deeply integrated into the Python ecosystem. |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Matson | 4 | 2 | 2026 |
| Henry Fredrick Schreiner III | 4 | — | 2025 |
| Naty Clementi | 4 | — | 2025 |
| Sarah Kaiser | 4 | — | 2025 |
| Guen Prawiroatmodjo | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Joe Reis | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Tristan Handy | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Ana Comesana | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Bane Sullivan | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Brigitta Sipőcz | 3 | — | 2025 |
| C.A.M. Gerlach | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Erik Welch | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Jon Mease | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Juanita Gomez | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Leah Wasser | 3 | — | 2025 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.