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Speakers

Alex Monahan

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  1. 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.

Held in the past 12 months Next 12 months Today, Nov 9, 2026

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • 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

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Nov 4, 2026Data Outpost 2026Data OutpostworkshopLakehouses 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 less

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 MotherDuck with the agent of your choice.

Oct 16, 2026Data in the D Conference 2026Data in the D ConferencelightningAccurate Agentic Analytics: Easy, flexible context in the warehouse
as MotherDuck
Jun 1, 2026The Dive 2026The DivespeakerMotherDuck + DuckDB Meetup [Special Edition]: Contributing C++ to DuckDB with AI
as MotherDuck
Jun 1, 2026The Dive 2026The DivemoderatorPanel: The Future of Open Table Formats
as MotherDuck
Nov 8, 2025Data in the D Conference 2025Data in the D ConferencespeakerMaking Big Data Feel Small with MotherDuck and DuckLake
as MotherDuck
Slides
Oct 13, 2025Coalesce 2025CoalescespeakerDuckLake: Making BIG DATA feel small
as MotherDuck

Easy, fast, and scalable: pick 3.

Video
Jul 7, 2025SciPy 2025SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python)tutorialAll 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 less

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 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, 2025PyCon US 2025PyCon (national Python conferences)speakerTaming 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, 2024Coalesce 2024CoalescespeakerSimplify 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 less

Discover 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, 2024SciPy 2024SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python)tutorialAll 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 less

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 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, 2024SciPy 2024SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python)speakerHow 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 less

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 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, 2024PyCon US 2024PyCon (national Python conferences)speakerPython 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 less

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 transfer data into and out of, and hard to integrate into Python workflows.

Video
Nov 13, 2023Scale By the Bay 2023AI By the BayspeakerIn Process Analytical Data Management with DuckDBVideo
Jul 10, 2023SciPy 2023SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python)speakerIn-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 less

DuckDB 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

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Jacob Matson422026
Henry Fredrick Schreiner III4—2025
Naty Clementi4—2025
Sarah Kaiser4—2025
Guen Prawiroatmodjo332025
Joe Reis3—2026
Tristan Handy3—2026
Ana Comesana3—2025
Bane Sullivan3—2025
Brigitta Sipőcz3—2025
C.A.M. Gerlach3—2025
Erik Welch3—2025
Jon Mease3—2025
Juanita Gomez3—2025
Leah Wasser3—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.