Ben Dicken
Employers on the program
- 2026PlanetScale2 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
- AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions)
- FOSDEM
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | AI Engineer New York 2026 | AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions) | speaker | PlanetScale Q&A + Merch Drop as PlanetScale Stop by and hang out with the PlanetScale team for an open Q&A on Postgres, sharding, and whatever else you want to dig into. We'll have plenty of merch to give…Show lessStop by and hang out with the PlanetScale team for an open Q&A on Postgres, sharding, and whatever else you want to dig into. We'll have plenty of merch to give away, so swing through before you head home! | |
| Jun 29, 2026 | AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 | AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions) | speaker | Move fast and (don’t) break things | Video |
| Jan 31, 2026 | FOSDEM 2026 | FOSDEM | speaker | PostgreSQL and MySQL, Two Databases, Three Perspectives as PlanetScale In this session, four seasoned database administrators with sound knowledge of both PostgreSQL and MySQL present an unbiased comparison of the two technologies.…Show lessIn this session, four seasoned database administrators with sound knowledge of both PostgreSQL and MySQL present an unbiased comparison of the two technologies. Attendees will learn about the architectural and DX differences between the world's two most popular databases. | Video |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addy Osmani | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Adit Abraham | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Allie Howe | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Annabell Schäfer | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Aparna Dhinakaran | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Ben Holmes | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Daksh Gupta | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Denys Linkov | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Fuad Ali | 2 | — | 2026 |
| George Cameron | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Hassan El Mghari | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Ian Livingstone | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Jan Curn | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Jesse Hall | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Kevin Madura | 2 | — | 2026 |
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.