Frédéric Descamps
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
- FOSDEM
- preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days
- Percona Live
- MySQL & HeatWave Summit
- MySQL BR Conf
- PyCon (national Python conferences)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Percona Live 2026 Amsterdam | Percona Live | speaker | Extending MariaDB the Easy Way: A Tour d’Horizon of Server Plugins as MariaDB Foundation MariaDB is not only a database server you configure and operate; it is also a platform you can extend. With server plugins, you can add new SQL functions,…Show lessMariaDB is not only a database server you configure and operate; it is also a platform you can extend. With server plugins, you can add new SQL functions, expose operational capabilities, experiment with new data types, or adapt server behavior to your own needs without maintaining a long-lived... | Video |
| Jan 29, 2026 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days 2026 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days | — | Building SQL-Free Applications with MySQL REST Service as Oracle | |
| Jan 29, 2026 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days 2026 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days | — | MySQL HeatWave AI on steroïd as Oracle | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | MySQL BR Conf 2025 | MySQL BR Conf | — | GenAI Meets Your Data | Slides |
| Apr 22, 2025 | MySQL and HeatWave Summit 2025 | MySQL & HeatWave Summit | — | MySQL Indexes and Histograms – How They Speed Up Your Queries as Oracle | |
| Apr 22, 2025 | MySQL and HeatWave Summit 2025 | MySQL & HeatWave Summit | — | MySQL InnoDB - Data Recovery as Oracle | |
| Feb 1, 2025 | FOSDEM 2025 | FOSDEM | speaker | MySQL InnoDB Data Recovery - the last resort as Oracle If you decide to live with the wildlife and never take backups of your MySQL, what happens when you delete idb files and realize you lost your data? In this…Show lessIf you decide to live with the wildlife and never take backups of your MySQL, what happens when you delete idb files and realize you lost your data? In this session, we will see how InnoDB Data recovery can be done in 2025 and we will create our swiss army knife to realize this operation that was still very complex 10 years ago. | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 1, 2025 | FOSDEM 2025 | FOSDEM | speaker | Profiling MySQL from MySQL as Oracle Some memory allocator such tcmalloc and jemalloc provides information to profile the memory and sometimes CPU usage of a specific process. External tools are…Show lessSome memory allocator such tcmalloc and jemalloc provides information to profile the memory and sometimes CPU usage of a specific process. External tools are used and are not always very straightforward to use. | Slides |
| Jan 30, 2025 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days 2025 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days | — | InnoDB and Primary Keys: the session where everybody learns something as Oracle | Slides |
| Feb 1, 2024 | MySQL Belgian Days 2024 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days | — | Monitoring MySQL from the command line as Oracle | Slides |
| Feb 1, 2024 | MySQL Belgian Days 2024 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days | — | MySQL Shell for Visual Studio Code – MySQL HeatWave’s best companion for developers as Oracle | Slides |
| Feb 4, 2023 | FOSDEM 2023 | FOSDEM | speaker | Extending MySQL with component infrastructureIn this session we will see how to hack MySQL by extending MySQL Server using the Component Service Infrastructure. We will discover what is it, and how to use…Show lessIn this session we will see how to hack MySQL by extending MySQL Server using the Component Service Infrastructure. We will discover what is it, and how to use it with a practical example written in C++ on how to verify disk space. | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 2, 2023 | preFOSDEM MySQL Days 2023 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days | — | MySQL 8.0 – Dynamic InnoDB Redo Log as Oracle | Slides |
| May 16, 2022 | Percona Live 2022 | Percona Live | tutorial | MySQL Architectures: Design the Right Solution for Your Needs as Oracle In this tutorial, we will cover the different deployment possibilities of the MySQL architecture depending on the business requirements for the data. We will…Show lessIn this tutorial, we will cover the different deployment possibilities of the MySQL architecture depending on the business requirements for the data. We will also deploy some architecture and see how to evolve to the next one.The tutorial covers the new MySQL Solutions like InnoDB ReplicaSet,... | |
| May 16, 2022 | Percona Live 2022 | Percona Live | speaker | New Client Tool for Developers and DBAs as Oracle In this session, you will discover a totally new tool that we will release just before the conference. This multi-platform tool will make life easier for…Show lessIn this session, you will discover a totally new tool that we will release just before the conference. This multi-platform tool will make life easier for developers and DBAs using MySQL. It provides visual and command line capabilities that will make all MySQL users happy, from beginners to... | |
| May 16, 2022 | Percona Live 2022 | Percona Live | keynote | State of the Dolphin as Oracle I cover (very highly) what happened last year in MySQL development and thx our contributors. It's like a what have we done at MySQL last year, what have we…Show lessI cover (very highly) what happened last year in MySQL development and thx our contributors. It's like a what have we done at MySQL last year, what have we improved, released etc... | |
| May 16, 2022 | Percona Live 2022 | Percona Live | speaker | The Evolution of a MySQL Database, From a Single Instance to HA With Disaster Recovery as Oracle From a single MySQL instance to multi-site high availability, this is what you will find out in this presentation. You will learn how to make this transition…Show lessFrom a single MySQL instance to multi-site high availability, this is what you will find out in this presentation. You will learn how to make this transition and which solutions best suit changing business requirements (RPO, RTO). Recently, MySQL has extended the possibilities for easy... | |
| Feb 5, 2022 | FOSDEM 2022 | FOSDEM | speaker | MySQL 8.0: Logical Backups, Snapshots and PITR like a rockstar as Oracle Logical dumps are becoming popular again. MySQL Shell parallel dump & load utility changed to way to deal with logical dumps, certainly when using instances in…Show lessLogical dumps are becoming popular again. MySQL Shell parallel dump & load utility changed to way to deal with logical dumps, certainly when using instances in the cloud. | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 6, 2021 | FOSDEM 2021 | FOSDEM | speaker | From single MySQL instance to HADuring this session, I will show how we can start from a single instance to MySQL InnoDB Cluster, the automated HA solution for MySQL, passing by the following…Show lessDuring this session, I will show how we can start from a single instance to MySQL InnoDB Cluster, the automated HA solution for MySQL, passing by the following architecture: Single MySQL Source / Asynchronous Replica InnoDB ReplicaSet InnoDB Cluster I will cover the limitations of each options and how to migrate from one to the next one with minimal downtime. | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 6, 2021 | FOSDEM 2021 | FOSDEM | speaker | MySQL Router REST APIMySQL Router is part of MySQL InnoDB Cluster and MySQL InnoDB ReplicaSet, but not only. This piece of software is still unknown by many users but improved a lot…Show lessMySQL Router is part of MySQL InnoDB Cluster and MySQL InnoDB ReplicaSet, but not only. This piece of software is still unknown by many users but improved a lot during the last year. | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 1, 2020 | FOSDEM 2020 | FOSDEM | speaker | 20 mins to write a MySQL Shell Plugin as Oracle MySQL Shell is a new client for MySQL. It comes with multiple functionalities like the adminAPI commands to setup and operate a MySQL InnoDB Cluster but also…Show lessMySQL Shell is a new client for MySQL. It comes with multiple functionalities like the adminAPI commands to setup and operate a MySQL InnoDB Cluster but also check for upgrades, import JSON, parallel import and more... | Video |
| Jan 30, 2020 | preFOSDEM MySQL Days 2020 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days | — | Best practices to upgrade to MySQL 8.0 as Oracle | Slides |
| Sep 30, 2019 | Percona Live Open Source Database Conference Europe 2019 | Percona Live | tutorial | MySQL 8.0 InnoDB Cluster – Easiest Tutorial! as Oracle | |
| May 28, 2019 | Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2019 | Percona Live | speaker | MySQL Group Replication: The Magic Explained v2 as Oracle During this talk, I explain how Group Replication replication works. | |
| May 28, 2019 | Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2019 | Percona Live | speaker | MySQL Shell: The Best DBA tool? How to Use the MySQL Shell as a Framework for DBAs as Oracle MySQL Shell is the new client for MySQL. It understands standard and X protocol. It also allows to send JS, Python or SQL commands to the server. In this talk I…Show lessMySQL Shell is the new client for MySQL. It understands standard and X protocol. It also allows to send JS, Python or SQL commands to the server. In this talk I will show you how to first configure the Shell for a nice, good looking experience with MySQL, show some of the basic commands and... | |
| May 28, 2019 | Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2019 | Percona Live | tutorial | Part 1: MySQL InnoDB Cluster in a Nutshell: The Saga Continues with 8.0, the full guide as Oracle During this tutorial, attendees will get their hands on virtual machines and migrate standard Master-Slave architectures to the new MySQL InnoDB Cluster (native…Show lessDuring this tutorial, attendees will get their hands on virtual machines and migrate standard Master-Slave architectures to the new MySQL InnoDB Cluster (native Group Replication) with minimal downtime. After explaining what Group Replication is and how it works (the magic behind it), we will... | |
| May 28, 2019 | Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2019 | Percona Live | tutorial | Part 2: MySQL InnoDB Cluster in a Nutshell: The Saga Continues with 8.0, the full guide as Oracle During this tutorial, attendees will get their hands on virtual machines and migrate standard Master-Slave architectures to the new MySQL InnoDB Cluster (native…Show lessDuring this tutorial, attendees will get their hands on virtual machines and migrate standard Master-Slave architectures to the new MySQL InnoDB Cluster (native Group Replication) with minimal downtime. After explaining what Group Replication is and how it works (the magic behind it), we will... | |
| May 28, 2019 | Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2019 | Percona Live | keynote | The State of the Dolphin as Oracle | Video |
| May 2, 2019 | PyCon X (PyCon Italia 2019) | PyCon (national Python conferences) | talk | Python e MySQL 8.0 Document Store | |
| Feb 2, 2019 | FOSDEM 2019 | FOSDEM | speaker | MySQL 8.0 Document Store: How to Mix NoSQL & SQL in MySQL 8.0MySQL 8.0 is now also a Document Store where it's very easy to store JSON documents and use CRUD operations. Developers now can deal with their datata without…Show lessMySQL 8.0 is now also a Document Store where it's very easy to store JSON documents and use CRUD operations. Developers now can deal with their datata without writing a single line of SQL. | Video |
| Feb 1, 2019 | pre-FOSDEM MySQL Day 2019 | preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days | — | MySQL Shell : the best DBA tool ? – How to use the MySQL Shell as a framework for DBAs as Oracle | Slides |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Zaitsev | 14 | — | 2026 |
| René Cannaò | 12 | — | 2026 |
| Vinicius Grippa | 9 | — | 2026 |
| Miguel Araújo | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Shlomi Noach | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Sveta Smirnova | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Dimitri Kravtchuk | 6 | 1 | 2026 |
| Alkin Tezuysal | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Marcelo Altmann | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Marco Tusa | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Jimmy Angelakos | 6 | — | 2025 |
| Luis Soares | 6 | — | 2025 |
| Norvald H. Ryeng | 6 | — | 2025 |
| Yoshinori Matsunobu | 6 | — | 2025 |
| Kenny Gryp | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
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.