Kevin Liu
Employers on the program
- 2026Apache Software Foundation5 talks
- 2026Microsoft2 talks
- 2024Amazon Web Services1 talk
- 2023Stripe1 talk
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
- AWS re:Invent
- Iceberg Summit
- Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)
- OpenXData
- Trino Fest
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | OpenXData 2026 (April) | OpenXData | speaker | Driving Iceberg Adoption with Open Catalog and Open Datasets as Microsoft An open, publicly available Iceberg REST Catalog (IRC) paired with well‑curated, open datasets will help drive the next tranche of Iceberg adoption. This will…Show lessAn open, publicly available Iceberg REST Catalog (IRC) paired with well‑curated, open datasets will help drive the next tranche of Iceberg adoption. This will be the new paradigm to get started with Iceberg. | Video |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Iceberg Summit 2026 | Iceberg Summit | moderator | Bridging Open Source Innovation with Customer Value: A Product Perspective as Apache Iceberg (PMC) This panel will kick off a candid discussion with product leaders from companies building the next generation of the Iceberg ecosystem. We’ll explore why…Show lessThis panel will kick off a candid discussion with product leaders from companies building the next generation of the Iceberg ecosystem. We’ll explore why Iceberg resonates with their enterprise customers and, ultimately, why their organizations have made a foundational bet on open source. | Video |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Iceberg Summit 2026 | Iceberg Summit | speaker | Driving Iceberg Adoption with Open Catalog and Open Datasets as Apache Iceberg (PMC) An open, publicly available Iceberg REST Catalog (IRC) paired with well‑curated, open datasets will help drive the next tranche of Iceberg adoption. This will…Show lessAn open, publicly available Iceberg REST Catalog (IRC) paired with well‑curated, open datasets will help drive the next tranche of Iceberg adoption. This will be the new paradigm to get started with Iceberg. | Video |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Iceberg Summit 2026 | Iceberg Summit | panelist | Future of Iceberg Security as Apache Iceberg (PMC) | Video |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Iceberg Summit 2026 | Iceberg Summit | panelist | Innovations in Apache Iceberg and the Data Ecosystem as Apache Iceberg (PMC) Join core contributors for an open conversation on what’s next for Apache Iceberg and the broader ecosystem. We’ll unpack the context behind current proposals,…Show lessJoin core contributors for an open conversation on what’s next for Apache Iceberg and the broader ecosystem. We’ll unpack the context behind current proposals, explain their impact, and highlight concrete ways the community can work together to accelerate progress. | Video |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Iceberg Summit 2026 | Iceberg Summit | speaker | PyIceberg: Onwards and Upwards as Apache Iceberg (PMC) PyIceberg has come a long way in the past year, crossing 500k daily downloads on PyPI, with many teams now running it in production. In this talk, we’ll…Show lessPyIceberg has come a long way in the past year, crossing 500k daily downloads on PyPI, with many teams now running it in production. In this talk, we’ll highlight some of the new community-driven features that make working with Apache Iceberg tables in Python both easy and fun. | Video |
| Mar 16, 2026 | FABCON & SQLCON 2026 (Microsoft Fabric Community Conference + SQLCON), Atlanta | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) | speaker | Interoperable by design: managing Iceberg and Delta Tables in OneLake as Microsoft OneLake enables true interoperability, enabling you to write Iceberg and Delta tables once and query them anywhere. Learn how OneLake supports data governance,…Show lessOneLake enables true interoperability, enabling you to write Iceberg and Delta tables once and query them anywhere. Learn how OneLake supports data governance, Spark DML and lifecycle management while exposing the same tables to Snowflake, Athena, Glue, Fabric engines, Power BI, and AI Agents without copies. | |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Iceberg Summit 2025 | Iceberg Summit | moderator | Shaping the Future of Apache Iceberg: A Panel on Industry Involvement and Open Source Commitment | Video |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Deploying containerized applications with Amazon EBS as AWS Enterprises running critical applications in Kubernetes use Amazon EBS for its high performance, low latency, and persistence, which ensures data can be…Show lessEnterprises running critical applications in Kubernetes use Amazon EBS for its high performance, low latency, and persistence, which ensures data can be re-attached to new containers. | |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Advancements in storage options for deploying data-aware apps at scaleAs organizations look to broadly adopt containers for their compute, some workloads, such as big data and ETL jobs, need to fetch existing data, perform…Show lessAs organizations look to broadly adopt containers for their compute, some workloads, such as big data and ETL jobs, need to fetch existing data, perform processing, and store this processed data for downstream use. | |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Deploying modern applications using Amazon EBS Unlock new levels of cost efficiency and performance agility with new and evolving Amazon EBS capabilities for your modern applications. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Trino Fest 2023 | Trino Fest | speaker | Inspecting Trino on ice as Stripe |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Blue | 4 | 2 | 2026 |
| JB Onofré | 3 | 1 | 2026 |
| David Mills | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Francisco Morillo | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Gopi Sankaran | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Julien Le Dem | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Roy Hasson | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Suman Debnath | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Will Manning | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Yufei Gu | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Drew Gallardo | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Huaxin Gao | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Matt Topol | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Matthew Hicks | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Prashant Singh | 2 | 1 | 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.