Michael “Monty” Widenius
Employers on the program
- 2021–2026MariaDB14 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
- MariaDB Server Fest
- FOSDEM
- MySQL BR Conf
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | MySQL BR Conf 2026 | MySQL BR Conf | — | Extending MariaDB: Inside the Architecture of an Extensible Database Server as MariaDB plc | Video |
| Sep 26, 2026 | MySQL BR Conf 2026 | MySQL BR Conf | — | What's New in MariaDB as MariaDB plc | |
| Feb 1, 2026 | MariaDB Day Brussels 2026 | MariaDB Server Fest | — | MariaDB is the Future of MySQL as MariaDB plc | |
| Aug 27, 2025 | MariaDB Server Fest Amsterdam 2025 | MariaDB Server Fest | — | From Locked-In to Lift-Off – Escaping Proprietary Databases with MariaDB as MariaDB | |
| Jul 4, 2025 | First MariaDB Singapore Meetup (2025) | MariaDB Server Fest | — | Meet the Founder – Q&A with Michael “Monty” Widenius, creator of MySQL and MariaDB | |
| Jul 4, 2025 | First MariaDB Singapore Meetup (2025) | MariaDB Server Fest | — | Migration to MariaDB, use cases as MariaDB plc and MariaDB Foundation | |
| Sep 17, 2024 | MariaDB ServerFest Berlin 2024 | MariaDB Server Fest | — | MariaDB Catalogs | |
| Sep 17, 2024 | MariaDB ServerFest Berlin 2024 | MariaDB Server Fest | — | Migrations from other databases to MariaDB as MariaDB | Slides |
| Feb 2, 2024 | MariaDB ServerFest Brussels 2024 | MariaDB Server Fest | — | Catalogs: An upcoming feature for Cloud Service Providers as MariaDB plc | |
| Feb 2, 2024 | MariaDB ServerFest Brussels 2024 | MariaDB Server Fest | panelist | Migration panel: Reaping the benefits of Open Source as MariaDB plc | |
| Feb 2, 2024 | MariaDB ServerFest Brussels 2024 | MariaDB Server Fest | — | MySQL to MariaDB live migration as MariaDB plc | |
| Feb 2, 2024 | MariaDB ServerFest Brussels 2024 | MariaDB Server Fest | — | MySQL to MariaDB migration intro as MariaDB plc | |
| Feb 2, 2024 | MariaDB ServerFest Brussels 2024 | MariaDB Server Fest | panelist | The Cathedral and Bazaar panel: The role of money in Open Source as MariaDB plc | |
| Oct 5, 2023 | MariaDB (Un)Conference and MariaDB Server Fest 2023 | MariaDB Server Fest | — | True multi-tenancy for your database – MariaDB Catalogs as MariaDB | Slides |
| Feb 4, 2023 | FOSDEM 2023 | FOSDEM | speaker | New Year -> New major-major version of MariaDB Why 11.0 and what's new | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 5, 2022 | FOSDEM 2022 | FOSDEM | speaker | MariaDB Optimizer - ongoing development and changesThe MariaDB optimizer has its roots in the original MySQL optimizer. Being a long standing project, it has inherited a number of quirks and features that -at…Show lessThe MariaDB optimizer has its roots in the original MySQL optimizer. Being a long standing project, it has inherited a number of quirks and features that -at the time of coding- made sense. | Video |
| Feb 5, 2022 | FOSDEM 2022 | FOSDEM | speaker | MariaDB Server's new release modelAs was announced in December 2021 https://mariadb.org/new-innovation-release-model/, MariaDB Server now has a new release model, with more frequent major…Show lessAs was announced in December 2021 https://mariadb.org/new-innovation-release-model/, MariaDB Server now has a new release model, with more frequent major releases. MariaDB Server 10.7 is the first release following this model. | Video |
| Feb 6, 2021 | FOSDEM 2021 | FOSDEM | speaker | Atomic DDL in MariaDB as MariaDB Corporation Crash safety is one of the requirements of modern databases. Although DML is crash safe (depending on storage engine), DDL is still problematic. | Video |
| Feb 6, 2021 | FOSDEM 2021 | FOSDEM | speaker | Migrating from other databases to MariaDB as MariaDB Corporation This talk will present a proper procedure of migrating applications from proprietary database systems (such as Oracle or SQL Server) to MariaDB. The talk will…Show lessThis talk will present a proper procedure of migrating applications from proprietary database systems (such as Oracle or SQL Server) to MariaDB. The talk will give an overview of the steps required to successfully perform a full migration. | Video |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Zaitsev | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Marko Mäkelä | 5 | — | 2024 |
| Vicențiu Ciorbaru | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sergei Golubchik | 4 | 1 | 2025 |
| René Cannaò | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Vinicius Grippa | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Federico Razzoli | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Christian Kniep | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Frédéric Descamps | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Jimmy Angelakos | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Dirk Hillbrecht | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Kaj Arnö | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alkin Tezuysal | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Nikita Malyavin | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Roman Nozdrin | 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.