Reynold Xin
Employers on the program
- 2019–2026Databricks12 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
- Data + AI Summit
- TiDB SCaiLE (formerly HTAP Summit)
- Coalesce
- Data Streaming Summit
- VLDB (International Conference on Very Large Data Bases)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | VLDB 2026 (52nd) | VLDB (International Conference on Very Large Data Bases) | keynote | The Three Golden Ages of Database Engineering: From SIGMOD '85 to the Agentic Era Database internals as Databricks | |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Data + AI Summit 2026 | Data + AI Summit | speaker | Cybersecurity Forum | Sponsored by: Deloitte as Databricks In the AI era, security is fundamentally a data problem. As cyberattacks shift from human-operated to machine-scale autonomous agents, traditional security…Show lessIn the AI era, security is fundamentally a data problem. As cyberattacks shift from human-operated to machine-scale autonomous agents, traditional security architectures have hit a breaking point, forced into a "fidelity trade-off" between spiraling costs and dangerous visibility gaps. Join us for the Cybersecurity Industry Forum to discover how Databricks is disrupting the legacy SIEM market with Lakewatch, the industry’s first open, agentic SIEM built on the security lakehouse. This 90-minute session explores how to “fight fire with fire” by deploying swarms of defensive AI agents to meet machine-speed attackers. We will dive into the architectural shift required to unify security, IT, and business data into a single, governed environment, eliminating the “ingestion tax” and enabling petabyte-scale detection and response at a fraction of the cost of legacy providers. Hear from security innovators and Lakewatch design partners who are moving beyond experimental AI to operationalize agentic security at scale. Learn how to leverage open formats (OCSF) and “Detection-as-Code” to build a proactive, high-velocity SOC that identifies threats in minutes, not days. | |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Data + AI Summit 2026 | Data + AI Summit | speaker | Tech and AI Industry Forum | Sponsored by Entrada as Databricks As the first wave of AI experimentation matures, leaders are facing a new bottleneck: the “Architectural Tax” of fragmented stacks. To move beyond universal…Show lessAs the first wave of AI experimentation matures, leaders are facing a new bottleneck: the “Architectural Tax” of fragmented stacks. To move beyond universal foundation models and build production-grade AI applications, an interoperable foundation is essential. This foundation must unify governance, data and model choice to power high-frequency data and governed intelligence from a single location. This 90-minute Tech Industry Forum joins leaders from the top AI innovators to bridge the gap between AI ambition and operational reality. We will move past the hype to address the foundational challenges that now define market leadership: eliminating the latency between data and application, slashing the overhead of massive compute costs and establishing the governance frameworks required to scale intelligent systems with confidence. This session is designed for leaders who must act now to transition from experimental AI into a high-velocity, production-scale operation. After the session, connect with your peers during the exclusive Industry Forum Happy Hour. Reserve your seat today! | |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Data + AI Summit 2026 | Data + AI Summit | keynote | Tuesday Keynote as Databricks See the latest innovations from Databricks, live demos and unscripted conversations with the leaders shaping enterprise AI. | |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Data Streaming Summit San Francisco 2025 | Data Streaming Summit | keynote | Fireside Chat with Reynold Xin: Lakehouse and Data Streaming as Databricks | |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Data + AI Summit 2025 | Data + AI Summit | keynote | Wednesday Keynote as Databricks Be first to witness the latest breakthroughs from Databricks and share the success of innovative data and AI companies. | |
| Jun 10, 2024 | Data + AI Summit 2024 | Data + AI Summit | keynote | Untitled as Databricks | |
| Sep 20, 2023 | HTAP Summit 2023 | TiDB SCaiLE (formerly HTAP Summit) | keynote | Keynote: Eliminating Performance Tradeoffs Using AI as Databricks | Video |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Data + AI Summit 2023 | Data + AI Summit | keynote | Untitled as Databricks | |
| Nov 1, 2022 | HTAP Summit 2022 | TiDB SCaiLE (formerly HTAP Summit) | keynote | Untitled as Databricks | |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Data + AI Summit 2022 | Data + AI Summit | keynote | Untitled as Databricks | |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Coalesce 2021 | Coalesce | speaker | You don’t need another database: A conversation with Reynold Xin (Databricks) and Drew Banin (dbt Labs) Reynold Xin is a technical co-founder and Chief Architect at Databricks. He’s also a co-creator and the top contributor to the Apache Spark project. | Video |
| Apr 23, 2019 | Spark + AI Summit 2019 | Data + AI Summit | keynote | Untitled as Databricks |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matei Zaharia | 7 | — | 2026 |
| Ali Ghodsi | 6 | 2 | 2026 |
| Patrick Wendell | 3 | 1 | 2026 |
| Michelle Leon | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Prukalpa Sankar | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Satya Nadella | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Holly Smith | 2 | 2 | 2026 |
| Nikita Shamgunov | 2 | 2 | 2026 |
| Andrew Krioukov | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Bilal Aslam | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Hanlin Tang | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Jason Reid | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Justin DeBrabant | 2 | 1 | 2026 |
| Kasey Uhlenhuth | 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.