Ryan Blue
Employers on the program
- 2022–2026Databricks7 talks
- 2021–2024Tabular10 talks
Appearances by year
- Iceberg Summit
- AWS re:Invent
- Community Over Code (formerly ApacheCon)
- Data Council
- Subsurface
- AI Native Summit
- Chill Data Summit
- Data Engineering Open Forum
- 4 other conferences
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2026 | Iceberg Summit 2026 | Iceberg Summit | speaker | Contributing to Iceberg 101 as Databricks This talk is an intro to contributing to the Iceberg community, for anyone who wants to contribute or who wants to learn about open source communities. This is…Show lessThis talk is an intro to contributing to the Iceberg community, for anyone who wants to contribute or who wants to learn about open source communities. This is a great way to learn the basics for individual contributors: •How Iceberg and other ASF communities work •What you should know to get started in Iceberg •Best practices for getting things done, and •A primer on how to become a committer an | Video |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Iceberg Summit 2026 | Iceberg Summit | moderator | Future of Iceberg Security as Databricks | Video |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Iceberg Summit 2026 | Iceberg Summit | panelist | Innovations in Apache Iceberg and the Data Ecosystem as Databricks 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 23, 2025 | Data Engineering Open Forum 2025 | Data Engineering Open Forum | panelist | Panel: The Future of Data Engineering as Databricks | Video |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Data Council 2025 | Data Council | talk | Why is Everyone Talking about Apache Iceberg™? (From the Original Creator of Apache Iceberg) Warehouse & lakehouse as Databricks | |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Iceberg Summit 2025 | Iceberg Summit | keynote | v3 and Beyond: Iceberg's Ongoing Evolution as Databricks | Video |
| Nov 21, 2024 | AI Native Summit 2024 | AI Native Summit | panelist | Panel: New Data Primitives | |
| May 14, 2024 | Iceberg Summit 2024 | Iceberg Summit | keynote | Keynote: The Quiet Revolution as Tabular | Video |
| May 2, 2024 | Subsurface LIVE 2024 | Subsurface | — | Untitled as Tabular | |
| Apr 10, 2024 | Data Universe 2024 | Data Universe | featured | Untitled as Tabular | |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Chill Data Summit 2024: Ready for Impact, Iceberg Edition | Chill Data Summit | speaker | Untitled Architectural choices Iceberg has made over the years and what's on the horizon. | |
| Dec 12, 2023 | OSA CON 2023 | OSA CON (Open Source Analytics Conference) | speaker | Open Formats: The Happy Accident Disrupting the Data Industry as Tabular Analytic databases are quietly going through an unprecedented transformation. Open table formats, led by Apache Iceberg, enable multiple query engines to share…Show lessAnalytic databases are quietly going through an unprecedented transformation. Open table formats, led by Apache Iceberg, enable multiple query engines to share one central copy of a table. | SlidesVideo |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Building and optimizing a data lake on Amazon S3 as Tabular Organizations are building petabyte-scale data lakes on AWS to democratize access to thousands of end users. In this session, learn about recent innovations in…Show lessOrganizations are building petabyte-scale data lakes on AWS to democratize access to thousands of end users. In this session, learn about recent innovations in Amazon S3 that make it easier to build, secure, and manage your data lakes. | Video |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | lightning talk | How to build a platform for AI and analytics based on Apache Iceberg (sponsored by Tabular) as Tabular Apache Iceberg has become the de facto table format standard. | Video |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Trino Fest 2023 | Trino Fest | speaker | CDC patterns in Apache Iceberg as Tabular | |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Subsurface LIVE 2023 | Subsurface | — | Untitled as Tabular | |
| Mar 23, 2022 | Data Council Austin 2022 | Data Council | talk | Why You Shouldn’t Care About Iceberg Warehouse & lakehouse as Databricks | |
| Nov 29, 2021 | AWS re:Invent 2021 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | What’s new with Amazon Athena as Tabular Technologies, Inc. Amazon Athena is a highly scalable analytics service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon S3 and other data stores. Amazon Athena is serverless, so…Show lessAmazon Athena is a highly scalable analytics service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon S3 and other data stores. Amazon Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to manage, and you pay only for the queries that you run. | SlidesVideo |
| Oct 21, 2021 | Trino Summit 2021 | Trino Summit | speaker | Fast results using Iceberg and Trino as Tabular | |
| Sep 21, 2021 | ApacheCon @Home 2021 | Community Over Code (formerly ApacheCon) | speaker | Storage-Partitioned Join for Apache Spark | Video |
| Sep 9, 2019 | ApacheCon North America 2019 | Community Over Code (formerly ApacheCon) | speaker | Apache Iceberg: a table format for distributed databases |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julien Le Dem | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Kevin Liu | 4 | 2 | 2026 |
| Russell Spitzer | 4 | 1 | 2026 |
| Huaxin Gao | 3 | 1 | 2026 |
| JB Onofré | 3 | 1 | 2026 |
| Matt Topol | 3 | 1 | 2026 |
| Chao Sun | 3 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alex Merced | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Anton Okolnychyi | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Brenna Buuck | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Dipankar Mazumdar | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Szehon Ho | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Ciro Greco | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Justin Borgman | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Joey Lynch | 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.