Some talks and tutorials

Most of the slides can be found on my Slideshare account and, more recently, on my SpeakerDeck page.

2026

2025

  • January 2025, 16: MySQL Meetup, Dublin, IR, MySQL Architectures – Easy deployments with the Admin API
  • January 2025, 16: MySQL Meetup, Dublin, IR, The audience chooses the technical talk (InnoDB, Extending MySQL, Store Programs in JS, …)
  • January 2025, 31: preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days, Brussels, BE, InnoDB and Primary Keys: the session where everybody learns something.
  • January 2025, 31: preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days, Brussels, BE, From blog post to GenAI using OCI
  • February 2025, 2: FOSDEM MySQL Devroom, Brussels, BE, MySQL InnoDB Data Recovery – the last resort
  • February 2025, 6: MySQL Security et Business Continuity Workshop, Paris, FR, The audience chooses the technical talk (InnoDB, Extending MySQL, Store Programs in JS, …)
  • March 2025, 11: – Seznam private internal meetup, Prague, Czech Republic – MySQL Indexes and Histograms – How They Really Speed Up Your Queries
  • March 2025, 11: CZJUG on tour, Prague, Czech Republic – Mastering MySQL, Tips and Best Practices for Developers
  • March 2025, 12: BrnoJUG, Brno, Czech Republic – Mastering MySQL: Tips and Best Practices for Developers
  • March 2025, 13: MySQL & MariaDB & MongoDB talks meetup Bratislava vol.2 – MySQL Document Store: How to use MySQL without SQL
  • April 2025, 22: MySQL & HeatWave Summit 2025, Redwood Shores, California – MySQL InnoDB Recovery
  • April 2025, 23: MySQL & HeatWave Summit 2025, Redwood Shores, California – MySQL Indexes and Histograms – How They Really Speed Up Your Queries
  • June 2025, 3: RoOUG, Bucharest, RO: MySQL is 30: timeline and innovation
  • June 2025, 3: RoOUG, Bucharest, RO: From blog posts to GenAI – query your content with AI
  • October 2025, 2: SouJava, São Paulo, Brazil, Building SQL-Free Apps
  • October 2025, 3: SENAI, São Paulo, Brazil, MySQL InnoDB – Data Recovery
  • October 2025, 3: SENAI, São Paulo, Brazil, MySQL without SQL (Document Store and REST Service)
  • October 2025, 4: MySQL BR Conf, São Paulo, Brazil, GenAI Meets Your Data: Building a RAG System with Your Own Content
  • October 2025, 10: Faculté des sciences et technologies – Université de Lille, France – A day in the life of a DBA: Management, optimization, and survival in production
  • November 2025, 3: Contech by RoOUG, Bucharest, Romania, Bring AI to the Dolphin
  • November 2025, 4: Contech by RoOUG, Bucharest, Romania, Workshop – Use MySQL Without SQL: Discover the new REST API

2024

2023

  • February 2023, 2nd: preFOSDEM MySQL Days 2023, MySQL 8.0 – Dynamic InnoDB Redo Log
  • February 2023, 4th: FOSDEM MySQL & Friends Devroom, Extending MySQL with component infrastructure – will MySQL be out of space soon ?
  • May 2023, 17th: MySQL Webinar, Migrating from MariaDB to MySQL
  • May 2023, 22-24: Percona Live, Denver, MySQL 8.0 – Dynamic InnoDB Redo Log
  • May 2023, 22-24: Percona Live. Denver, MySQL Architectures: Design the Right Solution for Your Needs (3h tutorial)
  • November 2023, 2nd: DevClub.lv, Riga, MySQL Indexes and Histograms
  • November 2023, 2nd: DevClub.lv, Riga, The Evolution of a MySQL Database System
  • November 2023, 3-5: Ubuntu Summit, Riga, What’s Hot in MySQL: A Sneak Peek at Game-Changing Features
  • November 2023, 24: DOAG 2023, Nürnberg, MySQL Workshop

2022

2021

2020

  • January 2020, 14-15th: Oracle Open World Middle East, Dubaï – MySQL 8.0: A giant leap for SQL [SES1803-DUB]
  • January 2020, 30th: preFOSDEM MySQL Day, Brussels – Best practices to upgrade to MySQL 8.0
  • February 2020, 1st: FOSDEM MySQL, MariaDB & Friends Devroom, Brussels – 20 mins to write a MySQL Shell Plugin – Extend the MySQL Shell with a plugin created from scratch
  • April 2020, 21th: DBAMA – Ask Me Anything about MySQL Shell
  • May 2020, 12th: Percona Live Online – the State of The Dolphin
  • June 2020, 3rd: WePay & Oracle MySQL Virtual Meetup, MySQL 8.0 an HA Solution for Everybody
  • June 2020, 15th: iLoug, MySQL High Availability – InnoDB Cluster & InnoDB ReplicaSet
  • June 2020, 17th: OpenExpo Europe, MySQL 8.0 Document Store – Discovery of a new world
  • June 2020, 18th: MySQL Tech Cafe #8, MySQL for Python developers
  • July 2020, 19th: Virtual MySQL Day, Best Practice Tips – Upgrading to MySQL 8.0
  • September 2020, 14th: MySQL Webinar, Migrate MySQL from on-premise to MDS
  • September 2020, 16th: MySQL Webinar, Installing WordPress on OCI with MySQL Database Service
  • October 2020, 13th: Oracle Developer Live MySQL (Americas), Panel: SQL or NoSQL? Schema or Schemaless?
  • October 2020, 13th: Oracle Developer Live MySQL (Americas),  Hands-On Lab: Deploying InnoDB Cluster on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Terraform/Resource Manager
  • October 2020, 15th: Oracle Developer Live MySQL (EMEA – APAC), Panel: SQL or NoSQL? Schema or Schemaless?
  • October 2020, 15th: Oracle Developer Live MySQL (EMEA – APAC), Hands-On Lab: Deploying InnoDB Cluster on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Terraform/Resource Manager
  • October 2020, 21st: Percona Live Online, MySQL 8.0 Document Store – Discovery of a New World
  • October 2020, 21st:Percona Live Online, The State of the Dolphin (keynote)
  • October 2020, 22nd: MySQL Webinar, Running Drupal with Oracle MySQL Database Service

2019

  • January: MySQL Innovation Day in Stockholm, MySQL InnoDB Cluster: HA for MySQL has never been so easy
  • February: pre-FOSDEM MySQL Day, MySQL Shell : the best DBA tool ? – How to use the MySQL Shell as a framework for DBAs
  • February: FOSDEM MySQL, MariaDB & Friends Devroom, MySQL 8.0 Document Store: How to Mix NoSQL & SQL in MySQL 8.0 – a database where developers and DBAs live in peace
  • March 5th – MySQL New York Meetup, MySQL 8.0 Document Store: How to Mix NoSQL & SQL in MySQL 8.0
  • March 7th – MySQL Appreciation Night / Oracle MySQL Happy Hour: MySQL Document Store & MySQL InnoDB Cluster
  • April 4th – Oracle CODE Roma: NoSQL + SQL = MySQL (video here)
  • May 3rd – PyconX, Firenze, Italy: Python e MySQL Document Store (slides)
  • May 5th – Loadays, Antwerp, Belgium: How to write efficient and correct MySQL recipes for your configuration management system in 2019
  • May 28th – Percona Live, Austin, TX: MySQL InnoDB Cluster in a Nutshell: The Saga Continues with 8.0, the full guide
  • May 29th – Percona Live, Austin, TX: MySQL Shell: The Best DBA tool? How to Use the MySQL Shell as a Framework for DBAs
  • May 30th – Percona Live, Austin, TX: MySQL Group Replication: The Magic Explained v2
  • June 20th – Dataops, Barcelona, SP: Deep dive into MySQL Group Replication: the magic explained
  • September: Oracle Open World and Code ONE, San Francisco,  Python and MysQL 8.0 Document Store [DEV5966]
  • September: Oracle Open World and Code ONE, San Francisco,  Looking Inside MySQL Document Store [DEV2902]
  • September: Oracle Open World and Code ONE, San Francisco,  MySQL Shell: The Best DBA Tool ? How to use MySQL Shell as a Framework for DBAs [DEV2056]
  • October: Percona Live Europe, Amsterdam,  MySQL InnoDB Cluster: Easiest Tutorial !
  • October: Percona Live Europe, Amsterdam,  MySQL InnoDB Cluster: Advanced Configuration & Operations
  • October: Percona Live Europe, Amsterdam,  MySQL Shell: The Best DBA Tool ?
  • October: ProxySQL Tech Day, Ghent, Another HA Solution for ProxySQL Users: Easy and All Integrated: MySQL InnoDB Cluster
  • October: Norwegian MySQL Meetup, Trondheim, How To Operate MySQL InnoDB Cluster with MySQL Shell
  • November 7th: MySQL Innovation Day Tokyo, MySQL Shell: The Best DBA Tool? How to use MySQL Shell as a Framework for DBAs?
  • November 7th: MySQL Innovation Day Tokyo, Benefits of Upgrading to MySQL 8.0
  • November 8th: MySQL Innovation Day Osaka, Benefits of Upgrading to MySQL 8.0
  • November 12th: MySQL Technical Workshop Kuala Lumpur: Benefits of Upgrading to MySQL 8.0
  • November 13th: MySQL Technical Workshop Singapore: Benefits of Upgrading to MySQL 8.0

2018

  • February: MySQL Document Store – where SQL & NoSQL meet at pre-FOSDEM MySQL Day
  • February: MySQL Point-In-Time Recovery like a Rockstar at FOSDEM MySQL & Friends Devroom
  • April: MySQL InnoDB Cluster in a Nutshell: The Saga Continues with 8.0 at Percona Live Open Source Database Conference  in Santa Clara
  • April: MySQL 8.0: a Document Store with all the benefits of a transactional RDBMS at Percona Live Open Source Database Conference  in Santa Clara
  • April: Consistent Reads Using ProxySQL and GTID at Percona Live Open Source Database Conference  in Santa Clara
  • April: MySQL 8.0 – a Document Store with all the benefits of a transactional RDBS at MySQL Day in Brussels, BE
  • April: MySQL 8.0 – HA for MySQL has never been so easy with InnoDB Cluster at MySQL Innovation Day in Redwood Shores, CA
  • April: MySQL 8.0 – a Document Store with all the benefits of a transactional RDBS at MySQL Innovation Day in Redwood Shores, CA
  • May: MySQL 8.0 – HA for MySQL has never been so easy with InnoDB Cluster at MySQL Innovation Day in Minneapolis, MN
  • May: MySQL 8.0 – a Document Store with all the benefits of a transactional RDBS at MySQL Innovation Day in Minneapolis, MN
  • May: MySQL 8.0 – HA for MySQL has never been so easy with InnoDB Cluster at MySQL Innovation Day in Tokyo, JP
  • May: MySQL 8.0 – a Document Store with all the benefits of a transactional RDBMS at MySQL Innovation Day in Tokyo, JP
  • May: MySQL 8.0 – HA for MySQL has never been so easy with InnoDB Cluster at MySQL Innovation Day in Osaka, JP
  • May: MySQL 8.0 – a Document Store with all the benefits of a transactional RDBMS at MySQL Innovation Day in Osaka, JP
  • June: MySQL 8.0 – a Document Store with all the benefits of a transactional RDBMS at DataOps Barcelona, SP
  • June: MySQL 8.0 – Introduction to MySQL InnoDB Cluster: MySQL High Availability made easy at Barcelona MySQL Meetup, SP
  • June: MySQL 8.0 – MySQL HA so easy ? That’s insane ! at DataOps Barcelona, SP
  • October: MySQL 8.0 Document Store : Everything You Need to Know to Mix Both NoSQL and SQL [TUT6303], Oracle Open World, CA
  • October: MySQL 8 HA with InnoDB Cluster Tutorial [TIP3065], Oracle Open World, CA
  • October: MySQL 8.0: Quoi de neuf ?, Forum PHP Paris 2018, Paris, FR (replaced bv Olivier Dasini)
  • October: MySQL 8.0 HA with InnoDB Cluster, MySQL Innovation Day, Chicago, IL
  • October: MySQL 8.0 Document Store: NoSQL + SQL = MySQL, MySQL Innovation Day, Chicago, IL
  • November: MySQL InnoDB Cluster in a Nutshell : The Saga Continues with 8.0, Percona Live Europe, Frankfurt, GE
  • November: MySQL Group Replication : the magic explained, Percona Live Europe, Frankfurt, GE

2017

  • February: Inexpensive Datamasking for MySQL with ProxySQL – data anonymization for developers at FOSDEM with René Cannaò
  • March: MySQL InnoDB Cluster – Quand Haute Disponibilité & facilité de déploiement font bon ménage at Jeudis du Libre
  • March: MySQL as Document Store with JSON datatype & X plugin (in French) at Jeudis du Libre
  • April: MySQL InnoDB Cluster and Group Replication in a Nutshell: Hands-On Tutorial with Kenny Gryp & Matt Lord at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo Santa-Clara
  • April: Inexpensive Datamasking for MySQL with ProxySQL – data anonymization for developers with René Cannaò at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo Santa-Clara
  • April: MySQL InnoDB Cluster at MySQL Innovation Day West in San Francisco
  • May: Introduction to MySQL InnoDB Cluster at Boston MySQL Meetup
  • May: MySQL InnoDB Cluster at MySQL Innovation Day East in Boston
  • May: MySQL InnoDB Cluster – when HA for MySQL is made easy at Swedish MySQL User Group meetup in Stockholm
  • May: MySQL InnoDB Cluster – when HA for MySQL is made easy at Helsinki MySQL User Group meetup
  • June: Introduction to MySQL InnoDB Cluster at Percona University in Ghent, BE
  • June: Introduction to MySQL Document Store at Percona University in Ghent, BE
  • June: MySQL Innovation – Evolution is inevitable at EMEA Oracle User Group Leaders Summit in Valencia, SP
  • August: MySQL Innovation driven by the Community in Shenzen, CH
  • August: MySQL InnoDB Cluster – MySQL High Availability made easy at COSCUP in Taïwan
  • September: MySQL InnoDB Cluster and Group Replication in a Nutshell: Hands-On Tutorial at Percona Live Europe in Dublin, IR
  • September: Introduction to MySQL InnoDB Cluster at Percona Live Europe in Dublin, IR
  • September: MySQL Document Store – when SQL & NoSQL live together… in peace! at Percona Live Europe in Dublin, IR
  • October: MySQL InnoDB Cluster Hands-On Labs at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, US
  • October: MySQL Document Store – How to replace a NoSQL database by MySQL without effort but with a lot of gains? at MySQL Innovation Day in New-York, US
  • December: Introduction to MySQL InnoDB Cluster & MySQL Document Store at the Romanian Oracle User Group in Bucharest, RO

2016

  • January: Galera Replication Demystified: How Does It Work? at Fosdem
  • April: Advanced Percona XtraDB Cluster in a Nutshell, La Suite: Hands-on Tutorial (Not for Beginners!) at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo Santa-Clara
  • April: Galera Replication Demystified: How Does It Work? at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo Santa-Clara
  • September: MySQL 5.7 & JSON – Nouvelles opportunités pour les dévelopeurs at MySQL Meetup, Opentech – Paris
  • September: MySQL Group Replication – Haute Disponibilité avec Mult-Masters: MySQL High Availability made easy at MySQL Meetup, Opentech Paris
  • September: MySQL Group Replication in a nutshell – the core of MySQL InnoDB Cluster at Oracle Open World
  • October: MySQL InnoDB Cluster – Group Replication in a nutshell: hands-on-tutorial at Percona Live Amsterdam
  • October: Yes in MySQL we care about devops! – MySQLnnoDB Cluster: easy HA and easy Deployment at devops Days Belgium in Ghent
  • November: 30 minutes with MySQL: 15 mins InnoDB Cluster, 15 mins MySQL in Oracle’s cloud at Oracle Users Group Finland

2015

  • January: Welcome in the MySQL & Friends Devroom 2015 at Fosdem
  • January: Undelete rows from the binary log – a hacking session at Fosdem
  • September: 15 Tips to improve your Galera Cluster Experience at Percona Live Amsterdam
  • September: Advanced Percona XtraDB Cluster in a nutshell, la suite : Hands on tutorial not for beginners! at Percona Live Amsterdam
  • September: Galera Replication Demistified: how does it work ? at Percona Live Amsterdam
  • September: Undelete rows from the binary log a hacking session at Percona Live Amsterdam
  • April: 15 tips to boost your Galera Cluster at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo Santa-Clara
  • April: MySQL devops: initiation on how to automate MySQL deployment at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo Santa-Clara

2014

  • February:  Welcome in the MySQL & Friends Devroom 2014 at Fosdem
  • February: 15 tips to boost your Galera Cluster at Fosdem
  • April: Inspecting a multi-everything Linux machine at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo Santa-Clara
  • September: Schema Management: versioning and automation with Puppet and MySQL Utilities at Oracle Open World
  • November: Percona XtraDB Cluster in a nutshell : Hands on tutorial! at Percona Live London
  • November: 15 tips to boost your Galera Cluster at Percona Live London

2013

  • February: Welcome in the MySQL & Friends Devroom 2013 at Fosdem
  • November: MySQL schemas: versioning and deployment automation in production at Percona Live London
  • November: Percona XtraDB Cluster in a nutshell : Hands on tutorial! at Percona Live London
  • April: Operational DBA in A Nutshell (tutorial) at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo Santa-Clara
  • April: Easy Schema Migration (lightning talk) (tutorial) at Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo Santa-Clara
  • September: Percona XtraDB Cluster – Introduction to parallel synchronous replication at OSS4B
  • September: Installing & Managing MySQL like a real devops – Automation in production at OSS4B

2012

  • February: Managing MySQL with Percona Toolkit at Fosdem
  • April: Managing MySQL with Percona Toolkit at Loadays
  • October: Manage MySQL like a devops sysadmin (webinar)
  • December: Percona XtraDB Cluster in a Nutshell (tutorial) at Percona Live London

2011

  • May: defending FLOSS at AWEX
  • October: Manage MySQL like a devops sysadmin at Percona Live
    London
  • October: MySQL Partitioning : The Spider Solution at Percona Live London
  • October: MySQL DBA Swiss Army Knife (tutorial) at Percona Live London
  • October: Performances des bases de données aux Jeudis du Libre

2010

  • February: maintaining (too) big tables at Fosdem
  • April: maintaining (too) bug tables at Loadays

2005

  • October: Building an Extremely Mobile Thin Client Laptop at O’Reilly European Open Source Convention

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