Featured Speakers

MySQLConf Speaker Slides & Videos

• Diagnosing and Fixing MySQL Performance Problems  Justin Swanhart, Ryan Lowe, Baron Schwartz
• Using Sphinx Beyond Full Text Search  Peter Zaitsev, Richard Kelm

Speaker Slides & Videos

MySQLConf 2011 Videos

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O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo Is a Wrap

For over a decade, MySQL has been at the core of high-volume websites and businesses, powering social networks, crisis response, transparent government initiatives, geolocation companies: the future of the Web. Today, a rich ecosystem surrounds MySQL and it continues to evolve. This is an exciting time for MySQL—new projects are rapidly emerging and work on the codebase is being tackled with renewed energy.

The O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo, returning April 11-14, 2011 to the Hyatt Santa Clara in Santa Clara, California, spreads the latest and best knowledge on MySQL and related technologies to the global open source community.

Conference Highlights

• Program
• Speakers
• Ice Cream Social

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• Presentation Slides

Our program schedule, lineup of speakers, program committee members, and sponsors represents some of the most influential people, companies, and projects in the MySQL ecosystem who are addressing mission-critical open source issues. Featured speakers confirmed to date include:

• Just added! Jeremy Cole (Twitter)
• Tomas Ulin (Oracle)
• Baron Schwartz (Percona, Inc.)
• Sarah Novotny (Blue Gecko)
• Mårten Mickos (Eucalyptus Systems)
• Michael Widenius (Monty Program Ab)
• Brian Aker (Data Differential)
• Selena Deckelmann (PostgreSQL)

If you're wondering about the sessions that attendees are excited about and already adding to their personal schedules, get a peek here.

Why Attend

In just four days, this deeply technical conference will take your skills and know-how to the next level:

• Learn the latest news from the MySQL ecosystem, including updates on Drizzle, MariaDB, Percona Server, and more
• Discover how to integrate technologies like Postgres, Cassandra, Memcached, and Redis
• Learn how to optimize the databases server
• Develop skills for scale-out using Java, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, and .NET
• Delve into new techniques around Stored Procedures, Partitioning, HA Clustering, Triggers, Multi-tenancy, Replication, and Views
• Learn administration and security best practices
• Understand real world experiences implementing projects using the MySQL ecosystem
• Discover best practices using MySQL ecosystem technology in architectures such as Web, Cluster, Enterprise Data Warehouse, and embedded applications
• Understand how to use Web 2.0 style architectures, particularly cloud based solutions
• See the future potential of the ecosystem surrounding MySQL