MariaDB Day – Brussels

Sunday, February 01, 2026, Brussels

Silversquare delta, Avenue Arnaud Fraiteur 15-23, 1050 Brussels – Belgium

We’re pleased to announce MariaDB Day Brussels, a full-day community event dedicated to the present and future of MariaDB.

This event will bring together maintainers, contributors, partners, and users for a focused day of updates, insights, and announcements from across the MariaDB ecosystem. Expect a clear view of where MariaDB stands today — and where it is heading next.

What to expect

  • Latest updates from the MariaDB world
  • Core server development, ecosystem initiatives, and community progress
  • New announcements
    Fresh initiatives, collaborations, and strategic directions
  • Technical and strategic sessions
    From engineering deep dives to real-world adoption stories
  • Community and partner perspectives
    How MariaDB is being used, extended, and relied upon in practice
  • Inperson discussions
    Space for direct conversations with people shaping MariaDB today

MariaDB Day Brussels is designed for developers, architects, DBAs, contributors, and decision-makers who want first-hand insight into the evolution of MariaDB — beyond headlines and release notes.

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Schedule

11:00

10m

Anna Widenius, Kaj Arnö

Opening

11:10

30m

Nikita Malyavin, MariaDB plc

Meet 12.3 LTS

12:00

30m

Michael “Monty” Widenius, MariaDB plc

MariaDB is the Future of MySQL

12:30

30m

Lunch break

13:30

30m

14:30

30m

Coffee break

15:20

30m

Nick Deninng, Diegesis

Optimising Ingres Data Migration

16:20

10m

Coffee break

16:30

30m

Dirk Hillbrecht, Cantamen

The blissful boredom of choosing MariaDB

17:00

20m

Andrija Vučinić, Automattic

(Almost) No Downtime MariaDB Upgrades

17:20

20m