Call for Attendance - MariaDB Server Fest 2020

You, the potential attendee

You, the attendee

Yes, I am interested in attending the free MariaDB Server Fest Online Conference 14-20 Sep 2020 *

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I understand that my personal data provided on this form is being used by MariaDB Foundation for planning this specific event (including contacting me about this specific event), and will be temporarily stored as set out in the MariaDB Foundation privacy policy. *

I am willing to join a MariaDB Foundation user panel, “sounding board”, for further surveys (from which I can opt out at any point) *

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Furthermore, I agree to my personal contact data supplied in this page being used by MariaDB Foundation also after the event, for invitations to future events or for emailing MariaDB Server relevant information of a newsletter nature: *

Furthermore, I agree to my personal contact data supplied in this page being used by MariaDB Foundation also after the event, for invitations to future events or for emailing MariaDB Server relevant information of a newsletter nature:

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Name:

Email:

Organisation:

Location (city, country):

Timing

I would attend the conference according to this time zone:

Beijing, China
Paris, France
New York, USA

Preferred starting time (according to Paris timezone):

Preferred starting time (according to Beijing timezone):

Preferred starting time (according to New York timezone):

Preferred ending time (according to Paris timezone):

Preferred ending time (according to Beijing timezone):

Preferred ending time (according to New York timezone):

Give-away

Should there be a physical "MariaDB Server Fest" branded give-away from the MariaDB Server Fest snail-mailed to me, my preference would be

Give-away idea:

Chat tool

Interactivity is king at MariaDB Server Fest Worldwide Online! In order to fulfil our promise, we need to choose the right tool.

MariaDB Foundation’s daily chat happens with the Open Source tool Zulip at https://mariadb.zulipchat.com. Zulip will be our main chat tool also during the conference.

I am already on Zulip. Great!
I am not on Zulip, but willing to try it.
What? Zulip? Oh no, please, not yet another tool for me.

For attendees in China, we are installing WeChat for hosts and encouraging all presenters to also install it.

I am not attending from China.
Good, this helps me. I can ask my questions in English, if it makes things easier for the experts responding.
Good, this helps me. And I prefer to ask my questions in Mandarin, but can follow answers in English. 感谢您使用微信！我更喜欢用普通话问我的问题但是我能理解用英语写的答案。
The more the discussion happens in Mandarin, the better for me. 用中文进行的讨论越多，对我越好。

If it turns out that many attendees are unwilling to try Zulip, we may consider Slack as a backup chat mode.

No need for Slack for me!
My preference is Slack, but I can do Zulip, if this means I can get access to more key presenters.
My preference is Slack, and I will avoid trying Zulip even if it means not chatting with all the presenters.
Hey! I am a potential presenter myself, I use Slack, and would like to avoid Zulip.

Interactivity

How do you expect to use the chat?

During presentations to interact with the presenter
During presentations to interact with other experts
During presentations to interact with other attendees
During dedicated chat sessions to interact with presenters
During dedicated chat sessions to interact with attendees
Spontaneously whenever I pop in during the conference

What do you expect to chat about?

Features of current MariaDB Server (up to 10.4)
New features of MariaDB Server 10.5
Roadmap of MariaDB Server (10.6 onwards)
Tools around MariaDB Server
Catching up with people that you know personally
Best Practices
Use Cases

How can we increase the value of your interactions at MariaDB Server Fest?

Content

My main interests (1 2 3 4 5), 1 high interest, 5 low interest

Migration Best Practices:

Security Best Practices:

Cloud Best Practices:

Devops Best Practices:

MariaDB vs. MySQL:

MariaDB vs. PostgreSQL:

Oracle Compatibility: PL/SQL, SEQUENCEs:

JSON:

System Versioning (AS OF):

Common Table Expressions:

Window Functions:

InnoDB Features in 10.3, 10.4, news in 10.5:

MariaDB 10.5 overview:

Galera:

Spider:

MyRocks:

Connect engine:

Scalability:

Performance:

High availability, recovery:

Other:

Value Add in Conference Materials and Format

The value I personally see during the conference and after the conference comes from the following factors (1 2 3 4 5), 1 high value, 5 low value.