I would love to have an event that's easier for non-us'ian members of the community to get to! I wouldn't mind just alternating NA and EU (and Asia?) but if we can find enough sponsorship and content I wouldn't mind multiple events.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for both NA and EU. I would love to attend both so I'd prefer they be > on different days. > Also +1 for hybrid. We should definitely keep the virtual days, they were > helpful for the overall community to participate. > > I'm happy to be the MC again as needed :) > > Best, > Kevin Liu > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM Roy Hasson > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +2 for me (NA and EU) :) >> >> I, and Microsoft, are very much in favor of having two summits to >> accommodate Iceberg's large and growing international community. >> >> Roy >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> I would love to participate in an Iceberg summit, and not have to fly >> long hours to get there. >> So +1 from me >> >> Gábor Kaszab <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. júl. 28., >> H, 15:17): >> >> Great to see there is interest for both NA and EU! >> >> +1 for both locations from me. >> >> Best Regards, >> Gabor Kaszab >> >> Eduard Tudenhöfner <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. >> júl. 28., H, 10:07): >> >> +1 to having an EU summit >> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM Claude Warren, Jr >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> +1 >> >> I would be inclined to attend an EU summit but not a NA one. >> >> I was chair of the ASF Community over Code EU 2024 and am willing to help >> organize, though I do not have time to act as chair. >> >> Claude >> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM Viktor Kessler <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> +1 to JB’s proposal — we fully support the idea of hosting Iceberg Summit >> 2026 in Europe in addition to NA. >> >> We’ve been organizing multiple Iceberg-focused meetups across Europe and >> have consistently seen strong attendance and enthusiasm from the community. >> There’s clearly a growing and highly engaged user base here. >> >> Many attendees specifically asked for a European summit — not only to get >> a deeper understanding of Iceberg, but also to exchange ideas, learn from >> real-world implementations, and connect with fellow practitioners. A >> dedicated event in Europe would be an excellent way to meet this demand and >> further grow the ecosystem. >> >> Happy to help make this happen. >> >> Best, >> Viktor >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> We had Iceberg Summit 2025 in April this year, and I think we can say >> both on site and virtual days were a great success. >> It was a great opportunity to gather the community and super >> interesting discussions about the future of Apache Iceberg. >> >> I would like to propose Iceberg Summit 2026 NA in the same spirit as >> 2025 (hybrid event). >> Why NA ? Because I would also like to discuss the Iceberg Summit 2026 in >> Europe. >> The reason is to easily gather the European community about Iceberg, >> same format as in NA. >> I discussed with Viktor about an European event, and we think it's >> possible. >> >> Thoughts ? >> >> Regards >> JB >> >>
