MySQL and HeatWave Summit 2025
April 22-23, 2025
Oracle Conference Center - Redwood Shores, California
MySQL and HeatWave Summit is a free, two-day event where MySQL developers, DBAs, experts and users
come to learn about the latest MySQL innovations. This is a unique opportunity to hear from the MySQL
engineering team, community experts, and users who will share their in-depth knowledge developing and
deploying business critical applications in the cloud and on-premises. This year, we're celebrating
30 years of MySQL, and we want you to be part of this special milestone!
Day 1 - Tuesday, April 22
| 08:00am |
Welcome & Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:45am |
Keynote: State of the Dolphin
Wim Coekaerts, Executive Vice President, Oracle
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| 10:00-10:30am |
Build Generative AI Applications Faster with HeatWave GenAI and Vector Store
Nipun Agarwal, Oracle
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Effortless Business Continuity with HeatWave MySQL
Luis Soares, Oracle
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Hands-on Lab (HOL) – Session 1
MySQL Monitoring and Observability: What's New and Best Practices
|
| 10:45-11:15am |
How PlanetScale Offers Unlimited Scaling for MySQL
Deepthi Sigireddi, PlanetScale
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Turbocharge Your MySQL with Readyset - Faster Queries, Lower Costs
Marcelo Altmann, ReadySet.io
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| 11:30am-12:00pm |
Data Warehouse and Lakehouse Analytics at the Speed of Thought with MySQL HeatWave
Gaurav Chadha, Oracle
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Hidden Gems in MySQL Shell
Scott Stroz, Oracle
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| 12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch & Partner Showcase |
| 1:00-1:30pm |
MySQL Performance for Application Developers
Daniel Nichter
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Unlocking Database Freedom: Migration from MSFT SQL Server to MySQL Using GenAI Services
Henrique Leandro, Oracle
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Reimagining MySQL Observability with Open Telemetry
Mike Frank, Oracle
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| 1:45-2:15pm |
Leverage HeatWave's Multicloud Strategy and Replace Six Services with One – HeatWave
Mandy Pang, Oracle
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A 5-Star Upgrade: Users, Reviews, Businesses, and MySQL 8
Alexander Martinez, Yelp
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MySQL InnoDB - Data Recovery
Fred Descamps, Oracle
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| 2:30-3:00pm |
Simplicity Meets Innovation - Accelerate Your Machine Learning Journey with HeatWave AutoML
Jayant Sharma, Oracle
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The Next Generation Optimizer in MySQL
Norvald Ryeng, Oracle
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Hands-on Lab (HOL) – Session 2
MySQL Monitoring and Observability: What's New and Best Practices
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| 3:00-3:15pm |
Coffee Break & Partner Showcase |
| 3:15-3:45pm |
Enhancing MySQL Cluster Uptime: Advanced Detection, Mitigation, and Consensus with Group Replication
Raja Sriram Ganesan, Uber
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The Go-Mysql Library as a Swiss Army Knife
Daniël Van Eeden, PingCAP
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Hands-on Lab (HOL) – Session 2 (cont.)
MySQL Monitoring and Observability: What's New and Best Practices
|
| 4:00-4:30pm |
Modernize Your Relational Database with HeatWave MySQL
Sriram Vrinda, Oracle
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MySQL Architectures for the Newly Initiated
Scott Stroz, Oracle
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| 4:45-6:00pm |
Reception & Happy Hour |
Day 2 - Wednesday, April 23
| 09:00am |
Welcome & Breakfast |
| 10:00-10:30am |
Scaling MySQL for the Future: How ProxySQL Powers High-Performance Architectures
René Cannaò, ProxySQL
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Lessons Learned in Switching MySQL Monitoring from MEM to OEM
Krishna Mamillapalli, Datavail
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Hands-on Lab (HOL) – Session 3
MySQL Monitoring and Observability: What's New and Best Practices
|
| 10:45-11:15am |
Trends in Data Processing and Innovations in HeatWave
Nipun Agarwal, Oracle
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Security and Compliance with MySQL
Mike Frank, Oracle
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| 11:30am-12:00pm |
MySQL Indexes and Histograms – How They Speed Up Your Queries
Fred Descamps, Oracle
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The Wherever PC to Anywhere with Oracle Enterprise Solutions
Giovanni Morelli, Mazzzing Inc.
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| 12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch & Partner Showcase |
| 1:00-1:30pm |
Routing Guidelines – Smarter Query Routing for InnoDB Cluster
Alfredo Kojima, Oracle
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RIP Mysql_Native_Password
Ronald Bradford, Kanangra I/O
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From Chaos to Control: Monitoring and Compliance Management of MySQL with Enterprise Manager
Desiree Abrokwa, Oracle
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| 1:45-2:15pm |
Predictive Asset Maintenance Using Heatwave Lakehouse
Bhushan Arora, Oracle
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Building Gen AI-Powered MySQL On-Premise Database Applications: A Developer's Fast Track to Production
Craig Shallahamer, Viscosity North America
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MySQL for the Modern Developer
Mike Frank, Oracle
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| 2:30-3:00pm |
Innovations in MySQL
Nipun Agarwal, Oracle
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In-depth MySQL Monitoring: From Metrics to Insights
Sriram Vrinda, Oracle
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Hands-on Lab (HOL) – Session 4
MySQL Monitoring and Observability: What's New and Best Practices
|
| 3:00-3:15pm |
Coffee Break & Partner Showcase |
| 3:15-3:45pm |
Enhance Your Business Continuity with New High Availability Features for MySQL Enterprise Edition
Luis Soares, Oracle
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Achieving Best Performance with MySQL
Seema Sundara, Oracle
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Hands-on Lab (HOL) – Session 4 (cont.)
MySQL Monitoring and Observability: What's New and Best Practices
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| 4:00-4:30pm |
MySQL on IaaS for Mission-Critical Cloud Applications and Multi-Cloud Strategies
Benjamin Wood, Oracle
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Discover the Power of HeatWave with Simplified App Development and Enhanced Security
Mandy Pang, Oracle
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| 4:45-6:00pm |
Wrap up & Thank You |
Interested in the Customer Advisory Board?
Following the MySQL and HeatWave Summit, Oracle will be hosting a Customer Advisory Board
(CAB) meeting on April 24th that gives customers and partners an opportunity to help shape the
future direction of the MySQL and HeatWave product roadmaps. If you are an existing customer or
partner, you can learn more about the program by visiting the
MySQL and HeatWave CAB overview page »