SF Apache DataFusion Meetup

In Person
Date & TimeFeb 19, 2026 at 5:30 AM America, Los Angeles
LocationSan Francisco, CA

About This Event

Five talks on Apache DataFusion and what's happening around it in data infrastructure. Xiangpeng Hao from UW-Madison covers pushdown caching with LiquidCache. Bev Turnbaugh from MotherDuck presents DuckLake and what a next-generation lakehouse looks like. Zac Farrell from Hotdata pairs DataFusion with DuckLake, LakeSail's Shehab Amin demos native Iceberg and Delta Lake support, and Embucket's founders walk through DataFusion infrastructure internals. Hosted at Chroma in SF with food and networking from 5:30.

What You'll Learn

  • How DuckLake rethinks lakehouse architecture on top of DuckDB and MotherDuck
  • Pushdown caching strategies for DataFusion with LiquidCache
  • Native Iceberg and Delta Lake integration patterns in DataFusion-based systems

Who Should Attend

This event is ideal for:

Data EngineersSoftware EngineersTechnical Leaders