---
title: "MariaDB is Coming to a City Near You!"
publish_date: 2017-02-08
updated_date: 2020-08-10
author: "MariaDB"
tags:
  - name: "enterprise database"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/enterprise-database.md"
  - name: "Event"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/event.md"
  - name: "Keynote"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/keynote.md"
  - name: "MariaDB"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/mariadb.md"
  - name: "Open Source"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/open-source.md"
  - name: "Roadshow"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/roadshow.md"
---

# MariaDB is Coming to a City Near You!

**Join us for one of our full-day roadshows coming to a city near you! MariaDB is hosting educational roadshows across North America to showcase exciting new products and solutions, and share best practices for enabling critical enterprise features such as high availability and security. MariaDB experts will lead content-rich sessions on open source, product features, architecture and security. If you’re a DBA, architect, or developer, you won’t want to miss this event! Check out the locations and dates [here](http://go.mariadb.com/MariaDB-Roadshow_LP.html).**

**MariaDB is offering complimentary, daylong [roadshows](http://go.mariadb.com/MariaDB-Roadshow_LP.html) across North America to help developers, DBAs, and architects connect with MariaDB experts and learn best practices for high availability, the managing of scale-out environments, database security threats, big data analytics, and how to use MariaDB with containers like Docker. [Reserve your spot today!](http://go.mariadb.com/MariaDB-Roadshow_LP.html)**

**Attendees will:**

- **See the latest MariaDB product features and a live demo, including MariaDB Server 10.2, MariaDB MaxScale and ColumnStore**
- **Learn how to quickly get started with MariaDB**
- **Interact and network with MariaDB experts and users**

**Dates and locations:**

- **[Silicon Valley](http://go.mariadb.com/SiliconValley-Roadshow_LP.html): February 14, 2017 8:30 am – 4:30 pm.
- **[Los Angeles](http://go.mariadb.com/Los-Angeles-Roadshow_LP.html): February 16, 2017 8:30 – 4:30 p.m.**

**The MariaDB North American Road Show will also be held in New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Seattle, Chicago, Phoenix, Atlanta, Austin, and Toronto. Dates will be [announced soon](http://go.mariadb.com/MariaDB-Roadshow_LP.html).**

**Sample Agenda:**

 **8:30 a.m. Registration + Networking**

 **9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction**

 **9:15 a.m. Keynote – When Open Source Meets the Enterprise**

 **9:45 a.m. Best Practices for Achieving High Availability with MariaDB**

**10:45 a.m. Break**

**11:00 a.m. How to Manage Scale-out Environments with MariaDB MaxScale**

**12:00 p.m. Lunch**

 **1:00 p.m. Get Started with MariaDB on Docker**

 **2:00 p.m. Big Data Analytics with MariaDB ColumnStore**

 **3:00 p.m. Break**

 **3:15 p.m. Database Security Threats – MariaDB Security Best Practices**

 **4:15 p.m. Wrap up**

**Speakers:**

**MariaDB speakers will include Roger Bodamer, Chief Product Officer; Gerry Narvaja, Solutions Engineers Global Manager; Jon Day, Solutions Architect; James McLaurin, Solutions Architect; and Alvin Richards, Field CTO.**

**To learn more about upcoming MariaDB events or to register for a roadshow, visit [mariadb.com/resources/events.](http://mariadb.com/resources/events)**

**Questions? Email Amy Krishnamohan at amy.krishnamohan@mariadb.com.**