# Apache OpenDAL Beijing Meetup 1st

- **Fill the form to apply: [Join in](https://docs.qq.com/form/page/DYnpJWFFsSWVFeGRj#/fill)**
- When: 2024-09-14, Saturday 13:00 ~ 17:00
- Where: [北京市朝阳区北辰西路 8 号北辰世纪中心A座12层1215房间（国家会议中心西面的写字楼）](https://maps.app.goo.gl/4Tr7JCJ5HdCoVGdeA)

## Agenda

- 12:00 - 13:00: Lunch / Networking (food provided)
- 13:00 - 14:00: Welcome / Introductions
- 14:00 - 15:00: Talks
- 15:00 - 15:30: Coffee / Email Break
- 15:30 - 16:30: Breakouts / Discussions
- 16:30 - 17:00: Close / Conclusion

## Welcome / Introductions

Speaker: Xuanwo

Brief introductory remarks, thank to the sponsor, outline of the day, participant introductions (name, github handle, optional affiliation, optional reason you came to the meetup)

## Talks

Call for Presenters: 10-15 minute low key introduction to your project/product, how you use OpenDAL, and any thoughts you may have about what, found challenging, and any things you are working on / thinking about

- @tison about OpenDAL Community Growth
- @xuanwo about OpenDAL Core 1.0
- @WenyXu for using OpenDAL in GreptimeDB
- @wcy-fdu for using OpenDAL in RisingWave
- @drmingdrmer for using OpenDAL in OpenRaft

## Breakouts / Discussions

The idea is that we will break into small groups for 3 x 20 minute sessions. I will ring a gong or something similar every 20 minutes and you should find a new group to discuss.

Potential seed topics (but obviously feel free to discuss anything):

- How do we make it easier for people to build systems on OpenDAL? What are the current barriers to community growth as you see them?
- How do we make it easier for people to contribute back to OpenDAL? What are the current barriers to contribution
- What features would you like to see / not see

Ideally, in each session, one or more people would volunteer to write up any insights they got from the discussions, and post them to the overall ticket.

> This proposal inspired a lot by [March 2024 Austin TX DataFusion Meetup before Data Council Meetup Agenda](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wbD0NmChEMPy_CQSU7NHZjU4JmHXH7xYUGRJ6NPG1mc)