Analytic databases are quietly going through an unprecedented transformation. Open table formats, led by Apache Iceberg, enable multiple query engines to share one central copy of a table. This will fundamentally change the data industry, by freeing data that’s being held hostage by siloed data vendors. In this session to hear from Dan Weeks, co-creator of Apache Iceberg and co-founder & CTO of Tabular, as he will cover the origins and basics of open table formats and show how these new capabilities are shaping the future of both open-source compute projects and commercial data warehouses alike. You will learn key advice for building a data architecture that makes data more accessible to all data practitioners while avoiding vendor lock-in.