MySQL

New on the MySQL Blog: MySQL Community Engagement in Brazil and Europe.

Heather VanCura is meeting with MySQL users, developers, DBAs, customers, contributors, and community leaders across Brazil and Europe this fall.

From São Paulo to London, Amsterdam, and Glasgow, these events create opportunities to connect with the MySQL team, share feedback, discuss roadmap transparency, and explore ways to participate in the MySQL ecosystem.

Read the blog to learn more:

MySQL Community Engagement in Brazil and Europe This September and October, Heather VanCura will meet with MySQL users, contributors, developers, DBAs, customers, and community leaders across Brazil and Europe. With more than 30 years of innovation behind it, the MySQL community is entering an important new phase. The focus is on expanding engag....

NYC, we’re looking forward to TECH HOURS on September 24.

Join MySQL, AMD, and Strategic Resources International for an informal evening of conversations around modern MySQL environments, infrastructure performance, enterprise security, and AI-ready workloads.

Meet experts, connect with peers, and bring your questions.

Reserve your spot: https://social.ora.cl/6189BGTrrz

Join MySQL on October 8 for the AMS DB October meetup in Amsterdam.

Hosted by the MySQL team at Oracle together with the AMS DB meetup group, this evening will bring the community together for MySQL technical content, discussion, refreshments, and networking.

The program includes:

👉 The Path to MySQL Open Innovation — Heather VanCura
👉 MySQL technical session — Matthias Crauwels

Heather will share how MySQL is entering a new phase of community engagement, open collaboration, and contribution following the MySQL 9.7 Community Edition release.

Technical session details are being finalized, so reserve your place now and watch for more updates.

Date: October 8, 2026
Doors open: 17:45
Program: 18:00–20:00

Register here: https://social.ora.cl/6188BGRW6j

London MySQL community: join us for the UKOUG & MySQL Community Meetup on September 29.

This afternoon meetup will bring together MySQL users, developers, DBAs, contributors, and database community members for MySQL updates, technical content, discussion, and networking.

The agenda already includes:

👉 The Path to MySQL Open Innovation — Heather VanCura
👉 The Next Chapter of MySQL: 9.7 LTS & MySQL Community Server https://social.ora.cl/6184BGRmxI Releases — Ivan Ma

Additional agenda and venue updates are being finalized and will be reflected on the registration page soon, so reserve your place now and watch for more details.

Date: September 29, 2026
Location: London, United Kingdom

Learn more and register: https://social.ora.cl/6185BGRmxL

Exciting news for the MySQL community — our next meetup is scheduled for October 28! 🐬

Join MySQL users, developers, DBAs, contributors, and community members for an opportunity to connect, share knowledge, discuss practical MySQL topics, and continue building the community together.

Follow the community channels for meetup details and register yourself:

Facebook: https://social.ora.cl/6183BGRmBt

LinkedIn: https://social.ora.cl/6185BGRmBv

NYC MySQL community: join us for MySQL NYC: Open Innovation Meets AI on September 16.

We’re bringing together MySQL users, developers, DBAs, contributors, and community members for an evening of MySQL updates, technical sessions, discussion, and networking at the Chrysler Building.

Sessions include:
• The Path to MySQL Open Innovation — Heather VanCura
• MySQL for AI, Present and Future — Philip Antoniades

Date: September 16, 2026
Time: 17:30–20:00 EDT
Location: Chrysler Building | New York City

Pizza and refreshments will be provided. Please bring ID to enter the building.

RSVP here: https://social.ora.cl/6183BGJPRJ

NYC technology leaders: join MySQL, AMD, and Strategic Resources International for TECH HOURS on September 24.

This in-person event is designed for meaningful conversations around modern MySQL environments, infrastructure performance, enterprise security, and AI-ready workloads.

Meet MySQL and partner experts, connect with peers, and bring your questions for an informal evening focused on what’s next for modern data infrastructure.

👉 Date: September 24, 2026
👉 Time: 5:00 PM ET
👉 Location: Parker & Quinn | New York City

Seats are limited. Reserve your spot: https://social.ora.cl/6184B1QKOY

AMD-Oracle Happy Hour Networking Connect directly with AMD, Oracle & SRI on modern MySQL environments, infrastructure performance, and AI-ready workloads — seats limited to 30–40 leaders.

MySQL Community engagement is moving into its next phase.

In her new blog, Heather VanCura shares how MySQL is creating clearer ways for the community to participate, collaborate, and help shape the future of MySQL.

The post covers the new MySQL governance model, the planned MySQL Steering Committee, GitHub Discussions, roadmap transparency, bug backlog visibility, Contributor Summits, and the continued focus on open collaboration across the MySQL ecosystem.

Join the conversation, explore the roadmap, and help build the next chapter of MySQL innovation. 🐬
https://social.ora.cl/6184BDcasE

The Next Phase of MySQL Community Engagement: Accelerating Participation and Collaboration For over 30 years, MySQL has grown through the contributions, feedback, and collaboration of a global community of developers, database administrators, customers, partners, educators, and open source advocates. That community has helped make MySQL one of the world’s most widely used open sou...

Update 🚀 Heather VanCura is joining our MySQL 9.7 LTS webinar!

With a new speaker added, this session will bring even more perspective on how MySQL is evolving—from performance and security to developer-focused features and community direction.

We’re covering what’s new in 9.7 and how it can impact real-world applications.

👉 What are you most interested in exploring in this release?
👉 Join us on May 12 and be part of the discussion: https://social.ora.cl/6185BBjpbT

How is AI changing the way we approach database security? 🚀

In our latest blog, we look at how AI is raising the bar for MySQL security—from improving threat detection to strengthening protection in increasingly complex environments. As data and workloads evolve, security strategies need to evolve as well.

👉 How are you thinking about security in your MySQL environment today?
👉 Read more and join the discussion: https://social.ora.cl/6180BBrP4u

AI Is Raising the Bar for MySQL Database Security Oracle recently described how AI is transforming vulnerability detection and response. The latest generation of AI is increasing the speed and scale at which vulnerabilities can be identified and remediated. Oracle is applying AI across cloud and software environments to support security testing, vu...