Date: 30 April, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM CET
Location: Comet Meetings, Paris, (La defence)
Join TiDB and XP2Cloud for an exclusive in-person meetup where we pull back the curtain on scaling massive production workloads. Discover how Engie leverages TiDB’s distributed power to navigate hyper-growth, and get a first look at how TiDB X is redefining the category with AI-native capabilities.
We’ll dive deep into real-world use cases, debate cloud architecture, and show you why the future of the database isn’t just “distributed” — it’s highly intelligent, scalable, and unified.
What’s on the Agenda?
- The AI-Native Frontier: Get an exclusive look at TiDB X, an AI-native database platform designed to unify OLTP, analytics, and vector data, auto-tune performance, and simplify the development of LLM-powered applications.
- The Engie Blueprint: Find out how Engie uses TiDB to ingest and refresh ~10TBs of user data daily, power in-app analytics, and surface usage-consumption insights at scale.
Who is This Meetup For?
If you’re building, managing, or breaking systems at scale, you belong here:
- Engineers tired of manual sharding and scaling workarounds.
- Architects rethinking their data stack for AI integration.
- Technical leaders balancing growth with cost discipline.
By the end of this meetup, you’ll leave with clarity on:
- How to unify OLTP, analytics, and vector workloads without multiplying systems.
- When traditional database architecture becomes a growth bottleneck.
- What an AI-native data stack actually looks like in production.
Speaker
Bernard Kavanagh, Senior Solutions Engineer, TiDB
Bernard is a specialist in high-performance distributed data systems, helping organizations bridge the gap between legacy 1990s data stacks and the elastic infrastructure required for the modern agentic driven era. Currently at TiDB, he architects Agent-First memory stores that consolidate Vector, SQL, and Analytics into a unified Distributed-SQL engine allowing companies to eliminate hallucinations and drive machine-speed decision-making at scale.
Hanaa Ait Ahmed, Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer at XP2Cloud
15 years in tech, with a strong focus on AWS, infrastructure automation, and DevOps. I’ve built and operated large-scale cloud platforms for major enterprises like ENGIE and Société Générale — from CI/CD pipelines to security and compliance frameworks.I work mainly with Python, Terraform, and AWS, and recently expanded into distributed database administration with TiDB, managing it at scale as part of a large Business Data Platform at ENGIE.