Agentic AI is breaking the assumptions legacy databases were built on. One user action now triggers thousands of agent instances. Context has to branch per agent in milliseconds. Vectors, transactions, and analytics need to live in the same place. Fragile multi-database stacks cannot keep up, and the engineering teams holding them together are paying the cost in reliability, operational overhead, and time to market.
It is time to rethink the database layer for how software actually gets built now.
Join us at TiDB SCaiLE Europe 2026, the premier European event for teams building the data infrastructure behind agentic AI. Come see what becomes possible when the database is built for agent behavior, not retrofitted for it.
What to Expect?
- Real-World Success Stories
Hear from customers and users who have harnessed the power of TiDB to drive business growth and innovation.
- Expert Led Deep Dives
Explore strategies for scaling your data infrastructure to meet tomorrow’s demands while accelerating AI app builds and time-to-market
- Networking Opportunities
Connect with TiDB users, engineers, and peers to build relationships and learn from their experiences
Who Should Attend?
- Developers and engineers: building applications on distributed or cloud-native databases
- Data and platform architects: designing infrastructure for scale and resilience
- Engineering leaders: evaluating modern data strategies for AI-native workloads
- Technical decision-makers: exploring alternatives to legacy database infrastructure
Agenda
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Keynote: Welcome to the Age of Autonomous Systems
Speaker: Ed Huang, CTO, TiDB
11:00AM - 11:30AM
TiDB in Practice: Scaling Databases Without Losing Sleep
Speaker: Tarmo Kople, IT Infrastructure Architect, LHV Bank
11:30 - 12:00PM
Breaking Up with MySQL: How Bolt Rebuilt for 100 Million Users on TiDB
Speaker: Leandro Morgado, Senior Database Reliability Engineer, Bolt
13:00 - 13:30
Vector Search Meets Distributed SQL: Why Agentic AI Doesn't Need Another Database
Speaker: Mattias Jonsson, Principal Software Engineer, TiDB
13:30 - 14:00
Migrating from MySQL to Distributed SQL: What Changes, What Doesn't, and What Breaks
Speaker: Daniël van Eeden, Technical Solutions Engineer, TiDB
14:15 - 14:45
The Memory Wall: Why AI Agents Fail (and how to fix them)
Speaker: Bernard Kavanagh, Principal Solutions Architect, TiDB
16:00 - 16:30
When EXPLAIN Isn't Enough: Visualising Vector Search for Engineering and Product Teams
Speaker: Simon Hearne, Founding Solutions Architect, Zilliz
16:45 - 17:30
Panel/Fireside Chat
Event Host
This event is hosted by our partner, PingCAP
Jun 04 2026, 09:00 AM CEST 
