The last MySQL User Group NL meeting was last Friday. It's always nice to learn about MySQL and meet other MySQL users. There were two presentations: one about MySQL User Defined Functions (UDF's) and one about MySQL TCO. The slides are available from the meetup page . There are already a number of MySQL events announced for the next few months. I'll only list events in the Netherlands and Virtual events. MySQL Virtual Developer Days This is a virtual event which will take place on March 19 (EMEA region, NA event is on March 12). There are many interesting topics: Performance Schema, New 5.6 Features, Replication, MySQL Enterprise Monitor The eVite SkySQL and MariaDB roadshow 21 March 2013 in Amsterdam This event  have presentations by Monty Widenius, Seppo Jaakola and Anders Karlsson. The main topics are MariaDB and Galera. The event page MySQL User Group NL, Q2 Meeting 31 May 2013 in Geldermalsen The event page