Data Council Talks #9
Agenda
7:00 PM - Opening Registration Table
7:20 PM - Food & Drinks Served
8:10 PM - Introductions & Sponsor Session & Updates
8:25 PM - Decube's talk with Q&A
9:00 PM - MoneyLion's talk with Q&A
9:35 PM - Who's Hiring?
9:45 PM - Closing & Networking
10:00 PM - Meetup Officially Ends
10:30 PM - Venue Closed
Speaker and Talk Details
Talk 1: "Data Contracts: Building Data Trust"
Data Trust is a fundamental quality of any reliable and useful data ecosystem. We explore how to build and maintain data quality to foster trust through Data Contracts. Data Contracts is a mechanism that defines the data interface, defines its underlying guarantees and document ownership. Izzudin Hafiz, former Data Engineer and current Chief Technology Officer at Decube is the architect of his current company’s implementation of Data Contract. He will dive into how you can utilise Data Contracts in your own data stack to help build Data Trust.
About Izzudin Hafiz
Izzudin Hafiz used to be like any day-to-day data engineer, building data pipelines and fighting the modern data stack. Seeing the gap in data quality monitoring, he went on to co-found Decube to solve problems for the modern Data Team. He is currently the CTO at Decube, driving the engineering team in building a Unified data platform meant to catalogue, observe and govern the data ecosystem.
Talk 2: "Grokking Vector Databases"
Vector databases are becoming increasingly important in the world of AI where they power GenAI applications that leverage embeddings. A very simple yet difficult to answer question is "What vector database should I use?". In this talk, I'll explore the why, how, and what of vector databases and assist you with answering this question based on my work at MoneyLion.
About Yudhiesh Ravindranath
Yudhiesh works at MoneyLion in the Machine Learning Labs team as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer. The team focuses on AI R&D to tackle challenging and high-ROI tasks for the entire organization and currently focuses on Search & GenAI initiatives.
Important Note
❗️Registration is required to ensure enough seats and F&B is prepared and overall the space can comfortably accommodate everybody
❗️❗️ No-shows will contribute to food wastage and may cause delays in the meetup
For example, we'd have to add more chairs if there are a lot more people
Another example, we'd like to start the meetup when most have arrived, and we won't know what "most" means if you don't RSVP and check in
Location Guide
🆕 A detailed guide to Setel 🆕
This link provides a detailed guide with visuals on how to reach the office via different modes of transportation, (big thanks to the Setel team for this!) please use this instead of reading the below part of the location guide
🚶🏽♂️Directions to the Setel office
It's Vertical Corporate Tower B and NOT Vertical Business Suite Tower B.
Guest registration at lobby.
At kiosk on the registration desk, prepare ID. Select Walk In button. Search for "S" and select Setel Ventures Sdn Bhd. Choose Walk in/Appointment.
Lifts to level 11 on the right side when you are looking towards the registration counter.
Take the lift to level 11.
🅿️ Parking Options
Visitor carpark at Level B1. Car after 6pm flat rate of RM 2.00.
Motorbike: RM 1.00 per entry.
In B1, follow directions to "The Vertical", "Vertical Corporate Tower B".
🚝 Public Transport: LRT Kerinchi station. Walk over to Bangsar South using the sky bridge over the Federal highway.
📍 Maps links
Waze
Google Maps
FAQ
🤲🏽 There is a prayer area in Setel's office, but only one gender is recommended at one time in the surau and it can fit about 3-5 people at one time, you would need to take turns to perform prayers throughout the meetup. Alternatively, there is also a surau available at LG under VE Hotel.
🧭 Logistics Upon Arrival: When you arrive at the building lobby, you must register yourself with the building security, then come up to Setel office at level 11. Once you arrive at the Setel office, please register/check in with our team at the office entrance.
🍕 Food: After checking in, you can enjoy the food provided by our sponsors. We have prepared 120 boxes of dinner, but it's on a first-come, first-served basis, so if you're running late we recommend you have dinner first.
🪑 Seating: We are setting up seating for 100 people. We can add seats for up to 120 if needed. If more people attend, we unfortunately need to accommodate with standing arrangements.
🤚🏽 Assistance During the Meetup: If you have any issues or questions, look for hosts and volunteers wearing black t-shirts with purple lanyards.
Sponsors
Venue: Introduced in July 2018, Setel is a mobile platform that aims to delight customers by innovating for better and more inclusive mobility. Today, Setel serves customers across Malaysia by powering one app that works as a constant companion to ease motorists’ journey across fuelling, parking, EV charging, motor insurance, road tax, auto assistance, general purchases, and many other features across an ecosystem of PETRONAS petrol stations, retail partners, and online merchants.
F&B: Vase.ai is an on-demand market research platform that enables anyone to collect consumer insights in as fast as 24 hours. They help clients ask the right questions, target the right people, analyse the data, and get the answers they need to make great decisions. Vase's database is powered by 3.6m qualified consumers across South East Asia.
About Data Council KL
Data Council is a company that organizes data conferences worldwide and is known for bringing together highly technical speakers and topics under their "no-bullshit" mantra. They empower local communities to bring this mantra to more places around the world.
Data Council Kuala Lumpur (DCKL) is the Malaysian chapter that started in mid-2019. Its mission is to grow the local data community in KL. After a hiatus due to the pandemic, DCKL has restarted their in-person meetups in 2024, showcasing the best of the data scene in KL.
To learn more about DCKL and its initiatives, visit our website at https://dckl.my/