Databricks DevConnect | London
🔊🌟 Calling all data engineers🌟🔊
Join us for Databricks DevConnect on Thursday, May 1 from 5:00pm - 8:30pm BST at the Databricks London office!
Databricks DevConnect is a technical meetup designed for data engineers to experience an immersive evening of insights, collaborative learning, and community – hosted by the Databricks Developer Relations team. Bringing together data enthusiasts and innovators, we’ll explore the latest advancements in Databricks data engineering, AI, and analytics. You’ll have the chance to dive deep into technical discussions, share real-world experiences, and discover new ways to leverage Databricks’s technologies. Whether you’re a seasoned data engineer or just starting your journey, this event is designed to spark creativity and foster growth in our community. Let’s connect, learn, and push the boundaries of what’s possible with data – together!
Why You Can't Miss This Event:
🔓 Unlock the Power of Databricks: Discover how our unified platform can power your data engineering and AI initiatives.
🧠 Learn from Experts: Gain actionable insights from Databricks Engineers, Product Managers, DevRel, and MVPs.
💻 Engaging Technical Sessions: Deepen technical expertise through interactive demos of the Databricks platform, and tools.
🤝 Network with the Community: Connect and build relationships with peers, MVPs, Databricks product managers, developer advocates, and engineers.
👕 Access to exclusive content and goodies: Swag will be raffled off throughout the event and attendees will get access to hands-on training and guided labs through Databricks Academy Labs post event!
AGENDA
5:00 PM: Registration & Mingling
6:00 PM: Welcome Remarks by:
Holly Smith, Staff Developer Advocate
6:15 PM ➡️ Session #1: The Unified Lakehouse: Format Interoperability and transparent Governance with Unity Catalog
Robert Pack, Staff Developer Advocate
6:45 PM ➡️ Session #2: No Peeking, Just Profit: Data Collaboration with Databricks Clean Rooms
Simon Whiteley, CTO, Advancing Analytics + Databricks MVP
7:15 PM ➡️ Session #3: Turning the Tables on Tuning your Tables
Bart Samwel, Principal Software Engineer
7:55 PM: Closing Remarks by:
Robert Pack, Staff Developer Advocate
8:00 PM: Networking Reception
8:30 PM: Good night
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
The Unified Lakehouse: Format Interoperability and transparent Governance with Unity Catalog: This technical session demonstrates how Databricks' Unity Catalog simplifies data integration and governance across the lakehouse, regardless of data format. Learn how Unity Catalog enables seamless connectivity to diverse data sources, providing full format interoperability, while empowering data engineers to implement robust governance and security measures. We will delve into leveraging open standards for data management, implementing fine-grained access controls, utilizing advanced lineage tracking, and establishing secure collaboration workflows. Discover how to manage data assets effectively, ensure compliance with data regulations, and architect a well-governed, secure lakehouse that fosters innovation and maintains data integrity.
No Peeking, Just Profit: Data Collaboration with Databricks Clean Rooms: Data collaborations often stall at the starting line; everyone has valuable information, but no one wants to share it outright. Enter Databricks Clean Rooms: a secure, privacy-preserving way for multiple parties to run approved analytics on combined datasets without ever exposing the raw data. Suddenly, a whole world of collaboration is de-risked and a world of opportunity is laid out before you, and in this talk we'll show you how to get started with it!
Turning the Tables on Tuning your Tables: Traditionally, data engineers spend a lot of time on tuning their tables together with their workloads. Picking partition keys. Choosing whether to use ZORDER or partitioning. Scheduling OPTIMIZE and VACUUM. Planning your schedules carefully to avoid concurrent writes and OPTIMIZES... This talk is about how the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform takes all of those worries out of your hands, so that you can focus on your real job. You'll learn about a number of innovations that combine to make your life easier, including Liquid Clustering, Row-Level Concurrency, and Predictive Optimization. Using these features, you can forget about all that manual tuning and get back to the business at hand!
SPEAKERS
Bart Samwel, Principal Software Engineer
Holly Smith, Staff Developer Advocate
Robert Pack, Staff Developer Advocate
Simon Whiteley, CTO, Advancing Analytics + Databricks MVP