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14 MARCH 2024 - ON AN ONLINE DEVICE NEAR YOU

 
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Powering Data Innovation Together

ABOUT

What’s DataNext Engineering all about??

Explore the latest trends, best practices, and cutting-edge technologies that drive the future of data engineering. From designing robust data pipelines to optimising processing and storage systems, our industry experts will provide valuable insights into data integration, governance and security challenges. 

 

DataNext Engineering brings together engineering professionals, thought leaders and innovators from across the globe. Don't miss this opportunity to network with peers, exchange ideas and gain actionable strategies to unlock the full potential of your data infrastructure.

Who should attend

 
 

>  Data Engineer

>  Data Architect 

>  Data Architect

>  Data Products

>  Data Products

>  Data Manager 

>  CDO

>  Data Enablement

>  Data Strategist

>  Data Steward 

>  Data Transformation

>  Data Infrastructure

Become a Speaker

Are you Interested in speaking at one of our DataNext events?

Submit your speaker proposal, stating the event and the topic for the presentation, we'll be in touch shortly!

Speakers

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Albin Kjellin

Customer Engineer

Soda

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Ankit Agarwal

Principal Data Engineer

Fidelity International

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Jacopo Chiapparino

Head of Data Engineering

Wolt

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Mikko Alutoin

Chief Data Engineer

KONE

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Alex Stuart

Senior Solutions Engineer

Confluent

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Arnab Mitra

Chief Project Data Science Eng

CNRS

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Javier Carravilla

Senior Data Engineer

Adevinta Spain

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Sachin Raikar

Principal Data Engineer

Fidelity Investments

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Aman Goyal

Global Head of Aladdin DE

BlackRock

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Gaurav Kumar

Data Platform Principal Eng

NatWest Group

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Lukasz Pakula

Head of Enterprise Data Eng.

Roche

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Shawn Kyzer

Associate Director, Data Eng

AstraZeneca

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Andreas Kollegger

Developer Relations for Gen AI

Neo4j

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Harris Asad

Data Engineer

Harbour Energy

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Marta Diaz

Product Manager Data Platform

Adevinta Spain

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AGENDA

The schedule is based on the Central European Time Zone

09:50
Opening Remarks
Philip Bell, Director, Sofa Summits
10:00
Policy as Code: Automating Compliance with Data Mesh - PaC Implementation Strategies, Tooling, Best Practices & Real World Examples
Shawn Kyzer, Associate Director, Data Engineering, AstraZeneca
10:25
Breaking Batch: Shaping the Future of Data Pipeline Design - Treating Data as a Real-Time Product
Alex Stuart, Senior Solutions Engineer, Confluent
10:55
Streaming Analytics using Spark Structured Streaming - Experiences in Running Stateful Stream Processing in Production using AWS EMR
Mikko Alutoin, Chief Data Engineer, KONE
11:20
Data Engineering for RAG - Knowledge Graph Construction, from Chunking to Entity Extraction & Shaping a Graph
Andreas Kollegger, Developer Relations for Gen AI, Neo4j
11:45
Exhibition & One 2 One Networking
- Take a virtual walk through our online exhibition - find some inspiration
- One 2 One Meetings with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Peers
12:25
Scaling a Data Engineering Infrastructure on an Enterprise Level in the Upstream Oil & Gas Sector
Harris Asad, Data Engineer, Harbour Energy
12:25
The Changing Face of the Data Warehouse - Data Vault Methodology Implementation & Advantages
Ankit Agarwal, Principal Data Engineer, Fidelity International
12:50
How to Perform Data Quality At Scale - Discover how Soda Empowers Data Engineers to Establish a Comprehensive Data Quality Framework
Albin Kjellin, Customer Engineer, Soda
13:15
Mastering Data Governance in Complex Ecosystems: Data Governance Practices throughout the Data Lifecycle
Sachin Raikar, Principal Data Engineer - Data Gov, Fidelity Investments
13:15
Charting Data Warehousing's Evolution: Navigating the Transition from Traditional Databases to Contemporary Data Lakes & Data Mesh Frameworks
Arnab Mitra, Chief Project DS Engineer, CNRS
13:40
Exhibition & One 2 One Networking
- Take a virtual walk through our online exhibition - find some inspiration
- One 2 One Meetings with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Peers
14:20
Navigating the Shift: From Traditional Warehousing to Data Lakes & Meshes - The Journey of Wolt's Data Engineering
Jacopo Chiapparino, Head of Data Engineering, Wolt
14:45
Data Lakes to Lakehouse How Modern Data Lakes are Created for Enterprises - Convergence of Data Lakes with Data Warehouses
Gaurav Kumar, Data Platform Principal Engineer, NatWest Group
15:10
Data Contracts: Navigating from Conception to Implementation with a Product Mindset - Learnings from our Journey - Hidden Pains & Silent Victories - Touching the Product: Datacontract.json
Marta Diaz, Product Manager Data Platform & Javier Carravilla, Senior Data Engineer, Adevinta
15:35
Exhibition & One 2 One Networking
- Take a virtual walk through our online exhibition - find some inspiration
- One 2 One Meetings with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Peers
16:15
Panel Discussion: The Evolving Role of Data Engineering in the Age of AI & ML: Bridging the Gap Between Data & Intelligent Insights
- Aman Goyal, Global Head of Aladdin DE, BlackRock
- Gaurav Kumar, Data Platform Principal Engineer, NatWest Group
- Lukasz Pakula, Head of Enterprise Data Engineering, Roche

Moderator: Alex Stuart, Senior Solutions Engineer, Confluent
17:00
Closing Remarks
Philip Bell, Director, Sofa Summits

Registration Options

IT and Digital Transformation Practitioners

For those working in Data, IT and AI at end user companies

€ 80

%  Early Bird Ticket until 13 February €80 after the date

%  Access to DataNext Summit

 

%  One 2 One Speed Networking

%  Private and Public Chat

%  Virtual Exhibition

Vendor & Solution
Providers

For employees of technology providers, software or consultancy services

€ 499

%  Access to DataNext Summit

 

%  One 2 One Speed Networking

%  Private and Public Chat

%  Virtual Exhibition

* Sofa Summits reserves the rights to cancel the registration if the registration conditions are not met or the registration details are false. 

Sponsors

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Sponsorship

Our virtual conferences look & feel like the real thing - complete with speaker sessions & an exhibition hall. But you don't have to leave your computer to display your products & services, chat with attendees & generate high-volume, targeted leads. No flights, no hotels, no expensive booth setup - no hassle.

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