20 MARCH 2025 - ON AN ONLINE DEVICE NEAR YOU
Powering Data Innovation Together
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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
Speakers 2024
AGENDA
2024
The schedule is based on the Central European Time Zone
Opening Remarks
Philip Bell, Director, Sofa Summits
Policy as Code: Automating Compliance with Data Mesh - PaC Implementation Strategies, Tooling, Best Practices & Real World Examples
Shawn Kyzer, Associate Director, Data Engineering, AstraZeneca
Breaking Batch: Shaping the Future of Data Pipeline Design - Treating Data as a Real-Time Product
Alex Stuart, Senior Solutions Engineer, Confluent
Streaming Analytics using Spark Structured Streaming - Experiences in Running Stateful Stream Processing in Production using AWS EMR
Mikko Alutoin, Chief Data Engineer, KONE
Data Engineering for RAG - Knowledge Graph Construction, from Chunking to Entity Extraction & Shaping a Graph
Andreas Kollegger, Developer Relations for Gen AI, Neo4j
Exhibition & One 2 One Networking
- Take a virtual walk through our online exhibition - find some inspiration
- One 2 One Meetings with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Peers
Scaling a Data Engineering Infrastructure on an Enterprise Level in the Upstream Oil & Gas Sector
Harris Asad, Data Engineer, Harbour Energy
The Changing Face of the Data Warehouse - Data Vault Methodology Implementation & Advantages
Ankit Agarwal, Principal Data Engineer, Fidelity International
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
Mastering Data Governance in Complex Ecosystems: Data Governance Practices throughout the Data Lifecycle
Sachin Raikar, Principal Data Engineer - Data Gov, Fidelity Investments
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
Exhibition & One 2 One Networking
- Take a virtual walk through our online exhibition - find some inspiration
- One 2 One Meetings with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Peers
Navigating the Shift: From Traditional Warehousing to Data Lakes & Meshes - The Journey of Wolt's Data Engineering
Jacopo Chiapparino, Head of Data Engineering, Wolt
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
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
Exhibition & One 2 One Networking
- Take a virtual walk through our online exhibition - find some inspiration
- One 2 One Meetings with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Peers
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
Closing Remarks
Philip Bell, Director, Sofa Summits
Registration Options
* Sofa Summits reserves the rights to cancel the registration if the registration conditions are not met or the registration details are false.
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.