Join us for our next developer meetup, where we'll be exploring Vector search and Graph use cases in SurrealDB, and how you can leverage this functionality in your own projects.

Whether you're a software engineer, developer, architect, data scientist, or data engineer, this event is for you. Expect an evening filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and the chance to learn more about the latest in database technology!

🗣️ Speaker opportunity - submit your talk! Working on an interesting project that you would like to share with the community? Submit your talk here.

⏰ Date/time: November 12, 6:30 - 9:00PM

📍 Location: The Yard: Columbus Circle Coworking Office Space NYC

Agenda

18:30 - 19:00 Welcome drinks, pizza & networking Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and meet the SurrealDB team.

19:00 - 19:30 Intro to SurrealDB: Leveraging Graphs and Vectors in your projects Alessandro Pireno, Director Solutions Engineering at SurrealDB

This talk will explore the world of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. Using Jupyter notebooks, we will demonstrate a graph-based approach to RAG, leveraging the unique capabilities of SurrealDB. The presentation will show how to construct a knowledge graph from unstructured text data, covering key aspects like entity and relation extraction. Then, using the created knowledge graph, the talk will demonstrate how to implement and utilize a graph-based RAG system for question answering. The talk will highlight SurrealDB's graph capabilities for representing relationships between entities and its vector capabilities for semantic search within the knowledge graph. Attendees will learn how to construct a knowledge graph, use the graph structure for contextually rich question answering, and use SurrealDB's graph and vector features to power a RAG system

19:30 - 20:00 Refreshments & networking Connect with others in the tech community. Grab a slice of pizza & a drink and chat with other attendees and members of the SurrealDB team.

20:00 - 20:30 Understanding the AI & ML landscape Ashok Chandra, Alessandro Pireno Ashok will draw on his legal expertise and understanding of data privacy to discuss the legal and ethical considerations for developers and data scientists using generative AI (GenAI) to generate or extract data.

20:30 - 21:00 Refreshments and networking

21:00 End of event

-- Speaker: Alessandro Pireno \| LinkedIn Alessandro is a seasoned product development and solutions leader with a proven track record of building and scaling data-driven solutions across diverse industries. He has led product strategy and development at companies like HUMAN and Omnicom Media Group, optimized data collection and distribution at GroupM, and was an early leader of success at Snowflake. With a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing today’s tech landscape, Alessandro is passionate about empowering organizations to unlock the full potential of their data through innovative database solutions.

Speaker: Ashok Chandra \| LinkedIn Ashok Chandra is an attorney and finance professional with expertise in data privacy and intellectual property law. He holds certifications as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office Bar.

Ashok's educational background includes a degree from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he was active in the Entertainment and Media Association. He also served as the Managing Editor of the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media, and Entertainment Law Journal. His published work includes a note on how companies attempt to extend copyright protection through derivative works and trademarks.

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FAQs

Is the venue accessible? The Yard is located on the 2nd floor. When you arrive, just let security know that you're heading up to The Yard.

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Is this event for me? SurrealDB events are for software engineers, developers, architects, data scientists, data engineers, or any tech professionals keen to discover more about SurrealDB: a scalable multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications with ease and speed.

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