Join us for a roundtable discussion where we’ll go deeper into the ideas shared in the Shaping the future of self-service with the dbt MCP server and Semantic Layer breakout. Bring your questions, share your take, and connect with peers and presenters. Note attendance in the breakout session is not required.

In this session, you’ll learn how dbt’s Semantic Layer and MCP Server enable safe, AI-powered access to data through natural language interfaces. As business users start exploring data conversationally, the analyst role is evolving—from writing queries to curating trusted logic, guiding usage, and enabling scalable self-service. We’ll break down what this shift looks like and how dbt helps analysts stay at the center of decision-making.

Join us for story hour, as we follow two intrepid analytics engineers working in a large dbt project as they go on a journey to meshify their dbt project, with help from a ✨special guest✨

Along the way, learn about dbt-meshify - a new CLI tool to automate the creation of model governance and cross-project lineage features in your dbt project. dbt-meshify refactors your code for you, helping you add model contracts, versions, groups, access, cross-project lineage, and more -- all in a matter of minutes! No bespoke YAML writing needed.

Speakers: Grace Goheen, Product Manager, dbt Labs; Nicholas Yager, Principal Analytics Engineer, HubSpot; Dave Connors, DX, dbt Labs

Register for Coalesce at https://coalesce.getdbt.com