Speaker: Bianca Stratulat Start Date: Thu, Nov 20th 2025 · 7:00 PM EEST (5:00 PM GMT) Language: ENGLISH Location: Online (link visible for attendees)

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Description:

We’ll explore how to integrate Databricks and Power BI effectively, enabling your organisation to unlock real-time analytics and create impactful data stories.

You’ll learn how to: Leverage the Medallion architecture to design scalable and maintainable data workflows in Databricks. Seamlessly connect Power BI to Databricks and consume data for reporting and dashboards. Apply best practices for Direct Query vs Import, balancing real-time insights with performance and scalability.

Whether you’re a data engineer, analyst, or Power BI enthusiast, this session will provide practical techniques and lessons learned from real-world implementations to help you supercharge your analytics capabilities.

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At the end of the Meetup we'll have a Raffle with prizes offered by EDNA: 1 FREE one-year access Licenses on EDNA Platform for one lucky winner from the Live attendees !

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Speaker: Bianca Stratulat Databricks Champion & Chief Data Officer at UnifEye

Bianca is a Databricks Champion and Chief Data Officer at UnifEye, where she helps organisations unlock the full potential of their data using modern platforms and AI.

With over 10 years of experience in data engineering, analytics, and visual storytelling, she specialises in building scalable data solutions that bridge the gap between technical teams and business leaders.

She has been a speaker at the Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025 in San Francisco and regularly presents at industry events on topics like Lakehouse architecture, real-time analytics, and best practices for integrating Databricks with Power BI.

Bianca is passionate about empowering data communities and helping teams turn complex data into actionable insights that drive innovation and growth.

Connect with Bianca here:

• LinkedIn

From Data to Intelligent Action: How AI on Databricks is Powering the Next Wave of Innovation

Wed, Nov 19, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM GMT

This webinar explores how AgentBricks, Databricks’ newest framework for building, deploying, and governing AI agents, is turning those early experiments into production-grade business outcomes. Join Unifeye and Databricks experts for a session that blends architecture, real-world demos, and business insight to show how you can accelerate innovation, safely, responsibly, and at scale.

What You’ll Learn: - What AgentBricks really is: How Databricks unifies data\, AI\, and governance for enterprise-grade AI agents. - Industry blueprints: How Media and Retail leaders are applying AI agents for content enrichment\, audience targeting\, recommendation engines\, and customer engagement. - Architecture deep dive: A walkthrough of the AgentBricks reference design: including Mosaic AI\, AI Gateway\, Unity Catalog\, and Model Serving.

Who Should Attend? This session is designed for business and technical leaders in the Media and Retail sectors who are driving digital transformation and exploring how to scale Generative AI safely and effectively.

Speakers: Somasekar Natarajan, Solutions Architect Data & AI, Databricks Bianca Stratulat, Chief Data Officer, Unifeye Raman Gupta, Head of Architecture, Unifeye

Most organizations capture huge volumes of spatial data, including addresses, coordinates, routes, and catchments, but struggle to operationalize it at scale. Traditional GIS (Geographic Information Systems) tools are powerful but isolated; unlocking value requires integrating spatial analytics directly within your data platform. In this session, we’ll cover: - Geospatial fundamentals on Databricks: understanding geometry vs. geography, coordinate systems, and H3 grids. - Scaling challenges: Combining spatial and business data, processing millions of coordinates efficiently, and maintaining real-time freshness. - Databricks capabilities: How Spatial SQL, Lakeflow, and Unity Catalog enable native spatial processing, federated access, and governed sharing across teams. - Applied use cases: From network optimisation to asset tracking and location-based insights across industries. We'll finish with a live demo, see how raw coordinates become actionable intelligence within the Lakehouse. Why Attend: - Learn how to bring geospatial analytics natively into Databricks. - Discover best practices for scaling spatial workloads efficiently. - Understand how Unity Catalog underpins governance and reusability. - See real-world examples and a live demo in action. Join us to learn how Databricks unifies spatial and analytical workloads, delivering governed, high-performance geospatial insight at enterprise scale. This session will be delivered by Unifeye's CDO and Databricks Champion Bianca Stratulat, and Senior Data Engineers, Jordan Begg and Hasnat Abdul

Building on the previous introductory session on Databricks, this talk takes things to the next level with a hands-on focus. We’ll explore how to integrate Databricks and Power BI effectively, enabling your organisation to unlock real-time analytics and create impactful data stories.

You’ll learn how to:

Leverage the Medallion architecture to design scalable and maintainable data workflows in Databricks.

Seamlessly connect Power BI to Databricks and consume data for reporting and dashboards.

Apply best practices for Direct Query vs Import, balancing real-time insights with performance and scalability.

Whether you’re a data engineer, analyst, or Power BI enthusiast, this session will provide practical techniques and lessons learned from real-world implementations to help you supercharge your analytics capabilities.

Bianca Stratulat – Databricks Champion & Chief Data Officer at UnifEye

Bianca is a Databricks Champion and Chief Data Officer at UnifEye, where she helps organisations unlock the full potential of their data using modern platforms and AI. With over 10 years of experience in data engineering, analytics, and visual storytelling, she specialises in building scalable data solutions that bridge the gap between technical teams and business leaders.

She has been a speaker at the Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025 in San Francisco and regularly presents at industry events on topics like Lakehouse architecture, real-time analytics, and best practices for integrating Databricks with Power BI.

Bianca is passionate about empowering data communities and helping teams turn complex data into actionable insights that drive innovation and growth.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-stratulat/

We’ve got something new coming to the Data Engineering Meetup this summer!

This time around, we’re planning our biggest event yet—and we’re adding a new feature: a panel discussion with experts from the field, talking about where data is headed and what’s next for the industry. We’ll be sharing more details soon, but spots are limited, so be sure to grab your ticket before they run out!

When? 18:00 - 18:30 Networking with food and drinks from Dremio 18:30 - 20:00 Talk + Panel discussion 20:00 - 20:30 More networking

Where? Dremio offices (see address)

Speakers and Talks:

Opening Talk: "Developing AI-Ready Data Products with Dremio and dbt" - Ashley Farrugia, Solutions Architect @ Dremio

🎤 Panel Topic: Pitfalls of Large Enterprises on Data Decisions When big budgets meet big ambitions, things can get messy. Large enterprises often struggle to balance innovation with scale, managing trade-offs around security, cost, and long-term maintainability. This panel dives deep into the common missteps organisations make in their data strategies—and where they should be focusing to build smarter, more resilient foundations. Panelists:

1. Kareem Al-Hakeem - Principal Data Consultant at Mesh-AI
2. Tobias Haefele - Founder at Stealth Startup and genAI Advisor & Entrepreneur
3. Bianca Stratulat - Chief Data Officer at UnifEye

🎤 Panel Topic: Visions of the Future (Moderator: Zoe (Ziwen) Qin, Vice President at Dawn Capital) What does the next five years of data look like, and are we ready? This panel dives into the evolving future of data, exploring the growing role of AI, the strategic decisions that will need to be made, and the blind spots companies can’t afford to ignore. Our panelists will dive into the trends, tensions, and transformations shaping tomorrow’s data landscape.

1. Lee Wright - Sales Director at Clickhouse
2. Will Martin - Technical Evangelist at Dremio
3. Ties Boukema - Head of Data\, Tech & AI at Dawn Capital

Places are limited, make sure you register!

Note: Please ensure your RSVP status is kept up to date, as this helps us offer spots to those on the waitlist. Please be aware that if you have three or more no-shows, you may be ineligible to attend future events.