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Belgium dbt Meetup #9 (in-person) 2025-02-20 · 17:00 The 9th edition of the Belgium dbt Meetup will take place in Ghent on February 20th. dbt Meetups are networking events open to all folks working with data! Talks predominantly focus on community members' experience with dbt, however, you'll catch presentations on broader topics such as analytics engineering, data stacks, data ops, modeling, testing, and team structures. 🏠Venue Host & Catering Provider: Lighthouse, Zuiderpoort Office Tower, Gaston Crommenlaan 6, 9050 Ghent 🤝Organizers: Sam Debruyn & Lise Kerckhove 🚆 Getting there: the office is located in “Zuiderpoort”. If you come by car, you can park easily in the Q-Park right next to the building. We advise you to park on -1 and follow the instructions in the direction of Atrium. Once you get to the ground floor, take the glass elevators to the 8th floor. To attend, please read the Health and Safety Policy and Terms of Participation: https://www.getdbt.com/legal/health-and-safety-policy Our venue has capacity limits, so please only RSVP if you intend to come. Reach out - send a message in #local-belgium on Slack - if you need to cancel last minute or change your RSVP status on the Meetup to "Not Going." 📝Agenda: 18h00: welcome with food & drinks 18h45: start presentations 20h00: networking & drinks 🗣️Presentations: 1) Building Custom Packages for Reusable Data Transformations Unlocking the full potential of dbt by creating custom packages tailored to your data needs. In this session, we'll go through why & how to design, build, and maintain reusable dbt packages that streamline data transformations, enforce consistency, and accelerate development across multiple projects. by Kaan Kizilirmak, Data Engineer at Devoteam G Cloud His career trajectory began in automation and Process Analytic Technology (PAT). Since 2022, he has honed expertise in cloud computing, specializing in data. 2) dbt with Looker Typical use case at Lighthouse on how we use dbt with Looker. by Karmichael Sultana, Senior Analytics Engineer at Lighthouse As an Analytics Engineer with over 14 years of experience in data analysis engineering and project management, I'm passionate about using data to drive businesses in the right direction. We are looking for speakers! To submit a session for one of the next meetups, please use our Sessionize page. Are you in doubt if you're ready to give a talk? Check out dbt Labs's guide on how to deliver a fantastic presentation! ➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: https://www.getdbt.com/community/ 🤝 For the best Meetup experience, make sure to join the #local-belgium channel in dbt Slack (https://slack.getdbt.com/)! dbt is the standard in data transformation, used by over 40,000 organizations worldwide. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust. Learn more: https://www.getdbt.com/	Belgium dbt Meetup #9 (in-person)
Belgium dbt Meetup #6 (in-person) 2024-06-06 · 15:45 The 6th edition of the Belgium dbt Meetup will take place in Leuven on June 6th. dbt Meetups are networking events open to all folks working with data! Talks predominantly focus on community members' experience with dbt, however, you'll catch presentations on broader topics such as analytics engineering, data stacks, data ops, modeling, testing, and team structures. 🏠Venue Host: Dataroots, Tiensevest 132, 3000 Leuven 🤝Organizer: Sam Debruyn 🚆 Getting there: 5min walk from Leuven train station, plenty of parking spots available To attend, please read the Required Participation Language for In-Person Events with dbt Labs: https://www.getdbt.com/legal/health-and-safety-policy Our venue has capacity limits, so please only RSVP if you intend to come and reach out send a message in #local-belgium on Slack if you need to cancel last minute or change your RSVP status on the Meetup to "Not Going." 📝Agenda: 17h45: welcome with food & drinks 18h30: start presentations 20h30: networking & drinks 🗣️Presentations: Gee, stop building into production! In this talk I will give an overview of how you can bring the Write-Audit-Publish pattern from software engineering to your dbt project thanks to the neat features of modern data warehouses. I will also tap on the benefits and costs as well as the limitations of implementing these solutions. *Sonny Nguyen* Data Engineer at POLITICO A data folk @ POLITICO who creates scalable pipelines and assists businesses in adopting modern data stack technologies. I have years of profound experience implementing solutions with dbt and the Modern Data Stack in the venture, manufacturing, and fashion retail industry. dbt semantic layer We will start by exploring the concepts of a semantic layer and why it has been gaining traction recently. We will talk why it is a foundation pillar for LLM and finish with a hands-on demo. *Charles Verleyen* Lead architect at Astrafy I am a 34 years old data engineer and have been working for the last 10 years in different industry before founding my company recently with a focus on providing modern data services. *Nawfel Bacha* Data Engineer at Astrafy Data Architecture & Data Modeling Analytics Engineering in Data Team Dynamics The role of Analytics Engineering has gained prominence in the job market, often associated with the use of dbt. However, Analytics Engineers have been integral to data teams even before dbt popularized it. This presentation aims to clarify the role of an Analytics Engineer within a data team. It delves into the challenges faced by Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists, providing insights into the frustrations encountered in these roles. The discussion focuses on how an Analytics Engineer can serve as a valuable support in addressing these challenges. Furthermore, it explores the role of an Analytics Engineer in enabling a more efficient Data Mesh and highlights the synergies with the modern data stack. Additionally, this presentation explores various use cases and detailing projects where an Analytics Engineer has directly addressed data challenges by closely working with Data Engineers and business stakeholders. *Maryam Ilyas* Analytics Engineer at Dataroots Maryam started as a data analyst, quickly she encountered the challenges inherent in the field answering business stakeholder. Gradually, she transitioned into the role of an Analytics Engineer. We are always looking for speakers! To submit a session for one of the next meetups, please use our Sessionize page. Are you in doubt if you're ready to give a talk? Check out dbt Labs's guide on how to deliver a fantastic presentation! ➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: https://www.getdbt.com/community/ 🤝 For the best Meetup experience, make sure to join the #local-belgium channel in dbt Slack (https://slack.getdbt.com/)! dbt is a data transformation framework that lets analysts and engineers collaborate using their shared knowledge of SQL. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust. Learn more: https://www.getdbt.com/	Belgium dbt Meetup #6 (in-person)
Belgium dbt Meetup #2 (in-person) 2023-06-14 · 15:45 The 2nd edition of the Belgium dbt Meetup will take place in Ghent on June 14th. dbt Meetups are networking events open to all folks working with data! Talks predominantly focus on community members' experience with dbt, however, you'll catch presentations on broader topics such as analytics engineering, data stacks, data ops, modeling, testing, and team structures. 🏠Venue Host: OTA Insight, Gaston Crommenlaan 6, Gent 🤝Organizers: Lise Kerckhove & Sam Debruyn To attend, please read the Required Participation Language for In-Person Events with dbt Labs: https://bit.ly/3QIJXFb 📝Agenda: 17h45: welcome with food & drinks 18h30: Data Mesh with dbt (Charles Verleyen & Lukasz Sciga - Astrafy) 19h15: Boosting Collaboration and Productivity with DevContainers and dbt Core (Mateusz Marciniewicz - dataroots) 19h45: break 20h: Documenting KPIs: Beyond dbt Semantic Layer (Juan Manuel Perafan - GoDataDriven/Xebia) 20h45: networking & drinks To attend, please read the Required Participation Language for In-Person Events with dbt Labs: https://bit.ly/3QIJXFb Data Mesh with dbt (Charles Verleyen & Lukasz Sciga - Astrafy) Data Mesh has become a powerful buzzwords and every data practitioner has heard about it. The major problem with buzzwords is that there are a lot of interpretations around them and this can generate quite some frustration. In case of data mesh, it can also slow down the adoption of this amazing new paradigm. In this session I will demystify the main concepts of data mesh and bring those to life with dbt with concrete data products from Astrafy real data. You can expect to see data mesh in actions in a very pragmatic way as we will cover as well activation of data from those data products by downstream applications (leveraging dbt semantic layer). Charles is a 34 years old data engineer and has been working for the last 10 years in different industries before founding his company recently with a focus on providing modern data services. He is passionate about open-source technologies and strives to deliver automated data solutions that can scale. Aside from his work, he's a sport lover with special dedication for tennis. Boosting Collaboration and Productivity with DevContainers and dbt Core (Mateusz Marciniewicz - dataroots) In this presentation we will discuss the benefits of using devcontainers together with dbt Core for data modeling and transformation. DevContainers provide a consistent, isolated environment for development, ensuring that all developers have the same set of tools and dependencies installed. This makes it easier to collaborate and reduces the risk of conflicts or errors. By adding dbt Core to the devcontainer, developers can take advantage of its powerful features and leverage the capabilities of the VS Code IDE. This can greatly simplify the process of working with data and onboarding process of new employees, allowing developers to focus on creating value rather than managing infrastructure. Mateusz is Polish-born with a background in Computer Science. He came to Belgium to pursue his studies, and he decided to stay and build his career here. In his free time, he enjoys sports and camping. Documenting KPIs: Beyond dbt Semantic Layer (Juan Manuel Perafan - GoDataDriven/Xebia) The dbt Semantic Layer has made a lot of teams reflect on the way they document their KPI's. But why stopping there? In this talk, I will break down all the knowledge required to understand a metric. From how it ties to your business goals, perverse incentives, to its technical implementation. Juan's mission is to help data professionals to create reliable production-grade data workflows that are easy to maintain, have been properly tested, and are impeccably documented. Half of the time, he teaches analysts how to apply engineering best practices to their workflows. The other half, he helps engineers to get in the shoes of the analysts. --------------- ➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: https://www.getdbt.com/community/ 🤝 For the best Meetup experience, make sure to join the #local-belgium channel in dbt Slack (https://slack.getdbt.com/)! --------------- dbt is a data transformation framework that lets analysts and engineers collaborate using their shared knowledge of SQL. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust. Learn more: https://www.getdbt.com/	Belgium dbt Meetup #2 (in-person)

Belgium dbt Meetup #9 (in-person) 2025-02-20 · 17:00

The 9th edition of the Belgium dbt Meetup will take place in Ghent on February 20th.

dbt Meetups are networking events open to all folks working with data! Talks predominantly focus on community members' experience with dbt, however, you'll catch presentations on broader topics such as analytics engineering, data stacks, data ops, modeling, testing, and team structures.

🏠Venue Host & Catering Provider: Lighthouse, Zuiderpoort Office Tower, Gaston Crommenlaan 6, 9050 Ghent 🤝Organizers: Sam Debruyn & Lise Kerckhove 🚆 Getting there: the office is located in “Zuiderpoort”. If you come by car, you can park easily in the Q-Park right next to the building. We advise you to park on -1 and follow the instructions in the direction of Atrium. Once you get to the ground floor, take the glass elevators to the 8th floor.

To attend, please read the Health and Safety Policy and Terms of Participation: https://www.getdbt.com/legal/health-and-safety-policy

Our venue has capacity limits, so please only RSVP if you intend to come. Reach out - send a message in #local-belgium on Slack - if you need to cancel last minute or change your RSVP status on the Meetup to "Not Going."

📝Agenda:

18h00: welcome with food & drinks
18h45: start presentations
20h00: networking & drinks

🗣️Presentations:

1) Building Custom Packages for Reusable Data Transformations Unlocking the full potential of dbt by creating custom packages tailored to your data needs. In this session, we'll go through why & how to design, build, and maintain reusable dbt packages that streamline data transformations, enforce consistency, and accelerate development across multiple projects.

by Kaan Kizilirmak, Data Engineer at Devoteam G Cloud His career trajectory began in automation and Process Analytic Technology (PAT). Since 2022, he has honed expertise in cloud computing, specializing in data.

2) dbt with Looker Typical use case at Lighthouse on how we use dbt with Looker.

by Karmichael Sultana, Senior Analytics Engineer at Lighthouse As an Analytics Engineer with over 14 years of experience in data analysis engineering and project management, I'm passionate about using data to drive businesses in the right direction.

We are looking for speakers!

To submit a session for one of the next meetups, please use our Sessionize page. Are you in doubt if you're ready to give a talk? Check out dbt Labs's guide on how to deliver a fantastic presentation!

➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: https://www.getdbt.com/community/

🤝 For the best Meetup experience, make sure to join the #local-belgium channel in dbt Slack (https://slack.getdbt.com/)!

dbt is the standard in data transformation, used by over 40,000 organizations worldwide. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust.

Learn more: https://www.getdbt.com/

Belgium dbt Meetup #9 (in-person)

Belgium dbt Meetup #6 (in-person) 2024-06-06 · 15:45

The 6th edition of the Belgium dbt Meetup will take place in Leuven on June 6th.

dbt Meetups are networking events open to all folks working with data! Talks predominantly focus on community members' experience with dbt, however, you'll catch presentations on broader topics such as analytics engineering, data stacks, data ops, modeling, testing, and team structures.

🏠Venue Host: Dataroots, Tiensevest 132, 3000 Leuven 🤝Organizer: Sam Debruyn 🚆 Getting there: 5min walk from Leuven train station, plenty of parking spots available

To attend, please read the Required Participation Language for In-Person Events with dbt Labs: https://www.getdbt.com/legal/health-and-safety-policy

Our venue has capacity limits, so please only RSVP if you intend to come and reach out send a message in #local-belgium on Slack if you need to cancel last minute or change your RSVP status on the Meetup to "Not Going."

📝Agenda:

17h45: welcome with food & drinks
18h30: start presentations
20h30: networking & drinks

🗣️Presentations:

Gee, stop building into production! In this talk I will give an overview of how you can bring the Write-Audit-Publish pattern from software engineering to your dbt project thanks to the neat features of modern data warehouses. I will also tap on the benefits and costs as well as the limitations of implementing these solutions.

Sonny Nguyen Data Engineer at POLITICO A data folk @ POLITICO who creates scalable pipelines and assists businesses in adopting modern data stack technologies. I have years of profound experience implementing solutions with dbt and the Modern Data Stack in the venture, manufacturing, and fashion retail industry.

dbt semantic layer We will start by exploring the concepts of a semantic layer and why it has been gaining traction recently. We will talk why it is a foundation pillar for LLM and finish with a hands-on demo.

Charles Verleyen Lead architect at Astrafy I am a 34 years old data engineer and have been working for the last 10 years in different industry before founding my company recently with a focus on providing modern data services.

Nawfel Bacha Data Engineer at Astrafy Data Architecture & Data Modeling

Analytics Engineering in Data Team Dynamics The role of Analytics Engineering has gained prominence in the job market, often associated with the use of dbt. However, Analytics Engineers have been integral to data teams even before dbt popularized it. This presentation aims to clarify the role of an Analytics Engineer within a data team. It delves into the challenges faced by Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists, providing insights into the frustrations encountered in these roles. The discussion focuses on how an Analytics Engineer can serve as a valuable support in addressing these challenges. Furthermore, it explores the role of an Analytics Engineer in enabling a more efficient Data Mesh and highlights the synergies with the modern data stack. Additionally, this presentation explores various use cases and detailing projects where an Analytics Engineer has directly addressed data challenges by closely working with Data Engineers and business stakeholders.

Maryam Ilyas Analytics Engineer at Dataroots Maryam started as a data analyst, quickly she encountered the challenges inherent in the field answering business stakeholder. Gradually, she transitioned into the role of an Analytics Engineer.

We are always looking for speakers!

To submit a session for one of the next meetups, please use our Sessionize page. Are you in doubt if you're ready to give a talk? Check out dbt Labs's guide on how to deliver a fantastic presentation!

➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: https://www.getdbt.com/community/ 🤝 For the best Meetup experience, make sure to join the #local-belgium channel in dbt Slack (https://slack.getdbt.com/)!

dbt is a data transformation framework that lets analysts and engineers collaborate using their shared knowledge of SQL. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust.

Learn more: https://www.getdbt.com/

Belgium dbt Meetup #6 (in-person)

Belgium dbt Meetup #2 (in-person) 2023-06-14 · 15:45

The 2nd edition of the Belgium dbt Meetup will take place in Ghent on June 14th.

dbt Meetups are networking events open to all folks working with data! Talks predominantly focus on community members' experience with dbt, however, you'll catch presentations on broader topics such as analytics engineering, data stacks, data ops, modeling, testing, and team structures.

🏠Venue Host: OTA Insight, Gaston Crommenlaan 6, Gent 🤝Organizers: Lise Kerckhove & Sam Debruyn

To attend, please read the Required Participation Language for In-Person Events with dbt Labs: https://bit.ly/3QIJXFb

📝Agenda:

17h45: welcome with food & drinks 18h30: Data Mesh with dbt (Charles Verleyen & Lukasz Sciga - Astrafy) 19h15: Boosting Collaboration and Productivity with DevContainers and dbt Core (Mateusz Marciniewicz - dataroots) 19h45: break 20h: Documenting KPIs: Beyond dbt Semantic Layer (Juan Manuel Perafan - GoDataDriven/Xebia) 20h45: networking & drinks

To attend, please read the Required Participation Language for In-Person Events with dbt Labs: https://bit.ly/3QIJXFb

Data Mesh with dbt (Charles Verleyen & Lukasz Sciga - Astrafy)

Data Mesh has become a powerful buzzwords and every data practitioner has heard about it. The major problem with buzzwords is that there are a lot of interpretations around them and this can generate quite some frustration. In case of data mesh, it can also slow down the adoption of this amazing new paradigm.

In this session I will demystify the main concepts of data mesh and bring those to life with dbt with concrete data products from Astrafy real data. You can expect to see data mesh in actions in a very pragmatic way as we will cover as well activation of data from those data products by downstream applications (leveraging dbt semantic layer).

Charles is a 34 years old data engineer and has been working for the last 10 years in different industries before founding his company recently with a focus on providing modern data services. He is passionate about open-source technologies and strives to deliver automated data solutions that can scale. Aside from his work, he's a sport lover with special dedication for tennis.

Boosting Collaboration and Productivity with DevContainers and dbt Core (Mateusz Marciniewicz - dataroots)

In this presentation we will discuss the benefits of using devcontainers together with dbt Core for data modeling and transformation. DevContainers provide a consistent, isolated environment for development, ensuring that all developers have the same set of tools and dependencies installed. This makes it easier to collaborate and reduces the risk of conflicts or errors. By adding dbt Core to the devcontainer, developers can take advantage of its powerful features and leverage the capabilities of the VS Code IDE. This can greatly simplify the process of working with data and onboarding process of new employees, allowing developers to focus on creating value rather than managing infrastructure.

Mateusz is Polish-born with a background in Computer Science. He came to Belgium to pursue his studies, and he decided to stay and build his career here. In his free time, he enjoys sports and camping.

Documenting KPIs: Beyond dbt Semantic Layer (Juan Manuel Perafan - GoDataDriven/Xebia)

The dbt Semantic Layer has made a lot of teams reflect on the way they document their KPI's. But why stopping there? In this talk, I will break down all the knowledge required to understand a metric. From how it ties to your business goals, perverse incentives, to its technical implementation.

Juan's mission is to help data professionals to create reliable production-grade data workflows that are easy to maintain, have been properly tested, and are impeccably documented. Half of the time, he teaches analysts how to apply engineering best practices to their workflows. The other half, he helps engineers to get in the shoes of the analysts.

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➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: https://www.getdbt.com/community/ 🤝 For the best Meetup experience, make sure to join the #local-belgium channel in dbt Slack (https://slack.getdbt.com/)!

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dbt is a data transformation framework that lets analysts and engineers collaborate using their shared knowledge of SQL. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust.

Learn more: https://www.getdbt.com/

Belgium dbt Meetup #2 (in-person)

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