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Join us for an unmissable evening of insight, discussion, and lively debate at The High Performance Data and AI Debate, hosted by Chris Tabb — a unique Big Data London special running from 6:00–8:00 PM. This fast-paced, interactive event brings together some of the brightest minds in data and AI to tackle the most pressing questions shaping the future of teams, architecture, and products in an AI-first world.

The evening kicks off at 6:00 PM with a welcome and free drinks. Then, across three rapid-fire 20-minute debates, our expert panels will explore:

• AI & Data – Teams (Chair: Eevamaija Virtanen)

Mehdi Ouazza, Paul Rankin, Jesse Anderson, Hugo Lu

• AI & Data – Architecture (Chair: Adi Polak)

Chris Freestone, David Richardson, Nick White, Karl Ivo Sokolov

• AI & Data – Products (Chair: Jai Parmar)

Kelsey Hammock, Jean-Georges (jgp) Perrin, Taylor McGrath, Jon Cooke

Refuel with free pizza at 6:50 PM, then stay for the Town Hall Debate, where all speakers return to the stage for an open-floor Q&A — your chance to challenge their ideas, share perspectives, and shape the conversation.

Expect fresh perspectives, healthy disagreement, and practical takeaways you can bring back to your organisation. Whether you’re leading a data team, designing cutting-edge architectures, or building AI-powered products, this is your space to engage with the people shaping what’s next.

It's Friday and Eevamaija Virtanen and I are hanging out at Data Day Texas in Austin.

In this episode, we chat about her upcoming talk, "Bridge Skills."

Data careers can be awesome! Challenging work, solid comp, flexibility, and opportunities to learn constantly are just some of the things that make a data career such a great option.

But as the industry has changed rapidly, a lot of newcomers are left feeling confused about which skills they need to focus on in order to thrive.

In this episode with Annie Nelson, Eevamaija Virtanen, and Lis Vinueza, you'll learn a ton about the skills you should be focused on if you want to go far in data.

What You'll Learn: The technical skills you need to succeed, and those you can skip The soft skills you can't afford to overlook Keys to success for a long and successful career in data   This session was part of our OPEN CAMPUS week in October, which included 6 days of live expert sessions.   Register for free to be part of the next live session: https://bit.ly/3XB3A8b

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6:00 pm - Intro & Drinks hosted by Chris Tabb

6:10 pm - Session One - High Performance Data Products

David Richardson, Jon Cooke, Taylor McGrath, Mark van der Heijden

6:30pm - Session Two - High Performance Data Models

Joe Reis 🤓, Keith Belanger, Nick White, Eevamaija Virtanen

6:50pm - Pizza and Drinks 🍕🥤🍷🍻

7:00pm - Session Three - High Performance AI

Alex Chung, Jai Parmar, Sonny Rivera, Addie McNamara

7:20pm - Town Hall Debate

Sponsors: Coalesce, LEIT DATA, Rivery, SqlDBM, ThoughtSpot