📣📣 Attention Airflow Users and Big Data Professionals 📣📣

Sad news- it looks like rain on our event date! We were able to secure an awesome new venue at 109 west 39th Street, and will still be enjoying delicious bites and drinks followed by insightful Airflow-centric presentations!

P.S. All attendees will receive a discounted ticket to Airflow Summit!

AGENDA

• 5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Arrivals, Eat, Drink and Network!
• 5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Presentations!
• 6:30 PM- 7:30 PM: Eat more, drink more, and network!

PRESENTATIONS

Talk #1: Mastering dbt Projects with Cosmos: Streamlining Orchestration and Boosting Productivity

• Speaker: George Yates, Senior Field Engineer at Astronomer
• Abstract: Astronomer Cosmos simplifies managing dbt projects by providing a seamless integration with robust orchestration capabilities, enabling data teams to effortlessly schedule, monitor, and maintain their dbt workflows. This talk will explore how Cosmos enhances productivity, streamlines deployment processes, and ensures the reliability of data transformations through its user-friendly interface and powerful automation features.

Talk #2: XComs x Google Sheets (Toast’s Version)

• Speaker: James Roselle, Senior Data Engineer at Toast, Inc.
• Abstract: The data engineering team at Toast leverages XComs in Airflow to write data from Snowflake to Google Sheets programmatically. James will present a deep dive on XCom use cases, implementation, and limitations.

Please note- this event is for individuals in the data space who have knowledge of and a passion for Apache Airflow. Guests who do not fit that criteria will not be permitted to enter the event.

In this podcast, Chuck Rehberg from Trigent Software sat with Vishal to discuss how, as a technologist, leaders should think about connecting technology to help solve real business pains. Chuck also shared some of the best practices technologists could adopt to built successful integrity-filled bias-free teams and solutions.

Timeline 0:29 Chuck's journey. 8:45 Chuck's role in Trigent. 14:18 Trigent's niche clients. 16:26 Semantics and Trigent model. 18:42 What is semantics? 22:00 The state of semantics today. 28:00 Best practices for businesses to use technology optimally. 33:13 Tips for businesses to remain stable in the time of disruptive technology. 36:18 App technology vis a vis enterprise stack. 39:43 Perspectives on the bias. 43:40 Measuring KPIs for success. 48:16 Ingredients of a good technology team. 50:56 Creating a technology team from scratch. 54:42 Things to be done in semantics. 58:52 Chuck's success mantra. 1:02:24 Chuck's favorite reads. 1:07:05 Closing remarks.

Chuck's Recommended Read: World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence - by Stephen C. Pepper http://amzn.to/2GXGYVV Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind - by George Lakoff http://amzn.to/2GWIQOA How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) - by G. Polya (Author),‎ John H. Conway (Foreword, Contributor) http://amzn.to/2BLECtw The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined - by Steven Pinker http://amzn.to/2EaLQZI Finite and Infinite Games – by James Carse (Author) http://amzn.to/2BLfIdx Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - by Atul Gawande http://amzn.to/2BhgBtp

Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/chuckrehberg-trigentsoftware-translating-technology-solve-business-problems-futureofdata/

Here is Chuck's Bio: As CTO at Trigent Software and Chief Scientist at Semantic Insights, Chuck Rehberg has developed patented high-performance rules engine technology and advanced natural language understanding technologies that empower a new generation of semantic research solutions.

Chuck has more than thirty years in the high-tech industry, developing leading-edge solutions in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Semantic Technologies, analytics, and product configuration software.

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