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Come along to the last meetup event of the year!

In this edition, we'll be discussing cost efficiency and how you can scale without things getting out of hand. This meetup will feature two talks and a panel discussion, so make sure to join us.

We’ll be sharing more details soon, but spots are limited — be sure to grab your ticket before they run out!

When? 17:30 - 18:30 Networking with food and drinks from Altinity 18:30 - 20:00 Talk + Panel discussion 20:00 - 20:30 More networking

Where? London Art Bar (300 High Holborn)

Speakers and Talks: Talk: Fast, Big, and Cheap: Pro Tricks for Cost Control in Analytic Apps (Robert Hodges, CEO @ Altinity) Analytic databases are heavy users of storage and compute that quickly grow into budget-busting behemoths. Altinity has helped thousands of companies build high performance analytics on open source ClickHouse. This talk covers our learnings about keeping systems cheap without sacrificing speed--from optimizing I/O to using compute at low-cost providers like Hetzner to keeping a single copy of data in Iceberg data lakes.

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.

Hi Everyone,

We’re thrilled to announce that Meet-Up #7 is now confirmed for Tuesday 1st July 2025! 🎉

Join us at our London HQ, 100 Liverpool Street, for an evening packed full of insightful talks, great conversations and plenty of opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper meet-up without pizza and refreshments to keep the energy high all night! 🍕🥤

🕕 Doors open for networking at 18:00 🎤 The first talk kicks off at 18:30 🚪 Wrapping up at 20:30

We can’t wait to see you there!

#1 Kat Holmes \| Data Director @ Siemens Energy Data Readiness - The Elephant in the AI Room Kat has been transforming organisations through data and technology leadership for the past 20 years – most recently as a data director specialising in strategy and governance. Currently holding a senior leadership role at Siemens Energy, the world's most influential energy technology company, Kat's key responsibilities include driving data readiness for AI throughout the organisation.

She has also recently been able to integrate her lifelong commitment to ESG into her data career, through her public talks on diversity, inclusion and belonging in data teams. In 2021, Kat founded MenopauseX, on behalf of Women in Data®. MenopauseX is an initiative whose mission is to help organisations better support their staff through leveraging data and analytics.

#2 Muna Tutton, Muna Tutton, Strategic Initiatives Lead, FTSE Russell Engineering, LSEG Lighting the Fire: How Hackathons Ignite Change in Financial Services

Muna will be be sharing how a journey from physics to the fast-paced world of financial services taught me that the toughest challenges aren’t just technical — they’re human. From architecture roles to hackathons, I’ll share how embracing ambiguity and empowering people to act can turn ideas into impact.

#3 Barbara Correia, Lead Data Scientist @ Mesh-AI & Alejandra Gutierrez, Software Engineer @ Schroders Scaling Equity Research: A Multi-Agent Approach to Analytical Workflows

Alejandra is a graduate software engineer at Schroders, where she works in the AI research team. She has a degree in Biomedical engineering from Imperial College. Barbara is a Lead Data Scientist at Mesh-AI and has been working on the Agentic Scope, focusing on the FS industry.

What are dbt meetups? 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.

🤝Organizer: dbt Labs (Amada Echeverría, Community Team) 🏠Venue/Host: Snowflake Office (Room: the Lodge on the 5th floor) @ One Crown Place, London EC2A 4EF, UK 🍕Catering: Refreshments will be provided

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

📝Agenda

• 5:00 - 5:40 \| Check in/Registration (40 min)
• 5:40 - 5:45 \| Welcome Remarks by our meetup host\, Snowflake (5 min) and dbt Labs’ Community Team
• 5:45 - 6:05 \| Presentation 1: Kshitij Aranke (Senior Software Engineer @ dbt Labs) on ‘Hands-on with our latest innovations in dbt Core 1.10” (20 min)
• 6:05 - 6:15 \| Presentation 1 Q&A (10 min)
• 6:15 - 6:35 \| Fireside chat with Tristan Handy (Founder & CEO @ dbt Labs) and Alex Lambert (Director Solution Engineering UK @ Snowflake) on The Analytics Development Lifecycle (20 min)
• 6:35 - 6:45 \| Q&A for Tristan and Alex (10 min)
• 6:45 -6:50 \| Closing Remarks by Snowflake and dbt Labs’ Community Team (5 min)
• 6:50 - 8:00 \| Reception (Please be mindful that we need to leave the space by 8:30)

EVENT DETAILS: The doors open at 5pm. Presentations begin at 5:40pm. Food and refreshments will be provided. The venue has capacity limits, so please update your RSVP status on the Meetup to "Not Going" if you are unable to attend.

DIRECTIONS: Please bring an ID. The Snowflake office is located on the 5th and 6th floor of a multi-tenant building. Upon arrival visitors are greeted at ground floor reception and asked to check-in and sign Snowflake’s NDA via the Envoy check-in system. Visitors are either escorted to the lift area or await the host to pick them up.

➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: https://www.getdbt.com/community/ 🤝For the best Meetup experience, make sure to join the #local-ldn 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/

Hi Everyone,

Thank you once again for your amazing support throughout 2024 and for joining us at our last event in October – it was a fantastic turnout!

We’re thrilled to announce that Meet-Up #6 is now confirmed for Wednesday 26th March (our first event for 2025)! 🎉

Join us at our London HQ, 100 Liverpool Street, for an evening packed full of insightful talks, great conversations and plenty of opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper meet-up without pizza and refreshments to keep the energy high all night! 🍕🥤

🕕 Doors open for networking at 18:00 🎤 The first talk kicks off at 18:30 🚪 Wrapping up at 20:30

We can’t wait to see you there!

#1 Maryam Aidini \| Principal Product Manager @ Mesh-AI "Building Smarter Data & AI Products with Lean Experimentation" Maryam is a Principal Product Manager with a passion for building innovative, data-driven products. With over 12 years of experience, she has led high-performing teams and helped companies craft smart, effective product strategies that align with both business goals and customer needs.

Currently working at an AI and data consultancy, Maryam focuses on using AI and advanced technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline processes, and create scalable, customer-centric solutions. She’s a strong advocate for data-driven product management, believing that the best products come from a mix of strategic thinking, deep user understanding, and the right use of technology.

Beyond her work in product management, Maryam is also a course creator and presenter with O’Reilly, where she helps upskill product managers in AI, data, and product strategy. She is passionate about teaching and mentoring, sharing practical insights to help product professionals stay ahead in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

#2 Rebecca Vickery \| Senior Leader of Customer Insight & Targeting @ EDF Energy "SmartGuard: Optimising Smart Field Engineering with AI" Rebecca is the Senior Leader of EDF's Customer Insight & Targeting team, a Data Science and Research team dedicated to driving better customer engagement through data insights. With over 16 years of experience in the field of Data Science Rebecca mentors and leads her team to develop models for segmentation, targeting and personalisation. Passionate about technology and improving customer experiences she is currently leading a project to embed a new Customer Engagement Platform (CEP) that will streamline and improve customer communications across the organisation.

Outside of her day job Rebecca is a strong advocate for improving gender diversity in the data and tech fields. She also regularly publishes articles designed to help people break into the field of Data Science on her blog hosted on Medium.com.

#3 Zoe Higgins \| Data Analytics Manager @ Santander "Am I valued or just a metric?"

In this talk, I’ll explore the intersection of data, culture, and inclusion in STEM, drawing from my experience as a data scientist and my recent work in human resources. With access to the numbers and drivers shaping workplace culture, we’ll uncover what truly influences representation and belonging. Beyond the statistics, we’ll reflect on overcoming imposter syndrome, challenging stigmas, and ensuring that women in AI and data are not just counted—but truly valued.

Zoe Higgins is a Data Analytics Manager at Santander, with six years of experience leveraging data science to drive insights and innovation. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Data Science, she has built deep expertise in analytics, strategy, and problem-solving working on global projects from UK, Spain and Poland. Beyond her technical work, Zoe is a passionate advocate for equitability within STEM industries, working to create more inclusive opportunities. She brings her insights on data-driven decision-making and the importance of fostering diversity in tech and leveraging data to build the right culture.

Join us for our very first meetup of 2025! You'll learn all about how to use Apache Kafka beyond the consumer protocol and get an introduction to Apache Flink.

Date and Time: 🗓️ Thursday 23rd January, ⏰ 18:00 - 20:30 PM 🕘 Venue: Confluent Europe Ltd, 262 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EE, United Kingdom Attending Brands: OSO, Streambased, Gravitee & Confluent

Schedule: 18:00: Doors Open 18:00 - 18:30: Food, drinks, networking 18:30 - 19:00: "Accessing Kafka: beyond the consumer protocol" - Tom Scott (CEO Streambased) & Linus Hakansson (CPO Gravitee) 19:00 - 19:30: “Flink - Adi Polak (Director Developer Experience Engineering and Advocacy, Confluent) 19:30- 20:30pm: Additional Q&A, Networking

🎙️ \~Talk 1\~ Talk Title: Accessing Kafka: beyond the consumer protocol

Summary: The role of Kafka is expanding and with it the use cases it addresses. This brings many cool new features but also highlights some drawbacks. The standard producer/consumer pattern that has served us so well for so many years is no longer a good fit for all the things that Kafka data is used for and it's time to look beyond.Join Linus (Gravitee) and Tom (Streambased) for an in depth look at how you can interact with you Kafka clusters via REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, JDBC/ODBC and even as a simple filesystem.We'll outline the reasoning behind these new access patterns, the features that differentiate them (and the features that unite them) and show some live demos of the opportunities they create.

🗣️ Speaker 1: Tom Scott (CEO Streambased) is the founder of Streambased, Tom is building multi tenant, on-prem and cloud Kafka services to attack common Kafka pain points and break down barriers to starting your data journey.Linus Hakansson Linus Hakansson is the Chief Product Officer at Gravitee, building a next-generation management platform helping organizations secure, control and govern their Kafka and APIs

🗣️ Speaker 2: Linus Hakansson is the Chief Product Officer at Gravitee, building a next-generation management platform helping organizations secure, control and govern their Kafka and APIs

🎙️ \~Talk 2\~ Talk Title: Flink - demystifying data streaming

Summary: In an era where data velocity and volume continue to grow, the ability to process and analyze data streams in real-time is pivotal for businesses aiming to optimize operations, enhance decision-making, and maintain competitive advantages.

Apache Flink stands out as a comprehensive, open-source stream processing framework designed to meet these challenges head-on. In this session you will learn about data streaming through the lens of Apache Flink, offering insights into its architecture, capabilities, and how it seamlessly facilitates real-time data processing.Objectives: 1. Introduce Stream Processing: Provide a foundational understanding of stream processing - its importance\, use cases\, and when to use in comparison to batch processing. 2. Explore Apache Flink: Deep dive into Apache Flink's architecture\, key features\, and its unique approach to handling stateful computations\, event time processing\, and ensuring fault tolerance at scale.

🗣️ Speaker 1: Adi Polak, Director Developer Experience Engineering and Advocacy, Confluent. Adi is an experienced software engineer and people manager. For most of her professional life, she dealt with data and machine learning for transactional and analytics workloads by building large-scale systems. As a data practitioner, she developed software to solve real-world problems with Apache Spark, Kafka, HDFS, K8s, AWS, and Azure in high-throughput, high-scale production environments for companies like Akamai and Microsoft.Adi has taught Spark to thousands of students throughout the years and is the author of the successful book — Scaling Machine Learning with Spark.

When not thinking up new architecture, teaching new tech or pondering on a distributed systems challenge, you can find her at the local cultural scene.

We're excited to be back after the summer, and looking forward to hosting Will Needham for September's London Fabric User Group meetup.

Life after DP-600: How to thrive as a Fabric Analytics Engineer

Many people have now taken the DP-600 exam to become a certified Fabric Analytics Engineer - which serves as a great stepping stone into the world of analytics engineering. But when I speak to people in the community, there still seems to be a knowledge and experience gap for many on how to make to jump to becoming an effective Fabric Analytics Engineer, in practice.

In this talk, we will explore together what an effective analytics engineering solution looks like, and provide a roadmap for you to follow to become comfortable creating such solutions.

You will learn:

• which problems analytics engineering solves
• what skills make an effective Analytics Engineer in practice
• how you can transfer existing skills and experience you have to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Analytics engineering is (in my biased opinion) one of the highest leverage capabilities that a data professional, and a company, can develop because it unlocks high-quality, analytics that you can rely on (whether that be AI or BI). I can't wait to share my passion on this topic with you all!

About Will: Will Needham is the Director of Unified Education, a Fabric-focused training company. Will created the Learn Microsoft Fabric with Will YouTube channel in June 2023 which has grown to over 16k subscribers and 650k views. As well as the YouTube channel, Will runs two Fabric learning communities on the Skool platform; "Learn Microsoft Fabric" - a free community with over 3.9k members, and a paid community Fabric Dojo which provides high-quality, hands-on tutorials to help members grow their Fabric Analytics Engineering skills and experience. Before starting Unified Education, Will worked for 8+ years as a consultant working across Data Strategy, Data Engineering, Data Science & Business Intelligence.

Agenda: 18:30 : Welcome, pizza and drinks 19:00 - 20:00 : Main Session

Big thanks again to the London Data School for hosting us in their amazing venue in the heart of London, close to St Paul's Cathedral:

The Data School / The Information Lab, Floor 1, 25 Watling Street, EC4M 9BR

*** NEW VENUE *** Please note the change of venue for this meetup

Big thanks again to the London Data School for hosting us. Following the success of June's meetup, they've again offered their amazing venue in the heart of London, close to St Paul's Cathedral.

We're really excited to be able to host Reza Rad, CEO of RADACAD, Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Microsoft Regional Director. Reza is over from New Zealand for a short visit.

Microsoft Fabric for Power BI Developers

Come to this session to learn from Reza about Microsoft Fabric, its workloads and components, and how it can deliver an end-to-end analytics solution.

You will get a whirlwind tour of Microsoft Fabric's end-to-end analytics workloads, including, but not limited to, Data Factory, Data Warehousing, Data Engineering, Data Science, Real-time Analytics, Power BI, Data Activator, and OneLake. You will learn these components and how they work together to build a software-as-service analytics solution.

You will also learn how this would impact the career opportunity for someone in the Analytics field and the licensing requirements for this new service.

You will get to know Fabric from the Power BI development point of view; what changes it will bring, what improvements, how it can help your Power BI implementation, and what will be the next step for you if you want to use Fabric in your environment.

No background in analytics is needed for this session; it is an introductory session to Microsoft Fabric.

More information on our speaker, Reza can be found here: Reza Rad - RADACAD

Agenda: 18:30 : Welcome, pizza and drinks 19:00 - 20:00 : Main Session

Huge thanks to The Data School for hosting this month's meetup: The Data School / The Information Lab, Floor 1, 25 Watling Street, EC4M 9BR

Overview Career and personal growth isn't linear. It happens in pivotal "moments" that transform your perspective and actions forever. The same applies to Data Engineering. In this talk, Shachar will share some of the most impactful "growth moments" from his career in data. These are real-world stories with significant lessons, that offer valuable insights and learnings.

How to Attend The registration link for the Zoom meeting will be shared with you after you sign up for this Meetup event. --- About Shachar Meir Shachar is a seasoned Data Executive with over 20 years experience in leading data teams across global organisations. He has a proven track record of building and leading high-performing data and analytics teams in both startups (WorldRemit, Pontis), and large companies (PayPal, Meta). At Meta, Shachar served as the Director of Data Engineering for Trust and Safety and London Data Engineering site lead. Shachar is now a Data Advisor, supporting companies and individuals in their data journey.

Join Snowflake London User Group & DET community in Holborn at MMC HQ for an evening of networking, drinks, food and talks from some brilliant speakers from the Data Engineer community, including:

Anna Aleshko (Data Engineer and Founder of Data Engineers London)- How we power insights using Snowflake for a £7bn business: Data Architecture and Data Products at Waitrose [SURPRISE] - The ultimate combination: how to run dbt-Core on Snowflake Container Services

Alex Spanos (Head of Data @Tarabut) - Automating Data Workflows for ML in Middle East Open Banking

🤝Sponsored by Snowflake, Orchestra and MMC Ventures

Event Schedule 6:30 - 7:00 : food, drinks, networking

7:00 - 7:20: Anna Aleshko, Data Engineer - How we power insights for a £7bn business: Data Architecture and Data Products at Waitrose

7:20 - 7:40: [SURPRISE] - The ultimate combination: how to run dbt-Core on Snowflake Container Services + Q&A

7:40 - 8:00 : Alex Spanos (Head of Data @Tarabut) - Automating Data Workflows for ML in Middle East Open Banking

8:00-8:30: Q&A

8:30 onwards: drinks and pub

Join the guestlist 👉to secure your spot as spaces are limited.

This gathering of London’s Data Engineer Things community is organised by Hugo Lu (Orchestra) and sponsored by Snowflake and MMC Ventures

About DET: Data Engineer Things (DET), founded by Xinran Waibel, is an online community and publication dedicated to curating learning resources for data engineers. The London chapter is focused on bringing together like-minded data engineers and practitioners to share experiences, and speak about high-quality real-world data engineer projects, and of course, socialise.

Talk submission: If you'd like to submit a talk (or help us organise!) please reach out to Hugo or Tim Webster on Linkedin. Similar to the Data Engineer Things Medium blog, we recommend submitting talks on some of the topics below, which are educational and beneficial to the wider community!

Speaking about relevant professional experiences is also recommended:

Project ideas: Interesting data engineering projects you've done (ideally in a professional capacity)

---> Tech stacks: Building a batch/streaming pipeline on AWS, for example

---> Engineering process: Integrating CICD into data engineering dev cycle

---> Overlooked topics: e.g. how to design systems for high data quality

Which could be interspersed with stories about:

---> Career switching: Transitioning into DE from another field

---> Interviews: Preparing for data engineering interviews

DET Resources: Slack: http://join.det.life

Medium: https://blog.det.life

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@data-engineer-things/streams

Website: https://www.dataengineerthings.org/aboutus/

Agenda

6:30 PM: food, drinks, networking

7:00 PM: Anna Aleshko, Data Engineer - How we power insights for a £7bn business: Data Architecture and Data Products at Waitrose

7:20 PM: [SURPRISE] - The ultimate combination: how to run dbt-Core on Snowflake Container Services + Q&A

7:40 PM: Dario Morelli - Lessons from Truelayer - Building the Data & Analytics Team for the UK's largest Open Banking provider

8:00 PM: Q&A

8:30 PM: drinks and pub

Speakers

Anna Aleshko - Waitrose (Data Engineer)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-aleshko;

Dario Morelli - Truelayer (previous) (Head of Data Analytics)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/morellidario/;

Surprise Speaker

https://docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-guide/snowpark-container-services/overview;

Partner

Data Engineering Things (https://blog.det.life/)

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Complete your event RSVP here: https://usergroups.snowflake.com/events/details/snowflake-london-presents-london-snowflake-user-group-x-data-engineering-things-community-meetup-at-mmc-hq-holborn/.

Our first London DevOps Society event has arrived! We are delighted to be partnered with our hosts Broadcom (who recently acquired VMware), with a trio of really exciting speakers lined up. Format of the meetup event will be as follows: 6pm – 6:30pm - Networking on arrival coupled with pizza and drinks provided by ReVybe IT. 6:30pm – 7:40pm – 3X 20 mins speakers with a 10-minute break in-between 2nd and 3rd speaker. 7:40pm onwards – Networking and event close. We are delighted to welcome 3 speakers to our first event. #1 – Vahid Mojtahed – Group Director of Data and Insights Vahid is a pioneer in the world of Data, with a specialism in AI/ML. He has led teams throughout his career, with a focus on innovation and collaboration. Accolades include: 2023 Invited Speaker at Data + AI World Tour by Databricks 2018 Recognized as Exceptional Talent by the British Academy for innovative work on fraud analytics and solution 2016 Invited speaker at Italian Academy of Science Title: Think Like a Machine, Win Like a Human: How AI & ML are Transforming Businesses Across Industries Vahid Mojtahed will kick start the evening by giving us an insight into how data, AI, and ML are empowering businesses and revolutionizing various industries. He will present examples of fraud detection in agri-food industry, financial forecasting in a global enterprise and accelerating property transaction using natural language processing. #2 – Fernando Villalba – DevOps/DevEX/Platform Engineer Fernando has over a decade of miscellaneous IT experience. He started in IT support ("Have you tried turning it on and off?"), veered to become a SysAdmin ("Don't you dare turn it off") and later segued into DevOps type of roles ("Destroy and replace!"). He has been a consultant for various multi-billion-dollar organizations helping them achieve their highest potential with their DevOps processes. Title: Platform engineering must kill RTFM Fernando Villalba will be speaking on how platform engineering must kill “read the f*ck!ng manual”. “It doesn't matter how great your documentation is or how much you tell developers to read the manual, if your design and user experience is terrible, you will get poor performance. In this talk we will explore how and why placing an emphasis on documentation at the expense of design is a bad practice, and we will also explore how this relates to your cloud provider and your internal developer platform. Whether you are looking to build your own platform or find a compass to pick better tooling for your developers, this talk may be helpful for you.” This talk is based on the following blog posts: https://nandovillalba.medium.com/platform-engineering-please-kill-rtfm-72de6f01075e https://nandovillalba.medium.com/ux-on-platform-engineering-1c7ecfaddea7 #3 – Chris Hurford – Strategic Customer Success Manager – Broadcom Chris is a senior technical leader who has a blend of technical and leadership skills, with a push towards agile software delivery and delivery management in recent years. He is passionate about developing and supporting high quality software products and systems, whilst motivating teams using agile methodologies. Chris has over 25 years of experience in the technology space, starting off as a software developer before moving into management. Title: An overview of the Tanzu software portfolio and Tanzu Lab's Platform Engineering services Lastly, we have Chris Hurford, a senior figure within the Broadcom engineering team, delivering a talk on Tanzu, which helps platform engineers accelerate application development and delivery so that developers can focus on building great apps. Tanzu Application Platform is a modular Kubernetes-based platform that allows you to build quickly and ship fast.

Agenda 18:00 - 18:15 - Welcome 18:15 - 19:00 - Old Name - New CLI - why you should take a look at sqlcmd - Rob Sewell Introduced with SQL Server 2005 and replacing osql, sqlcmd has been a part of SQL Server professionals toolbox for a long time now. Many people only know it from the sqlcmd mode switch in SSMS, while others use it within automation as a lightweight easily available query runner. I have long recommended that DBAs are familiar with using it as it may be the only option to query an instance in severe emergencies. Times they are a changing. There is a new sqlcmd available and it has some awesome new capabilities. Let me introduce you to the new sqlcmd in a fun filled demo session and show you the new things it can do and why they will be of benefit to all Data Professionals We will cover deploying a database into a container from a backup with one command. Querying it, Opening it in Azure Data Studio, all from the command line and much more.

Rob Sewell Be-Whiskered Automator of Things Rob was a SQL Server DBA with a passion for PowerShell, Azure, Automation, and SQL (PaaS geddit?). Now he just helps people make things. He is a Cloud and Data Center MVP and a Data Platform MVP, SQLBits committee member, PSConf EU organiser, and co-leader of Data South West UK User Group. H has spoken at and volunteered at many Data and PowerShell events all over the world. He is a proud supporter of the Data and PowerShell communities. He relishes sharing and learning and can be found doing both via Twitter and his blog. He spends most of his time looking at a screen and loves to solve problems. He knows that looking at a screen so much is bad for him because his wife tells him so. Thus, he is often out riding his bike as his eyes are not good enough to play cricket any more. He has a fabulous beard

17:30 - Pizza and networking

19:30 - 20:45 - Realtime streaming data with Microsoft Fabric - James Dales Realtime streaming data is now possible within Microsoft’s new SaaS environment, Microsoft Fabric, without any Azure resources required. In this session we’ll stream data from aircraft transponder data and other sensors directly into Microsoft Fabric via EventStream into KQL DB and OneLake, and analyse the results, both live and historic in Power BI. The session will be back to back demos as we build the whole solution from scratch – what could go wrong!?

James Dales James Dales is the Global Capability Lead for Microsoft Fabric and Power BI at Avanade and is a Microsoft FastTrack Recognised Solution Architect. As a Microsoft Data Platform MVP he is the co-leader of the London Power BI user group. In 2019 he became the first member of the Power BI Contributors Program, working alongside the Microsoft engineering team to build new functionality into the Power BI product itself. He has a keen interest in spatial analytics and is the author of the Icon Map custom visual.