Belgium dbt Meetup #2 (in-person)

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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