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## 🚀 Analytics Engineering Meetup: AI, Data Mesh & Real-World Analytics

Join us for a new Analytics Engineering Meetup evening packed with real-world insights, practical lessons, and good conversations — plus pizza and drinks 🍕🥤

We’re bringing together three speakers from MotherDuck and Xebia to talk about how modern analytics engineering actually works in practice: from AI-powered analytics workflows, to data mesh lessons learned, to decision-making tools for BI platforms.

Whether you’re a data engineer, analytics engineer, BI professional, or data leader, this event is all about what works (and what doesn’t) in the real world of data.

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## 🎤 Talks & Speakers

### 🦆 Talk #1 — Dumky de Wilde (MotherDuck)

From Analytics to AI Workflows with MotherDuck

Dumky will introduce MotherDuck and show how it can be used to integrate AI workflows into analytics. Expect practical examples of how teams can move from traditional analytics to AI-augmented workflows that actually deliver value in real-world scenarios.

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### 🕸️ Talk #2 — XiaoHan Li (Xebia)

Data Mesh in Practice: What Works, What Doesn’t

Data mesh is a powerful paradigm — but it’s not a silver bullet. XiaoHan will share her hands-on experience with data mesh, discussing what has proven effective, what commonly fails, and what teams should realistically expect when adopting data mesh in production environments.

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### 🤖 Talk #3 — Ruben Huidekoper (Xebia)

Choosing the Right BI Tool with AI-Assisted Decision Making

Ruben will showcase an in-house Xebia project infused with artificial intelligence. The tool helps cut through the noise and provides clear guidance on which BI tool fits best for a given client use case, supporting better, faster decision-making.

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## 🗓️ Agenda

18:00 — 🍕 Pizza
18:30 — 🎤 Talk #1 | Dumky de Wilde (MotherDuck)
19:00 — Short break
19:15 — 🎤 Talk #2 | XiaoHan Li (Xebia)
19:45 — Short break
20:00 — 🎤 Talk #3 | Ruben Huidekoper (Xebia)
20:30 — 🥤 Open conversation, networking & drinks

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## 📍 Location

Xebia Data Amsterdam
Wibautstraat 202
Amsterdam

Hosted at our sponsor’s office ❤️