Databricks User Group Belgium 8th Meetup (In-Person)

The first Databricks Meetup Belgium of 2025 is here! Join us for an evening of insightful talks, great networking with fellow Databricks enthusiasts, and delicious food. As always, expect the same great format: a food & drinks reception, two sessions, and a laid-back closing drink

📍 Location:
IBA
Chem. du Cyclotron 3,
1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

🚗 Parking:
Visitor parking is available for free. If we reach capacity, attendees will be guided to nearby parking facilities.

🔑 Access to Facilities:
Visitors will receive a badge at reception to access the meetup area.

🕡 Schedule:

• 6:00 pm: Welcome

Doors open with delicious food and drinks, big thanks to IBA for hosting!

• 7:00 pm - 7:40 pm: dbt, dagster and databricks: 'a match made in heaven' by Flavien Hancart, Data Platform Architect at IBA.

This session explores how dbt, Dagster, and Databricks work together to orchestrate scalable ELT pipelines.
How dbt handles transformations, Dagster manages orchestration, and Databricks powers execution, creating an efficient and observable data workflow.

• 7:45 pm - 8:25 pm: Effortless Databricks Deployment on AWS using Terraform by Şükrü Han Şahin, Data & Cloud Engineer at Dataroots.

Join us for a deep dive into Infrastructure as Code (laC) best practices using Terraform to automate and manage your Databricks environment efficiently.
In this session, you’ll learn how to efficiently deploy and manage Databricks on AWS using Terraform. We’ll cover key automation techniques, best practices for configuring IAM roles and storage credentials, and how to troubleshoot common deployment issues.

• 8:30pm - 9:00 pm: Closing Drinks & Networking

Wrap up the evening with casual drinks and great conversations!

🚀 Secure your spot now and be part of our 8th meetup, we can't wait to see you there!

🔊 If you want to speak at an upcoming meetup, don't hesitate to submit your session here!