Databricks User Group Essen January Meetup

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Bringing together the Databricks community
The Databricks user community offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise in data, analytics, and AI, so we are pleased to announce a series of new in-person Databricks User Group events across Europe.

Join us on the 16th of January 2025 in Essen at the office of Initions / Mindcurv. This user group event will feature a talk by Klaus Höltgen Solution Manager at Bayer as well as a talk by Databricks.
Each session will include an open discussion on the most critical data challenges and solutions, plus insights into the latest technologies including the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. In addition, you will have the opportunity to network with your peers from across a range of different industries while enjoying some food and beverages.

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Title: Building Bridges: Connecting Data Assets for Digital Success
Speaker: Klaus Hoeltgen , Data Architect at Bayer AG
Description: In an era where data is paramount, Bayer is transforming its approach to data management by migrating from on-premise systems to a modern cloud-enabled data and analytics platform. This session will address the challenges of handling vast datasets while ensuring scalability, flexibility, and compliance.We will share insights into our architectural principles, emphasizing data gravity, the separation of storage and compute, and automation. Key takeaways include strategies for achieving near-real-time data ingestion, replicating complex data assets, and enabling diverse digital use cases.Join us to discover how Bayer is building bridges between data assets and leveraging innovative solutions to drive digital success while maintaining robust security and compliance measures.
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Title: What’s new in GenAI on Databricks
Speaker: Micheal Shtelma , Product Specialist GenAI at Databricks
Description: Generative AI has taken the world by storm and it will revolutionize how enterprises operate. In order to gain an advantage from it, organisations must build their own GenAI applications that are grounded in their data and business context. In this session we explore the latest developments in Databricks to help you build your own GenAI applications. We will learn about:

• Mosaic AI Model Training: a simple no code / low code API to fine-tune foundation models for improved response quality and reduced serving costs.
• AI Runtime: our upcoming serverless GPU accelerated engine to build advanced GenAI and deep learning applications from scratch.
• Building Agents with Databricks: What comes after chatbots? Agents! Agent applications utilise LLMs not only for Q&A but they have the power to actually take action such as creating a support ticket if you ask for it.
• Image Generation for Marketing: Why would we need all of the above technical capabilities? We will show you how we are working with other customers to generate custom tailored images to accelerate creation of marketing content.

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