Lloyds Banking Group - Open Tech Community

#Registration: RSVPs are closed: Please register here to attend this event.

# Agenda
18:30 - Welcome drinks & snacks
19:00 - 'Building the AI Factory' by Mischa van Kesteren
19:40 - 'Harnessing DBT to enable Data Modelling at scale' by Lauren Swan
20:15 - 'Panel discussion | Career paths into Data & AI'
21:30 Event close

## Talk 1:
'Building the AI Factory' by Mischa van Kesteren, Senior HPC/AI Solutions Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Emphasis by Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference 2025, has sparked a lot of discussion on AI Factory, as it forms a central part of the vision for how AI is going to transform our world. But what exactly is an AI Factory, and how do you build and operate one? This talk gives the overview of the different components required to implement a functioning AI Factory at Scale, with lessons for AI use cases of any size.

## Talk 2:
Harnessing DBT to enable Data Modelling at scale' by Lauren Swan, Data Engineer, Lloyds Banking Group.
'dbt' has been coined the next big thing in Data Engineering, how effective can it be at producing reusable assets within a Data Model and how can organisation such as Lloyds Banking Group look to utilise it at scale?

## Panel discussion:
Learn about the diverse academic and career paths of Data Scientists and Engineers from Lloyds Banking Group during a candid panel discussion, chaired by Rabia Mahmood, Senior DevOps Engineer, Lloyds Banking Group.

Panellists:

• Michelle Conway, Lead Data Scientist, Lloyds Banking Group
• David Garrick, Senior Data Scientist, Lloyds Banking Group
• Yawen Zhang, Data Scientist, Lloyds Banking Group
• Rida Naseer, Data Analyst, Lloyds Banking Group

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# Location:
33 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 2NH (close to Liverpool Street tube)
Drinks and refreshments will be provided at the event.
Security: Please bring photo ID along with registration confirmation details to be signed into the building for the event.
General enquiries: rabia.mahmood@lloydsbanking.com