Brisbane Data Eng meetup, February 2025

Get ready to kick off the year with Data Eng meetup in Brisbane! 🌟 Join us for an engaging in-person session filled with exciting discussions and networking opportunities.

Don't miss out—RSVP to secure your spot. A big shout-out to Cloud Shuttle for providing us with the venue and Catering! 🎉

🏠 Location: The Stair Stadium, The Precinct, Level 2 TC Beirne Building
🍕 Catering: CloudShuttle 😊
💬 Join our Slack Group here: Data Engineers Slack Channel

Schedule:
5:00 pm: Doors Open
5:30 pm: Announcements and Welcome
5:40 pm: 1st Talk
6:10 pm: 2nd Talk
6:40 pm: Networking
7:30 pm: Doors Close

Speakers:
🎤 Peter Hanssens, Principal Consultant at Cloud Shuttle
Talk Title: Down the Data Pipeline Rabbit Hole: A Modern Data Stack Journey with Mage & Iceberg
Talk Summary: Peter will explore the technical implementation details, migration strategies, and lessons learned. Perfect for data engineers looking to modernise their data platforms.
Peter Hanssens will deep dive into how he revolutionised a startup's data architecture using Mage for orchestration and Apache Iceberg for table format. Learn how this modern data stack helped achieve 10x performance improvements and significant cost savings.
Speaker Bio: Peter Hanssens is the Founder of DataEngBytes and Principal Consultant at Cloud Shuttle. With extensive experience in data engineering and architecture, Peter started his journey by creating a small data engineering meetup that evolved into DataEngBytes—now the largest independent conference for Data and ML engineers in Oceania. His passion for community building and knowledge sharing has been instrumental in growing the data engineering community across Australia and New Zealand. Peter specializes in modern data stack implementation, including technologies like Mage for orchestration and Apache Iceberg for table formats, helping organizations achieve significant performance improvements and cost savings in their data platforms.

🎤 Andrew Ridgway, Cloud Data Architect, Accruent
Talk Title: AI for Content Generation
Talk Summary: This talk will move through the existing machination of a private open project of mine to leverage the power of AI to increase content generation on my blog
it will go through the ideas behind
https://git.aridgwayweb.com/armistace/blog_creator
So that I can make
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fill with more content by simply writing notes
I'll also go through how we can apply these ideas to the broader documentation and chat bot needs we have as data engineers dealing with other engineers, analysts and just people in general
Speaker Bio: As a skilled Data Engineer and Architect with over a decade of experience, I have developed a broad set of abilities in cloud data engineering and warehousing across multiple platforms. My proficiency in programming languages such as Python, TSQL, VB, and SAS (across various products) enables me to efficiently execute data engineering tasks. Additionally, I am highly skilled in utilizing cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, Databricks, and Snowflake for designing and implementing data platforms and projects. By leveraging the principles of agile development, I am capable of guiding container design and orchestration, as well as implementing CI/CD and deployment methodologies within these platforms. This seamless integration of CI/CD and agile practices ensures optimal efficiency, rapid iteration, and reliable deployment of data products.As a committed mentor and advocate for emerging talent in the field, I strive to share my expertise through leadership opportunities that empower and inspire the next generation of Data Engineers and Architects. With a focus on delivering successful data engineering projects, I have honed my leadership skills by collaborating with cross-functional teams, guiding project roadmaps, and driving innovation in the field of Data Engineering and Architecture. I am looking to leverage this experience and expertise to drive strategic initiatives and inspire emerging talent. (Written through prompting into https://ollama.com/library/openthinker )

If you'd like to present at future meetups, please submit your talk here!

Together let's kick off our exciting Brisbane Meetup series for 2025. See you there for a night of knowledge and connections. ✨