Building Open & Interoperable Data Platforms with Snowflake
Details
- Topic: Building Open & Interoperable Data Platforms with Snowflake
- Date: Thursday 23rd October 2025 at 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm
- Networking: 6 pm - 6.30 pm and 7.20 - 8 pm
- Presentation Time: 6.30 pm - 7.20 pm
(includes welcome, presentation 30 mins & community marketplace) - Location: Thoughtworks, Level 35/360 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
- Ticket: Free of cost, however, registrations and RSVP are required!
- Sponsor: ThoughtWorks
As organisations adopt multi-cloud strategies, a key challenge is unifying data lakes without sacrificing governance, performance, or openness.
In this session, we’ll explore how Snowflake’s integration with Apache Polaris and Iceberg addresses these challenges by enabling a unified, open catalog experience across clouds. Through a live demo, you’ll see how organisations can maintain vendor neutrality while still leveraging Snowflake’s enterprise-grade performance, security, and governance capabilities.
Key takeaways:
• Why open table formats and catalogs are critical for interoperability
• How Snowflake integrates with Apache Polaris and Iceberg.
• Practical benefits of unifying data lakes without vendor lock-in
About Speaker
Saurabh is a Senior Manager, Data & AI at Accenture with 18+ years of experience in data and enterprise solutions. He’s a Snowflake Data Superhero 2025 and an AWS Golden Jacket recipient, known for his work in building modern data platforms and driving innovation in areas like Gen AI and Data Sharing. Saurabh is also a speaker at key industry events such as the AWS Summit, Snowflake User Groups and Data Engineering meetups. Outside of work, he co-hosts The Saurabh & Sagar Show, a podcast on YouTube and Spotify exploring tech trends and voices in the data world.