Databricks London Meetup @ Big Data LDN 2025

We’re excited to be back at Big Data LDN this year—huge thanks to the organisers for hosting Databricks London once more!

Join us for an evening of insights, networking, and community with the Databricks Team and Advancing Analytics!

🎤 Agenda:

6:00 PM – 6:10 PM | Kickoff & Warm Welcome
Grab a drink, say hi, and get the lowdown on what’s coming up. We’ll set the scene for an evening of learning and laughs.

6:10 PM – 6:50 PM | The Metadata Marathon: How three projects are racing forward – Holly Smith (Staff Developer Advocate, Databricks)
With the enormous amount of discussion about open storage formats between nerds and even not-nerds, it can be hard to keep track of who’s doing what and how this actually makes any impact on day to day data projects.

Holly will take a closer look at the three big projects in this space; Delta, Hudi and Iceberg. They’re all trying to solve for similar data problems and have tackled the various challenges in different ways. Her talk will start with the very basics of how we got here, what the history is before diving deep into the underlying tech, their roadmaps, and their impacts on the data landscape as a whole.

6:50 PM – 7:10 PM | What’s New in Databricks & Databricks AI – Simon Whiteley & Gavi Regunath
Hot off the press! Simon and Gavi will walk you through the latest and greatest from Databricks, including shiny new AI features and platform updates you’ll want to try ASAP.

7:10 PM onwards | Q&A Panel + Networking
Your chance to ask the experts anything—then stick around for drinks, snacks, and some good old-fashioned data geekery.

⚠️ Important Registration info: To attend the meetup, you’ll need to register for a free ticket to Big Data LDN.

👉 Register here for your free pass.

While it’s totally fine to just show up for the meetup itself, registering for Big Data LDN gives you access to:

• A packed agenda of keynotes, breakout sessions, and panels across the data and AI landscape.
• A chance to explore the exhibition floor with 180+ leading tech companies.
• Networking opportunities with thousands of data professionals and industry leaders.

Both Databricks and Advancing Analytics are exhibiting at Big Data LDN this year, so we hope you will come and see us on the expo floor during the day to have a chat with the team and grab some exclusive swag!

See you there!