2024-02 Cleantech & Complex data sets, & BI Tool Security & Architecture

Join us on February 28 at Platform Calgary for two great presentations.

Schedule:
5:30 - Pizza and Networking
6:00 - Presentations and Discussion
7:30 - Wrap up

Presentation 1 - Cleantech in the home and the impact of complex data sets
Presenter: Remus Lacatus from Jotson
There are many questions that are hard to answer when it comes to cleantech options in your home. Should you install a heat pump? Will replacing your furnace reduce your emissions? What about EVs and Solar Panels?
Most Canadians struggle to answer these questions and more. Join us for a presentation and discussion about the challenges homeowners face when making decisions about household energy. Using a data-driven case study of heat pumps, we’ll go beyond smart thermostats and LED lights, and dive into the facts around energy consumption, cost, carbon footprint, and the potential impact of cleatech for residential use.
You’ll leave this session empowered with real-life examples of how the right data can empower informed decisions about cleantech at home.

Presentation 2 - I Can’t Find a Good Youtube Tutorial on BI Tool Security
Presenter: Roland Booth from Benevity
Roland Booth is a software engineer with 3 years experience in data & analytics, 6 years experience in information security, and a passion for pioneering new technical frontiers. While obtaining a B.Sc in Computer Science and B.Sc in Pure Mathematics at UCalgary, he entered the information security field through cryptography research, analyzing the security of next-gen digital signature schemes. After, he redirected his passion for engineering, mathematics, and information security to the data & analytics space. Roland develops systems that empower people to get answers out of data, solving for a variety of skill sets, goals, and data-literacy levels. He works extensively with Business Intelligence Tools, spanning a variety of tools, scales, and use cases.
Business Intelligence tools (think Looker, Power BI or Tableau) are powerful. They give users a wide-open door to your organization’s data and the tools they need to dig through it. (And to share it.) Perhaps, just maybe, you do not want each and every user to have unmitigated access to this tool. BI Tools provide a variety of features to restrict data access, but assembling them into your organization’s BI Tool Security Architecture is not trivial. And once you roll out your architecture, you’re stuck with it. It’s worth getting right the first time.In this tool-agnostic talk, I’ll introduce common BI Tool access control features. How they fit together, how they don’t. The good, the bad, the stupid, and lessons learned from year’s experience working with them.