Sydney Data Eng meetup with Ab Initio CTO

Hey all, please join us for our November Sydney Data Eng meetup. Join us for an engaging session filled with exciting discussions and networking opportunities.

Don't miss out—RSVP to secure your spot. A big shout-out to Ab Initio for the catering, we are looking for a venue host! 🎉

🏠 Location: Ab Initio
🍕 Catering: Provided by Ab Initio 😊
💬 Join our Slack Group here: Data Engineers Slack Channel

Schedule:
- 5.30pm: Doors Open & Networking
- 6.00pm: Announcements and Welcome
- 6.10pm: 1st Talk - Stephen Brobst
- 6.45pm: 2nd Talk - Ab Initio Demo
- 7.10pm: Networking
- 8.00pm: Doors Close

Speakers:
🎤 Stephen Brobst, CTO Ab Initio Software
Talk Title: Data Products Fueled by Generative AI
Talk Summary: This talk will describe how to create and consume data products that use LLMs. Empowering knowledge workers’ access to data is an essential capability of a modern enterprise. Robust metadata and a framework for Minimum Viable Governance is at the heart of trusted AI. The use of natural language interfaces for interrogating data products.
Speaker Bio: Stephen’s specialisation is in the design and construction of data management and AI/ML solutions for Fortune 500 companies. Stephen holds a PhD from MIT’s Computer Science and AI Laboratory and an MBA from Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan. Stephen has dozens of patents and 100+ publications related to ML and advanced data management techniques.

🎤 John Uiterwyk, AI Lead Engineer
Talk Title: Demo: How AI-powered Metadata Creates Context for Enterprise AI
Talk Summary: Why Metadata serves as the best form of Context for AI applications. We will demonstrate how Ab Initio’s unique approach to context and governed metadata powers MCP, agentic planning and multi-agent workflows.
Speaker Bio: John leads the research, prototyping and development of AI systems, focusing on metadata driven data platform agents. John is a software, data and AIML engineer, architect and thought leader, with broad experience across industries including telecoms, finance, digital media, education, sports and government

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

Remember to bring along some great questions! See you all there...