Vancouver dbt Meetup August

dbt Meetups are networking events open to all folks working with data! Talks predominantly focus on community members' experience with dbt; however, you'll catch presentations on broader topics such as analytics engineering, data stacks, data ops, modeling, testing, and team structures.

🏠Venue Host: Talk Shop Media - 1498 West 5th Ave, Vancouver
🤝Organizer: Reinaldo Calcaño & Milan Mosny with Infostrux

To attend, please read the Required Participation Language for In-Person Events with dbt Labs: https://bit.ly/3QIJXFb

The doors open at 5:30 pm. Presentations begin at 6:05pm. Food and refreshments will be provided.

Our venue has capacity limits, so please only RSVP if you intend to come and and reach out to reinaldo@infostrux.com or DM in dbt Slack if you need to cancel last minute or change your RSVP status on the Meetup to "Not Going."

➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: https://www.getdbt.com/community/
🤝For the best Meetup experience, make sure to join the #local-\ channel in dbt Slack (https://slack.getdbt.com/).

📝Agenda

• 5:30 - 6:00 | Check in/Registration (30 min)
• 6:00 - 6:05 | Welcome Remarks by Meetup Host (5 min)
• 6:05 - 6:30 | Presentation 1 Milan Mosny (CTO - Infostrux) - Intro to dbt and dbt best practices (30 min)
• 6:35 - 6:50 | Presentation 1 Q&A (15 min)
• 7:00 - 7:30 | Presentation 2 Matt Helm (Member of Technical Staff at Materialize) Building Dimensional Models with dbt: What works well and where there's room for improvement (30 min)
• 7:30 - 7:45 | Presentation 2 Q&A (15 min)
• 7:45 - 7:50 | Closing Remarks by Meetup Host (5 min)
• 7:50 - 8:00 | Call for speakers for next time and raise your hand if you are hiring and please state the company and role briefly

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dbt is a data transformation framework that lets analysts and engineers collaborate using their shared knowledge of SQL. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust.
Learn more: https://www.getdbt.com/
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Infostrux is an Elite Snowflake Partner offering next-generation consulting services for the Snowflake Data Cloud. Our Data experts help organizations migrate and implement Snowflake. We are a one-stop shop, providing comprehensive professional and managed services for your data needs.
Learn more: https://www.infostrux.com/
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We want to thank our gracious host for this event Talk Shop Media:

Talk Shop is a full-service integrated communications agency with expertise in public relations, social media, digital marketing, influencer relations, branding and creative execution. We create ideas that inspire while driven by goals that produce results.
Learn more: https://www.talkshopmedia.com/