What we’re about
The Wisconsin Databricks User Group is a local community of Databricks users that encourages collaboration and learning about Databricks use cases and resources. We meet regularly to demonstrate Databricks AI & machine learning features, share example use cases, and learn from each other’s experiences and knowledge. All experience levels are welcome!
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Wisconsin Databricks User Group Meetup: LakeBase: Operational OLTP DatabaseWantable Cafe, Milwaukee, WI
Tuesday September 16th, 2025 5:30PM
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In-Person Registration### Featured Speakers
Tyler Faulkner
Xorbix - Software and Data Engineer II
Topics: LakeBase: Operational OLTP Database
Getting LakeBase Up and Running: Walk through spinning up a fully managed Postgres instance on Databricks—show the one-click setup, workspace integration, and how you can jump straight into Databricks SQL (and pgAdmin) for instant queries.
Unity Catalog ↔ LakeBase Sync: Demonstrate two-way synchronization—pull Delta Lake tables into Postgres with optional indexes, then push updated feature or model data back into Unity Catalog for consistent, governed analytics.
Deep Integration with Databricks Apps: Highlight how LakeBase plugs directly into Databricks Apps to power fast, secure operational applications—feature serving, state management, and real-time insights all under one roof.
Upcoming Features & Q&A: Discuss upcoming features such as database branching for safe schema experiments, and autoscaling compute. Then, open the floor for questions on operationalizing LakeBase in your stack.
Use Case Presentation:
Fred Heller
Hitachi Solutions America - Senior Director Data Science & AI
Data to Decisions – Business value through Databricks Data Intelligence
Transform data into outcomes with the power of unified analytics and AIIn today’s data-rich and insight-poor environment, organizations struggle to turn fragmented data into actionable business outcomes. This talk explores how Databricks empowers enterprises to solve domain-specific problems by unifying data engineering, analytics, and AI on a single platform. We will highlight real-world use cases across industries.
Agenda:
5:30PM to 5:35PM - Introduction
5:35PM to 6:00PM - Use Case Presentation and Q/A
6:00PM to 6:30PM - LakeBase Presentation
6:30PM to 7:00PM - Questions Networking
In-person and Virtual attendance options
Virtual Registration
In-Person Registration
