Welcome and Opening Keynote by Databricks
Past Sessions
9:00 AM CET - Tuesday, Nov 19
- KeynoteAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 199:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 19Type: Keynote
, RVP, Switzerland, Databricks
, Lead Data Strategist, Databricks
, Data & AI Strategist, Databricks
, Enterprise Account Executive, Databricks
- Tuesday, Nov 199:00 AM - 9:45 AM CETMain Stage
- KeynoteAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 199:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
The session will provide a walkthrough from the public rollout of ChatGPT in November 2022 to the present, viewed through the
perspective of an enterprise company. It will highlight the challenges faced and lessons learned. The content...Type: Keynote, Digital, Data & AI Leader, OMV
- Tuesday, Nov 199:55 AM - 10:25 AM CETMain Stage
10:00 AM CET - Tuesday, Nov 19
- KeynoteAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 1910:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 19Coming SoonType: Keynote
, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Coca-Cola HBC
- Tuesday, Nov 1910:25 AM - 10:55 AM CETMain Stage
11:00 AM CET - Tuesday, Nov 19
- TrainingBeginnerTrainingSQL Analytics / BI / VisualizationsAll SessionsTrainingsTuesday, Nov 1911:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
In this course, you will learn basic skills that will allow you to use the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to perform a...
Type: Training- Tuesday, Nov 1911:00 AM - 2:00 PM CETEves Kitchen
- BreakoutGenerative AIAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 1911:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
Step into the world of rapid Generative AI application development with Mosaic AI. We'll explore the suite of tools within Mosaic AI that revolutionize how we create and maintain high-quality AI applications, cutting down the path to production...
Type: Breakout, Global Lead Architect, Databricks
- Tuesday, Nov 1911:05 AM - 11:45 AM CETOffset
- BreakoutAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 1911:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, businesses face an unprecedented opportunity to transform their operations fundamentally. This keynote explores how the powerful convergence of data, intelligence, AI-ML, GenAI and automation...
Type: Breakout, Senior Vice President & Global Head of Data & Analytics, Tech Mahindra Limited
- Tuesday, Nov 1911:05 AM - 11:45 AM CETBig Room
- BreakoutBeginnerData Strategy and Lakehouse ImplementationGovernanceFinancial ServicesAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 1911:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
Did you know that building a data platform is like embarking on a mountain expedition? Join us on this exciting retrospective on how we have built the most modern data platform for a Swiss health insurance leader.
We'll showcase the...
Type: Breakout, Business Unit Manager, D ONE
, Lead Architect Data & Analytics, CSS
, Chief Data Officer, CSS
- Tuesday, Nov 1911:05 AM - 11:45 AM CETMain Stage
- MealsAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 1911:00 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 191 hr breakType: Meals
- Tuesday, Nov 1911:55 AM - 12:55 PM CETExpo Area - Main Floor
12:00 PM CET - Tuesday, Nov 19
- BreakoutAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 1912:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
In an ever-evolving tech landscape, how can women harness the power of allyship, master the art of self-promotion, and leverage AI to level the playing field?
Type: Breakout, AVP, Field Engineering, Databricks
, Lead Data Strategist, Databricks
, Enterprise Account Executive, Databricks
, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics for GGM, Cognizant
- Tuesday, Nov 1912:10 PM - 12:50 PM CETMain Stage
1:00 PM CET - Tuesday, Nov 19
- BreakoutIntermediateGenerative AIGenAI/LLMsFinancial ServicesAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 191:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
In this talk, you’ll discover our first use case and how it revolutionized the way bank employees interact with internal policies, making their workflows more efficient. We’ll share the obstacles we faced and the innovative solutions we devised...
Type: Breakout, Data Scientist, Erste
, Data Scientist, DataSentics, an Eviden business
, Solution Manager, Erste
- Tuesday, Nov 191:00 PM - 1:20 PM CETBig Room
- BreakoutData Warehousing, Analytics and BIAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 191:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
Join us for live demos on Databricks SQL and discover how our streamlined interfaces simplify data warehousing for analysts, developers, admins, and business users. Learn how to create a data warehouse, ingest and transform data, and build...
Type: Breakout, Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Tuesday, Nov 191:00 PM - 1:20 PM CETOffset
- BreakoutBeginnerData Warehousing, Analytics and BISQL Analytics / BI / VisualizationsManufacturingAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 191:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
Join us for an engaging session as we explore a success story at Pilatus Aircrafts Ltd., the leading Swiss airplane manufacturer. Discover the development of a cutting-edge data platform, where a metadata-driven framework was built entirely on...
Type: Breakout, Head of Data & Analytics, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
, Solution Architect, b.telligent
- Tuesday, Nov 191:00 PM - 1:20 PM CETMain Stage
- BreakoutData GovernanceAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 191:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
Gain an in-depth look at the latest in data and AI governance. Unity Catalog is the only solution that offers unified, open governance for both data and AI, native to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. In this session, we will cover the...
Type: Breakout, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Databricks
- Tuesday, Nov 191:30 PM - 1:50 PM CETOffset
- Lightning TalkIntermediateData Warehousing, Analytics and BIOrchestrationFinancial ServicesAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 191:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
The Quality and Alignment System (QAS) was introduced to address issues of poor data quality from the source systems. QAS streamlines various processes by ensuring thorough data reconciliation and validation. The implementation of QAS has...
Type: Lightning Talk, Single Point of Contact IFRS Market Unit Switzerland, Helvetia
, Consultant, synvert
- Tuesday, Nov 191:30 PM - 1:50 PM CETMain Stage
- Lightning TalkIntermediateData Warehousing, Analytics and BIETLFinancial ServicesAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 191:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
In today's data-driven landscape, organizations face the challenge of integrating disparate data sources to create meaningful insights.This presentation focuses on data synchronization within a modern microservice architecture to develop...
Type: Lightning Talk, IT Architect, die Mobiliar
, Architecting and Engineering Cloud and Data Infrastructures, Peak Scale
- Tuesday, Nov 191:30 PM - 1:50 PM CETBig Room
2:00 PM CET - Tuesday, Nov 19
- BreakoutBeginnerData Warehousing, Analytics and BIAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 192:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
As a busy data professional, you're probably getting far more requests to answer questions and build visualizations than you have time to actually handle. What if you can empower your partner teams to do more in a self-service way? In this talk...
Type: Breakout, Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Tuesday, Nov 192:00 PM - 2:20 PM CETOffset
- BreakoutIntermediateData Science and Machine LearningGenAI/LLMsFinancial ServicesAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 192:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
For companies looking to use the power of AI at scale, modernizing data engineering is not a choice, it’s
a requirement. Doing that right means having the ability to automate the discovery, integration, &
transformation of source data...Type: Breakout, Senior Evangelist Qlik Data Integration, Qlik
- Tuesday, Nov 192:00 PM - 2:20 PM CETBig Room
- Lightning TalkAdvancedData Strategy and Lakehouse ImplementationData Science and Machine LearningDelta LakeMLFlowOrchestrationEnergy and UtilitiesPublic SectorAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 192:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
Swissgrid, the operator of Switzerland’s electricity transmission grid, ensures secure and efficient power grid operations both within Switzerland and across central Europe. As the energy landscape evolves, our core business increasingly...
Type: Lightning Talk, Specialist Product Development, Swissgrid
, Lead Data Platforms, Data and AI Expert, Swissgrid
- Tuesday, Nov 192:00 PM - 2:20 PM CETMain Stage
- TrainingIntermediateTrainingAI/Machine LearningGenAI/LLMsAll SessionsTrainingsTuesday, Nov 192:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
Learn how to navigate the Databricks platform to build and develop Generative AI applications in this follow-along course. You will learn how to develop prompts, and compound AI systems using MLflow and Mosaic AI on the platform.
Type: Training- Tuesday, Nov 192:10 PM - 3:40 PM CETEves Kitchen
- Lightning TalkIntermediateData Warehousing, Analytics and BIGovernanceEnterprise TechnologyAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 192:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
As data ecosystems evolve, the need for robust, scalable, and flexible architectures has never been more critical.
This session dives into the future of data architecture by exploring how the strategic integration of Data Vault and...
Type: Lightning Talk, Principal Solutions Architect, WhereScape
- Tuesday, Nov 192:30 PM - 2:50 PM CETBig Room
- Lightning TalkAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 192:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
In this session, we will explore how Oriflame successfully modernized its data infrastructure by implementing a data lakehouse on Databricks. We'll discuss the journey from very first steps up to the sweet end, and how we leveraged Databricks...
Type: Lightning Talk, Senior Software Developer, Oriflame
- Tuesday, Nov 192:30 PM - 2:50 PM CETMain Stage
- BreakoutBeginnerData Engineering and StreamingAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 192:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
A major challenge data practitioners face is maintaining data ingestion pipelines—from on-prem database connectivity, to evolving SaaS APIs, to holistic governance.
This is why we built Databricks I/O: a set of native ingestion...Type: Breakout, Sr.Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Tuesday, Nov 192:30 PM - 2:50 PM CETOffset
3:00 PM CET - Tuesday, Nov 19
- Lightning TalkBeginnerData SharingData SharingManufacturingAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 193:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19Cool Data,Hot Insights: How to Enable a Data-Driven Mindset Within a Cooling Appliances Manufacturer
Modern cooling appliances are intelligent devices that produce enormous amounts of data from various sensors that enable many applications. The nature of the data presents the challenge of heterogeneity from the disparate nature of appliance...
Type: Lightning Talk, Data Engineer, Liebherr
, Data Engineer, Liebherr
- Tuesday, Nov 193:00 PM - 3:20 PM CETMain Stage
- BreakoutData Lakehouse ArchitectureAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 193:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
The Delta Lake Universal Format, or UniForm for short, expands Delta Lake's existing ecosystem by allowing one single set of data to be used across all the tools in your lakehouse architecture. With UniForm, you only need to save your data...
Type: Breakout, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Databricks
- Tuesday, Nov 193:00 PM - 3:20 PM CETOffset
- MealsAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 193:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 1930 minutes breakType: Meals
- Tuesday, Nov 193:20 PM - 3:50 PM CETExpo Area - Main Floor
- KeynoteAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 193:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
Syngenta is a leading science-based agtech company. We help millions of farmers around the world to grow safe and nutritious food, while taking care of the planet. Our goal is to discover new, more effective crop protection solutions that...
Type: Keynote, Head R&D Data Platforms, Syngenta
- Tuesday, Nov 193:50 PM - 4:20 PM CETMain Stage
4:00 PM CET - Tuesday, Nov 19
- KeynoteAll SessionsTuesday, Nov 194:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 19
Business value session by Databricks and OMV
Type: Keynote, Senior Manager, Business Value Consulting, Databricks
, Digital, Data & AI Leader, OMV
- Tuesday, Nov 194:20 PM - 4:50 PM CETMain Stage





