Past Sessions
8:00 AM EDT - Wednesday, Oct 8
- MealsyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 088:00 a.m. Wednesday, Oct 08BreakfastSession Type: Meals
- Wednesday, Oct 88:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDTBack Bay Ballroom
9:00 AM EDT - Wednesday, Oct 8
- KeynoteyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 089:00 a.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
Be the first to witness the latest breakthroughs from Databricks and share the success of innovative data and AI companies. Discover the latest advances on the Data Intelligence Platform with AI agents, Agent Bricks and Lakebase and hear from...
Session Type: Keynote, SVP, Product Management, Databricks
, VP, Biostatistics, Ontada
, Director, AI Product Management, Corning
, RVP, Enterprise- Financial Services, Sales, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 89:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDTGrand Ballroom
11:00 AM EDT - Wednesday, Oct 8
- BreakoutIntermediateArtificial IntelligenceMLFlowMosaic AIEnterprise TechnologyyesAll SessionsDatabricks Experience (DBX)11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Wednesday, Oct 08
More than 80% of AI projects fail. The reason? Customers are not ready to put AI in production in areas where the Agent can cause reputational or financial harm. Introducing Agent Bricks, a new approach to deploying production-ready AI Agents...
Session Type: BreakoutLevel: IntermediateTechnologies: MLFlow, Mosaic AIIndustry: Enterprise Technology, Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 811:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDTGrand Ballroom
- BreakoutBeginnerData Engineering and StreamingDatabricks WorkflowsDLTLakeFlowEnterprise TechnologyyesAll SessionsData IngestionDatabricks Experience (DBX)ETL11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Wednesday, Oct 08
Data engineering doesn’t have to be a patchwork of tools and handoffs. In this session, we’ll introduce you to Lakeflow, Databricks’ unified solution for building reliable, scalable data pipelines with less friction and more control. Whether...
Session Type: BreakoutLevel: BeginnerTechnologies: Databricks Workflows, DLT, LakeFlowIndustry: Enterprise Technology, Principal Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 811:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDTConstitution Ballroom B
- BreakoutIntermediateData and AI GovernanceUnity CatalogEnterprise TechnologyyesAll SessionsCatalogsData IntelligenceDatabricks Experience (DBX)11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Wednesday, Oct 08
Whether you are just getting started with data governance or working to scale it across the enterprise, this session will walk you through how Unity Catalog helps simplify secure access, discovery, and collaboration for data and AI...
Session Type: BreakoutLevel: IntermediateTechnologies: Unity CatalogIndustry: Enterprise Technology, Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 811:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDTConstitution Ballroom A
12:00 PM EDT - Wednesday, Oct 8
- MealsyesAll Sessions12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Wednesday, Oct 08LunchSession Type: Meals
- Wednesday, Oct 812:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDTBack Bay Ballroom
1:00 PM EDT - Wednesday, Oct 8
- Lightning TalkIntermediateAnalytics and BIAI/BIEnterprise TechnologyyesAll SessionsData ApplicationsAI AgentsWednesday, Oct 081:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Discover how industry leaders like Mercedes-Benz are transforming their operations with the combined power of Qlik and Databricks. This session will highlight the cutting-edge solutions for universal, real-time data ingestion, automated...Session Type: Lightning TalkLevel: IntermediateTechnologies: AI/BIIndustry: Enterprise Technology
, Sr. Solutions Architect, Qlik
- Wednesday, Oct 81:00 PM - 1:20 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom A
- TrainingBeginnerTrainingyesAll SessionsTrainingsTrainingWednesday, Oct 081:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
This course is an introduction to AI agents, their role in modern AI applications, and how to build AI agent applications on the Databricks Platform. You'll learn about the principles of AI agents, how they differ from traditional AI systems,...
Session Type: TrainingLevel: Beginner, Sr. Staff Technical Instructor, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 81:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDTRepublic Ballroom
- Lightning TalkBeginnerData Engineering and StreamingDelta LakeApache IcebergUnity CatalogEnergy and UtilitiesRetail and CPG, FoodFinancial ServicesyesAll SessionsData IngestionStreaming pipelinesAI AgentsWednesday, Oct 081:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Learn how Confluent and Databricks are simplifying the path from real-time data streams to governed, analytics- and AI-ready tables. This session will explore how Confluent Tableflow automatically materializes Kafka topics into Delta tables and...Session Type: Lightning TalkLevel: BeginnerTechnologies: Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Unity CatalogIndustry: Energy and Utilities, Retail and CPG, Food, Financial Services
, Staff Solutions Engineer, Confluent
- Wednesday, Oct 81:00 PM - 1:20 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom B
- Lightning TalkBeginnerData Engineering and StreamingyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 081:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines Serverless offers a range of benefits that make it an attractive option for organizations looking to optimize their ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes. Key benefits of Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines...
Session Type: Lightning TalkLevel: Beginner, Delivery Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 81:00 PM - 1:20 PM EDTGrand Ballroom
- Lightning TalkIntermediateData WarehousingyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 081:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
Unlock the truth behind data modeling in Databricks. This session will tackle the top 10 myths surrounding relational and dimensional data modeling. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of what Databricks Lakehouse truly supports today,...
Session Type: Lightning TalkLevel: Intermediate, Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 81:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDTGrand Ballroom
- Lightning TalkIntermediateData and AI GovernanceDatabricks SQLEnterprise TechnologyyesAll SessionsMachine LearningSQLAI AgentsWednesday, Oct 081:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Generative AI holds promise for analytics, but Large Language Models (LLMs) often fail in complex data ecosystems—hallucinating queries, missing schema details, and prolonging debugging. This lightning talk explores how integrating Databricks with...Session Type: Lightning TalkLevel: IntermediateTechnologies: Databricks SQLIndustry: Enterprise Technology
, Solutions Architect, dbt Labs
- Wednesday, Oct 81:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom A
- Lightning TalkBeginnerArtificial IntelligenceyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 081:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
Join us for a session on all of the improvements made to the Databricks Assistant over the past year. We’ll highlight new features like full integration into Catalog Explorer and other key pages, the ability to edit multiple cells in a...
Session Type: Lightning TalkLevel: Beginner, Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 81:30 PM - 1:50 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom B
2:00 PM EDT - Wednesday, Oct 8
- Lightning TalkIntermediateData and AI GovernanceyesAll Sessions2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Wednesday, Oct 08
Come learn about the latest tools to keep your team under budget and optimize your data ROI. Managing the costs of data consumption, attributing to projects, and understanding TCO is top of mind for customers. We will discuss implementing...
Session Type: Lightning TalkLevel: Intermediate, Delivery Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 82:00 PM - 2:20 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom A
- BreakoutIntermediateData WarehousingDatabricks SQLEnterprise TechnologyyesAll SessionsDatabricks Experience (DBX)2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Wednesday, Oct 08
New to Databricks SQL or just trying to keep up with everything that’s been added? This session gives you both. We’ll start with a fast-paced introduction to Databricks SQL, including how to set up a warehouse, load data, run queries, and build...
Session Type: BreakoutLevel: IntermediateTechnologies: Databricks SQLIndustry: Enterprise Technology, Sr. Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 82:00 PM - 2:45 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom B
- BreakoutBeginnerData Lakehouse Architecture and ImplementationDatabricks AppsEnterprise TechnologyyesAll SessionsDatabricks Experience (DBX)Getting started with Databricks2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Wednesday, Oct 08
Lakebase is a new Postgres-compatible OLTP database designed to support intelligent applications. Lakebase eliminates custom ETL pipelines with built-in lakehouse table synchronization, supports sub-10ms latency for high-throughput workloads,...
Session Type: BreakoutLevel: BeginnerTechnologies: Databricks AppsIndustry: Enterprise Technology, Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 82:00 PM - 2:45 PM EDTGrand Ballroom
- BreakoutyesAll Sessions2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Wednesday, Oct 08
Hear from VC leaders, startup founders and early stage customers building on Databricks around what they are seeing in the market and how they are scaling their early stage companies on Databricks. This event is a must see for VCs, founders,...
Session Type: Breakout- Wednesday, Oct 82:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDTCommonwealth
- Lightning TalkAnalytics and BIyesAll Sessions2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Wednesday, Oct 08
Explore how AI is transforming business intelligence and data analytics across the Databricks platform. This session offers a comprehensive overview of AI-assisted capabilities, from generating dashboards and visualizations to integrating Genie...
Session Type: Lightning Talk, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 82:30 PM - 2:50 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom A
3:00 PM EDT - Wednesday, Oct 8
- BreakoutData Sharing and CollaborationyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 083:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
Databricks is changing how organizations work together by making data sharing more open, secure, and flexible. With new capabilities like Clean Rooms for multi-party collaboration, cross-platform view sharing, Sharing for Lakehouse Federation,...
Session Type: Breakout, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 83:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDTGrand Ballroom
- BreakoutBeginneryesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 083:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
Databricks Apps is now generally available, offering a new app hosting platform that brings together everything needed to build production-ready data and AI applications. It gives data and developer teams a way to create custom interfaces on...
Session Type: BreakoutLevel: Beginner, Lead Specialist Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 83:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom B
- BreakoutAnalytics and BIyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 083:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
Discover how the latest innovations in Databricks AI/BI Dashboards and Genie are transforming self-service analytics. This session offers a high-level tour of new capabilities that empower business users to ask questions in natural language,...
Session Type: Breakout, Specialist Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 83:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom A
4:00 PM EDT - Wednesday, Oct 8
- BreakoutManufacturingyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 084:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
It’s easy to get lost in the noise around AI, but the real transformation is happening behind the scenes, in the way manufacturing and technology leaders use data and intelligence to solve problems that matter. This session goes beyond...
Session Type: BreakoutIndustry: Manufacturing, VP, Head of Enterprise Data AI & Business Planning, Tronox
, Head of Insights, Data Analytics and AI/ML in Core Lab Solutions R&D, Siemens Healthineers
, Global Industrials GTM Leader, Manufacturing, Databricks
, Sr. Solutions Architect, Databricks
, RVP, Enterprise, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 84:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom B
- BreakoutFinancial ServicesyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 084:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
This transformative session is geared toward business executives in Financial Services who want to hear from peers who are putting Data and AI at the heart of their operations.
Learn how Databricks’ 1500+ financial services...Session Type: BreakoutIndustry: Financial Services, Global VP, GTM Financial Services, Databricks
, Industry GTM, Financial Services, Databricks
, SVP, Head of Enterprise Growth Initiatives, FactSet
, AVP, P&C Actuarial Data & Technology, Nationwide
, SVP, Data Solutions and AI Engineering, FactSet
, Sales Director, Insurance, Databricks
, Lead Analytics Engineer, Data Science, Guardian Life
- Wednesday, Oct 84:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDTConstitution Ballroom A
- BreakoutBeginnerAnalytics and BIyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 084:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08
Tired of waiting on SAP data? Join this session to see how Databricks and SAP make it easy to query business-ready data—no ETL. With Databricks SQL, you’ll get instant scale, automatic optimizations, and built-in governance across all your...
Session Type: BreakoutLevel: Beginner, Solutions Architect, Databricks
- Wednesday, Oct 84:00 PM - 4:45 PM EDTGrand Ballroom
5:00 PM EDT - Wednesday, Oct 8
- MealsyesAll SessionsWednesday, Oct 085:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 08Networking ReceptionSession Type: Meals
- Wednesday, Oct 85:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDTBack Bay Ballroom





