DAMA-Vanc (Mar 21) Databricks on Data Mesh Strategy + BCIT on Data Mngt Program

  Databricks on Data Mesh Strategy + BCIT on their growing Data Mngt Program

Please join us on Friday March 21st for a detailed presentation by Databricks on Democratizing Data & AI: Empowering Organizations with a Data Mesh Strategy on Databricks. NOTE: Only registrations for VIRTUAL attendance are enabled because the in-person is oversubscribed. 

We will lead off with a timely short presentation by Shauna Begley on BCIT's flourishing BITMAN (Data Management Program). 

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Agenda: 

• 8:45 In-person networking, coffee, and muffin at Deloitte's sunny Learning Centre

• 9:00 DAMA chapter announcements
• • Thanks to our Sponsors Deloitte, Qlik
• 9:10 BCIT speaker (Shauna Begley) describing the BITMAN Showcase at the BCIT Tech Collider on April 16th, 2025 between 5-8pm..
• 9:20 Questions and a quick coffee break
• 9:30 Databricks Democratizing Data & AI: Empowering Organizations with a Data Mesh Strategy 
• 11:00 Questions and discussions, coffee refill, networking
•            Draws for Databrick-centric tech books for in-person attendees only.

Databricks has seen explosive growth in Canada, with some of the country’s largest organizations standardizing on the Databricks Lakehouse as their Enterprise Data Intelligence Platform. Databricks SQL - the query engine that’s powering PowerBI, Tableau, and other BI dashboards enabling organizations to fully realise the Lakehouse vision. Join us to explore new strategies for self-sufficiency and scalability, while maintaining robust security. The Data Mesh Operating Model is emerging as a practical approach to meeting these challenges.

In this presentation and Q&A, you will hear:

• Empowering domain ownership through Unity Catalog: a single pane of glass for all your data and AI assets with fine-grained access controls and auditing.
• Building "data as a product" through the open source delta sharing protocol and simplifying how you share datasets both inside and out of your organization.
• Democratizing data through self service with our AI/BI Genie and Assistant, making advanced analytics available to everyone through natural language and Generative AI.
• Leveraging cloud ops observability and monitoring to ensure the right people have access to the right compute for their needs through federated computational governance.

Lastly, we’ll share some of the most common mistakes we see when on the journey to democratizing data & AI, and what you can do - today - to avoid future pain.

BCIT: Shauna Begley - Program Head, Business Information Technology Management (BITMAN)

Databricks:

• Chris Chalcraft - Specialist Solution Architect - Chris leverages his decade + of experience managing complex cloud & on-premise IT environments to solve complex problems for Databricks’ largest customers.
• Urs Brasser - Solution Architect - Urs is on the front line with Databricks users and customers every day, helping drive cloud, data & AI strategy.
• Razi Bayati - Delivery Solutions Architect - Razi helps drive the people and process part of the people/process/technology equation, and manages the overall implementation strategy for customers on their way to full Databricks Data & AI adoption.
• Chris Fletcher - Enterprise Account Executive - Chris taps his AI/ML program management experience to drive the data & AI strategy for organizations in the public sector, energy, and financial services industries across Western Canada.

About our location:

• Deloitte Summit Building (architecture)
• Follow lobby signage to the 23rd floor
• Capacity - up to 140 people
• Location - Deloitte Summit Building at 410 West Georgia, Vancouver - great view!
• Please join us early for networking while enjoying the coffee, muffins, and croissants. 

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DAMA-Vancouver 2025 Events - Mark Your Calendars:

• Please send in topics/vendors/paradigms you would like to see!
• Apr 25 Microsoft Fabric  + Change Mngt Leadership Evgeniya/Natasha
• May 29 Marilu Lopez 1-Day Seminar on Data Strategy for Data Governance
• May 30 Marilu Lopez presentation on Data Strategy for Data Governance
• Jun 20 AI Consciousness by Dr. Suzanne Gildert of Nirvanics Consciousness
• Sep 26 to be announced
• Oct mid DAMA Days Conference (full day)
• Nov 21 to be announced
• Dec 12?: Holiday season get together (Premium Member Event)