Barcelona Databricks User Group inauguration
Back in 2023, while living in the Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ, I had the opportunity to attend the inaugural ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ.
Now that Iโm back in Spain ๐ช๐ธ, it was great to also join the first ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ event, which took place last week ๐
The event was hosted at the Damm offices, next to Port Vell in Barcelona.
It had a strong focus on ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ, as well as how companies are leveraging AI together with Databricks to unlock real business value.
Special thanks to Ignacio Arrieta for hosting the event, and to all the speakers who made it such an insightful and high-quality session.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐:
๐น Carlos Heredia Pimienta, Ph.D. and Daniel Roncel Dรญaz explained how they use Databricks to ingest large volumes of data from internal and external sources into Dammโs Lakehouse, and how they are unlocking its potential using ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
๐น Enrique Catalรก Baรฑuls shared how he is leading the challenge of adopting ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ต from an organizational perspective in a large group like SCRM – Lidl International Hub, composed of multiple companies. A great example was the Lidl Espaรฑa Plus app, where AI is used to deliver ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ at the individual user level rather than through aggregated data. He also covered how they address ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป, especially with a user base of more than ๐ญ.๐ด ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
๐น Albert Herrando Moraira showed how CTTI – Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informaciรณ is using ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ to support citizens of Catalonia and make public services more accessible and user-friendly.
๐น Finally, Timo Roest from Databricks closed the event by presenting the new features and capabilities coming with ๐ ๐๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ.๐ฌ, including the shift towards a more ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ.
If you want to join the next event, make sure to follow the User Group on Meetup:
๐ https://lnkd.in/ep38MT8s
Already looking forward to the next one! ๐