Barcelona Databricks User Group inauguration

Back in 2023, while living in the Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, I had the opportunity to attend the inaugural ๐—”๐—บ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ.

Now that Iโ€™m back in Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ, it was great to also join the first ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ event, which took place last week ๐Ÿš€

The event was hosted at the Damm offices, next to Port Vell in Barcelona.

It had a strong focus on ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ, 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.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:

๐Ÿ”น 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 Dammโ€™s Lakehouse, and how they are unlocking its potential using ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.

๐Ÿ”น Enrique Catalรก Baรฑuls shared how he is leading the challenge of adopting ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต 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 ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ at the individual user level rather than through aggregated data. He also covered how they address ๐—š๐——๐—ฃ๐—ฅ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป, especially with a user base of more than ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿด ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

๐Ÿ”น Albert Herrando Moraira showed how CTTI – Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informaciรณ is using ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ to support citizens of Catalonia and make public services more accessible and user-friendly.

๐Ÿ”น Finally, Timo Roest from Databricks closed the event by presenting the new features and capabilities coming with ๐— ๐—Ÿ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿฏ.๐Ÿฌ, including the shift towards a more ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ.

If you want to join the next event, make sure to follow the User Group on Meetup:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://lnkd.in/ep38MT8s

Already looking forward to the next one! ๐Ÿš€