Knowledge resources
Sharing what we learn is part of how we work. We run free offline and online events, host two podcasts (one for data leaders, one for engineers), write about and share latest frameworks, tools and best practices in data and AI
August 26th, 2026: AI Hackathon For Data Engineers
What separates good AI systems from bad ones is the engineering: the context, the tools, the guardrails. Are you up for the challenge?
August 27th, 2026: From Scattered Data To Trustworthy Science
What it takes to turn scattered research data into a FAIR, AI-ready foundation, with a live look at the open-source Data Product Portal
Jun-Sep '26: Agentic AI In Production
The production story of an enterprise Agentic AI system, presented privately for senior data and AI leadership
POA: 3rd Industry summit on Data Product oriented architectures - Antwerp, 16-17 September
We’re back at POA Summit on Sept 16–17, not just attending, but speaking on agent-ready data products. Join us in Antwerp!
GET REHDY Symposium: Turning EHDS Compliance into an Asset - Brussels, 18 September
We’re speaking at Belgian Data Spaces Day! Join Stijn Janssens for a keynote on why data is hard and how data products can fix it.
September 29th, 2026: Your Data Needs A User Manual: Semantic Layers & Headless BI
Metric drift eroding your team's trust? Join our webinar on headless BI and semantic layers for humans and AI agents. Register now.
Trefdag Vlaanderen Digitaal 2026 - Ghent, 22 October
We’re joining Trefdag Vlaanderen Digitaal on Oct 22 in Ghent. Meet us at our booth and discover how we build AI-ready data products.
Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) - Maastricht, 27-30 October
We’re exhibiting at BSBF2026 in Maastricht, connecting Big Science, AI and data. Come meet us at our booth, Oct 27–30!
Talk to your Data in Databricks: dbt, Metric Views & Genie Spaces
AI is only as good as the layer underneath it. In Databricks this is the Metric View: a semantic model that governs how data fits together.
Snowflake Intelligence: Just Ask Your Data
Snowflake Intelligence is a chat interface that turns plain English into SQL, giving business users answers without involving the data team.
AI Workflows in Agno: Building Deterministic Agents
Instead of letting a single agent roam freely across your data, Agno lets you build agents per data product.
Migrating a Data Platform: 20% technology, 80% everything else
Data platform migrations rarely fail on tech, they fail on unclear success criteria, rushed discovery, and late-involved downstream teams.
Not Every Data Question Deserves a Full Data Product. And that’s okay
Why forcing every data request into a data product creates friction, and how Explorations make governed data access easier.
uv scripts: micro-production situationship
Learn how uv scripts bridge the gap between throwaway scripts and full Python projects with minimal overhead
Why AI Agents Need Knowledge Graphs, Not Just Data
Very few companies manage 10,000 of anything. Eric Broda on scaling AI agents like data mesh scaled data products.
How Tomorrowland Keeps Data Simple While Scaling Globally
Why simple data platforms outperform complex stacks, and how AI changes delivery without changing the fundamentals.
Can We Outsource Thinking? AI, Education, and the Future of Knowledge Work
Frank Neven discusses Agentic AI, database engineering, education, and the future of human-AI collaboration.
Aug 27th, 2026: From Scattered Data To Trustworthy Science
What it takes to turn scattered research data into a FAIR, AI-ready foundation, with a live look at the open-source Data Product Portal
May 28th, 2026: Sovereign Data Platforms
How to design data platforms that are portable by default, using open-source components, with a live deployment demo on UpCloud.
Apr 30th, 2026: Metadata By Design: Make Your Data Products AI-Ready
AI agents need metadata to work but catalogs are not usually successful. Our approach is through process design.
July 30th, 2026: PyData Belgium MeetUp
Join us at the third iteration of the rebooted PyData Belgium meetup. We have 3 super interesting data talks lined up.
Jun 24th, 2026: DataDinners Amsterdam Edition
A co-hosted evening for data leaders on infrastructure, maturity, and agentic AI: talks, roundtables, and dinner.
April 2nd, 2026: State of Data: Our Annual Flagship Event
A deep dive into the trends and building blocks shaping modern data-centric organizations.
