Winter Data Conference
2025-03-07
Welcome to the Winter Data Conference!
Experience the ultimate data immersion in the breath-taking Austrian Alps! Join us for a full day of data-driven insights, cutting-edge discussions, and unparalleled networking opportunities.
Our conference covers the latest trends in Data Analytics, AI/ML, DataOps, Data Architecture, Data Strategy, Data Products and more, with top industry experts as your guides.
But that’s not all! Your ticket includes:
• Morning coffee to kickstart your day
• A delicious lunch to refuel
• Cocktails to toast to your data discoveries
• A three course fine dining experience
Don’t miss this opportunity to combine professional growth with mountain views. Secure your spot today and unlock the potential of data in the heart of the Austrian Alps. Get ready to elevate your data game at #WDC www.winterdataconference.com

Data Governance can be Cool
2025-03-17 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | LinkedIn Live
Join Chris Tabb CCO at LEIT DATA, Juan Sequeda Principal Scientist & Head of AI Lab at data.world and Tim Gasper CPO at data.world as they make Data Governance cool!

Data Meet-Up Vol.24
2025-03-26 18:00 - 23:30 | Q Bar, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4LE, United Kingdom
LEIT DATA meetups provide a fantastic opportunity for individuals to connect, share ideas, and learn from one another in a laid-back environment.
These informal gatherings foster a sense of community and camaraderie among like-minded individuals who are passionate about data.
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, attending our informal data meetups in London are a great way to expand your network, gain new perspectives, and stay up-to-date with the latest trends in the ever-evolving field of data.
…..and Free Pizza!

The Great Data Product Debate
2025-03-31 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
🔥 Core Debate Topics
• Are Data Products Truly Products?
• Product thinking vs. service thinking in data teams
• What makes a “data product” a product?
• Who Owns the Data Product?
Data engineers? Analysts? Product managers? Business units?
• Should there be a dedicated data product manager role?
• Centralized vs. Decentralized Data Product Development
• Should every team own their own data products?
• The role of data mesh and federated ownership
• Data as a Product vs. Data as an Asset
• What does it mean to treat data like a product?
• Is “data as an asset” still a valid framing?
• Data Product Quality: Who Sets the Standards?
• SLAs, SLOs, and accountability for data reliability
• The Role of Documentation: Essential or Overkill?
• How much is enough? Who should maintain it?
• Self-Service Analytics: Holy Grail or Never-Ending Headache?
• Does empowering users with data products really work?
• Productizing ML/AI Models: Is That a Data Product Too?
• Where do data products end and AI products begin?

When to Stream
2025-04-07 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
Topics
• From Batch to Real-Time: Modernizing Your Data Pipelines
• From slow batch jobs to streaming-first approach.
• Zero-Code CDC: Real-Time Sync Without the Hassle
• Keep your data fresh—fast.
• Event-Driven Architectures Made Easy
• Building scalable, real-time systems
• Streaming Transformations: Mask, Join & Enrich On the Fl
• Scaling
• The Future of Data Integration: Real-Time, Serverless & Scalable
• A look at where ETL is headed, shaping the next generation of data tools.

Data Culture Theatre
2025-04-14 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
A performance that we all know how to play, it looks impressive, everyone’s doing their jobs, but does it really bring any results if no one stops to think, is there any real sense being made?

Data Meet-Up Vol.25
2025-04-23 18:00 - 23:30 | Q Bar, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4LE, United Kingdom
LEIT DATA meetups provide a fantastic opportunity for individuals to connect, share ideas, and learn from one another in a laid-back environment.
Our data meetups create a welcoming atmosphere conducive to open conversations. These informal gatherings foster a sense of community and camaraderie among like-minded individuals who are passionate about data.
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, attending our informal data meetups in London are a great way to expand your network, gain new perspectives, and stay up-to-date with the latest trends in the ever-evolving field of data.

Dashboard for the Human Spirit
2025-04-28 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
Not the usual business KPIs.
Not:
* How much money did we make a company?
* How much is in our bank account?
But maybe:
* Resilience — how many times have we risen from failure or the ashes?
* Humanity — how deeply have we let others in?
* Compassion under pressure — how do we show up in adversity, in chronic dismissal, when we’re disregarded or walked all over?
* Growth — how much have we learned from life?
* Mindset — how big is our growth mindset meter?
* Listening — how much do we truly hear others?
* Space-holding — how much do we let others speak?
* Intergenerational wisdom — how much do we listen to the elders? To the youngsters?
Some of these can’t be measured. And maybe that’s the point.
But what if we tried?
A dashboard like this wouldn’t just track performance. It would reflect who we are becoming.
In the fast-moving world we live, the uncertainty and constant threats of becoming obsoIete, what does it mean to be human?

Siloed Information Era to the AI Powered Knowledge Era
2025-05-12 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
Join Chris Tabb and Jérémy Ravenal founder of naas.ai as they cover: Ontologies, Semantic Layer, Labelled Property Graph vs Semantic Knowledge Graphs

Data Meet-Up Vol.26
2025-05-28 18:00 - 23:30 | Q Bar, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4LE, United Kingdom

Siloed Information Era to the AI Powered Knowledge Era
2025-06-09 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
Join Chris Tabb and Jérémy Ravenal founder of naas.ai as they cover Ontologies, Semantic Layer, Labelled Property Graph vs Semantic Knowledge Graphs……

BI to AI - The Past to the Present
2025-06-16 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
🎙 BI to AI – The Past to the Present
We’re going old-school to go future-ready. Join us as we explore the early days of the #meandatastreets
▪ OLAP, ROLAP, HOLAP – what they solved and why they broke
▪ The rise (and fall) of semantic layers:
▫ BusinessObjects Universes
▫ Cognos Catalogs & Framework Manager
▪ How “Context Layer” is Semantic Layer 2.0
▫ Open, real-time, interoperable
▫ Built for humans and AI agents
▪ Why governed metrics are making a comeback
▪ How AI needs context more than ever before
🎧 Join us as we connect the dots from legacy BI to AI-native data products.
🧠 Data isn’t dead — it’s just getting context.

Legacy to AI – The Great Data Migration
2025-06-23 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
🎙 Legacy to AI – The Great Data Migration
From dusty data vaults to AI-fuelled ecosystems, this week on #MeanDataStreets we’re unpacking the evolution of data platforms — and the migrations powering the shift.
🔁 Whether you’re:
▪ Escaping the clutches of Teradata, Oracle, or MSSQL
▪ Retiring Hadoop clusters or decoupling Redshift
▪ Or trading your “Modern Stack” for something actually AI-ready…
💡 We’re covering:
▪ Why data migrations are more than just lift-and-shift
▫ Refactoring pipelines, not just replicating tables
▪ The hidden costs of clinging to legacy
▫ Performance debt, vendor lock-in, and missed AI opportunities
▪ The false promise of “Modern”
▫ Why some cloud-native stacks stall before they ever scale
▪ The blueprint for becoming AI-native
▫ Metadata-first, interoperable, and context-rich foundations
▪ How AI accelerates the case for change
▫ From ROI to RAG: making migration your first AI use case
🛠 It’s not just about where your data lives — it’s about what it can do once it gets there.
🎧 Tune in to learn why real transformation means migrating your mindset as much as your metadata
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7341038455402987523/about/

Data Meetup Vol.27
2025-06-25 18:00 - 23:00 | Q Bar, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4LE, United Kingdom

Digital Twins Aren't Magical They Need AI, Math and Process
2025-06-30 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
💡 Meet Hala Nelson – Professor of Mathematics. Author of two books: Essential Math for AI (O’Reilly Media 2023) and AI Powered Digital Twins (Wiley 2026). International Speaker. Co-Founder. Advisor.
Hala joins the Data Value Show to unpack the real future of digital twins
bringing deep expertise in mathematical modeling, AI/data strategy, and real-world deployment.
🚨 Hot Take: “Delay increases the gap to the leaders.” If you’re waiting for digital twins to be “nice to have,” you’re already behind.
On the show, you’ll learn:
• What digital twins actually are—and what they’re not
• Why mapping your business is the prerequisite to AI success
• The recipe for turning twin pilots into enterprise value
Watch on the Data Value Show.

Data Platform Gravity
2025-07-21 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
You thought you were building a data stack. What you’re really building is a black hole — and it’s pulling everything in.
Who’s on the show
Veronika Durgin, VP of Data at Saks
What we’re covering:
Chris Tabb’s Platform Gravity thesis takes center stage in this episode — the idea that data ecosystems are naturally consolidating. Your team, tooling, governance, and business logic are all being pulled toward a center of gravity — whether that’s Snowflake, Databricks, or your own platform play.
Veronika brings hands-on experience navigating this shift at scale, from building leaner teams to rationalizing tooling across business units.
Topics you’ll hear:
* What is Data Platform Gravity and how do you know it’s happening?
* How Saks evolved its data ecosystem around a unifying platform
* The myth of “flexibility” and why consolidation drives performance
* The hidden tax of multi-tool data stacks
* Why fewer tools, deeper integrations, and tighter governance = business value
* Veronika’s take on platform-led architecture vs best-of-breed chaos
💣 Truth Bomb
“If your data platform has gravity, your ecosystem will consolidate around it. You can lead that shift, or get crushed by it.”

Data Meet-Up Vol:28
2025-07-23 18:00 - 23:30 | Q Bar, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4LE, United Kingdom
Our data meetups create a welcoming atmosphere conducive to open conversations. These informal gatherings foster a sense of community and camaraderie among like-minded individuals who are passionate about data.
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, attending our informal data meetups in London are a great way to expand your network, gain new perspectives, and stay up-to-date with the latest trends in the field of data.

Staying Human in the AI Era
2025-08-04 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
Ramona returns to the podcast for a focused discussion on what it truly means to be human in the AI era.
Building on prior conversations about the human-professional double helix and the dashboard for the human spirit, this episode shifts to actionable insights.
Ramona will address critical challenges such as the AI seduction cycle, the AI echo chamber, and the AI janitor role, providing concrete approaches she employs to maintain agency. The discussion will also explore the shifting source of truth in an AI world and how individuals can reconnect with their personal ground truth.
Listen in for their initial thoughts on the “context layer” for future agentic frameworks.

Product-Orientated Data Engineering and Management
2025-08-11 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
Join Chris Tabb and Jean-Georges Perrin as they discuss: Bitol, open standards for data contracts and data products.

Data Meet-Up Vol.29
2025-08-27 18:00 - 23:30 | Q Bar, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4LE, United Kingdom
LEIT DATA meetups provide a fantastic opportunity for individuals to connect, share ideas, and learn from one another in a laid-back environment. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out, attending our informal data meetups in London are a great way to expand your network, gain new perspectives, and stay up-to-date with the latest trends in the evolving field of data.
All this and free 🍕🍕🍕

Data Clinic at Big Data London
2025-09-24 09:00 - 17:30, 2025-09-25 09:00 - 17:30 | Big Data London, Olympia, London, W14 8UX, United Kingdom
Leit Data is proud to return to Big Data London with The Data Clinic: Your Prescription to Data Success. This year, we’re offering bookable one-on-one appointments with our expert consultants to help diagnose your toughest data challenges.
Whether you’re facing issues with data quality, architecture, strategy, migrations or governance, our team provides independent, practical advice tailored to your unique situation. During your session, we’ll explore your current pain points and recommend the most effective remedies—whether that’s a technology shift, process improvement, or a new approach to data delivery.
Appointments are limited, so secure your slot early and walk away with clear, actionable guidance to accelerate your data journey.

Context is King - Building the Engine Room for Reliable AI
2025-10-13 17:00 - 18:00 | LinkedIn Live
👉 We’re all trying to make sense of how to turn metadata into meaning that AI (and humans) can actually trust.
So let’s go deeper.
Join Chris Tabb and Jai Parmar in a live session where they’ll unpack:
🔹 What a context layer really is — and how it extends, not replaces, your semantic layer
🔹 How meta-model management, glossary connectors, and lineage services bring context to life
🔹 Why context layers are the missing piece for governed, explainable, and reliable AI
🔹 Practical examples of how context reduces semantic drift and connects business rules with data products
https://www.linkedin.com/events/contextisking-buildingtheengine7379815168618156032/theater/

Data Meetup Vol.30
2025-10-29 18:00 - 23:30 | Q Bar, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4LE, United Kingdom
Join us for an evening of data, drinks and great conversation!
LEIT DATA meetups are all about connecting with fellow data enthusiasts in a relaxed, informal setting.
No talks, no slides, just good company, great chat and a shared love of all things data.
Whether you work with data every day or are just curious about the field, it’s a perfect chance to expand your network, exchange ideas, and meet like-minded people from across London’s data community.
And yes, there’s free 🍕🍕🍕

From semantics to AI: How meaningful data makes or breaks your Snowflake investment
2025-10-30 15:00 - 15:45
Your Snowflake investment only delivers value when your data carries consistent meaning. Without strong semantics (shared definitions, governed models, and aligned glossaries) analytics and AI initiatives quickly lose credibility.
In this webcast, Chris Tabb, Snowflake data evangelist, teams up with Quest data platform experts to show how semantic discipline underpins reliable analytics and trustworthy AI outcomes. You’ll see how to bridge business and technical definitions, activate metadata for AI, and prevent “definition drift” that quietly breaks data trust for Snowflake users.

Data Meetup Vol.31
2025-11-25 18:00 - 23:00 | Q Bar, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4LE, United Kingdom

Data Meetup Vol.33
2026-04-01 18:00 - 23:30 | Q Bar, 55-61 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4LE, United Kingdom
