From Ground to Cloud in Healthcare and Life Sciences: How Preventx Transformed Data Sharing and Reporting with Snowflake

Paul Gray, Principal Architect at Preventx, will take us through their data transformation journey—from a legacy healthcare information system with limited data capabilities to a modern, flexible, and impactful data environment built on Snowflake and Power BI.

This migration has enabled Preventx to capture, analyse, and report on sexual health testing, treatment, and care insights in a more meaningful way to drive effective outcomes. Paul will also discuss:

How external data integrations, including online payments, have enhanced financial reporting accuracy.

How Snowflake’s secure staging and data processing support strict client data privacy needs.

How Snowflake Cortex and Generative AI help analyse unstructured data to improve customer service and identify trends.

Augment BI with AI: Cortex Analyst Workshop: Getting Started with Cortex Analyst –

A hands-on workshop where you’ll learn how to enhance BI with AI using Cortex Analyst in Snowflake.

What we will do:

Build a Semantic Model over sample financial data.

Create a Streamlit in Snowflake (SiS) app with a conversational AI interface powered by Cortex Analyst.

What you will learn:

How to construct and configure a Semantic Model for structured data.

How to call the Cortex Analyst REST API to enable natural-language querying in Streamlit in Snowflake.

How to integrate Cortex Analyst with Cortex Search to enhance SQL query generation.

How to enable Join support for Star Schemas.

How to enable multi-turn conversations for advanced insights.

What you will need to prepare:

✅ A laptop

✅ Git installed (Installation Guide)

✅ Download the Git repo: GitHub Repository

✅ Python (>=3.9, <=3.11) installed (Download Python)

✅ A Snowflake account with appropriate role permissions (or sign up for a free trial)

Event Details

📍 27th March | Slalom Consulting

📍 3rd Floor, Waterways House, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin, D02 PD39

🕕 18:00 | Nibbles, chats, and networking 🍽️🥂

🕡 18:30 – 19:15 | From Ground to Cloud in Healthcare and Life Sciences – Paul Gray, Preventx

🕢 19:15 – 20:00 | Cortex Analyst Workshop – Hands-on session

🕘 20:00+ | Drinks & Networking 🍻

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with fellow data professionals and gain valuable insights into Snowflake, AI-driven analytics, and data automation! See you there! 🚀