Snowflake User Group Melbourne - March 2026

Name: Snowflake User Group Melbourne - March 2026
Start: 2026-03-31T16:00:00+11:00
End: 2026-03-31T20:00:00+11:00
Location: Mantel

Melbourne

Melbourne Snowflake User Group is a community of local customers and users of Snowflake, who come together to network, share knowledge and exchange best practices. Join the community to get updates from your local Snowflake team, expand your network and hear about the latest features that have become GA.

Mar 31, 5:00 – 9:00 AM (UTC)

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About this event

Welcome to 2026! We are excited to invite you to our first Snowflake Melbourne User Group for 2026, and we look forward to seeing many familiar and new faces as we dive into another year of product innovation, customer stories, and technical presentations. 
What to expect 
To start the year strong, we have a great line up of case studies by Profectus, Interworks and Mantel including a case study & demo of our latest feature launch, Cortex Code. 
We're also thrilled to introduce our local 2026 Snowflake Data Superhero cohort! 
✅ Case Study | From Keywords to Cortex: Email Agreement Reviews | Presented by Profectus Group
✅ Case Study | AI-Powered Airport Operations: Leveraging Snowflake and LLMs in Lost & Found Items | Presented by Interworks 
✅ Cortex Code is GA! An overview and demo of our latest product innovation | Presented by Mantel 
✅ Panel: Introducing our Melbourne 2026 Snowflake Data Superheroes | Moderated by Priyanka Srivastava
Reasons to attend ✍️
🌐 Connect with the Snowflake community
📈 Level up your performance game
🍕 Network, learn, and enjoy good vibes (and food)
To secure your spot, please be sure to RSVP to the event. We look forward to seeing you there! For any questions, please reach out to shirley.gao@snowflake.com

When

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
5:00 AM – 9:00 AM (UTC)

Where

Mantel
Level 2/ 452 Flinders Street
Melbourne 3000

Agenda

5:00 AM	Guest Arrivals & Registration	Pick up some swag, snacks and drinks.
5:30 AM	Welcome Address
5:40 AM	From Keywords to Cortex: Email Agreements Reviews	In the retail world, critical supplier funding agreements are often buried in email threads rather than formal contracts, making the recovery of missed supplier funding a manual needle-in-a-haystack search. This session explores how Profectus bridged this gap by moving beyond basic keyword matching to a sophisticated "Cortex" approach. By leveraging Snowflake for robust data processing and integrating semantic search, we have unified the entire analysis lifecycle within a single model. Join us to learn how reconciling unstructured email intent with structured financial data allows for accelerated and targeted identification of overcharges and missed funding. Presented by Andrew Stedall, Profectus Group
6:00 AM	AI-Powered Airport Operations: Leveraging Snowflake and LLMs in Lost & Found items	What if finding your lost luggage at the airport was as simple as writing a SQL query against a mountain of unstructured image data SELECT bag FROM LostAndFound WHERE color = 'blue' AND type = 'suitcase' AND has_sticker = TRUE; This isn't a hypothetical. With Snowflake, you can now use simple SQL to classify and query images using the latest multi-modal AI models. Welcome to the power of AI SQL. Presented by: Vaishnavi Srinivasan, Data Engineer, Interworks
6:20 AM	Cortex Code Overview & Demo	Cortex Code is GA! We'll show you what it's for and how it works. Presented by Adithya Bhat Narjala, Senior Data Consultant, Mantel
6:40 AM	Panel: Introducing our 2026 Snowflake Data Superheroes!	Melbourne Snowflake User Group is proud to welcome 4 x Melbournites to the 2026 Snowflake Data Superhero cohort (of only 125 globally). Get to know them and their area of expertise: Calvin Wang, Staff Analytics Engineer, Canva \| Saurabh Kumar, Senior Manager, Accenture \| Felix Chou, Data Capability Lead, Workwear Group \| Priyanka Srivastava, Senior Architect, Slalom & Melbourne User Group Chapter Lead
7:05 AM	Wrap + Bytes, Bites, & Brews	Relax and connect with other data & AI professionals over pizza and drinks.

Speakers

Priyanka Srivastava

Slalom

Senior Architect, Chapter Lead & 2026 Snowflake Data Superhero

Vaishnavi Srinivasan

Interworks

Data Engineer

Andrew Stedall

Profectus

DataOps Lead

Adithya Narjala

Mantel

Senior Data Consultant

Panelists

Felix Chou

Workwear Group - Wesfarmers

Data Capability Lead & 2026 Snowflake Data Superhero

Calvin Wang

Canva

Staff Analytics Engineer & 2026 Snowflake Data Superhero

Saurabh Kumar

Accenture

Solution Architecture Senior Manager & 2026 Snowflake Data Superhero

Organizers

Phillip Lim

Snowflake

Marketing Manager, APJ

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Natalie Mendes

Snowflake

Enterprise Marketing Manager

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Shirley Gao

Marketing Lead

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Snowflake User Group Melbourne - March 2026

About this event

Welcome to 2026!

When

Where

Agenda

Speakers

Priyanka Srivastava

Vaishnavi Srinivasan

Andrew Stedall

Adithya Narjala

Panelists

Felix Chou

Calvin Wang

Saurabh Kumar

Organizers

Phillip Lim

Natalie Mendes

Shirley Gao