BUILD Meetup by STUG

Name: BUILD Meetup by STUG
Start: 2024-11-27T16:00:00+08:00
End: 2024-11-27T19:30:00+08:00
Location: level 8/2 The Exchange Tower

Perth

The Snowflake Technical User Group (STUG) in Perth aims to share building with Snowflake at this meetup, featuring exclusive GenAI content from Snowflake’s BUILD 2024 conference, network with other Snowflake users and data enthusiasts in the Western Australian community. Whether you are just starting out with Snowflake, or are an advanced user, register now to join us on 27 November 2024!

Nov 27, 8:00 – 11:30 AM (UTC)

CortexGen AI

About this event

STUG is a community of customers, data enthusiasts and users of Snowflake, who come together to network, share knowledge and exchange best practices. On this occasion, we are bringing you a special edition off the back of BUILD: The Dev Conference for AI and Apps. Prior to the luminary talks by our guests, we will be hosting (optional) a hands-on workshop on a GenAI topic, Getting Started with Cortex Analyst. Upon successful completion, you will receive a badge!
[Please ensure you separately register for the optional workshop if you are interested in attending: Workshop Registration Page]
From 4:00pm, we will kick-off our usual STUG format where we'll provide you with an opportunity to meet our customers, hear about new products and features and to provide your valued feedback and insights to help improve our products.
Get community updates from your local Snowflake team, expand your professional network, share anecdotes from other users and features that have become GA. This will be a fantastic opportunity for you learn and explore on product announcements from Snowflake BUILD. 
Register now, we look forward to welcoming you!

When

Wednesday, November 27, 2024
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM (UTC)

Where

level 8/2 The Exchange Tower
2 The Esplanade
Perth, 6000

Agenda

5:30 AM	(OPTIONAL) Hands-on Workshop - Registration Opens	Please bring your own computer and charger. Get set up, meet your instructors and enjoy some snacks.
6:00 AM	(OPTIONAL) Hands-on Workshop Starts	Get started with Cortex Analyst, which is a fully managed service in Snowflake that provides a conversational interface to interact with structured data in Snowflake. Complete the workshop and earn a Snowflake BUILD badge! https://www.snowflake.com/build-meetup-perth-workshop-20241127/
8:00 AM	STUG Meetup Guest Arrivals & Registration	Pick up some swag, pizza and drinks.
8:30 AM	Welcome Address
8:35 AM	Turning Documents into Data: How to Simplify Unstructured Data with Snowflake DocumentAI by Gui Rampani, Data Engineer, Interworks	Turning Documents into Data: How to Simplify Unstructured Data with Snowflake DocumentAI. Abstract: Tired of manually extracting information from documents like invoices or contracts? Join us to see how Snowflake DocumentAI can make it easy to turn unstructured files into usable data with just a few clicks. In this session, we’ll show how DocumentAI works, share some real-world examples, and demo how to set it up to automate your document processing. If you’re looking for a way to save time and reduce manual work, this is for you!
8:55 AM	Customer Session with Horizon Power by Saravanan Subramanian, DM&I Solution Lead and Jeremy Butson, DM&I Manager	A data journey at Horizon Power
9:15 AM	Break
9:30 AM	Snowflake Snippets: Tiny Tips for Big Impact by Melanie Dietrich, Pons Ramalingam, Gary North and Simon Yeoman	Welcome to “Snowflake Snippets,” a series of interactive, 30-minute sessions where we explore small but impactful Snowflake tricks and invite you to share your own favourite bits of logic. We’ll kick things off with topics like UNPIVOT INCLUDE NULLS, ASOF Joins and some Notebooks magic, then open the floor for others to contribute their go-to functions and techniques. Whether you’re here to learn, share, or just discover new ways to work with data, these sessions are all about building up a collection of powerful, practical insights—together!
10:00 AM	Wrap Up
10:15 AM	End of Year Celebratory Networking Drinks	Join us at Lalla Rookh (Courtyard + Lounge), Lower Ground (Allendale Square), 77 St Georges Terrace.

Speakers

Jeremy Butson

Horizon Power

Data Management and Integration Manager

Melanie Dietrich

DataDivers.io

Data Consultant

Gui Rampani

InterWorks

Data Engineer

Saravanan Subramanian