STUG Meet Up

Name: STUG Meet Up
Start: 2023-09-07T15:00:00+08:00
End: 2023-09-07T18:30:00+08:00
Location: Parmelia Hilton Perth

Perth

Our meet up group is a community of customers and users of Snowflake, who come together to share knowledge and exchange best practices. Hear the latest from other Snowflake users, grow your professional network, ask questions, and we'll wrap up with an hour to network amongst your peers, with food and drink provided. Please register to join us!

Sep 7, 2023, 7:00 – 10:30 AM (UTC)

About this event

Our meet up group is a community of customers and users of Snowflake, who come together to share knowledge and exchange best practices.
Hear the latest from other Snowflake users, grow your professional network, ask questions, and we'll wrap up with an hour to network amongst your peers, with food and drink provided. 
Please register to join us!
For more information on STUG, please visit our webpage: https://www.snowflake.com/snowflake-technical-user-group-perth/

When

Thursday, September 7, 2023
7:00 AM – 10:30 AM (UTC)

Where

Parmelia Hilton Perth
14 Mill Street
Perth, 6000

Agenda

7:00 AM	Introduction
7:10 AM	What's New in Snowflake	Get the latest on product announcement and roadmap following Snowflake Summit.
7:40 AM	Diving into Snowpark: Unlocking the Snowflake Data Science Experience with Python	Join us for an insightful journey into the world of Snowflake's Data Science capabilities powered by Snowpark. This talk will provide practical guidance on utilizing push-down technology effectively, while offering tips to navigate potential challenges. Discover how Python seamlessly integrates with Snowflake, enabling you to streamline your data science workflows. Additionally, learn valuable strategies for managing version control with notebooks to enhance collaboration and project reproducibility. Whether you're new to Snowflake or an experienced data practitioner, this talk aims to equip you with the knowledge and tools to make the most of Snowflake's Data Science features.
8:10 AM	Break
8:20 AM	Terraform vs DCM Tools or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Unintended Consequences	Snowflake has many objects, ie states, to manage. Depending on your estate this can range into Ks, 10Ks, or maybe more. The options generally boil down to Terraform or a database-change-management tool, both with different specificities of jank, with no clear winner. I'll recount a couple of stories where we intended well, and got bitten by unintended consequences. Will give an example where TF is clear winner Will give an example where DCM is a clear winner Then wrap it up with "what you need for project x depends on a lot of things"
8:50 AM	Lessons learned from the field	Identification of poor pattern & process. Understanding component needs & constraints. Importance of repeatable pattern design.
9:20 AM	Networking

Speakers

Ahmed Hafez

Snowflake

Chapter Chair

Luke McDermott

Snowflake

Senior Manager, Sales Engineering

Sean Gardiner

Data Divers

Data Diver

Andres Walsh

Mechanical Rock

Principal Technical Specialist

Damien Greig

Cognizant Servian

Principal Consultant & Snowflake Practice Lead (WA)

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