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BIG DATA WEEK BUCHAREST 2023: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO BIG DATA
OCTOBER 3-4 // SHERATON HOTEL
Big Data Week Bucharest proposes a holistic approach of big data projects, showcasing innovative strategies, tools, and techniques to revolutionize your business strategy.
One energetic week filled with informative online and offline events:
- Workshops
- Conference
- Networking
- Demos
- Technical insights
- Business applicability
Bucharest Anchor Conference // October 3-4, 2023
Covering topics such as cloud & infrastructure, big data architectures, BI & analytics, the 2023 edition will also highlight the transformative power of AI and ML in the big data landscape.
- Cloud & Infrastructure
- Big Data Architectures
- BI & Analytics
- AI & ML
Once again, we bring forward top-quality content, presenting the latest discoveries, actionable insights, and best practices that you can take away for direct implementation.
What our agenda holds:
- Big data technologies
- Trends
- Infrastructure
- Architecture
- AI & ML
- Expert advice, insights, and best practices
Let’s meet again!
The 2023 edition spans two days and four stages and aims at exploring the forefront of technology, bringing together industry leaders, experts, and enthusiasts to explore the latest trends and advancements in the world of big data, in a new venue with increased networking space.
Join us and (re-)engage with the big data community!
Speakers
Cristina Andries
Big Data Division Manager // eSolutions
Dorian Hodorogea
Customer Engineer Data Analytics CEE // Google
Andrei Petrescu
CTO // CloudHero
Cezar Gherghel
DevOps Engineer // eSolutions
Horia Niculescu
Customer Engineer - Data Analytics // Google
Sebastian Ungureanu
Senior Product Marketing Manager // UiPath
Mihai Niculae
DataLake Manager // Gameloft
Sorin Peste
Cloud Solution Architect, Data & AI // Microsoft
Stefan Gusa
Software Developer & SRE // Adobe
Cosmin Ichim
Data Engineer - Big Data & Analytics Community // Cognizant Softvision
Alexandru Craciun
Head of Data Engineering // EPAM Romania
Bogdan Stefanescu
CEE UDS Channel Sales // Dell Technologies
Dan Mihai Dinu
Engineering Manager // Grafana
Cosmin Panaete
Business Processes Director // Regina Maria
Alex Bordei
VP of Product Management // MetalSoft
Marian Simpetru
Managing Partner // eSolutions
Tobias Margarit
Managing Director // diconium
Rahavan Raman
Senior Manager - Data & Analytics // Qvest.US
Josh Andrews
Vice President and Data & Analytics Practice Lead // Qvest.US
Florin Manolescu
Co-Founder & Chief Testing Officer // Academia Testarii
Andreea Tipau
Senior Engineer – Data Science // GoPro
Daniel Monoranu
Head of Information Security // Skymetrix
Dragos Cioata
Cloud Data Engineer // Adore Me Tech
Nick Radu
Marketing EMEA Analytics & Data Manager // IBM
Mihail Musat
DevOps Manager // Zitec
Viorel Bibiloiu
Big Data Architect // eSolutions
Razvan Burlacioiu
Sr Software Engineer, TL // Adobe
Andrei Smarandoiu
Software Development Engineer // Adobe
Artiom Darie
Head of Data Analytics & Senior Director // AdsWizz
George Stan
BI DevOps Manager // Gameloft
Codrut Panea
DevOps Engineer // eSolutions.
Razvan Socol
Chapter Lead - Data Lake // ING Hubs Romania
Oana Turbatu
Feature Engineer - Data Lake // ING Hubs Romania
Felix Crisan
Head of Research // Elrond
Calin Constantinov
Principal Development Consultant // Endava
Serban Teodorescu
Software Developer & SRE // Adobe
Radu Dobrinescu
Senior Partner Solutions Architect // AWS
Diana Streche
BI Engineer // Adore Me
Laurentiu Matei
Business Intelligence Director // eMAG
Alexandru Irimia
Data Platform Team Leader // eMAG
18:30 – 20:30
DevOps Workshop: Codrut Panea, DevOps Engineer // eSolutions
Using ArgoCD and Crossplane for Bootstrapping K8s Clusters
Hour
Big Data DevOps and Infrastructure
Hour
Data Security
09:15 – 09:45
Registration & welcome coffee
09:15 – 09:45
Registration & welcome coffee
09:45 – 09:50
Cezar Gherghel, DevOps Engineer// eSolutions, Stage Moderator – Intro & welcome
09:45 – 09:50
Florin Manolescu, Co-Founder & Chief Testing Officer // Academia Testarii, Stage Moderator – Intro & welcome
09:50 – 10:30
Radu Dobrinescu, Senior Partner Solutions Architect // AWS – The What, Why and How of MLOps on AWS
09:50 – 10:30
Daniel Monoranu, Head of Information Security // Skymetrix – Data Security: Before OR After?
10:30 – 11:10
George Stan, BI DevOps Manager // Gameloft- A Guided Tour of Autoscaling in Kubernetes
10:30 – 11:10
Felix Crisan, Head of Research // Elrond – Data3: Shaping Data in a Web3 Context
11:10 – 11:40
Morning coffee break
11:10 – 11:40
Morning coffee break
11:40 – 12:20
Serban Teodorescu, Software Developer & SRE & Stefan Gusa, Software Developer & SRE // Adobe – Cassandra as a Persistent Cache in Adobe Audience Manager
11:40 – 12:20
Tudor Galos, Sr. Privacy Consultant // Tudor Galos Consulting – Data Localization vs. International Data Transfers in Big Data Scenarios
12:20 – 13:00
Alex Bordei, VP of Product Management // MetalSoft – Cutting Data Processing Costs with Your Own Automated Infrastructure
12:20 – 13:00
Sebastian Ungureanu, Senior Product Marketing Manager // UiPath – Security and Governance in a Highly Democratized Development Environment
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
Hour
Big Data DevOps and Infrastructure
Hour
Big Data Architectures – Part One
14:00 – 14:40
Horia Niculescu, Customer Engineer Data Analytics // Google – Agile Development with Google Cloud in Data Projects
14:00 – 14:40
Tobias Margarit, Managing Director // diconium – Data Mesh: A New Organizational Paradigm to Create Data Value
14:40 – 15:20
Mihail Musat, DevOps Manager // Zitec – Cars2Click & Zitec – Elevating Car Trading through Data-Driven Decision Making
14:40 – 15:20
Mihai Niculae, DataLake Manager // Gameloft – Building Scalable Pipelines for Processing Data from Devices to the Cloud DataLake
15:20 – 15:50
Afternoon coffee break
15:20 – 15:50
Afternoon coffee break
15:50 – 16:30
Andrei Petrescu, CTO // CloudHero – Why Lift & Shift to Kubernetes is the Path Towards Application Modernisation
15:50 – 16:30
Cosmin Panaete, Business Processes Director // Regina Maria & Marian Simpetru, Managing Partner // eSolutions – Hybrid Data Platform
16:30 – 17:10
Dan Mihai Dinu, Engineering Manager // Grafana – Build Kickass Observability with Grafana LGTM
16:30 – 17:10
Andreea Tipau, Data Engineer // GoPro – Big Data Analytics on GoPro’s Mobile App Quik Editing Feature Usage
17:10 – 17:50
Bogdan Stefanescu, CEE UDS Channel Sales // Dell Technologies – How to Unlock the Value of Unstructured Data with Dell PowerScale & ECS
Hour
Big Data
Architectures – Part Two
Hour
Reporting, BI & Analytics
09:15 – 09:45
Registration & welcome coffee
09:15 – 09:45
Registration & welcome coffee
09:45 – 09:50
Daniel Monoranu, Head of Information Security // Skymetrix, Stage Moderator – Intro & welcome
09:45 – 09:50
Cristina Andries, Big Data Division Manager // eSolutions, Stage Moderator – Intro & welcome
09:50 – 10:30
Daniele Montesi, Senior Data Scientist & Emanuele Viglianisi, Senior Data Engineer // adidas Runtastic – ZERO2HERO: An Advanced Data Platform to Drive User Engagement
09:50 – 10:30
Sorin Peste, Cloud Solution Architect, Data & AI // Microsoft – Moving past “What Happened” and onto “What Will Happen Next” with Microsoft Power BI
10:30 – 11:10
Cosmin Ichim, Data Engineer – Big Data & Analytics Community // Cognizant Softvision – When Big Data Is Too Big. A Presentation about Baseball and Data.
10:30 – 11:10
Artiom Darie, Head of Data Analytics & Senior Director // AdsWizz – Apache Druid Best Practices for Cost Efficiency
11:10 – 11:40
Morning coffee break
11:10 – 11:40
Morning coffee break
11:40 – 12:20
Andrei Smarandoiu, Software Development Engineer & Razvan Burlacioiu, Sr. Software Engineer, TL // Adobe – Our Journey to a Modern Analytics Processing Pipeline
11:40 – 12:20
Laurentiu Matei, Business Intelligence Director & Alexandru Irimia, Data Platform Team Leader // eMAG – Transforming Data at Scale with the eMAG Data Platform
12:20 – 13:00
Alexandru Craciun,Head of Data Engineering // EPAM Romania – Data Mesh. Simple is Always the Best
12:20 – 13:00
Remus Racolta, Co-founder // Data Booster – Effective Data Storytelling
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 14:40
Christian Schmidt, IT Consultant & Senior Software Engineer // tarent – With DDD and Self-Contained Systems to a Better Data Architecture
14:00 – 14:40
Diana Streche, BI Engineer // Adore Me – Keeping Up with the Cloud
14:40 – 15:10
Octavian Rinciog, Senior Software Engineer // Bitdefender – Scaling Elasticsearch Clusters to Store Hundreds of TB
14:40 – 15:20
Nick Radu, Marketing EMEA Analytics & Data Manager // IBM – Digital Transformation Becomes a Way of Life
15:10 – 15:50
Afternoon coffee break
15:20 – 15:50
Afternoon coffee break
15:50 – 16:30
Viorel Bibiloiu, Big Data Architect // eSolutions – Using Kafka-Streams, K8s, and Cassandra for Near Real-Time Retail Inventory
15:50 – 16:30
Dorian Hodorogea, Customer Engineer Data Analytics CEE // Google – When Data Meets Culture
16:30 – 17:10
Calin Constantinov, Principal Development Consultant // Endava – Uncovering Social Influence with Neo4j
16:30 – 17:10
Josh Andrews, VP and Data & Analytics Practice Lead & Rahavan Raman, Senior Manager – Data & Analytics // Qvest.US – A Maturity Lifecycle for Organizations Building Analytics Platforms Using dbt
18:30 – 22:00
