Coalesce Analytics Engineering Conference

December 7-11, 2020

5 days . 4 time zones . Online only

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Coalesce 2020 is a dbt community event dedicated to advancing the practice of analytics engineering.

馃摚Talks

Carefully curated sessions presented by dbt users and contributors.

鈿欙笍Demo Sessions

Learn how to use tools that are complementary with dbt.

馃槑Panel Discussions

Industry-expert discussions that go deeper on a talk or theme you care about.

馃ΩAsk the Experts

Fishtown Analytics led discussions on common analytics problems & solutions.

馃挰Slack Chats

Follow up with speakers in the dbt Slack workspace.

馃捈Data Dream Teams

Meet teams doing great things with data.

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Note: The dates and times listed reflect the target time zone for each day. When you add a session to your calendar, dates/times will show in your local time.

Dec 7, Pre-Event, EST

  • Featured Company: Fishtown Analytics
  • Pre-Event sessions only
11:00 - 11:30 EST

dbt 101 (EU and US-friendly)

Carly Kaufman, Head of Solutions Architecture with Fishtown AnalyticsClaire Carroll, dbt Community Manager with Fishtown Analytics
12:30 - 13:00 EST

Ask the experts: Customer product journey

Grant Winship, Analytics Engineer with Fishtown AnalyticsSanjana Sen, Analytics Engineer with Fishtown Analytics
13:00 - 13:30 EST

Ask the experts: Version controlling your metrics

Andrew Escay, Analytics Engineer with Fishtown AnalyticsChristine Berger, Analytics Engineer with Fishtown AnalyticsErica Louie, Head of Data with Fishtown Analytics
18:00 - 18:30 EST

dbt 101 (US and AU-friendly)

Carly Kaufman, Head of Solutions Architecture with Fishtown AnalyticsMila Page, Developer Relations Advocate with Fishtown Analytics

Dec 8, EST

  • Featured Company: JetBlue
  • dbt Talks & Workshops
09:00 - 09:45 EST

Taking off with dbt: JetBlue's dbt journey!

Ashley Van Name, Manager of Data Engineering with JetBlue
10:00 - 10:25 EST

Lessons in prioritization: How to balance the "quick questions" against your team's long-term plans

Jacob Frackson, Analytics Engineer
10:00 - 10:55 EST

Getting started with technical blogging

Stephanie Morillo, Senior PM & Content StrategistJanessa Lantz, Head of Marketing with Fishtown Analytics
10:30 - 10:55 EST

Analytics on your analytics

Emily Hawkins, Data Infrastructure Lead with Drizly
11:00 - 11:45 EST

Organizational epistemology. Or: How do we know stuff?

Tristan Handy, Founder & CEO with Fishtown Analytics
12:00 - 12:25 EST

Auditing model layers and modularity with your DAG

Christine Berger, Analytics Engineer with Fishtown Analytics
12:30 - 12:55 EST

Securing data at scale with dbt & Snowflake

Ashley Van Name, Manager of Data Engineering with JetBlue
13:00 - 13:55 EST

The future of the data warehouse

Jennifer Li (Moderator), Partner with Andreessen Horowitz (A16z)Boris Jabes, CEO with CensusJeremy Levy, CEO and Cofounder with IndicativeArjun Narayan, Co-Founder and CEO with Materialize
14:00 - 14:25 EST

Kiro Dreams of Data

Kenny Ning, Data Engineer with Better.com
14:30 - 14:55 EST

How to structure a data team

David Murray, Director of Data and Analytics with Snaptravel

Dec 9, PST

  • Featured Company: Netlify
  • dbt Talks & Workshops
09:00 - 09:30 PST

The post-modern data stack

Drew Banin, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer with Fishtown Analytics
09:35 - 09:55 PST

Beyond the Modern Data Stack: dbt Cloud Metadata in Mode

Benn Stancil, President and Founder with Mode
10:00 - 10:50 PST

When metadata becomes data

Drew Banin (Moderator), Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer with Fishtown AnalyticsBarr Moses, CEO & Co-Founder with Monte CarloJon Loyens, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder with data.worldMatt Allen, Senior Data Engineer with The ZebraDavid Wallace, Senior Data Platform Engineer with Good Eggs
11:00 - 11:45 PST

Run your data team as a product team

Emilie Schario, Senior Engineering Manager, Data and Business Intelligence with NetlifyTaylor A. Murphy, PhD, Staff Data Engineer with GitLab
12:00 - 12:25 PST

Kimball in the context of the modern data warehouse: what's worth keeping, and what's not

Dave Fowler, CEO with Chartio
12:30 - 12:55 PST

Human in the loop data processing

Anna Bladey, Applied Data Engineer with Civis Analytics
13:00 - 13:25 PST

Building a robust data pipeline with dbt, Airflow, and Great Expectations

Sam Bail, Enterprise Partnerships with Superconductive
13:00 - 13:55 PST

Hiring a diverse data team

Ilse Ackerman, Director of Data & Analytics with Brooklyn Data Co.Alexis Johnson-Gresham, Engagement Manager with Brooklyn Data Co.Colleen Tartow, PhD, Director of Engineering with Starburst DataMeghan Col贸n (Moderator), Head of People Operations with Fishtown Analytics
13:30 - 13:55 PST

Orchestrating dbt with Dagster

Nick Schrock, Founder with Elementl
14:00 - 14:25 PST

How to start your analytics engineering team

Andres Recalde, Data Analytics Lead with goPuff
14:30 - 14:55 PST

Data dream teams: Netlify

Emilie Schario, Senior Engineering Manager, Data and Business Intelligence with NetlifyLaurie Voss, Senior Data Analyst with NetlifyFrancisco Lozano, Senior Analytics Engineer with NetlifyBrian de la Motte, Senior Data Engineer with Netlify

Dec 10, GMT

  • Featured Company: TripActions
  • dbt Talks & Workshops
12:00 - 12:45 GMT

Supercharging your data team

Bastien Boutonnet, Senior Data Scientist with TripActionsJean-Fran莽ois Lairie, Lead Data Analyst with TripActions
13:00 - 13:25 GMT

Empowering your data team through testing

John Napoleon-Kuofie, Senior Business Intelligence Analyst with Farfetch
13:30 - 13:55 GMT

Balancing creativity and proficiency as a data team

Caitlin Moorman, Head of Analytics with Trove Recommerce
14:00 - 14:25 GMT

Presenting: SQLFluff

Alan Cruickshank, Head of Data with tails.com
14:00 - 14:30 GMT

Evaluating an offer in the data space

Shannon Morales, Founder and Chief Diversity Officer with Echo Me Forward
14:30 - 14:55 GMT

Seven use cases for dbt

Pietro Casella, Chief Architect with EQT PartnersErik Ferm, Data Engineer with EQT Partners
15:00 - 15:25 GMT

Leveraging dbt metadata in data management

Sam Foltin, Data Management Consultant with DTSQUARED
15:30 - 16:25 GMT

Implementing dbt at large enterprises

Chris Holliday (Moderator), Senior VP, Client Management with Visual BIAmy Chen, Solutions Architect with Fishtown AnalyticsRyan Goltz, Lead Data Strategist with Chesapeake EnergyBen Singleton, Director of Data Science & Analytics with JetBlue
16:30 - 16:55 GMT

Data dream teams: TripActions

Rob Winters, Director of Data with TripActionsBart Sandbergen, Data Analyst with TripActionsVirginia L贸pez-Gil P茅rez, Data Engineer with TripActionsTeodora Vrabcheva, Senior Data Scientist with TripActionsSimon Ouderkirk (Moderator), Senior Product Manager with Fishtown Analytics

Dec 11, AEDT

  • Featured Company: Canva
  • dbt Talks & Workshops
09:00 - 09:25 AEDT

Zero to trillions: how we scaled our data platform to meet Canva's growth in data and teams

Krishna Naidu, Data Engineer with CanvaJose Galarza, Data Warehouse Lead with Canva
09:30 - 09:55 AEDT

Quickstart your analytics with Fivetran dbt packages

Jacob Mulligan, Head of Analytics with Firefly HealthDom Colyer, Senior Sales Engineer with Fivetran
10:00 - 10:25 AEDT

Building a marketing attribution model with dbt

Evy Kho, Senior Operations Analyst with Grailed
10:30 - 10:55 AEDT

Three barriers to effective data communication

Nadja Jury, Data Scientist with Education Perfect
11:00 - 11:25 AEDT

Perfect complements: Using dbt with Looker for effective data governance

Johnathan Brooks, Solutions Architect, Data Engineering with 4 Mile Analytics
11:30 - 11:55 AEDT

dbt at the centre of all pipelines

Jonathan Mak, Team Lead, Data Engineering with Nearmap
12:00 - 12:25 AEDT

How to build a reputation on more than just dashboards

Andrea Kopitz, Business Intelligence Engineer with Nerdwallet
12:30 - 12:55 AEDT

How to complete a data modeling project at a $6B company

Vincey Au, Data Analyst with Canva
agenda
Ilse Ackerman

Ilse Ackerman

Director of Data & Analytics, Brooklyn Data Co.

Matt Allen

Matt Allen

Senior Data Engineer, The Zebra

Vincey Au

Vincey Au

Data Analyst, Canva

Sam Bail

Sam Bail

Enterprise Partnerships, Superconductive

Drew Banin

Drew Banin

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Fishtown Analytics

Christine Berger

Christine Berger

Analytics Engineer, Fishtown Analytics

Anna Bladey

Anna Bladey

Applied Data Engineer, Civis Analytics

Bastien Boutonnet

Bastien Boutonnet

Senior Data Scientist, TripActions

Johnathan Brooks

Johnathan Brooks

Solutions Architect, Data Engineering, 4 Mile Analytics

Claire Carroll

Claire Carroll

dbt Community Manager, Fishtown Analytics

Pietro Casella

Pietro Casella

Chief Architect, EQT Partners

Amy Chen

Amy Chen

Solutions Architect, Fishtown Analytics

Meghan Col贸n

Meghan Col贸n

Head of People Operations, Fishtown Analytics

Dom Colyer

Dom Colyer

Senior Sales Engineer, Fivetran

Alan Cruickshank

Alan Cruickshank

Head of Data, tails.com

Brian de la Motte

Brian de la Motte

Senior Data Engineer, Netlify

Andrew Escay

Andrew Escay

Analytics Engineer, Fishtown Analytics

Erik Ferm

Erik Ferm

Data Engineer, EQT Partners

Sam Foltin

Sam Foltin

Data Management Consultant, DTSQUARED

Dave Fowler

Dave Fowler

CEO, Chartio

Jacob Frackson

Jacob Frackson

Analytics Engineer

Jose Galarza

Jose Galarza

Data Warehouse Lead, Canva

Ryan Goltz

Ryan Goltz

Lead Data Strategist, Chesapeake Energy

Tristan Handy

Tristan Handy

Founder & CEO, Fishtown Analytics

Emily Hawkins

Emily Hawkins

Data Infrastructure Lead, Drizly

Chris Holliday

Chris Holliday

Senior VP, Client Management, Visual BI

Boris Jabes

Boris Jabes

CEO, Census

Alexis Johnson-Gresham

Alexis Johnson-Gresham

Engagement Manager, Brooklyn Data Co.

Nadja Jury

Nadja Jury

Data Scientist, Education Perfect

Carly Kaufman

Carly Kaufman

Head of Solutions Architecture, Fishtown Analytics

Evy Kho

Evy Kho

Senior Operations Analyst, Grailed

Andrea Kopitz

Andrea Kopitz

Business Intelligence Engineer, Nerdwallet

Jean-Fran莽ois Lairie

Jean-Fran莽ois Lairie

Lead Data Analyst, TripActions

Janessa Lantz

Janessa Lantz

Head of Marketing, Fishtown Analytics

Jennifer Li

Jennifer Li

Partner, Andreessen Horowitz (A16z)

Jeremy Levy

Jeremy Levy

CEO and Cofounder, Indicative

Virginia L贸pez-Gil P茅rez

Virginia L贸pez-Gil P茅rez

Data Engineer, TripActions

Erica Louie

Erica Louie

Head of Data, Fishtown Analytics

Jon Loyens

Jon Loyens

Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, data.world

Francisco Lozano

Francisco Lozano

Senior Analytics Engineer, Netlify

Jonathan Mak

Jonathan Mak

Team Lead, Data Engineering, Nearmap

Caitlin Moorman

Caitlin Moorman

Head of Analytics, Trove Recommerce

Shannon Morales

Shannon Morales

Founder and Chief Diversity Officer, Echo Me Forward

Stephanie Morillo

Stephanie Morillo

Senior PM & Content Strategist

Barr Moses

Barr Moses

CEO & Co-Founder, Monte Carlo

Jacob Mulligan

Jacob Mulligan

Head of Analytics, Firefly Health

Taylor A. Murphy, PhD

Taylor Murphy

Staff Data Engineer, GitLab

David Murray

David Murray

Director of Data and Analytics, Snaptravel

Krishna Naidu

Krishna Naidu

Data Engineer, Canva

John Napoleon-Kuofie

John Napoleon-Kuofie

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst, Farfetch

Arjun Narayan

Arjun Narayan

Co-Founder and CEO, Materialize

Kenny Ning

Kenny Ning

Data Engineer, Better.com

Simon Ouderkirk

Simon Ouderkirk

Senior Product Manager, Fishtown Analytics

Mila Page

Mila Page

Developer Relations Advocate, Fishtown Analytics

Andres Recalde

Andres Recalde

Data Analytics Lead, goPuff

Bart Sandbergen

Bart Sandbergen

Data Analyst, TripActions

Emilie Schario

Emilie Schario

Senior Engineering Manager, Data and Business Intelligence, Netlify

Nick Schrock

Nick Schrock

Founder, Elementl

Sanjana Sen

Sanjana Sen

Analytics Engineer, Fishtown Analytics

Ben Singleton

Ben Singleton

Director of Data Science & Analytics, JetBlue

Benn Stancil

Benn Stancil

President and Founder, Mode

Colleen Tartow, PhD

Colleen Tartow

Director of Engineering, Starburst Data

Ashley Van Name

Ashley Van Name

Manager of Data Engineering, JetBlue

Laurie Voss

Laurie Voss

Senior Data Analyst, Netlify

Teodora Vrabcheva

Teodora Vrabcheva

Senior Data Scientist, TripActions

David Wallace

David Wallace

Senior Data Platform Engineer, Good Eggs

Grant Winship

Grant Winship

Analytics Engineer, Fishtown Analytics

Rob Winters

Rob Winters

Director of Data, TripActions

speakers
Fishtown Analytics

Coalesce is hosted by Fishtown Analytics, the makers of dbt.

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We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive event for all attendees. All attendees are expected to abide by the dbt Code of Conduct. If you are in need of any special accommodations, reach out to us via the onsite chat box or let us know when you place your order (space will be provided in the checkout process). We appreciate everyone鈥檚 help in making Coalesce a welcoming space.