dbt Coalesce 2024: The Biggest Analytics Engineering Conference

Updated September 25th, 2024

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dbt Coalesce 2024, the premier analytics engineering conference, brings together top data teams from around the world.

Hosted by dbt Labs, the event will take place at Resorts World, Las Vegas, from October 7-10, 2024.

This pre-event guide helps you plan by highlighting must-attend sessions, key networking opportunities, and tips for maximizing your experience.

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Table of contents #

  1. What is dbt Coalesce 2024 and what’s in store for you?
  2. Why attend?
  3. 12 top sessions
  4. Atlan at Coalesce 2024
  5. Related Reads

dbt Coalesce 2024: What is it and what’s in store for you? #

dbt Coalesce 2024 is a premier conference for 3000+ data and analytics engineers to hone their skills, network, learn about the latest in their fields, and add more value to their teams. The event will be held in-person in Las Vegas and online (free to register and follow a curated list of live-streamed and on-demand sessions) from October 7-10, 2024.

To get the most out of the event, dbt recommends joining their Community Slack in #Coalesce-2024, where attendees can interact with other participants as well as Coalesce conference speakers.

Here’s how Benn Stancil, co-founder and chief analytics officer at Mode, described the event in 2022:

“As one new analytics engineer put it to me last night, inside of Coalesce and the dbt Slack, she can find and talk to people across a range of roles and experiences. She is welcomed, as are her questions and outreach. [Elsewhere], all she has is trade shows, sales pitches, and the impossible swirl of Twitter. This isn’t a community, but a broadcast, with talking heads and commercials, and an audience wondering if they’re allowed to participate."

Now, let’s look at the most commonly asked questions about the conference.

1. When is dbt Coalesce 2024? #


dbt Coalesce 2024 will take place:

  • In-person in Las Vegas, USA from Oct 7-10, 2024
  • Online (keynotes and curated speaker sessions) from Oct 8-10, 2024

2. Where is dbt Coalesce 2024 being held? #


dbt Coalesce 2024 is being held at Resorts World in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

3. How many people are attending dbt Coalesce conference? #


Over 3000 data and analytics professionals are expected to attend dbt Coalesce 2024.

4. Who should attend dbt Coalesce? #


Most attendees at dbt Coalesce are data and analytics practitioners, such as:

  • Data analysts
  • Data engineers
  • Data scientists
  • Heads of data
  • VPs of data
  • Data leaders
  • Executives
  • Marketing operations professionals

5. Who are dbt Coalesce 2024’s sponsors? #


dbt Coalesce 2024 is being sponsored by leading brands in data, such as AWS, Tableau, Atlan, Databricks, Airbyte, Lightdash, and Firebolt.

6. Who are dbt Coalesce 2024’s speakers? #


Some of the best and brightest from the data and analytics universe will be speaking at dbt Coalesce 2024, and these include:

dbt Coalesce 2024: Why attend? #

dbt Coalesce is one of the largest conferences for the best and brightest analytics professionals – data engineers, analytics engineers, governance engineers, and data scientists.

It’s a great way to stay at the forefront of your craft and keep up with a rapidly evolving AI and data landscape.

At the dbt Coalesce conference, you can:

You’ll also hear from dbt Labs co-founder and CEO, Tristan Handy and his vision for the analytics development lifecycle. Several prominent data leaders from enterprises – Netflix, Atlassian, Cisco, CNN, Spotify, Dropbox, HubSpot, and LiveRamp – will share insights on driving analytics and AI use cases for data teams.

The conference will feature 130+ keynotes, breakout sessions, sponsored sessions, etc. on content tracks, such as:

  • Data governance
  • Business value
  • Embracing AI
  • Modernization & migration
  • dbt at scale
  • Data best practices
  • dbt Labs product and feature deep-dives

Read more -> Coalesce conference 2024 agenda

dbt Coalesce 2024: 12 top sessions we’re super psyched about #

If you’re registered for dbt Coalesce 2024 and planning your agenda, here are our top session recommendations you won’t want to miss:

  1. The journey to well-governed data products - A conversation with Dropbox and Atlan: Learn about federated data governance in action from Cortney Worthy, Data Governance Lead at Dropbox, and Austin Kronz, Director of Data Strategy at Atlan.
  2. Accelerate your dbt development with AI and the dbt Power User extension: Hear from Anton Goncharuk, Principal Analytics Engineer at HubSpot, on how his team at HubSpot streamlined their dbt Cloud development workflow and enhanced collaboration using AI.
  3. How Amplify optimized their incremental models with dbt on Snowflake: Hear from Deena Bernett, Analytics Engineer at Amplify Education, on how her team brought down the cost of a model on Snowflake from $50,000 annually to a mere $600.
  4. The data labyrinth - A journey through data literacy initiatives: Embedded data scientists Kevin Pelaez and Elizabeth Gilbert talk about data literacy framework with practical examples of initiatives that delivered results.
  5. Customer health with dbt Cloud - A LiveRamp data journey: Kyle Salomon, Business Analytics Manager at LiveRamp, will walk you through LiveRamp’s transition from an antiquated methodology to a structured process using dbt.
  6. How dbt transformed FinOps cost analysis at Workday: Senior Software Engineer Eric Pu will share how his team at Workday built a data platform using dbt to drive business decision-making.
  7. Panel discussion on how to stop worrying and feel the AGI: This fireside-chat style conversation between Bryan Bischof (Head of AI at Hex) and Slater Stitch (of Bain Capital) will look into the post-LLM future of analytics and analytics engineering roles.
  8. How Virgin Media O2 streamlines operations with dbt Cloud: Hear from senior analytics engineer Arun Kumaravel and Lead Analytics Engineer Oliver Burt about how Virgin Media O2’s continuous flow system helps reduce operational waste and costs.
  9. And for my next Mesh trick… Helping teams scale beyond the monolith: Jeremy Cohen and Anders Swanson from dbt Labs will share tips and tricks for managing dbt at scale and supporting multi-project collaboration.
  10. Semantic layers: The next data revolution or just overrated hype?: Katie Hindson, Head of Product and Data at LightDash, will discuss the evolution of the semantic layer and explore whether it’s here to stay.
  11. Needle in the (data) stack: How Spotify powers Salesforce: Tim Leonard, Senior Insights Manager at Spotify, will share insights on Spotify’s flexible, secure, and automated data strategy to tackle data issues that you may face at scale with Salesforce.
  12. Empowering data roles for sustainable practices (Netflix): Alise Ramirez, Senior Analytics Engineer at Netflix, will explore the need for integrating sustainability practices into data-related functions in this peer exchange discussion.

Atlan at Coalesce 2024: Get ready to govern it all, from dbt to BI, and from data to AI #

As we mentioned earlier, Atlan will be present as the dbt Semantic Launch Partner at dbt Coalesce 2024. Atlan is the AI-ready data governance platform that enables enterprises on dbt to unify governance for data and AI across their organization.

We’ll be showcasing the power of the Atlan and dbt data stack at our booths, alongside customer partners like Dropbox, Amplify Education, Invitation Homes, and HubSpot. Come to our booth and learn how you can get:

  • Column-level lineage that catalogs your dbt models, metrics, and tests and connects them to the rest of your data stack
  • AI-assisted policies wherein you can write policies and connect them to data in minutes
  • Data contracts that embed governance guardrails into the data producer tools and workflows
  • Best-in-class integrations with dbt tests, Monte Carlo, Soda, Anomalo, etc.
  • Curated, self-serviceable data products – from a single data table to a collection of data assets – that help you with data discovery, context, and collaboration
  • Proactive impact analysis for dbt that prevents breaking changes before you can hit commit
  • Netflix-like personalization with curated views for different personas, based on the assets

… and more. Excited? We’re too. Meet us at the Coalesce conference.

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