This Hands-On Workshop is designed to give participants a wholistic view of the VantageCloud Lake Ecosystem and its various components. It will introduce the new VantageCloud Lake architecture and provide access to the new VantageCloud Lake Console. In the Console you will be introduced to the new SQL Editor along with the new In-DB Analytic Functions Explorer. Attendees will also be able to explore the new compute architecture by using the new VantageCloud Lake storage mechanisms: OFS (Object File Storage) and NOS (Native Object Storage).

Speaker: Margarete Feichte, Product and Training Specialist, Teradata

Explore booths featuring the latest trends and innovations from Teradata partners and sponsors.

Kick off Possible 2024 with a welcome reception in the expo hub featuring an opening speech by Teradata's Chief Revenue Officer, Richard Petley.

Meet with your peers and industry leaders as you take a fuel break for lunch.

Broaden your knowledge with 10-minute talks on AI, analytics, and data management by specialists from within our customer and partner community.

The roundtable sessions will happen over lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday and will feature small group discussions. An expert host at each table will provide thought leadership with an overview of the roundtable topics, followed by open discussion.

Session 1: Delivering responsible AI for Unilever

Giles Pavey will outline Unilever’s approach to delivering company-wide responsible AI. This will include: setting standards, assuring AI systems meet all requirements, and building a culture of responsible AI.

• Speaker
  • Giles Pavey, Global Director of Data Science, Unilever

Session 2: Balancing the need to manage data risks while driving data opportunities

ANZ is a multinational banking and financial services company. Peter will share his insights on a career spent implementing data and analytics strategies that seek to balance customer, shareholder and regulatory imperatives. He will also discuss the challenges and opportunities that arise from managing data and analytics teams across different business units, platforms, and jurisdictions, as well as the benefits of having a data-driven culture and a clear vision for data strategy and governance.

• Speaker
  • Peter Gavin, General Manager Data & Analytics, ANZ Bank New Zealand

Session 3: Scaling AI

The Very Group is a digital retailer with flexible payment options for their 4.4 million customers. Join this discussion to learn more about the strategies taken to implement AI across those retail and financial functions. Good governance and controls across different business units enable AI projects to be more scalable and easier to get into production. Michelle will explain the use cases that are already delivering value across the business.

• Speaker
  • Michelle Williams, Data Product Owner, The Very Group

Session 4: Revolutionizing financial predictions with ClearScape Analytics

Sicredi, one of Brazil's largest financial service providers, revolutionized their client income prediction model with Teradata ClearScape Analytics and the Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) approach. The integrating machine learning (ML) and advanced data science methodology resulted in a 25-fold increase in model processing efficiency, outpacing Databricks. Dive deeper with data scientists, Matheus and Nicole, to uncover the strategic moves that resulted in innovation, efficiency, and revenue growth.

• Speaker
  • Matheus Daniel Pierozan, Sr. Credit Risk Analyst, Sicredi

Session 5: A clear strategy for modernizing to cloud

Discover the strategic decision-making process that led to the VantageCloud on Google migration, the meticulous execution of the project, and the transformative benefits realized. Discuss identifying and overcoming challenges when migrating from on-premise to cloud such as: security approvals, compatibility.

• Speaker
  • Daniel Azzopardi - Head of Data Platform Engineering, Vodafone

Pick your choice from or our expert-led tracks on AI/ML, data analytics and more!

Session 1: Driving analytical best practice across all areas of business and technology

Admiral is a UK-based Financial Services company with businesses in the UK, Europe and the U.S. Admiral has been evolving their data platform to enhance their capabilities and earlier this year they successfully migrated to VantageCloud on Google Cloud Platform. Join this session to hear about the evolution of Admiral’s data analytics platform, the adoption of Cloud native solutions to enhance analytical capabilities, and Admiral’s operational excellence program to drive analytical best practice across all areas of business and technology.

• Speakers
  • Susan Lee, Domain Lead, Data Tribe, Admiral Group
  • Sean Pride, SQL Data Warehouse Developer, Admiral Group

Session 2: OTF/Data Products/Data Placement Session

• Speakers
  • JR Horton, Sr Director, Product Management, Teradata
  • Ajaya Gummadi, Sr. Staff, Product Manager, Teradata

Session 3: Sicredi: ClearScape Analytics Leads to 25x Model Processing Improvement for Predicting Client Income

One of the largest financial services provider in Brazil, Sicredi is using Teradata ClearScape Analytics and leverages Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) capabilities for machine learning (ML) and leading data science best-practices. By reformulating its models with ClearScape Analytics, Sicredi sees a 25x improvement in model processing compared to Databricks. This leads to meeting the demands of its rapidly growing customer base, offering more personalized and targeted financial solutions for its clients as well as reduced data transfers, improved compute processing efficiencies, and cost savings of over $650K USD.

• Speaker
  • Matheus Daniel Pierozan, Sr. Credit Risk Analyst, Sicredi

Pick your choice from or our expert-led tracks on AI/ML, data analytics and more!

Session 1: AI Unlimited with Microsoft Fabric

Pursuing an Open and Connected Data strategy for analytic workloads in the AI era: a closer look at Teradata’s AI Unlimited Workload on Fabric.

• Speakers
  • Rob Lundy, Product Marketing Specialist, Teradata
  • JR Horton, Sr Director, Product Management, Teradata

Session 2: OANZ’s journey towards a hybrid cloud data mesh

ANZ is one of the world’s top 15 banks with over 40,000 employees serving customers in more than 30 geographies. The Group has a funded initiative for enterprise data mesh and is in the midst of delivering a fully hybrid data analytics ecosystem. In this session, you will learn about how ANZ is leveraging data products in a distributed data mesh, and how they are modernizing their data architecture into a hybrid, open and connected platform.

• Speaker
  • Anshul Kumar - General Manager, Enterprise Finance and Data, ANZ Banking Group

Session 3: Panel discussion: Getting value from your AI Investment

There’s been a lot of investment in teams and technology for AI projects over the past decade, fueled further by the arrival of Generative AI. Now AI is firmly a boardroom topic, most companies are discussing how they realize the full value from their AI investments. This panel discussion will explore the problems with data, scale and deployment of AI projects, discuss the best ways to activate AI innovation across organizations while retaining control and governance, and explore how to choose and operationalize AI projects to deliver ROI.

• Speakers
  • Gareth Owen, Head of Data Platforms, TSB Bank
  • Daniel Vieira, Head of Customer Intelligence & Analytics, Jerónimo Martins
  • Chris Hillman, Chris Hillman, Senior Director, Data Science – International, Teradata
  • Moderator: Martin Willcox, SVP of WW Sales Analytics, Teradata

Broaden your knowledge with 10-minute talks on AI, analytics, and data management by specialists from within our customer and partner community.

Get inspired by what's Possible as Teradata executives and industry leaders share their vision for the AI-driven future. Hosted by Katie Linendoll, Consumer Tech Expert and TV Personality.

Session 1: AI and Security: what matters in LLMs

Speaker: Billy Spears, Chief Information Security Officer, Teradata

Session 2: Product Strategy and Roadmap

• Speakers
  • Hillary Ashton, Chief Product Officer, Teradata
  • Louis Landry, VP Technology and Innovation, Teradata
  • Dan Spurling, SVP Product Management, Teradata
  • Tim McIntire, SVP, Software Engineering, Teradata

Join friends and colleagues for a night to remember as we explore the Art of the Possible at our celebration.

Meet with your peers and industry leaders as you take a fuel break for lunch.

Broaden your knowledge with 10-minute talks on AI, analytics, and data management by specialists from within our customer and partner community.

The roundtable sessions will happen over lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday and will feature small group discussions. An expert host at each table will provide thought leadership with an overview of the roundtable topics, followed by open discussion.

Session 1: Navigating the complexities of modernization

U.K.-based insurance company Admiral Group migrated to Teradata VantageCloud on Google Cloud for improved performance and connected analytics for customer management, financial visibility, and revenue optimization. Join this session for lessons learned in navigating internal processes like company goals, security requirements, network bandwidth, and more.

• Speaker
  • Susan Lee, Domain Lead – Data Tribe, Admiral Group

Session 2: Cloud modernization is a balancing act

Find out how Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI), a leading corporate and investment bank in Austria, has successfully migrated at scale with proper planning and governance. Hear how modernizing in the cloud enables RBI to leverage machine learning (ML) models for big data, connecting network banks to do advanced analytics.

• Speaker
  • Andreas Tattersall, Head of EDWH Delivery, Raiffeisen Bank International

Session 3: Innovate with data science at scale

Discover how The Lottery Corporation (TLC), a gaming company in Australia and New Zealand, leverages ClearScape Analytics™ at scale for models to achieve tangible ROI. Learn how models driving anomaly detection and next best offer provide benchmarks for others to follow, and get a preview of TLC's roadmap for exciting developments like stock optimization, incident impact modeling, and revolutionary finance modeling.

• Speaker
  • Stewart Campbell, Head of Customer Analytics and Data Scienc, The Lottery Corp

Pick your choice from or our expert-led tracks on AI/ML, data analytics and more!

Session 1: Alior Bank – Analytics Journey to the Cloud

This presentation will discuss integrating open and connected capabilities, exemplified by the Teradata AI Unlimited Workload, currently in private preview. By utilizing Teradata’s AI/ML engine against a single copy of data in OneLake, which supports open table formats like Delta Lake and Iceberg, data teams can streamline the AI/ML development cycle.

• Speaker
  • Mariusz Klys, Director of Data Department, Alior Bank

Session 2: Modern data architecture trends and how Teradata VantageCloud storage facilitates efficient data processing

Explore how Teradata VantageCloud’s flexible storage and compute approach can facilitate efficient data processing and improved price/performance of workloads running through the platform. Understand the primary data structures needed to support a trusted and modern AI-driven analytics environment.

• Speaker
  • Bob Fintel, VP, Techbology, Teradata

Session 3: The Lottery Corporation: Innovating with data science at scale

Discover how The Lottery Corporation (TLC), a gaming company in Australia and New Zealand, leverages ClearScape Analytics™ at scale for models to achieve tangible ROI. Learn how models driving anomaly detection and next best offer provide benchmarks for others to follow, and get a preview of TLC's roadmap for exciting developments like stock optimization, incident impact modeling, and revolutionary finance modeling.

• Speaker
  • Stewart Campbell, Head of Customer Analytics and Data Science, The Lottery Corporation

Pick your choice from or our expert-led tracks on AI/ML, data analytics and more!

Session 1: The next generation data analytics ecosystem at Jerónimo Martins with VantageCloud Lake

• Speakers
  • Antonio Bandeira, Global Systems Architecture & Integrations Director, Jerónimo Martins
  • Rodrigo Carreiras, Data Technology Manager, Jerónimo Martins

Session 2: Data Culture: supporting business change in a world of AI

Discover why many organizations have invested in data culture to develop a more data-confident, adaptable workforce. Join this open and engaging panel discussion to discover what it takes to transform your data culture, including the opportunities and challenges involved.

• Speaker
  • Cayleigh O'Dwyer,Senior Manager Data & Analytics Culture & Strategy, Lloyds Banking Group
  • Carl Kane, Senior Manager Data Management, Bank of Ireland

Session 3: From embeddings to transformers, how LLMs work

In the context of generative AI, explore how LLMs are created and how they work. This presentation will also include a demo focused on building, using, and interacting with LLMs.

• Speaker
  • Daniel Herrera, Principal Developer Advocate, Teradata

Enrich your understanding of the Associate VantageCloud Lake 2.0 exam content with our comprehensive exam preparation session. Gain the latest insights into vital topics, including fundamental relational and dimensional concepts, data architectures, VantageCloud Lake architecture and components, data distribution and access, security and privacy, and Teradata tools and access. Whether you're gearing up for the certification exam or simply seeking to expand your knowledge, this session is tailored to your needs.

As a bonus, all participants who attend the entire session will receive a complimentary testing voucher for the VantageCloud Lake exam, redeemable within three months.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to ask your questions and elevate your VantageCloud Lake knowledge. Reserve your spot today, as space is limited!

Speaker: Russell Mayes, Platform Engineer, Teradata

This Hands-On Workshop is designed to give participants a wholistic view of the ClearScape Analytics Open Analytics Framework. Through the use of the Python language, the attendee will learn how Machine Learning (ML) model training and inference can be accomplished. It will show use cases such as micro-modeling and inference of Vantage data using scikit-learn functions. As an extension to the use of Open Analytics Framework, attendees will also learn how to install and deploy a Deep Learning (DL) or Large Language Model (LLM) from Hugging Face and run natural language inference on Analytic GPU Compute cluster.

Speaker: Alexander Kolovos, Senior Software Architect, Teradata

Pick your choice from or our expert-led tracks on AI/ML, data analytics and more!

Session 1: Unlock Data to enable Trusted AI

Learn about Teradata's differentiated query fabric; no-code, low-code ingestion products; and embedded machine learning (ML). You can create a formidable data fabric and performant decentralized architectures (like data mesh), as well as empower users to harness trusted data as the foundation for production-ready AI projects.

• Speaker
  • Debjani Panda, Director, Product Management, Teradata
    Sebastian Bareda, Sr. Staff Product Manager, Teradata

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