Hey there!

It’s me, Lauren, and you (the one in the hat), setting out on our Coalesce adventure, together 💫

If you were here last year, you know two things about me: 

1. I ❤️ mountains
2. I am a session recap machine 📠

If this is your first Coalesce, here's how I hope to help throughout the week 🤗:

😱Miss a session?

I won’t. I’m ready to slam 3-7 caffeinated sparkling waters a day so I can be in your inbox every evening with session summaries, spicy Slack threads, and can’t-miss-memes. We also send links to sessions after they post to our YouTube channel.

🤔Still sorting your schedule?

*knock knock* Yes that’s me back in your inbox to share my top sessions for the day—often organized by the song or sandwich I think best embodies each, in case that’s how you make decisions. Or you can choose for yourself on the Coalesce agenda page. 

👋Unsure of what to do with your hands?

No worries!!!! I recommend using them to post an OOO before logging into the dbt Community Slack. Every session has a dedicated channel so attendees can view receipts refer back to important convos later. Ask questions, thread responses, and dispense emojis with reckless abandon.

Agenda: Day 1

Whoa... 13 sessions today? However will you choose?! Allow me to highlight a few that comprise a healthy mix of best practices and fresh caught-leadership 🎣:

10:30 - 10:45am EST | Opening Remarks

Jillian Corkin (dbt Labs)

Brace yourselves, purple people. This is no ordinary opener. Set the tone for the week... but make it last a lifetime 🌀

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11 - 11:30am EST | Scaling Knowledge > Scaling Bodies

Erica Louie (Head of Data, dbt Labs)

A data literate org makes the data team more impactful. But "self-serve analytics" isn't really working as imagined 😅. See how Ric's redefined the term, and our team.

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12 - 12:45pm EST | Keynote: How big is this wave?

Tristan Handy (dbt Labs) & Martin Casado (A16z)

This is my #1 don't miss talk of the week. It's not a new topic, but the way Martin thinks about the answer might be unlike anything you've heard before💡

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1 - 1:30pm EST | How to build a mature dbt project from scratch

Dave Connors (dbt Labs)

Two notes: 1) This is our most-registered for session 2) One of those registrants is Dave's father. Please thank him for enabling us to embark on this journey with Dave.

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3:45 - 4:15pm EST | You don’t need another database (Premier Sponsor)

Drew Banin (dbt Labs) and Reynold Xin (Databricks)

Coalesce talks are often future-focused. We'll hear some predictions in this chat, but Drew and Reynold are taking it back a few steps—because where we've been shapes where we're going  🛣️

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4:30 - 5:15pm EST | The Operational Data Warehouse: Reverse ETL, CDPs, and the future of data activation (Premier Sponsor)

Segment, Hightouch, Materialize & JetBlue Airways

We rely on warehouses to answer questions about the past—How many flights were delayed last week? But what if they could tell us what to do in the moment? How will this delay impact the next 12?  Could operational data warehouses be the answer? 🔮

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New around here?

Coalesce can be overwhelming! Add these to your agenda if you're just settling in:

1 - 12:30pm EST | dbt 101: Stories from real data practitioners + a live look at dbt

Jon Natkins & Alexis Wong Baird (dbt Labs)

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1:45 - 2:15pm EST | Analytics Engineering for storytellers

Gwen Windflower (dbt Labs)

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2:45 - 3:30pm EST | Git for the rest of us

Claire Carroll (Analytics Engineers Club)

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Come here often?

Add these to your agenda if you've ever used the phrase, "I know enough to be dangerous."

1:45 - 2:15pm EST | No Silver Bullets: Building the Analytics Flywheel at Aula Education

Kelly Burdine, Lewis Davies, Erika Pullum (Aula Education)

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2:45 - 3:30pm EST | Identity Crises: Navigating the Modern Data Organization

 dbt Labs, Lyst, Trove, Monte Carlo & Avo

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3:45 - 4:15pm EST | Share. Empower. Repeat. Learn how to become a Meetup Organizer!

Rosie Cardoso (dbt Labs)

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Thank you to today's spotlight sponsors!

Don't forget to check out the exclusive offers they're providing all attendees!

Your data warehouse is your source of truth for customer data. Hightouch syncs this data to the tools that your business teams rely on.

Hightouch is hiring!

Advocate for data practitioners building the future of Reverse ETL. Apply now!

Lakehouse combines the reliability, performance and governance of data warehouses with the openness and flexibility of data lakes.

Perform both traditional SQL analytics and BI, plus data science and machine learning on the same platform.

Materialize is a reactive database that delivers incremental view updates. Now developers can easily build with streaming data using standard SQL.

Materialize is hiring!

Developer Advocacy, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, and more. Apply now!

PHEW! That's all I got. Block your calendars 📆,  assemble your liquids ☕, and get ready to rock 🎸

I'll see you back here tonight 📥

Lauren Craigie

Director of Product Marketing

dbt Labs