Roelant Vos

Day 1 of this year’s Knowledge Gap conference will be packed with presentations on data automation:

• Frederik Naessens and Mark van der Heijden (DataToko) will kick off the day with a primer on data warehouse automation.
• Roelant Vos (now Varigence) will talk about a generic metadata schema for data warehouse automation.
• Alex Higgs and Neil Strange (Datavault) will introduce us to dbtvault, a dbt extension for data vault automation.
• Iztok Šerbec (In516ht) will show us DataMerlin, a versatile data warehouse automation platform.
• Petr Beles (Datavault Builder) will tell us how to do DataOps with the Datavault Builder.
• Norah Wulff (WeDoTech) will explain to us how to do data warehouse automation from a business point of view with DataJoinery.
• Tevje Olin (Solita) will describe a unique DWH architecture made for automation.
• Torsten Glunde (Alligator Company) will chair a panel discussion at the end of the day where you can ask our speakers everything you ever wanted to know about data automation.

In addition, Petr Beles will give us a more detailed introduction to Datavault Builder at 11:00 on Day 2.

And if you want to do some data automation yourself, you can join the dbtvault workshop in the morning of Day 2.

We’re happy to announce that Ellie Technologies, the company behind the Ellie data modeling tool, will support the 2021 Knowledge Gap data modeling & data architecture conference as a 4NF sponsor.

Juha Korpela, Ellie’s Chief Product Offer, will present a real-life use case about modeling customer data with Ellie on the third day of the conference (see conference program). 

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Ellie Technologies is part of a wider Northern European ecosystem of interesting data companies. Its partners include Solita, one of our main sponsors, and Top of Minds, the employer of conference speaker Patrik Lager (see here). 

We’re happy to announce that AgileData.io, a data automation company from New Zealand, will support the 2021 Knowledge Gap data modeling & data architecture conference as a 4NF sponsor.

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In addition, Shane Gibson, AgileData.io’s Chief Product Offier, will defy the time difference between Europe and New Zealand and give a presentation on Practical Agile Data Patterns When Using Data Vault in the middle of his night (see conference program).

We’re happy to announce that Swiss data warehouse automation specialist Datavault Builder will once again support the Knowledge Gap data modeling & data architecture conference as a 5NF sponsor.

In addition, Datavault Builder product owner Petr Beles will contribute to the first conference day (the one focused on data automation) with a presentation on optimizing caffeine levels with data vault and join the panel discussion that will wrap up the day.

We’re happy to announce that Finnish consulting company Solita, an important North European player with a growing presence in Munich, will once again support the Knowledge Gap data modeling & data architecture conference, this time as one of our main sponsors.

One of Solita’s experienced consultants, Tevje Olin, will give a presentation focused on data automation at the first day of the conference. You can find the full conference program here.