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Data Council Week: A Decade of Supporting the Data Community with Pete Soderling

It’s a special edition of The Data Stack Show as we come to you from the Data Council in Austin, Texas. Brooks and Matthew co-host the show to bring you some bonus episodes from some of the leading voices in the data space. This episode features Data Council founder Pete Soderling. In this conversation, Pete reflects on the conference's evolution, its pause during the pandemic, and its successful return with community support. The episode highlights the technical depth of the conference, its vendor-neutral stance, and the diversity of its attendees, ranging from engineers to industry leaders. Pete shares his pride in the community's growth and the conference's role in nurturing data professionals and founders, the careful curation of speakers, the conference's expansion through the years across the data stack, and more.

Broadcast on:
18 Apr 2024

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Pete’s background and the origin story of Data Council (1:04)
  • Reflecting on 10 years of Data Council (2:07)
  • Impact of the pandemic on conferences (5:25)
  • Rebuilding after the pandemic (7:42)
  • Evolution of Data Council (10:33)
  • Balancing content and sponsorship (16:17)
  • Selecting speakers and content at Data Council (19:39)
  • Highlights from the conference this year (21:58)
  • Realization of AI Future (22:45)
  • Embracing AI at Data Council (23:31)
  • Announcement of Prime Ventures (25:43)
  • Improving Data Council (27:45)
  • Trends and Technologies (29:46)
  • Cautions for Startups (31:47)
  • Connecting with Data Council and Final Takeaways (33:09)

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