Data Breakfast - You're paying for three platforms. You need one.

See how a single, 100% open source platform handles every data workload. Transactional, analytical, and AI. No vendor lock-in. No sprawl. No bill shock.

Reserve Your Seat | 21 May

Free to attend for DND Members. Limited seats. Hosted by Den Norske Dataforeningen in sponsorship with IBM.

Most data organisations are running three, four, sometimes five separate platforms. A transactional database here. A data warehouse there. A streaming layer. A feature store for AI. Each with its own cost, its own team, its own maintenance burden.

The assumption behind all of this is that no single system can do it all. That assumption is now wrong.

Come join us for a focused 90-minute breakfast session where we show you live, in a working demo, how a modern HTAP platform built entirely on open source handles all workloads from a single system. No proprietary lock-in. No data copying. No surprise invoices at the end of the month.

 

  • Completely Open Source. No Lock-in. Ever.
  • One Platform, All Workloads (HTAP)
  • The Foundation Your AI Strategy Actually Needs

     

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • Chief Data Officers (CDOs) evaluating platform consolidation and cost reduction
  • Heads of Data and AI looking for the architectural foundation their AI strategy actually needs
  • Solution Architects and Information Architects who want to understand the technical reality before recommending a direction
  • Data Platform Leads who are tired of managing sprawl and want to see a credible alternative

Program

Agenda
08:30 - 09:00 Doors Open, Coffee and Mingling
09:00 - 09:30 Platform Overview and Live Demo Saleem Pothiwala
09:30 - 10:00 Architecture Deep Dive and What's Next Mick Semb Wever
10:00 - 10:30 Close and Continued Conversations
08:30 - 09:00
Doors Open, Coffee and Mingling

Arrive, connect with peers, and grab a coffee. This is a room of data leaders. Expect good conversation before the session even starts.

09:00 - 09:30
Saleem Pothiwala
Platform Overview and Live Demo

Saleem Pothiwala will walk you through what a modern open source HTAP architecture looks like and show it working live. Handling real transactional and analytical workloads simultaneously.

09:30 - 10:00
Mick Semb Wever
Architecture Deep Dive and What's Next

Mick Semb Wever will present this for the architects and technical leads in the room, we go deeper. How does this actually work under the hood? What does migration look like? What are the real trade-offs? Honest answers, no sales pitch.

10:00 - 10:30
Close and Continued Conversations

WHAT COMES NEXT

This is the start of a journey, not a one-off event.

Two weeks after the breakfast: A technical deep-dive for architects and engineers. We go deep on internals, deployment patterns, and performance benchmarks.

Following that: A hands-on workshop where you and your team build this yourself using open source tools. You leave with a working environment, not just a slide deck.

 

We designed this as a three-part path: understand, evaluate, build. Come to the breakfast and see if it's worth your team's time to go further.

OBJECTION HANDLING

"We're already committed to Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery." Good. Bring that context. This session is not about switching overnight. It's about making an informed decision on whether your current architecture is the right long-term bet. Many organisations are running a hybrid. Come and see the numbers.

"Is open source really enterprise-ready?" It can be. The platform runs in production at scale today. And if your organisation needs commercial support, enterprise SLAs, or a fully managed offering, there are enterprise options available that build on the same open source foundation.

"We don't have time to evaluate another platform." This session is 90 minutes over breakfast. If the answer is no, you've lost one morning. If the answer is yes, you could change the economics of your data platform for years.

 

The question is not whether to simplify. It's whether you do it before or after your next renewal.

Reserve your seat for 21 May Breakfast is on us. Insights are yours to keep.

 

Register Now | Free Event for DND Members

Hosted by Dataforeningen Date: 21 May 2026 Time: 08:30 to 10:00 Location: Grev Wedels plass 9, 0151 Oslo.

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