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DATA Pill #198 – Netflix Iceberg, Swisscom AI, MCP Agents & Lakehouse Systems @ Data & AI Warsaw

This edition is a bit different.

Instead of our usual curated mix of articles, we’re fully focused on Data & AI Warsaw Tech Summit 2026 , one of the most relevant data and AI conferences in Europe, happening April 21–22 in a hybrid format (Warsaw + online).

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We’ve handpicked the most interesting keynotes, sessions, workshops, and panels to help you quickly understand what’s worth your attention. Whether you’re attending in person or online, this edition is designed to give you a clear view of the topics shaping modern data and AI systems.

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TOP KEYNOTES

From Paper to Reality: Overhauling AI Innovation at Swisscom | Katherine Munro | Swisscom | 30 min
A behind-the-scenes look at how large organizations move from AI experimentation to real impact. The session explores how to structure innovation, prioritize use cases, and turn AI initiatives into measurable business value.
AI Against Fraud: Structured AI Development in Practice | Liniker Seixas, Kornel Skałkowski | Truecaller / Xebia | 20 min
A real-world case study on fraud detection combining classical ML, GenAI, and graph methods. It shows how structured AI development helps organizations continuously adapt to evolving threats.
The AI-Native Future: When Product, Design, and Engineering Converge | Juliana Araujo | Skyscanner | 30 min
AI is reshaping how products are built and how teams operate. This talk explores the convergence of product, design, data, and engineering in AI-native organizations.

TOP PARALLEL SESSIONS

From Exabyte Warehouse to Intelligent Lakehouse: Iceberg at Netflix | Gabriel Igliozzi | Netflix | 20 min
How Netflix evolved its data platform from legacy warehouse systems to a unified Iceberg-based lakehouse at massive scale.
LangGraph on a Leash: Obedient Autonomy | Marcin Zabłocki | Printify | 20 min
How to build production-ready AI agents that combine autonomy with strict business rules using LangGraph, guardrails, and deterministic tool usage.
Analytics-Driven Decisions: Build, Improve or Kill Your AI Agent | Inês Bolaños | PagerDuty | 30 min
A framework for evaluating AI agents based on real business impact, helping teams decide where to invest, optimize, or stop.
Contextual Bandits for Real-Time Recommendations | Martin Dlask | King | 30 min
A practical look at real-time recommendation systems using contextual bandits in large-scale environments like mobile gaming.
AI in the Data Stack: Coding Agents & Semantic Layer | Marek Wiewiórka | Xebia | 20 min
How AI is transforming data engineering through coding agents, MCP integrations, and semantic layers enabling both humans and agents to access data.
Metadata Management in Streaming Systems | Erik Schumann | NORD/LB | 30 min
A practical overview of managing schemas, lineage, and governance in Kafka-based streaming ecosystems.
AI + Ontologies in Banking | Andrzej Worona, Laura Żusin-Kaczmarek | Capco | 20 min
Why structured knowledge and ontologies are critical for enabling AI systems to understand complex financial concepts.
Global-Scale Geospatial ML for Climate | James Cobb-Walsh | Agreena | 30 min
How large-scale ML pipelines process satellite data to support climate monitoring and carbon credit systems.
Time Series Foundation Models | Alessandro Romano | Kuehne+Nagel | 30 min
An introduction to a new generation of time-series models and how they simplify forecasting across domains.

🔥 COUNTERPOINT

Is Bigger Always Better? Rethinking Scale in AI Systems |Kuehne+Nagel & EAPM Poland & Bieli.ai
Large vs small models? Accuracy, cost, and real-world trade-offs.

Will AI Take Your Engineering Job? | Polpharma Group & MOS Health & TasteRay
How AI is changing engineering roles and what skills will matter next.

All-in on AI vs Proceed with Caution | Skyscanner & Comarch & Rethink
Speed vs risk, how far should organizations go with AI adoption?

One Vendor vs Open & Composable Platform | CBR Poland & Zettagene
Platform vs open stack — flexibility, cost, and lock-in trade-offs.

AI ROI: Real Results or Expensive Experiment? | dentsu & PZU & Swisscom
Is AI delivering measurable business value or still stuck in pilots?

COURSES / WORKSHOPS

Effective Risk Assessment for AI/LLM Systems | Cezar Cichocki | OpenBIZ | 120 min
A practical session on identifying risks in AI systems, including vulnerabilities, prompt-based leaks, and agent security.
Beyond Simple RAG Pipelines | Konrad Kokosa | Nethermind | 120 min
A deep dive into Graph RAG and knowledge graphs, enabling more advanced reasoning and context-aware AI systems.
Introduction to Geospatial Machine Learning with Open Data | Kamil Raczycki | dataplace.ai | 120 min
Hands-on workshop using open geospatial data for ML use cases like pricing and urban planning.
Agentic AI in Practice: MCP, FastMCP & Python | Ruslan Korniichuk | FMCG | 120 min
Build a working MCP server and understand how agents connect to real-world tools in production environments.
Databricks AI Dev Kit in Action | Kacper Glugla | Xebia | 120 min
A live session showing how to build an end-to-end data product using GenAI and Databricks AI Dev Kit 5–10× faster.



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