Databricks Meetup - Data & Spritz - Databricks Genie

Inside the event

**Databricks UK Meetup: Data & Spritz** **Conversational Analytics, Community and Genie in Practice** **Thursday, 15 October 2026** **The Chapel at Elmtree, Marylebone, London** **Free in-person event** **Registration and more information:** https://datapao.com/london-meetup-genie/ What if you could ask your company’s data a question in everyday language, and get a useful answer back without building a dashboard or writing a query? That’s the idea behind **conversational analytics**. Instead of searching through reports or asking a data team to investigate every question, users can interact with data much more like they would with an AI assistant: **“What’s driving growth this quarter?”** **“Which customer segments are performing best?”** **“Summarise the key trends in this data.”** At this meetup, we’ll explore how this works in practice using **Databricks Genie** \- Databricks’ conversational analytics experience designed to help people ask questions of business data using natural language\. You **don’t need to know Databricks or Genie already** to join us. If you work with data, analytics, BI or AI, or you’re simply interested in how AI is changing the way people interact with business data, this evening is for you. **What we will explore** We’ll look beyond the polished AI demo and discuss what it actually takes to make conversational analytics useful inside an organisation. That includes how Genie works, what needs to happen behind the scenes before users can reliably ask questions of their data, how teams create the right business context, and how organisations think about trust, governance and adoption. You’ll also see **Genie in action**, hear practical perspectives from people working with the technology, and have the opportunity to ask questions directly to Databricks and Datapao practitioners. **Expect:** **Live demos** See how conversational analytics works and what a real Genie experience looks like. **Practitioner insights** Hear what teams need to consider when moving from an interesting demo to something people can genuinely use. **Real-world perspectives** We’re bringing together Databricks, Datapao and customer perspectives so the discussion isn’t limited to the technology itself. **Open discussion** There will be plenty of time for questions and conversation around what works, what is challenging, and where conversational analytics is heading. **Networking over prosecco** After the sessions, stay for drinks and meet other people from London’s data and analytics community. **Who should join?** This meetup is for anyone interested in modern analytics and AI, including data analysts, data engineers, analytics engineers, BI professionals, data architects, AI developers, platform teams, technical consultants, analytics leaders and product owners. You might already use Databricks, or you might be hearing about Genie for the first time. Both are completely fine. The aim is to make the evening useful whether you are already experimenting with conversational analytics or simply want to understand what it is and where it could fit. **Speakers:** **Amit Dass** Engineering Lead, Doctor Care Anywhere **Lingeshwaran Kanniappan** Senior Solution Engineer, Databricks **Lucas Stone** Field Engineering Staff Member, Databricks **Dave da Silva** Delivery Solutions Architect, Databricks **Máté Gulyás** CEO, Datapao We are also inviting a customer to join the programme and share a real-world perspective on using conversational analytics inside an organisation. **Agenda:** **17:30** – Doors open, registration & prosecco **18:00** – Welcome **18:10** – Conversational analytics and the Databricks perspective **18:30** – Genie live demo **18:55** – Genie in practice: implementation and real-world perspectives **19:15** – Panel discussion + audience Q&A **19:30 onwards** – Food, drinks & networking **Venue** **The Chapel at Elmtree** 32 Welbeck Street Marylebone London W1G 8EU **About the Databricks UK Meetup:** **These new Data & Spritz Databricks Meetups by Datapao** is about bringing the data community together around useful conversations, practical technology and real experiences with a glass of prosecco. No prior Databricks knowledge required. You will get practical ideas, live demos, good questions and people working on similar challenges. **The event is free, but places are limited. RSVP to secure your spot. https://datapao.com/london-meetup-genie/**