Auckland Data Eng meetup, August 2026

Hey all! Join us for our August Auckland Data Eng meetup! 🎉

Get ready for an engaging session filled with exciting discussions and networking opportunities.

🏠 Location: Saint Alice
1/204 Quay Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

🍕 Catering: Cloud Shuttle 😊

💬 Join our Slack Group: Data Engineers Slack Channel

Schedule:

• 5:30 PM: Doors Open — drinks at the downstairs bar
• 6:00 PM: Announcements and Welcome (upstairs)
• 6:10 PM: 1st Talk (25 mins + 5 min Q/A)
• 6:40 PM: 2nd Talk (25 mins + 5 min Q/A)
• 7:10 PM: 3rd Talk (25 mins + 5 min Q/A)
• 7:40 PM: Networking
• 8:00 PM: Doors Close

Speakers:

🎤 Emily Melhuish, Data Engineer, Independent
Talk Title: Fire and Ice: Building a data platform to power solar operations
Talk Summary: Join Emily as she discusses the constraints of the solar industry and how she built a data platform for solar farms on a budget using open-source tools.

🎤 Chuan-Zheng Lee, Technical Data Consultant, Kami
Talk Title: Are these the same customer? I gave up and built an AI agent instead
Talk Summary: Explore the journey of building an AI agent to tackle the complex problem of organizational identity.

🎤 Steven MacLeod, Founder, Occam Software Ltd
Talk Title: Entering the new world of data
Talk Summary: A demonstration of the Occam Data Platform, inviting the audience to assess and critique its direction in the emerging world of AI.

If you'd like to present at future meetups, please submit your talk here!

Remember to bring along some great questions! See you all there!