Lisbon Databricks - May 2026

We’re excited to be relaunching the Databricks Lisbon user group with a friendly, in-person evening designed to bring together the local data and AI community.

Join us for an in-person event focused on what you need to know in Databricks right now, with Databricks MVP, Simon Whiteley sharing the latest updates, followed by stories from Databricks practitioners in Portugal on how they are embracing AI on Databricks in the real world.

Across the evening, we’ll explore how AI capabilities in Databricks, including Genie and Agent Bricks, are helping practitioners work more effectively and scale with confidence.
More than anything, this event is about community. It’s a chance to meet others working with Databricks in Portugal, swap ideas, hear how people are approaching similar challenges, and build lasting professional relationships in a friendly and welcoming setting.

We’ll open from 17:00 local time for arrivals and networking, with talks starting at 17:45, and the evening will wrap up at 20:00.

Location: Avila Spaces, 52 Avenida Dom João II, Lisboa, 1990-096

Agenda

17:00 – 17:45 | Check‑in & Welcome

17:45 – 18:00 | Kick‑off: Unbottling Genie
Databricks team – introduction & agenda.

18:00 – 18:20 | Genie Spaces & Metric Views
Semantic models to supercharge agents
Speaker: Lucas Ihnen, Solution Architect, Databricks.

18:20 – 18:50 | Customer Story: EDP & Genie
EDP’s journey with Genie
Speakers: Rui Bastos, GenAI Engineer, EDP, Carlos Vieira, Senior AI Engineer & Tech Lead, EDP.

18:50 – 19:20 | Genie Code Deep Dive
Hyper‑productivity for Data & AI teams
Speaker: Simon Whiteley, CTO Advancing Analytics & Databricks MVP.

• AI‑augmented code in real projects
• How Genie Code fits into the stack
• Building a Metric View & a Genie Code Skill

19:20 – 19:30 | Wrap‑up & Q&A
Advancing Analytics team - Key takeaways, open questions, what’s next for the user group.
19:30 – 20:30 | Networking, Food & Drinks
Meet the speake