LA2-120
Sessions in LA2-120
From Fragments to Full Story - Replaying History from Snapshots and Streams
This talk shows how we reconstructed historical activity from data lakes that only stored snapshots and CDC streams. Learn techniques to rebuild complete timelines from incomplete records, enabling accurate analysis even after source data expired.
Data Under Pressure: Orchestrating Multi-Platform Emergency Response During the LA Wildfires
When LA's 2025 wildfires threatened animal shelters, Best Friends Animal Society used integrated data systems—Tableau dashboards, Airtable workflows, CRM platforms, and geospatial mapping—to coordinate emergency response. This case study reveals how existing business intelligence tools enabled real-time decision-making that ultimately saved 2,037 animals across three major fires.
Looking Beyond the Data: Navigating the Challenges of Biased Samples
In the era of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI-driven insights, the quality of data holds the key to business decisions. Yet, biased samples — often overlooked or underestimated — can lead to flawed conclusions, unreliable models, and a loss of trust in data-driven systems. This presentation examines the pervasive challenge of biased data samples and discusses key issues that data practitioners frequently encounter.
Designing with Data: Making Information Clear, Actionable, and Beautiful
The majority of today’s apps and products are based on data. The success of your company weighs on how effectively you communicate your businesses data to your decision makers and/or your customers. How might you do that? Come learn the principles of data terminology, product design and a simplified approach to creating your own data visualization.