November Databricks User Group Bulgaria Meetup
Join us on 11.11.2025 at Tech Park Sofia for the Databricks User Group Bulgaria Meetup, hosted by our friends from Cosmos Thrace. Highlights include a session on AI-driven data warehouse migration with Gergely Csom and András Kovács from Abylon Consulting, and an interactive talk by Ivan Angelinin of Cosmos Thrace on building human-in-the-loop Databricks Apps.
📅 Date: November 11, 2025
🕖 Time: 19:00
📍 Location: The Venue, Sofia Tech Park, Floor 2, Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd., Sofia
🔹 Session 1: How to Migrate a Data Warehouse to Databricks Effectively – Lessons Learned from (Blade)Lakebridge with/out AI
Migrating a traditional data warehouse to Databricks is rarely a simple lift-and-shift.
In this session, our guests Gergely Csom and András Kovács from Abylon Consulting will walk us through a real-world migration journey and demonstrate how AI-driven automation accelerates and simplifies the process.
Gergely Csom, Chief Technology Officer at Abylon Consulting, has over 20 years of experience leading Data & AI initiatives across industries like financial services, energy, and transport. A frequent speaker and mentor, he’s passionate about innovation and the intersection of cloud, IoT, and AI.
András Kovács, Data & Solution Architect at Abylon Consulting, specializes in designing and implementing large-scale data platforms on Azure, Databricks, and Snowflake. His expertise lies in delivering scalable, high-performance data solutions for complex enterprise environments.
Together, they’ll share key lessons learned, demonstrate their migration framework in action, and explore how AI fits into the modern data transformation lifecycle.
🔹 Session 2: Databricks Apps — Powered by People
Automation is powerful, but human insight takes it to the next level.
Ivan Angelinin, Co-Founder and Tech Director at Cosmos Thrace, will show how Databricks Apps enable interactive, human-in-the-loop workflows that merge data pipelines with user-driven intelligence. Learn how to build custom apps that combine Databricks’ compute power with intuitive interfaces for smarter data and ML operations.
💡 Whether you’re modernizing your data stack, exploring AI-assisted migrations, or looking to build interactive Databricks workflows, this meetup is for you!
📌 Save the date — November 11, 19:00 @ Sofia Tech Park!
Join us for an evening of learning, sharing, and connecting with fellow data enthusiasts.
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