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7-9 October, 2026
Prague, Czechia
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Wednesday October 7, 2026 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
AI agents fail in production because they're overwhelmed with data but starved for context. LLM models aren’t the problem. The bottleneck is the data stack: fragmented silos, inconsistent definitions, and logic hidden in tribal knowledge. Agents need structured, reliable, and interpretable context—not just data access.

In this session, we'll show how Apache Iceberg becomes the backbone of AI-ready pipelines. You’ll learn how to elevate your Iceberg implementation from a storage format to a live context layer that powers structured retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), schema-aware agents, and autonomous reasoning grounded in truth.

What we’ll cover:
1. Iceberg Foundations for AI - from ACID to Time Travel
2. From Rows to Relationships - The role of the semantic layer
3. Structured RAG in Practice - Fully open source

The session includes a live demo of a fully open-source Structured RAG stack built on Apache Iceberg, featuring semantic query translation, hybrid retrieval, and governed agent reasoning. Expect architecture diagrams, real code, and practical guidance.
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Madson

Andrew Madson

Head of Developer Relations, Fivetran
Andrew Madson is Head of Developer Relations at Fivetran, where he builds global programs that help developers and data teams adopt modern data and AI tooling. He previously led DevRel and evangelism at Tobiko Data (creators of SQLMesh) and Dremio, is author of the O'Reilly Definitive... Read More →
Wednesday October 7, 2026 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
Forum Hall (Floor 2)
  Open AI & Data

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