The PyData 2023 Pre-Conference meetup PARTY is next week! Join us on Tuesday, April 25th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM PDT at Databricks Bellevue. Event program: 6:00 - 6:30 - Eat, beverages and network. 6:30 - 6:40 - Announcements 6:40 - 7:10 - Talk: Chengyin Eng + Hyukjin Kwon- Introducing Spark Connect - The Power of Apache Spark, Everywhere 7:10 - 7:40 - Talk: Lu Qiu & Jasmine Wang Simplify and speed up cloud storage data access of AI training 7:40 - 8:20 - Panel Discussion - The past, present and future of open source. Denny Lee and Jules Damji - Learning Spark book authors 🌎📚💕 Host: Eloisa Elias T 🤠 WTM Ambassador 8:20 - 8:30 - Raffle 8:30 - 8:40 - Pie bar! 💯🎉🥧 RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/seattle-spark-meetup/events/291903857/