DataEngBytes 2024
DataEngBytes 2024

About Us

DataEngBytes was established in 2019, a natural evolution from a growing data engineering meetup in Sydney that began in 2017. It was driven by Founder Peter Hanssens experience as the sole data practitioner at a startup, seeking a community to validate and enrich data engineering practices and exchange ideas. Initially designed to fill a gap in technical dialogue and community engagement absent in existing meetups, DataEngBytes quickly evolved into a full-day conference.

Despite the unforeseen challenges posed by COVID-19, leading to an online format in its first years, the conference successfully transitioned to in-person events in Sydney and Melbourne in 2022, expanding further to four Australian capital cities in 2023 and to New Zealand in 2024. Now with thousands of attendees and hundreds of speakers and volunteers to date, DataEngBytes plays an important role highlighting the work of data engineers in Australia and New Zealand and positioning the region as a global epicentre of data engineering innovation.

Core Team

Peter Hanssens

Peter Hanssens

Founder DataEngBytes

Mohammed Alim

Mohammed Alim

Senior Marketing Coordinator

Organising Team

Simon Aubury

Simon Aubury

Sydney organiser

Sasha Barisic

Sasha Barisic

Sydney organiser

Gargi Ahluwalia

Gargi Ahluwalia

Sydney organiser

Paulina Pakos

Paulina Pakos

Sydney organiser

Chandra Y M

Chandra Y M

Sydney organiser

Jonathan Neo

Jonathan Neo

Perth organiser

Ash Smith

Ash Smith

Perth organiser

Zainab Maleki

Zainab Maleki

Perth organiser

Kamal Hossain

Kamal Hossain

Perth organiser

Nadia Reyhani

Nadia Reyhani

Perth organiser

Jeffrey Molendijk

Jeffrey Molendijk

Melbourne organiser

Choonyin Yeap

Choonyin Yeap

Melbourne organiser

Erfan Hesami

Erfan Hesami

Melbourne organiser

Lydia Wang

Lydia Wang

Melbourne organiser

Helen Tian

Helen Tian

Melbourne organiser

Emily Melhuish

Emily Melhuish

Auckland organiser

Horace Yeung

Horace Yeung

Auckland organiser

Jessica Zhang

Jessica Zhang

Auckland organiser

Eduardo Rabelo

Eduardo Rabelo

Auckland organiser