SPEAKER
Pratik Patel
Lead Developer Relations Engineer
Pratik Patel is a Java Champion, developer advocate at Azul Systems and has written 3 books on programming (Java, Cloud and OSS). An all around software and hardware nerd with experience in the healthcare, telecom, financial services, and startup sectors. He's also a co-organizer of the Atlanta Java User Group and Enterprise AI Atlanta, conference chairperson for Devnexus, frequent speaker at tech events, and master builder of nachos.
Upcoming sessions
See complete program4 November
12:25 PM · 30 min
Data Isn't the New Oil — It's Refined Data
“Data is the new oil,” but crude oil is worthless until it’s refined. AI now sits inside the software delivery pipeline: coding assistants, internal chatbots, and agents that write, review, and ship code. They’re only as good as the data behind them, and most company data is crude: duplicated, stale, and noisy. This talk explains what refining data really means and how it raises the quality of the software AI helps deliver. You’ll learn to treat data like code (versioned, tested, and gated in CI) so that better data turns into better software.