Skills matter is delighted to announce DeNormalised NOSQL, a two-day conference packed with talks and exchanges with experts of NOSQL solutions such as Neo4J, Cassandra, and MongoDB.

Talks and hands-on tutorials

Dive deep in the world of Big Data. The first day of DeNormalised NoSQL sees our NoSQL experts share their NoSQL solutions such as Cassandra, Neo4j, MongoDB and Riak with you. Put your NoSQL related questions to our panel of experts in the Park Bench discussion. Day two lets you pick a track and work closely with our experts in hands-on workshops. In between, there's plenty of time informal networking over a coffee or - eventually - a beer.

Thursday 20th September 2012
Track 1 08:30-09:10    WELCOME & REGISTRATION DeNormalised NoSQL 2012 opens at 08:30 with registration and breakfast     09:00    INTRODUCTION AND OPENING more...     09:10    NEO4J THE GRAPH DATABASE How can you combine the freedom of NOSQL with the power of rich data models? Alistair looks at the good features of relational databases that we don't need to leave behind, if we choose a graph database. He then demonstrates how to model your data as a graph in Neo4j, and the kinds of queries and features that this makes possible. more...     10:00    COFFEE, TEA & REFRESHMENTS Coffee, Tea & Refreshments     10:30    CASSANDRA Apache Cassandra is a next generation database originally conceived at Facebook. In this talk, Dr Richard Low will cover the features unique to Cassandra and explain how it achieves things such as tuneable consistency, write-optimisation, and high availability. more...     11:30    INTRODUCTION TO RIAK Presented by Basho more...     12:30    LUNCH Lunch and informal networking for DeNormalised NoSQL 2012     13.30    GIVING CASSANDRA THE X FACTOR Live Talkback uses Cassandra to power live audience interaction on some of the biggest shows in television, including Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor. Find out why, how it works and some of the challenges in handling TV-triggered usage bursts. more...     14:15    FLUID DATA: THE VALUE OF A GRAPH DATABAS In this talk Neil will explore the value of using the Neo4j graph database in an environment where the structure and usage of data is constantly evolving. Although the experiences related are those of a small web based startup many of the lessons learnt are applicable to any project with evolving or changing requirements. more...     15:00    COFFEE, TEA & REFRESHMENTS Tea, Coffee & Refreshments     15:00    BREAK     15:30    DEEP DIVE INTO MONGODB MongoDB has found a sweet spot in enterprise adoption due to its ease of use, powerful query model and natural progression for those coming from a SQL mindset. But under the hood it has some unusual design approaches that can trip up the unwary. more...     16:30    PARK BENCH Before we finish for the day, we'll hold the ParkBench Panel discussion, which will focus on topics of innovation and best practices, including experts on MongoDB, Cassandra and Neo4j more...     17:00    DRINKS We close the first day of DeNormalised NoSQL with some friendly drinks and networking	Track 2
Friday 21st September 2012
Track 1 08:30    WELCOME & REGISTRATION Doors open for DeNormalised NoSQL 2012 day 2 at 08:30 with registration and breakfast     09:00    REAL-TIME ANALYTICS WITH CASSANDRA Richard Low: In this workshop we will step you through constructing an application to do real time analytics on the twitter firehose, using Apache Cassandra, and its advanced, distributed counters. With this application you will be able to see what trends of mentions of common phrases, words or people. more...     12:00    LUNCH Lunch at the DeNormalised NoSQL Roadshow 2012     13:00    REAL-TIME ANALYTICS WITH CASSANDRA Richard Low: In this workshop we will step you through constructing an application to do real time analytics on the twitter firehose, using Apache Cassandra, and its advanced, distributed counters. With this application you will be able to see what trends of mentions of common phrases, words or people. more...     16:00    DRINKS AND CLOSE Drinks and informal networking	Track 2     09.00    HANDS ON WITH NEO4J Alistair Jones: In this workshop for the DeNormalised NoSQL Roadshow, Alistair Jones will give a hands-on tutorial to Neo4j. more...         13:00    HANDS ON WITH MONGODB Chris Harris: By 10Gen more...

	MongoDB with Grails Chris Harris : 16th May 2012
	Non-rails Groovy development Sean Reilly : 16th May 2012
	Scaling with RavenDB Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien : 15th May 2012
	Riak Intro Ian Plosker : 10th May 2012
	Real-life Riak David Dawson : 10th May 2012
	Document Databases Chris Harris : 9th May 2012
	MongoDB performance David Mytton : 9th May 2012
	Hands-on MongoDB Chris Harris : 9th May 2012
	Developing with Couchbase John Zablocki : 9th May 2012
	CouchDB at the Hut Group Tom McMillen : 9th May 2012
	The Couchbase Server Tutorial John Zablocki : 9th May 2012
	Neo4j Highly Connected Data Jim Webber : 9th May 2012
	Neo4j Tales from the Trenches Nicki Watt : 9th May 2012
	RavenDB Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien : 9th May 2012
	RavenDB: challenges & rewards Phil Jones : 9th May 2012