Apache Iceberg is rapidly becoming the standard for modern data architectures—but implementing it often means wrestling with Spark clusters, Kubernetes orchestration, catalog management, compaction schedules, and complex distributed tooling. The reality? Many teams face partial migrations, inconsistent table formats, and ballooning infrastructure costs.
In this technical webinar, we demonstrate how Bauplan and Orchestra eliminate that operational overhead. Bauplan delivers a Python-native data plane directly over object storage, enabling you to convert Parquet to Iceberg, create isolated branches for testing, run transformations, and manage tables using a straightforward Python/SQL SDK—no Spark required. Orchestra complements this with enterprise-grade scheduling, monitoring, testing, and observability, all configured through a single YAML file.
We walk through a complete Write–Audit–Publish workflow that transforms object storage into a production-ready, test-gated data platform—without managing clusters or requiring a dedicated platform engineering team.I'll analyze the SRT file to create accurate chapters based on the actual content.Let me search through the full file to identify the key transitions and topics:Let me look at specific timestamp ranges:Perfect! Now let me check for Q&A section:Based on my analysis of the SRT file.
0:00 - Introduction & Speaker Welcome
1:08 - Why Apache Iceberg Matters Today
2:03 - Data Warehouses: Benefits & Limitations7
7:22 - The Lakehouse Alternative with Iceberg
8:40 - Challenges of Current Iceberg Tooling
10:24 - Introducing Bauplan: Serverless Lakehouse Platform
11:43 - Git-for-Data: Branching & Safe Workflows
12:38 - Customer Case Study: Trust & Will
14:57 - Orchestra: Declarative Orchestration
19:19 - Live Demo: Creating Iceberg Tables
22:30 - Demo: Branching & Data Ingestion
25:18 - Demo: Python Transformations & Pipelines
28:00 - Demo: Testing, Merging & Publishing to Main
30:41 - Orchestra Integration: Config-Based Orchestration
39:00 - Q&A: Onboarding, Pricing & Data Volume
50:11 - Closing Remarks & Wrap-up