Seminar

Uncontrolled cloud spend, unused resources, and rising AI costs can quickly eat into your budget.. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn proven methods and actionable strategies designed to actively bring down your Google Cloud expenses. We will equip you with the techniques needed to establish clear organizational structures and provide a roadmap for implementing core billing best practices. You will also discover targeted methods to eliminate unused resources, efficiently manage the costs of your AI model usage, and optimize infrastructure for both cost and carbon efficiency. Finally, we dive into BigQuery to demonstrate how to tune SQL queries and storage models for a lean, cost-effective data warehouse.

What You'll Learn:

• Develop strategies to align cloud consumption with budget requirements
• Gain hands-on experience in measuring costs, environmental impact and optimizing infrastructure
• Master BigQuery cost-tuning, including storage optimization and query refactoring

Date: November 4, 2026

Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CET

Location: 19th floor, Atlantic-Haus, Zirkusweg 1, 20359 Hamburg

Speakers: Alexandra Johansson, Cloud Engineer, TRKKN / Sebastian Schneck, Senior Cloud Engineer, TRKKN

Level: Intermediate

Target Group: Cloud Engineers, Data Analysts, FinOps Practitioners, Data Warehouse Administrators, and Technology Leads looking to maximize cloud efficiency and minimize cloud costs

Pre-requisites: A foundational understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) concepts and basic familiarity with SQL queries

Language: English