The Data Platform Week 2024 event was hosted by Dagster, a company focused on building a unified control plane for data platforms. The event featured talks and showcases from experts in the field, highlighting the importance of orchestration, integrations, transformation, and system of record in modern data platforms. Key features announced during the event include Core Orchestration with Declarative Automation, Integrations Ecosystem, and Orchestration Unification Federation & Airlift. The event also included showcases from power users who shared their experiences with Dagster's tools, such as Declarative Automation and Pipes. The event aimed to address the challenges faced by data engineers in modern organizations, including legacy technologies, data quality, and artificial intelligence.