Technologies, Topics & Timetable

With over 90% of SQLBits content free from vendor marketing, you get the practical expertise, honest insights and real-world techniques you need to build, run and get more from your data platform.

What technologies do we cover at SQLBits?

What are the key SQLBits topics?

Databases and database development

Discover what’s next for the databases at the heart of your application, from smarter SQL development to new platforms, features and search experiences.

Administration, performance and cost

Keep data platforms fast, resilient and cost-effective with practical guidance on tuning, operations, cloud management and recovery.

Data architecture and platforms

Make confident platform choices and design data foundations that can scale, adapt and connect across today’s fast-moving technology landscape.

Data engineering and integration

Turn raw data into trusted, usable assets with robust pipelines, smart integration patterns and engineering practices built for scale.

Real-time and streaming

Move at the speed of events with streaming architectures, real-time analytics and alert, while understanding when immediacy is worth the investment.

Semantic modelling and analytics

Create trusted semantic layers that turn complex data into fast, consistent answers for analysts, reports and intelligent experiences.

Reporting and visualisation

Design reports people can understand, trust and act on, combining compelling storytelling with performance, accessibility and modern delivery.

AI engineering and agents

Build useful, trustworthy AI experiences that connect language models to enterprise data, tools and workflows, not just impressive demos.

Governance, security and compliance

Protect data without slowing innovation through practical approaches to security, governance, compliance and responsible AI access.

DataOps, DevOps and automation

Ship data solutions with greater confidence using source control, automated testing, repeatable deployments and infrastructure built as code.

Application development

Turn data into products and experiences by building applications, APIs and services on top of modern data platforms.

Career, community and profession

Grow the human skills behind a lasting data career, covering communication, leadership and adapting to AI amongst other topics.