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Room 1
Sybase to Azure SQL: Lighting Up Your Modernization Journey
Des FitzGerald, Adithya Kumaranchath
Azure SQL Database, Microsoft, Databases, Grounded in Reality
AI-Powered Schema Conversion: Simplifying Database Migrations with AWS DMS
Marcelo Fernandes, Guy Baulch
SQL 2019, AI and data science, Databases
SQL Performance Supercharged: Strategies for Azure SQL Performance Optimization
Des FitzGerald, Dominik Bender
Azure SQL Database, Database engine, SQL 2022, Databases
SQL Server 2025 Engine Deep Dive
Bob Ward, Erin Stellato
Database engine, Databases, Grounded in Reality
Transform your business with integrated solutions using SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
Mark Pryce-Maher
Database engine, Fabric, Databases, Grounded in Reality
Learn how to promote and reuse key metrics from your semantic models across your organization
Lars Andersen
Power BI, Analytics, Grounded in Reality
Driving Enterprise Performance with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Arda Aytekin
Fabric, Databases
Room 2
Why AMD EPYC is the right choice for your Data
David Harmon
All the Developer's Things: You Had Me at SELECT, You Kept Me with APIs
Jerry Nixon
Azure SQL Database, Grounded in Reality
DataGrip: the power of SQL IDE
Maksim Sobolevskiy
SQL 2019, Postgres, MySQL, SQL 2022
The path to Bundle your Databricks projects
Fabian Gutierrez Ardts
Python, Microsoft, DataOps and Automation, Grounded in Reality
What does Microsoft Purview offer for Microsoft Fabric
Gabi Münster
Purview, Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
Best Practices for Building a Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
Mark Pryce-Maher
Analytics, Fabric
Room 3
Deep Dive into Predictive Analytics using Azure Open AI GPT-4-TV and GPT-4o models with Vision
Mihail Mateev
IoT, AI and data science, Azure OpenAI, AI
Fabric Monitoring Made Simple: Built-In Tools and Custom Solutions
Ásgeir Gunnarsson, Just Blindbæk
Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
Fabric security: everything you need to know!
Kasper de Jonge
Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
Introducing DAX User-Defined Functions (UDF)
Marco Russo
Power BI, Analytics, Grounded in Reality
Unlocking AI Potential: Leveraging Your Data with Microsoft Fabric
Kasper de Jonge
AI and data science, Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
Room 4
🎲 Your best Bet: Effortless MLOps with dbt
Dorian Van den Heede
Python, Spark, AI and data science, Databricks
Automating Engineering with AI
Simon Whiteley
Data Lake, AI and data science, Databricks, Data Transformation and Integration
Mind the Gap: Bridging PDFs and SQL Server with AI
Chrissy LeMaire
PowerShell, AI and data science, SQL on Linux, DataOps and Automation
X-Raying Schema Operations: Adding and Removing Columns
Cláudio Silva
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, SQL 2022
Learning PostgreSQL as a SQL Server User
Grant Fritchey
Postgres, Databases, Grounded in Reality
The complete guide to Power BI memory usage and memory errors
Chris Webb
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation, Grounded in Reality
Room 5
Bits Buddies Briefing Saturday
SQLBits Team
Using Lakehouse Data at scale with Power BI, featuring Direct Lake mode
Benni De Jagere
Power BI, Fabric, Reporting and Visualisation, Grounded in Reality
Avoid the Pitfalls: 10 common Power BI Mistakes (and How to fix them)
Anastasia Salari
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation
The Audience Conductor - Using Senses and Emotions to Improve Your Presentations
Alexander Arvidsson
Non-Technical, Soft Skills
An Introduction to Delta Lake and The Lakehouse
Paul Andrew
Data Lake, Databricks, Fabric, Data Transformation and Integration
Microsoft Fabric meets Databricks Unity Catalog: leveraging metadata across both worlds
Denis Selimovic, Stefan Koch
Databricks, Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
Maximizing what's new in SQL tools and their Copilots
Erin Stellato
Fabric, AI, Grounded in Reality
Geospatial Meets Big Data: Transforming Location Intelligence
James Dales, Brynn Borton
Power BI, Spark, Data Lake, Big data analytics
Room 6
Enhancing Microsoft Fabric with Power Automate
Laura Graham-Brown, Claire Edgson
Fabric, DataOps and Automation, Inspirational
Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodivergent Talent in Tech Teams
Carole McNally
Non-Technical, Soft Skills, Grounded in Reality, Inspirational
Storytelling & Power BI - Creating Power BI reports that connect with different audiences
Valerie Junk
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation, Inspirational
Power BI Reporting: From Good to Great
Prathyusha(Prathy) Kamasani
Power BI, Analytics, Grounded in Reality, Inspirational
The Benefits of Mentoring
Deborah Melkin
Non-Technical, Soft Skills, Grounded in Reality, Inspirational
SQL Server 2025 Community Edition
Bob Ward, Andy Yun, Daniel Hutmacher, Deborah Melkin
Databases, Inspirational
Debating Two Viewpoints on Indexing - Development vs Operations
Andy Yun, Deborah Melkin
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, Database engine
Build a Cross-Platform Data Estate with Azure SQL on Containers, Kubernetes, and VMs
Amit Khandelwal, OJ Ngo, Vivien Wang, Michael Gaede
SQL on Linux, Grounded in Reality
Room 7
Query Store Basics: A DBA’s Best Friend
Peter Kruis
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, Query Store
Creating Dynamic Power BI Reports with conditional formatting
Marjolein Opsteegh
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation, Inspirational
The Battle for Data Protection in AI and Data Analytics in Today’s World
Kellyn Gorman
Data Lake, Database engine, Microsoft, DataOps and Automation
Great expectations for your data quality
Michael Victor
Python, Data Transformation and Integration, Grounded in Reality
Create Multimodal Agent with Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry
Alpa Buddhabhatti
Azure SQL Database, Data Lake, Database engine, Big data analytics
Identifying Poorly Performing DAX
Joe Billingham
Power BI, Reporting and Visualisation
The Ascending Key Problem
Brent Ozar
SQL 2019, Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, SQL 2022
Room 8
Automating Star Schemas in Fabric DW
Bob Duffy
Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
SQL Server 2025: Unleashing Next-Level Database Performance
Margarita Naumova
Database engine, Databases, Inspirational
One SKU, Two SKU, Old SKU, New SKU
Barney Lawrence, Andrew Edge
Analytics, Fabric, Grounded in Reality
What makes a good commit? Good Practices for Data Professionals
Rob Sewell
Azure SQL Database, Fabric, Microsoft, Application Development
Outperform Spark with Python Notebooks in Fabric
Christian Henrik Reich
Python, Spark, Fabric, Data Transformation and Integration
Converse with your SQL Database using AI Agents
Luke Menzies, James Bentley
AI and data science, Databricks, Azure OpenAI, AI
Evaluating the realism of synthetic data in DevOps
Maryleen Amaizu
Python, AI and data science, AI, Grounded in Reality
