Connect

We encourage data professionals to carry on collaborating and sharing knowledge beyond our event.

As well as providing five days of incredible education, our number one aim is that knowledge sharing, collaboration and communication continues well beyond the five days of SQLBits. We want to encourage delegates to continue to connect with other data professionals, becoming part of a thriving and supportive community.

Make new friends at SQLBits. Two people working on laptops sat together.

To that end, Community Corner came into being in 2015. Set on the expo floor, it provides a physical space at the heart of the event that showcases all the ways those working in the data community can connect and collaborate with other data professionals, from joining an in-person user group to becoming a mentor. You can find more about how we’ll be highlighting each of these opportunities a little further down the page and how to get involved.

This is a topic we talk about regularly in our emails, so make sure to sign up to our mailing list for regular updates if you’re interested.

Interested in sharing your knowledge and experiences and finding out more about how to get into public speaking? We’ll be running sessions on public speaking skills.

You might also like to visit New Stars of Data, an event to help find and promote new speakers in the Microsoft Data Platform arena.

(Alternatively, if you’re already an established speaker and want to speak at SQLBits, visit our speaker guidance here.)

6 Tips for Building Confidence as a Public Speaker...from SQLBits 2022

From making the day-to-day responsibilities of a role in data management a little bit easier to building a network of peers to call on for guidance and career progression, being part of tech user groups offers a whole lot of bang for its buck. We’ll be highlighting the work of both virtual and local user groups and how you can get involved.

In the meantime, why not take a look at our blog on the subject below?

Rie-Discover the Power of User Groups

Whilst SQLBits of course remains the mecca of all data platform events (not that we’re biased!), there are a wealth of other excellent events out there to help educate and connect data professionals. We’ll be shining a spotlight on a few during SQLBits week.

Here’s a list of just some of the other events:

We’re masters of the ‘networking so good you don’t even know it’s happening’ experience here at SQLBits – take our evening events, expo hall design and runs for example. But no doubt networking is a slightly-formidable-at-times art, and one that if you want to build your network, you need to master. We’ll be offering opportunities to conquer those nerves and up your networking game.

Networking - the SQLBits way

Non-technical skills and advice

As well as networking advice, our non-technical sessions offer a wealth of knowledge to help you get ahead in your career. Browse just a few below.

Keen to join the ranks of the data influencers but not sure how to get started? We’ll be providing opportunities to meet and chat with some of the industry’s best.