Program Launch
100+ Experts from Microsoft Product Teams
& the Community

Tuesday 24 September

09:00 - 17:00

Full Day Tutorials

A

Data Factory in a day with Microsoft Fabric

Data Integration

 

Alex Powers, Microsoft Sunil Sabat, Microsoft Jeroen Luitwieler, Microsoft  

 

B

Build Your First End-to-End Lakehouse Solution

Lakehouse

 

Arshad Ali, Microsoft, United States Abid Nazir Guroo, Microsoft Venkatesh Titte, Microsoft  

 

C

Microsoft Fabric for the Power BI Professional

Power BI

 

John P. White, MVP, AvePoint Stephanie Bruno, iLink Digital  

 

D

Fabric in a Day

Microsoft Fabric

 

Simon Nuss, Microsoft William Crayger, Lucid BI Aitor Murguzur, Microsoft  

 

E

Adopting Microsoft Fabric for Managed Self-Service Analytics 

Microsoft Fabric

 

Matthew Roche, Microsoft Peter Myers, Bitwise Solutions Pty Ltd  

 

F

Build A Fabric Real-Time Intelligence Solution in One Day

Real-Time Intelligence

 

Devang Shah, Microsoft Matt Gordon, MVP, Centric Consulting Johan Brattas, Deloitte  

 

G

Secure and Govern data in the era of AI with Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview

 

Sita Dontharaju, Microsoft Caitlin Fitzgerald, Microsoft Shafiq Mannan, Microsoft  

 

H

Getting Started with AI in Microsoft Fabric

AI

 

Alexandra Savelieva, Microsoft Jeff Zheng, Microsoft Markus Cozowicz, Microsoft  

 

I

Professional Software Development on the Fabric Platform

Microsoft Fabric

 

Bhaskar Sharma, Microsoft Ted Pattison, Microsoft Fretz Nuson, Microsoft  

 

J

Fabric Analytics Engineer Bootcamp

200 - Feature Orientated

Analytics

 

Shabnam Watson, ABI Cube Nikola Ilic, MVP, Data Mozart  

 

09:00 - 17:00

Partner Day - Find Out More & Register Your Interest

09:00 - 17:00

MVP Day - Most Valuable Professionals Private Event



Wednesday 25 September

09:00 - 10:15

KEYNOTE: Microsoft Fabric Vision & Roadmap - Analytics in the Era of AI  

 

Arun Ulag, CVP, Azure Data, Microsoft Amir Netz, CTO and Technical Fellow, Microsoft Kim Manis, Microsoft  

 

10:15 - 10:30

Change Rooms

10:30 - 11:30

Sessions

W1

IT Professional

Power BI Roadmap: What's New and What's Next

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Sujata Narayana, Microsoft Emily Lisa, Microsoft Mohammad Ali, Microsoft  

 

W2

IT Professional

The future is now for SQL with AI and Microsoft Fabric

200 - Feature Orientated

Databases

 

Asad Khan, Microsoft Bob Ward, Microsoft  

 

W3

IT Professional

From Zero to Hero with Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric

100 - Business Level

Data Integration

 

Abhishek Narain, Microsoft Aditya Jain, Microsoft  

 

W4

Developer

Create your Chatbot on top of Fabric data right now!

200 - Feature Orientated

Azure AI

 

Matthias Falland, MVP, Microsoft  

 

W5

IT Professional

Kickstart and Master Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse: From Setup to CI/CD

300 - Technical

Fabric Platform

 

Peer Grønnerup, twoday Andreas Benthin-Bruun, GLS  

 

W6

Business Decision Maker

Transforming Data into Insights: Gen AI Solutions with Microsoft Fabric

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Science

 

Jannik Luxenburger, Obungi Maria Mohr, Obungi  

 

W7

Developer

Stay Ahead of the Curve: Innovations in Fabric Warehouse Security

300 - Technical

Data Warehousing

 

Marthe Moengen, MVP, Sopra Steria Stijn Wynants, Microsoft  

 

W8

IT Professional

One Year in Fabric: Lessons Learned from Implementing Real-World Projects

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Engineering

 

Cathrine Wilhelmsen, MVP, Evidi Anders Krohn, Evidi  

 

W9

Maker

From Datasets to Visuals - Turbocharge your Power BI report Development with AI

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Ben Howard, MVP, Applepark Ltd.  

 

W10

Business Decision Maker

(Un)limited Lakehouse Power! - Get the most out of your capacity

300 - Technical

Data Engineering

 

Martin Wille, Obungi Niels Siepe, Obungi  

 

11:30 - 12:00

Networking Break

12:00 - 13:00

Sessions

W11

IT Professional

Building a Modern Data Lake with OneLake: The OneDrive for Data

100 - Business Level

Fabric Platform

 

Elizabeth Oldag, Microsoft Josh Caplan, Microsoft  

 

W12

Developer

Fabric Data Engineering Roadmap

100 - Business Level

Data Engineering

 

Justyna Lucznik, Microsoft  

 

W13

IT Professional

Migrating from SQL Server or Synapse Dedicated SQL Pools to Synapse Data Warehouse in Fabric

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Warehousing

 

Mark Pryce-Maher, Microsoft Artur Vieira, Microsoft  

 

W14

IT Professional

How Mirroring in Fabric Brings Data Gravity and Unlocks Insights in the era of AI

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Integration

 

Wilson Lee, Microsoft Shireen Bahadur, Microsoft  

 

W15

IT Professional

How to jumpstart data quality and governance with Microsoft Purview and Fabric

100 - Business Level

Fabric Platform

 

Damon Buono, Microsoft Timur Mehmedbasic, Avanade  

 

W16

IT Professional

Azure SQL Copilot, what the query is this!?

200 - Feature Orientated

Databases

 

Reitse Eskens, MVP, Axians  

 

W17

IT Professional

Anyone can be an alphabet soup ally

100 - Business Level

DE&I

 

Linda Torrång, Data Masterminds  

 

W18

Developer

Dodging DAX - Data Modelling by Example

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Alexander Arvidsson, MVP, Data Masterminds  

 

W19

Developer

Next Level Power BI Automation with Semantic Link Labs in Microsoft Fabric

100 - Business Level

Data Science

 

Sandeep Pawar, MVP, Hitachi Solutions Michael Kovalsky, Microsoft  

 

W20

Business Decision Maker

Getting Started with Data Governance in Microsoft Fabric

100 - Business Level

Fabric Platform

 

Joey D'Antoni, MVP, Denny Cherry and Associates Consulting  

 

INSPIRE STAGE

IT Professional

From Stutterer to Speaker: Overcoming Your Fears

100 - Business Level

Inspire Stage - 12:00 - 13:00

 

Matt Gordon, MVP, Centric Consulting  

 

13:00 - 14:15

Networking Lunch

14:15 - 15:15

Sessions

W21

IT Professional

Deep dive into security with Microsoft Fabric and OneLake

300 - Technical

Fabric Platform

 

Aaron Merrill, Microsoft Amanjeet Singh, Microsoft Cristian Petculescu, Microsoft  

 

W22

IT Professional

Unlocking Azure SQL Insights with Microsoft Fabric: Beyond Traditional ETL

200 - Feature Orientated

Databases

 

Idris Motiwala, Microsoft Bob Ward, Microsoft  

 

W23

IT Professional

Harness the Power of Microsoft Fabric for Power BI Users

300 - Technical

Power BI

 

Zoe Douglas, Microsoft Christian Wade, Microsoft  

 

W24

Business Decision Maker

The future of Data Warehouse with AI: what's new, what's coming

100 - Business Level

Data Warehousing

 

Priya Sathy, Microsoft Bogdan Crivat, Microsoft  

 

W25

Business Decision Maker

Maximizing Data Impact: Transforming Industry Practices with Microsoft Fabric

100 - Business Level

Fabric Platform

 

Rob Wadsworth Matt Quinn, Microsoft Nicole Wieberneit, Valtech  

 

W26

Business Decision Maker

Beyond a Data Catalogue: An In-Depth Tour of the Microsoft Purview Universe

100 - Business Level

Fabric Platform

 

Wolfgang Strasser, MVP, ACP CUBIDO  

 

W27

Developer

Use Azure AI, Cosmos, and Fabric to build a Retail Copilot

300 - Technical

Azure AI

 

Treb Gatte, MVP, Marquee Insights  

 

W28

IT Professional

Data Management patterns in Microsoft Fabric using Lakehouse and Delta Lake

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Engineering

 

Ted Vilutis, Microsoft Daniel Coelho, Microsoft  

 

W29

Developer

Real-Time Intelligence For Power BI Developers In Fabric

100 - Business Level

Power BI

 

Sandeep Pawar, MVP, Hitachi Solutions Anshul Sharma, Microsoft  

 

W30

Developer

The Jedi Mind Trick of Power BI Design

100 - Business Level

Power BI

 

Elena Drakulevska, b.telligent  

 

INSPIRE STAGE

IT Professional

Certified to Succeed: How Technical Certifications Propel Your Career

100 - Business Level

Inspire Stage - 14:15 - 15:15

 

Shabnam Watson, ABI Cube Sue Bayes, Databayes Ltd  

 

15:15 - 15:30

Change Rooms

15:30 - 16:30

Sessions

W31

IT Professional

Data Security for the era of AI

200 - Feature Orientated

Microsoft Purview

 

Daniel Hidalgo, Microsoft Tony Themelis, Microsoft  

 

W32

IT Professional

Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric: What's New and Roadmap

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Integration

 

Wee Hyong Tok, Microsoft Faisal Mohamood, Microsoft  

 

W33

Using SQL tools (SSMS, VSCode and more) to work with Microsoft Fabric and AI

200 - Feature Orientated

Databases

 

Bob Ward, Microsoft Anna Hoffman, Microsoft  

 

W34

IT Professional

Best of both worlds with Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric

200 - Feature Orientated

Fabric Platform

 

Lindsey Allen, Microsoft Trevor Olson, Microsoft  

 

W35

Building Consumable Data for Effective AI and Analytics with Microsoft Fabric

 

Eric Melcher, Profisee Damon Buono, Microsoft  

 

W36

IT Professional

Fabric Spark Migration

300 - Technical

Data Engineering

 

Aitor Murguzur, Microsoft Arun Sethia, Microsoft  

 

W37

Leverage Real-Time Intelligence and Power Automate to act promptly on your Business Apps and Events

Power Platform

 

Scott Sewell, Microsoft Milinda Vitharana, Microsoft  

 

W38

Sharing Experiences with Fabric Copilot

Customer Stories

 

Simon Hjortsberg, Wolters Kluwer Tian de Klerk, SP Global Esha Rashid, SP Global  

 

W39

How to tailor the best of Fabric to your current data solutions

 

Lubomir Maslik, Adastra Martin Rys, Adastra Dr. Michael Kiening, Adastra  

 

W40

Developer

Uncover real-time customer insights from RAG Pattern Apps using mirroring in Microsoft Fabric

300 - Technical

Databases

 

Hossein Khadivi Heris, Microsoft Anitha Adusumilli, Microsoft  

 

INSPIRE STAGE

Mindful Leadership: Redefining Employee Well-being in the Modern Business Landscape

100 - Business Level

Inspire Stage - 15.30-16.30

 

Austin Eaton, Clean the World  

 

W40r

[Roundtable] SQL AI and Fabric

RoundTable

 

Sanjay Mishra, Microsoft  

 

16:30 - 17:00

Networking Break

17:00 - 18:00

Sessions

W41

Business Decision Maker

Driving Productivity and a Data-Driven culture with Power BI in Microsoft 365

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Lauren Faber, Microsoft Maya Shenhav, Microsoft  

 

W42

Developer

Discover, manage and consume real-time data with the new Real-Time hub in Microsoft Fabric

200 - Feature Orientated

Real-Time Intelligence

 

Alicia Li, Microsoft Kevin Lam, Microsoft  

 

W43

Developer

Maximizing Productivity in Fabric Data Warehouse: Harnessing the Power of Modern SQL experiences

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Warehousing

 

Charles Webb, Microsoft Dharini Sundaram, Microsoft  

 

W44

Developer

The Power BI Report journey: A checklist for successful implementation

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Anastasia Salari, MVP, MDW  

 

W45

AI-Readiness for Your Enterprise with Microsoft Fabric

 

Corey Turner, Softcrylic, A Hexaware Company Aakash Shirodkar, Hexaware Prashant Dahalkar, Hexaware  

 

W46

Developer

Navigating Microsoft Fabric - Choosing the Right Workload for Your Needs

300 - Technical

Data Warehousing

 

Adam Saxton, Microsoft Patrick LeBlanc, Microsoft  

 

W47

IT Professional

A Day In The Life Of A(n Accidental) Fabric Administrator

200 - Feature Orientated

Fabric Platform

 

Nicky van Vroenhoven, MVP, Powerdobs Arthi Ramasubramanian Iyer, Microsoft  

 

W48

Developer

How do Microsoft Fabric and Purview work better together?

300 - Technical

Fabric Platform

 

Damon Buono, Microsoft Adi Regev, Microsoft  

 

W49

Developer

Patterns for Consistent, Metadata-Driven Processing in Fabric

300 - Technical

Data Engineering

 

Ben Jarvis, Adatis  

 

W50

IT Professional

Talking about mental health - For you and for them

100 - Business Level

DE&I

 

Traci Sewell, Sewells Consulting  

 

INSPIRE STAGE

IT Professional

Just say yes: How to approach an unplannable career

100 - Business Level

Inspire Stage - 17:00 - 18:00

 

Denis Selimovic, MVP, b.telligent Matthew Roche, Microsoft  

 

W50r

[Roundtable] Data Integration

RoundTable

 

Shireen Bahadur, Microsoft  

 

18:00 - 19:00

Expo Drinks



Thursday 26 September

09:00 - 10:00

KEYNOTE: The Future of AI is Already Here

 

Marco Casalaina, Microsoft  

 

10:00 - 10:15

Change Rooms

10:15 - 11:15

Sessions

TH1

Data Scientist

Integrating Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI for cutting-edge solutions

200 - Feature Orientated

Azure AI

 

Monica Calleja, Microsoft Sara Lammini Rodriguez, Microsoft  

 

TH2

IT Professional

Transform your Power BI experience with Copilot

100 - Business Level

Power BI

 

Lada Hill, Microsoft Mohammad Ali, Microsoft  

 

TH3

Business Decision Maker

Charting the Course: The Latest in AI and Data Science with Fabric

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Science

 

Nellie Gustafsson, Microsoft Markus Weimer, Microsoft  

 

TH4

Developer

Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse

400 - Deep Technical

Data Warehousing

 

Jovan Popovic, Microsoft Jelena Djokovic, Microsoft  

 

TH5

How Nacka Municipality Leverages Microsoft Fabric to Build the Future of Public Services

Customer Stories

 

Veronica Grimheden Myhrström, Nacka Municipality Jonna Johansson, Nacka Municipality Jens Noring, twoday  

 

TH6

Moving to Fabric Data Warehouse

Customer Stories

 

Anastasia Mochalova, Fichtner Axel Borja, Chanel  

 

TH7

Business Decision Maker

Governance for the Age of AI

200 - Feature Orientated

Microsoft Purview

 

Karthik Ravindran, Microsoft Effie Kilmer, Microsoft  

 

TH8

Developer

The Magic of Merging: Getting Friendly with Power Query Joins in Dataflows

300 - Technical

Data Integration

 

Cristian Angyal, MVP, Flex  

 

TH9

Building Future-Ready Platforms with Microsoft Fabric ASAP

200 - Feature Orientated

Fabric Platform

 

Dipti Borkar, Microsoft Phil Withey, LSEG  

 

TH10

Business Decision Maker

Revolutionize real-time data solutions with Real-Time Intelligence

100 - Business Level

Real-Time Intelligence

 

Sarina Stevens, Microsoft Yitzhak Kesselman, Microsoft  

 

TH10b

Business Decision Maker

The Future of SQL is Hybrid!

200 - Feature Orientated

Databases

 

Ben Weissman, MVP, Solisyon  

 

INSPIRE STAGE

IT Professional

Cultivating Trust and Leadership Excellence: Strategies for Respect and Empathy in the Workplace

100 - Business Level

DE&I

 

Heather Cook, Microsoft, USA  

 

11:15 - 11:45

Networking Break

11:45 - 12:45

Sessions

TH11

Developer

Building a custom Q&A bot on your Fabric data with AI Studio

300 - Technical

Azure AI

 

Onno van der Horst, Microsoft Marc-Marijn Ossel, Microsoft  

 

TH12

IT Professional

Understanding Microsoft Fabric Capacities

100 - Business Level

Fabric Platform

 

Pat Mahoney, Microsoft Lukasz Pawlowski, Microsoft  

 

TH13

Business Decision Maker

Extreme Analytics – Powering Through Petabytes with Eventhouse

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Engineering

 

Gabi Lehner, Microsoft Tzvia Gitlin Troyna, Microsoft  

 

TH14

Developer

Performance Tuning Tips for Fabric Data Factory

300 - Technical

Data Integration

 

Sid Jayadevan, Microsoft Mohan Sankaran, Microsoft  

 

TH15

Business / Developer / IT Professional

Data transformation with Microsoft Fabric: How Avanade rebuilt its data foundation for the AI era

100 - Business Level

 

Colin Pop, Avanade Tony Sloggett, Avanade Ryan Price, Avanade  

 

TH16

Developer

Find the Spark as a SQL data warehouse developer

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Engineering

 

Ásgeir Gunnarsson, MVP, North Insights  

 

TH17

Developer

Taking the Fabric Development Experience to the next level - with CI/CD and Testing

300 - Technical

Fabric Platform

 

Arjen Kroezen, Microsoft Marc Lelijveld, MVP, Macaw  

 

TH18

Developer

Navigating the DAX Dimension: Your Guide to DAX Query View

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Stephanie Bruno, iLink Digital Mike Carlo, MVP, PowerBI.tips  

 

TH19

Developer

Mastering Fabric Data Warehouse Monitoring & Query Performance Analysis

300 - Technical

Data Warehousing

 

Andy Cutler, MVP, Datahai Business Intelligence Solution  

 

Th20

Developer

Creating Impactful Power BI Reports: Beyond Beauty

300 - Technical

Power BI

 

Justine Hanssens, element61  

 

Th20b

IT Professional

Enhancing Microsoft Fabric with Power Automate

200 - Feature Orientated

Power Platform

 

Laura Graham-Brown, MVP, Independent Claire Edgson, Capgemini  

 

12:45 - 14:00

Networking Lunch

12:45 - 14:00

Networking Lunch - Registration Required

Allies in Tech: Paving the Way for Inclusive Success

 

Ben Weissman, MVP, Solisyon Rie Merritt  

 

14:00 - 15:00

Sessions

TH21

IT Professional

Deep Dive into Direct Lake

300 - Technical

Fabric Platform

 

Philip Seamark, Microsoft Patrick LeBlanc, Microsoft  

 

TH22

Data Scientist

Best ways of ingesting data for Analytics in Microsoft Fabric

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Integration

 

Nikki Waghani, Microsoft Ulrich Christ, Microsoft  

 

TH23

Developer

Automating Invoice Processing with Microsoft Fabric: A Step-by-Step Implementation Guide

300 - Technical

Azure AI

 

Amine Chafai, Microsoft  

 

TH24

IT Professional

Building GenAI experts on your Data in Fabric

200 - Feature Orientated

Azure AI

 

Amir Jafari, Microsoft Nellie Gustafsson, Microsoft  

 

TH25

IT Pro

Building Custom Copilots with CluedIn and Microsoft Fabric

300 - Technical

Microsoft Purview

 

Lars Rene Jensen, Nykredit Tim Ward, CluedIn  

 

TH26

Developer

Expanding Horizons with Gen-AI: From Retrieval-Aug Pattern Apps to Real-Time Predictions and Beyond

200 - Feature Orientated

Databases

 

Khelan Modi, Microsoft Richa Gaur, Microsoft  

 

TH27

Developer

What's New for Data Developers in Fabric: Building Intelligent End-to-End Applications

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Engineering

 

Monica Boris, Microsoft Sunitha Muthukrishna, Microsoft  

 

TH28

Developer

Worlds fastest medallion load

300 - Technical

Real-Time Intelligence

 

Brian Bønk MVP, Intellishore  

 

TH29

Developer

Accelerating Data Workloads with Azure Databricks and Power BI in Microsoft Fabric

300 - Technical

Data Warehousing

 

Robert Saxby, Databricks  

 

TH30

ACID in SQL Server: what it is, how it works, and how to live more adventurously

SQL Server

 

Daniel Hutmacher, MVP, Structured Concepts  

 

TH30b

Business Decision Maker

Let GO to GROW: Distributed Data Domain Governance & Management

200 - Feature Orientated

Microsoft Purview

 

Ryan Duffy, EY  

 

INSPIRE STAGE

AMA with Microsoft Product Team

 

Jeff Teper, President - Collaborative Apps & Platforms, Microsoft, USA Howard Crow, Microsoft, United States Kripal Kavi, Microsoft, United States Karuana Gatimu - Director, Microsoft 365 Customer Advocacy Group, Microsoft, USA Miranda Jones, Microsoft , United States Bryan Wofford, Microsoft, United States Kendra Springer, Microsoft, United States Roshin Ramesan, Microsoft, United States Miceile Barrett, Microsoft, USA Vesa Juvonen, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft, Finland Sesha Mani, Microsoft, USA  

 

TH30r

[Roundtable] Capacity Management and Monitoring

RoundTable

 

Lukasz Pawlowski, Microsoft  

 

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15

Sessions

TH31

IT Professional

Welcome to the age of SQL Copilots

300 - Technical

Azure AI

 

Bob Ward, Microsoft Joe Sack, Microsoft  

 

TH32

Developer

What's new and what's next in Microsoft Fabric automation and embedded analytics

200 - Feature Orientated

Fabric Platform

 

Alon Baram, Microsoft Sabre Ammar, Microsoft  

 

TH33

IT Professional

Microsoft Fabric: Building a Data Ingestion and Processing framework to Drive Efficiency

300 - Technical

Data Integration

 

Erwin de Kreuk, MVP, InSpark  

 

TH34

IT Professional

Using Real Time Intelligence in Fabric to Provide Safe School Routes and Sustainable Solutions

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Amund Risa Fylling, Bouvet Even Flørenæs, Bouvet  

 

TH35

Empowering Organizations: The Value of Democratizing Data Access with Microsoft Fabric

 

Jemma Taylor, EY Laetitia Ward, EY Martin Ausilio, EY Luke Pritchard, EY  

 

TH36

Developer

Mastering Spark Notebooks: A Guide for Data Engineers

300 - Technical

Data Engineering

 

Tillmann Eitelberg, oh22data AG Oliver Engels, oh22data AG  

 

TH37

Developer

Common developer challenges in Large Language Model projects

300 - Technical

Azure AI

 

Stas Lebedenko, MVP, Solidify AB  

 

TH38

IT Professional

Beyond the Logs: Find out what's really going on in your tenant with the Fabric Scanner API

200 - Feature Orientated

Fabric Platform

 

Denis Selimovic, MVP, b.telligent  

 

TH39

Build a Custom Copilot to Answer Questions and Take Actions on your Data, Documents, and Web Sites

Azure AI

 

Milinda Vitharana, Microsoft Tommy Skaue, Microsoft, Norway  

 

TH40

Sharing Experiences: Enabling Fabric Personas

Customer Stories

 

Adam van Aerschot, BDO Michiel Stinissen, BDO Lilian Haymann, Planted Mathias Pawlowsky, Planted  

 

TH40b

IT Professional

Data sharing without the USB sticks - an intro to External Data Sharing

200 - Feature Orientated

Fabric Platform

 

Craig Porteous, MVP, Advancing Analytics  

 

INSPIRE STAGE

IT Professional

Multitasking for Mortals - How to Stop Multitasking and Start Getting Things Done

100 - Business Level

Inspire Stage - 15.15-16:15

 

Linda Torrång, Data Masterminds  

 

Th40r

[Roundtable] Real-Time & Time Series Data

RoundTable

 

Anshul Sharma, Microsoft Nandini Srinivasan, Microsoft Anasheh Boisvert  

 

16:15 - 16:45

Networking Break

17:00 - 18:30

Power Hour: Scandinavian Showdown

Developer

Power Hour: Scandinavian Showdown

400 - Deep Technical

Fabric Platform

 

Matthew Roche, Microsoft Adam Saxton, Microsoft  

 

19:30 - 00:00

Conference Party - Tickets Required



Friday 27 September

09:00 - 10:15

KEYNOTE: 2 Part Keynote: Voice of the customer: From experimentation to excellence and Microsoft Purview for the era of AI

 

Wangui McKelvey, Microsoft Rudra Mitra, Microsoft  

 

10:30 - 11:30

Sessions

F1

IT Professional

Fabric Security: Everything You Need to Know!

300 - Technical

Fabric Platform

 

Rick Xu, Microsoft Kasper de Jonge, Microsoft  

 

F2

IT Professional

Alert and take action on your changing data in real time with Data Activator

300 - Technical

Real-Time Intelligence

 

Will Thompson, Microsoft James Hutton, Microsoft  

 

F3

IT Professional

Unlock data discovery with Power BI

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Carly Newsome, Microsoft Sara Vredevoogd, Microsoft  

 

F4

Developer

Mastering Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse Performance

300 - Technical

Data Warehousing

 

Filip Popović, Microsoft Ana Manic, Microsoft  

 

F5

IT Professional

Maximize enterprise AI with open standards and interoperability using Snowflake and Microsoft

Level 300

Fabric Platform

 

Matt Marzillo, Snowflake  

 

F6

Drive insights and action from Dynamics 365 and Power Platform with Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

 

Scott Sewell, Microsoft Jila "JJ" Yadav, Microsoft  

 

F7

Applications with Fabric Real-Time Intelligence

Customer Stories

 

Pascal Vogt, Fresenius Kabi João Gonçalo Lopes, Sport Lisboa e Benfica  

 

F8

Extending Power BI into Fabric: Insights from Microsoft Customers

Customer Stories

 

Gert Christen, ZEISS Lukas Munz, ZEISS Muhammad Bilal Khan, Novo Nordisk Jakob Libak Rasmussen, Novo Nordisk  

 

F9

IT Professional

Accelerate Your Azure SQL Platform for Optimal Performance and Costs

200 - Feature Orientated

Databases

 

Monica Rathbun, Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting John Morehouse, Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting  

 

F10

Developer

Unlocking Innovations: Latest Updates in Azure Database for PostgreSQL for Developers and Data Pros

200 - Feature Orientated

Azure SQL

 

Silvano Coriani, Microsoft  

 

INSPIRE STAGE

AMA with Microsoft MVP's

Ask Me Anything

 

 

 

F10r

[Roundtable] Data Warehousing in Microsoft Fabric

RoundTable

 

Joanna Podgoetsky, Microsoft  

 

F10b

[Roundtable] Data Governance & Data Managementin Microsoft Fabric

RoundTable

 

Yaron Canari, Microsoft Adi Regev, Microsoft  

 

11:30 - 12:00

Networking Break

12:00 - 13:00

Sessions

F11

IT Professional

Govern, Manage, and Protect all your Data in Microsoft Fabric and Beyond

200 - Feature Orientated

Fabric Platform

 

Adi Regev, Microsoft Yaron Canari, Microsoft  

 

F12

Business Decision Maker

Upgrade pathway from Azure Data Factory to Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric

300 - Technical

Data Integration

 

Emily Chen, Microsoft Leo Li, Microsoft  

 

F13

Developer

From Sandbox to Stadium: Orchestrating Fabric Spark and Best Practices for Production-Ready Workload

300 - Technical

Data Engineering

 

Santhosh Kumar Ravindran, Microsoft Ashit Gosalia, Microsoft  

 

F14

Developer

Vector Search with Azure SQL Database + Azure OpenAI

200 - Feature Orientated

Azure AI

 

Pooja Kamath, Microsoft Abhiman Tiwari, Microsoft  

 

F15

Business

Modernize Your Enterprise App Ecosystem at Scale with Microsoft Fabric

100 - Business Level

Data Integration

 

Karthikeyan Ramasubramanian, Visionet  

 

F16

IT Professional

Using Semantic Models to Address Business and Modeling Challenges

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Marco Russo, MVP, SQLBI  

 

F17

Developer

Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse

300 - Technical

Data Warehousing

 

Chris Hyde, MVP, Hydrate Technologies LLC  

 

F18

Developer

How to blow up your Fabric Capacity (and how to avoid it)

300 - Technical

Fabric Platform

 

Arthur Steijn, HSO  

 

F19

Data Scientist

Leveraging Semantic Link in Microsoft Fabric for Powerful Machine Learning Workflows

300 - Technical

Data Science

 

August Asheim Birkeland, Evidi Erlend Øien, Evidi  

 

F20

Business Decision Maker

The Data Dojo: A Power BI Community of Practice

100 - Business Level

Power BI

 

James Bartlett, MVP, Des Moines University  

 

INSPIRE STAGE

From Community learnings to driving the Business

Inspire Stage - 12:00 - 13:00

 

Luis Aguilera, Microsoft  

 

F20b

[Roundtable] Shape the future of Semantic Link in Microsoft Fabric

RoundTable

 

Nellie Gustafsson, Microsoft  

 

13:00 - 14:15

Networking Lunch

13:00 - 14:15

Networking Lunch - Registration Required

Women in Data Panel: Empowering the Future

 

Kim Manis, Microsoft Wangui McKelvey, Microsoft Justyna Lucznik, Microsoft Rie Merritt Linda Torrång, Data Masterminds  

 

14:15 - 15:15

Sessions

F21

IT Professional

Accelerating Lakehouse data processing with native execution engine

300 - Technical

Data Engineering

 

Ankita Victor, Microsoft Estera Kot, Microsoft, United States  

 

F22

Developer

Semantic Modeling as Code with TMDL

200 - Feature Orientated

Power BI

 

Sid Vemuri, Microsoft Rui Romano, Microsoft  

 

F23

Developer

Building the Future: A Hands-On Guide to Developing Workloads with Microsoft Fabric

Fabric Platform

 

Teddy Bercovitz, Microsoft Idan Goldfarb, Microsoft  

 

F24

Fostering Neurodivergent Success: From Coding for Kids to Workplace Survival

DE&I

 

Isi Turner, Advancing Analytics Anna Wykes, MVP, Neueda  

 

F25

Developer

Architectural Strategies for Large-Scale RAG Pattern Applications

300 - Technical

Azure AI

 

James Codella, Microsoft  

 

F26

Developer

Three fabric solutions and a little use case

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Integration

 

Prathyusha(Prathy) Kamasani, Avanade  

 

F27

Developer

Step into the Future: Real-Time Shoe Identification with AI and Fabric

200 - Feature Orientated

Azure AI

 

Rosie Cox, Adatis Corrinna Peters, Adatis  

 

F28

Business Decision Maker

Secure and govern custom-built GenAI apps with Microsoft Purview

200 - Feature Orientated

Microsoft Purview

 

 

 

F29

Session Title Coming Soon

 

 

 

F30

Session Title Coming Soon

 

 

 

F30b

[Roundtable] Data Engineering Roadmap

RoundTable

 

Santhosh Kumar Ravindran, Microsoft Justyna Lucznik, Microsoft  

 

15:15 - 15:30

Change Rooms

15:30 - 16:30

Sessions

F31

IT Professional

Elevate and unify data Solution management with Fabric: From Design to Industry-Specific

200 - Feature Orientated

Fabric Platform

 

Dan Liu, Microsoft Jiachen Cui, Microsoft  

 

F32

Developer

Monitor and Optimize Microsoft Fabric Operations and Jobs

300 - Technical

Fabric Platform

 

Varun Jain, Microsoft Marshall Zhang, Microsoft  

 

F33

Developer

Streamlining Code development for AI-powered Data Analytics

300 - Technical

Data Science

 

Avrilia Floratou, Microsoft Andre Fomin, ProHabits  

 

F34

IT Professional

Responsible AI in "3D": Data-Driven D&I

200 - Feature Orientated

Azure AI

 

Yannan Tuo, Microsoft  

 

F35

IT Professional

Demystifying the Data Lakehouse in Fabric

300 - Technical

Data Engineering

 

Just Blindbæk, MVP, twoday kapacity  

 

F36

Developer

Move SQL Server DW to Fabric DW

200 - Feature Orientated

Data Warehousing

 

Magnus Ahlkvist, Transmokopter SQL AB  

 

F37

IT Professional

Azure AI and Azure SQL Database - Using Data to Power Up Your Skillset and Career

200 - Feature Orientated

Databases

 

Matt Gordon, MVP, Centric Consulting  

 

F38

Session Title Coming Soon

 

 

 

F39

Developer

Creating Impactful Power BI Reports: Beyond Beauty

300 - Technical

Power BI

 

Justine Hanssens, element61  

 

F40

Fostering Neurodivergent Success: From Coding for Kids to Workplace Survival

DE&I

 

Isi Turner, Advancing Analytics Anna Wykes, MVP, Neueda  

 

F40b

[Roundtable] OneLake Security

RoundTable

 

Josh Caplan, Microsoft Aaron Merrill, Microsoft