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Roman Tesolkin
Avanade
Roman Tesolkin
Senior Data Analyst at AvanadeData Adventurer, Power BI Enthusiast and Workshop Leader from Ukraine based in Frankfurt am Main. Empowering Through Data: A Journey of Insights and Workshops!
Session by Roman
Turning Data into Influence: Lessons from Disney+ Inspired Visual Storytelling in Power BI
Andy Cutler
DataHAI
Andy Cutler
Independent Business Intelligence ConsultantI am an Azure Data Platform professional working predominantly with Azure Synapse Analytics (SQL Pools), Data Factory, SQL Server and Power BI. I hold an MSc in Business Intelligence and Data Mining. I am a current Microsoft Data Platform MVP.
Session by Andy
Microsoft Fabric Warehouses for the Database Administrator
Nikola Ilic
Data-Mozart
Nikola Ilic
Data Mozart, Microsoft Data Platform MVPI'm making music from the data! Power BI and Microsoft Fabric addict, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Pluralsight Author, blogger, speaker...Interested in everything related to data - always eager to extract valuable info from raw data in the most effective way. Multi-year experience working with (predominantly) Microsoft Data Platform (SQL Server, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, and Power BI). Father of 2 and true football (and Barca) fan!
Session by Nikola
50 Shades of Direct Lake
Paul Andrew
Cloud Formations
Paul Andrew
Co-Founder & CTO of Cloud Formations | Microsoft MVPPaul (AKA @mrpaulandrew) is the Co-Founder & CTO of Cloud Formations, a specialist data consultancy based in the UK. With nearly 20 years’ experience designing and delivering Microsoft data architectures, Paul leads a passionate team of engineers, supporting businesses small and large with scalable cloud platforms. Business value delivered through data insights. Over the years, Paul has covered the breadth and depth of design patterns and industry leading concepts, including Lambda, Kappa, Delta Lake, Data Mesh and Data Fabric. Paul is also a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, director for the Data Relay community conference, East Midlands user group leader, book author and mentor. In addition to the day job(s), Paul is a father of three, husband, foodie, runner, blood donor, geek, Lego, and Star Wars fan! Lastly, Paul confesses to enjoying a Ramstein playlist when given half a chance to do some coding for a customer project.
Session by Paul
Real-time Intelligence with Microsoft Fabric - What, Why & How
Emanuele Meazzo
Team Lead for Data Science & Intelligence in one of the top computer hardware manufacturers in the world.I’m passionate about technology since childhood, from consumer electronics to enterprise hardware/software and everything in between. Following this passion, I pursued an education focused on scientific and technical fields, becoming an IT Engineer at the end of my academic career in Milan. I often spend my free time trying to learn something new and be up to date on the topics in my interest, allowing me to maintain and develop my skillset. In these years focused my interests on the Microsoft Data Platform and had the opportunity to attend to a great number of courses and webinars from SQL Server experts from all around the world. During the years, through studies and international experiences with customers (in USA, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, etc..) and mentors, I’ve developed a transversal knowledge that involves both the elements of an architecture (from the application need, the queries, to the configuration down until the hardware/cloud architecture itself) and how to exploit it in order to give to the business the value that needs. On the job I usually _x001F_nd myself being the go-to guy that both senior and junior employees approach to tackle particularly tricky issues or asking for advice; I appreciate whenever this happens as I’m stimulated by new problems to solve and I enjoy sharing my knowledge to empower others: In fact, I own a blog dedicated to the Data World, with a special attention to the technical and performance aspects of SQL Server and PowerBI (https://tsql.dev)
Session by Emanuele
Automate your Power BI capacity migration and testing
Heini Ilmarinen
Polar Squad
Heini Ilmarinen
DevOps Consultant, Polar SquadHeini is a math teacher turned Azure expert. With her background in mathematics and teaching, she has a great passion for problem solving, simplifying complex things and a unique approach to architectures. She is a DevOps Consultant at Polar Squad and a Data Platform MVP, specializing in Azure infrastructure and the data platform. She has been working with customers large and small for the past several years to help them sort out their path to the cloud and make sense of their architecture - both hybrid and cloud. She has worked extensively with both Azure infrastructure and analytics solutions, and makes the most of this skillset in her projects, as well as while speaking. On her free time Heini spends time in the nature, either snowboarding or mountain biking, depending on the season.
Session by Heini
Super Smash - Microsoft Fabric vs. Databricks
Kristian Bubalo
Microsoft
Kristian Bubalo
Cloud Solution Architect Data & AIAs a Cloud Solution Architect, throughout my career I have always been passionate about building the best Analytical solutions which fits my customers needs best. During this time, I have had the privilege of working alongside talented individuals at major companies, such as The Project Group GmbH. I now work at Microsoft as a Cloud Solution Architect, in Zurich, Switzerland. Our goal is to empower every organization and every person to achieve more. With Microsoft Fabric each individual is capable of analyzing their data - "Any data, any way, anywhere. And all in one view."
Session by Kristian
Fabric and meta data magic - from REST API's to Insights
Injae Park
Power BI Park
Injae Park
Microsoft MVP / Power BI ConsultantInjae Park is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP who combines his technical expertise with a passion for teaching by sharing his insights and practical tips through his YouTube channel @PowerBIPark. Injae's content ranges from beginner tutorials to advanced techniques, and as part of the Power BI Core Visual Representatives - he aims to bridge the MS Developer team with the Power BI community. His education in psychology and economics as well as his experience in consulting gives him a well-rounded perspective on the Power BI Developer experience, making his tutorials both engaging and accessible.
Session by Injae
The Cost of a Workaround - Key considerations for Power BI
Artur König
BI or Die
Artur König
Founder & CEO | BI Consultant | Empowering Agile BI and Analytics | Power BI FanboyArtur is a data engineer specializing in data analysis and founder and CEO of platformimpulse GmbH, a company of the BI or DIE group. He is responsible for the full-stack implementation of data products from the data source to the final dashboard within the Microsoft ecosystem. As a former lecturer, Artur also focuses on sustainable internal and external knowledge transfer related to Microsoft Power BI and Fabric. Previously, he spent over 12 years as a consultant in IT audit, software projects, implementing reporting solutions in various industries and company sizes, and as head of business intelligence at a mid-sized software company in Germany. Artur is active in the Power BI and data community as a podcaster, YouTuber, meetup coordinator, member of the TDWI society think tank on Self-Service & Analytics, speaker at events, and book author.
Session by Artur
What's in for me? Understanding Power BI Logs
Chris Webb
Microsoft
Chris Webb
Principal Program Manager, MicrosoftChris Webb is a member of the Fabric Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft
Session by Chris
Power BI Copilot Deep Dive
What's new in Power Query in Power BI, Fabric and Excel?
Gabi Münster
Microsoft
Gabi Münster
Senior Program Manager / Fabric CATGabi Münster (she / her) started working with SQL Server technologies in 2005. After some short excursions into Web Application development and a long and inspiring time as a BI consultant / Data architect at oh22data AG (including experiencing being a Data Platform MVP), she joined Microsoft as a Senior Program Manager at the Fabric CAT team in March 2022. She speaks at regional chapter meetings, national and international conferences. Since 2016 she also supports a regional chapter as co-lead. Apart from BI topics she also supports Diversity topics.
Session by Gabi
CI/CD in Microsoft Fabric - Democratization of GIT?
Mathias Thierbach
PBI Tools
Mathias Thierbach
Data Platform MVP, Power BI Contributor, Developer of pbi-toolsIn 2015, after having spent over ten years as a Software Developer and Architect with Microsoft technologies, Mathias Thierbach moved into the Microsoft BI space. He soon landed on Power BI, but also realized quickly that the development and engineering tools and practices were nothing like the ones well established in software development. This is how pbi-tools started as a project, the only complete source control solution for Power BI. During seven years of leading a data management team at YouGov, he experienced the benefits of those efforts every day. Having open sourced the project in fall of 2021, Mathias spends a lot of his free time bringing source control and DevOps practices to the wider Power BI community now. In addition to his open source engagements, Mathias cares deeply about his role as an enterprise technology leader. Like many, once having started as a single contributor technologist, he had to pivot significantly when he moved into a manager role, responsible for building, stabilizing and growing a team of data engineers, analysts and architects. Mathias is now passionately sharing the many experiences and learnings that came out of that journey with the community.
Session by Mathias
CI/CD in Microsoft Fabric - Democratization of GIT?
Charley Hanania
QS2
Charley Hanania
Data Platform Specialist and Advisor | Trainer | International Speaker | MVP - QS2 AGWorking on data systems since the mid 1990's, Charley has been engaged on all aspects of database platforms since MSSQL version 4 on OS/2; has supported numerous organisations in database administration, training, development, architecture, strategy, cloud infra and operational excellence; and has conducted focused staff training and mentoring throughout Europe, the USA & Australasia. As a long standing MCT, MCT Regional Lead for Switzerland and Microsoft MVP on the Data Platform, he runs a Cloud & Data-focused Services & App Dev consultancy where together with his team, he offers Best of Breed services & solutions to various industries around the world.
Session by Charley
The Parquet File Format - Under the Hood
Matthias Falland
Corporate Software
Matthias Falland
Trusted Advisor and MVP @ Corporate SoftwareMatthias Falland is a Microsoft MVP and Trusted Advisor for the Microsoft Cloud Platform. He likes to contribute to the community and is a frequent conference speaker. He lives near Basel, Switzerland.
Session by Matthias
Mastering Microsoft Fabric for Highly Sensitive Data
Nicolas Rehder
Allgeier
Nicolas Rehder
Allgeier Schweiz, Senior Technology ConsultantAs an expert in data, business intelligence and artificial intelligence, I am committed to fostering a collaborative team environment and sharing lessons learned with other professionals. I am active in teaching others how to use Microsoft Fabric and Power BI through Microsoft in-a-day events and have created hands-on workshops to showcase how to use Azure-based services such as Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure OpenAI.
Session by Nicolas
Harnessing Metadata-Driven Pipelines in Fabric
Meinrad Weiss
Microsoft
Meinrad Weiss
Sr Cloud Solution ArchitectAs a Cloud Solution Architect my goal is to: Help customers to successfully develop their business (capabilities) on Azure. Drive the deployment of customer workloads into Azure by providing deployment guidance, supporting development of the customers’ cloud adoption model, and providing appropriate recommendations to overcome blockers.
Session by Meinrad
Fabric and meta data magic - from REST API's to Insights
Claudio Mirti
Microsoft
Claudio Mirti
Sr Advanced Analytics & AI Specialist EMEAClaudio Mirti has a customer-focused approach to leverage digital technologies, design and build innovative game-changing solutions. Also, he knows how Advanced Analytics & AI can empower employees and ultimately help customers augment their business in new ways. Claudio works in the Global Black Belt organization for EMEA at Microsoft and is a founder of different courses in higher education in Switzerland and New York University with the focus of Design Thinking and AI.
Session by Claudio
Analytics in the era of AI
Elgar Brunott
IT-Logix
Elgar Brunott
Principal Consultant at IT-LogixElgar Brunott has been working in the Business Intelligence and Data & Analytics environment for over two decades. The last five years of which he spent at IT-Logix AG as Principal Consultant. His focus is on DWH automation and the Microsoft Data & Analytics platform. In recent years, his focus has been on the Azure Synapse cloud platform and now also on Microsoft Fabric. In addition to building DWH automation tools, he also has a lot of experience with tools such as WhereScape.
Session by Elgar
Combining Strengths: Maximizing Microsoft Fabric with “DWH Automation”
Ivo Schindelholz
BSGroup Data Analytics AG
Ivo Schindelholz
Senior Consultant Data AnalyticsI am working as a Senior Consultant at BSgroup Data Analytics AG in Switzerland. With over 14 years of experience in data analytics using Microsoft technologies, my fear of repetitive tasks constantly pushes me to find new, creative ways to automate (almost) everything!
Session by Ivo
Build a Data Lakehouse with only two notebooks
Gideon Aschwanden
UBS Asset Management
Gideon Aschwanden
Global Head of Data InsightsWith over 10 years of experience in data science, architecture, and urban analytics, I am the Head of Data Insights (VP) at Credit Suisse Asset Management and a university lecturer at the University of Zurich. I hold a PhD in Science from ETH Zurich, one of the world's leading universities in science and technology.
Session by Gideon
Panel Discussion: The impact of AI on the Data space. With a focus on Employment and Employability.
Louis de Gasté
Unit8
Louis de Gasté
Senior Data EngineerData scientist at heart who got seduced by data and platform engineering. With over five years of experience, he has worked on the design, creation and extension of multiple data platforms across industries and technological landscapes.
Session by Louis
Distributed governance at scale with self-service Databricks and Terraform
Giada Fallo
Powercoders
Giada Fallo
IT Instructor Co-leadFormer ML Researcher & Technical Consultant
With a foundation in machine learning research, Giada transitioned into technical consulting, guiding businesses through technology challenges. As an Innovation Engineer at an insurance startup, she helped develop cutting-edge solutions, blending creative problem-solving with technical expertise. Now, as an IT instructor co-lead, Giada is passionate about empowering individuals—especially migrants and refugees—to navigate the IT world.
Outside of work, she is also a dedicated yoga teacher and enjoys connecting with nature, whether through movement or outdoor adventures.
Session by Giada
Panel Discussion: The impact of AI on the Data space. With a focus on Employment and Employability.
