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Data Platform Next Step

Organizer
Power Events ApS (Denmark; non-profit, also runs Power BI Next Step)
Category
Database
Website
dataplatformnextstep.com
Social
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Typical place
Billund, Denmark
Topics
Data engineeringWarehouse & lakehouseGovernance & quality

Volunteer-run, in-person Danish conference for Microsoft Data Platform data engineers 'that want to take the next step' (Fabric, Synapse, Databricks, Data Factory, Purview; explicitly not for beginners, no analytics/DBA tracks). Format: a day of three full-day trainings (40-50 people each) followed by a single-day conference with a keynote, ~18 breakout sessions and an Ask-Me-Anything panel; about 200-250 attendees. Run by Power Events ApS, founded by Ásgeir Gunnarsson and Just Blindbæk (board also David L. Bojsen), the team behind Power BI Next Step. First edition June 2023 at LEGOLAND Hotel, Billund; alternates between Billund and Copenhagen; 2027 moves to Aarhus. No conference-specific social accounts found.

At a glance

Next event
May 3–4, 2027Aarhus, Denmark
Call for papers
Open until Jan 13, 202765 days left
Audience
Not published
Tickets
DKK 1,500–DKK 4,5002 prices, 2026
Sponsorship
Packages not published
Sponsors
9 in 2026■ 0% vs 2025 (9)
Program freshness
81#115 of 127 · 13% reruns
Similar conferences
Fabric February, Power BI Next Step, dataMinds Connect

Speakers it attracts

The 61 people who spoke at Data Platform Next Step in 2024–2026, by their record at the other conferences we track.

59%experienced speakers: talks at 3+ other conferences · more than 93% of conferences
7have keynoted another conference
18%no other tracked talks: new voices, or speakers from outside the circuit
Where they work (26 with a known employer type)Vendors 65%Consultancies 27%Practitioners (end-user companies) 8%

Most established speakers

Events52023–2027
Sponsoring companies2036 sponsorships
Speaker appearances136

Activity by year

Sponsors

Sponsor companies per year

Distinct companies sponsoring any event that year.

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Speakers

Speakers per year

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Events

DatesEventPlaceFormat / statusAttendanceSponsorsSpeakers
May 3–4, 2027Data Platform Next Step 2027Aarhus, DenmarkAnnounced———
Jun 1–2, 2026Data Platform Next Step 2026Kastrup, Denmark—940
Jun 2–3, 2025Data Platform Next Step 2025Billund, Denmark—936
Jun 13–14, 2024Data Platform Next Step 2024Copenhagen, Denmark—835
Jun 8–9, 2023Data Platform Next Step 2023Billund, Denmark—1025

Attendance over time

No attendance figures recorded

Most frequent speaker companies

Microsoft45Advancing Analytics9dataon3Inspari3Tabular Editor2Analytics Masterminds1Avanade1Databricks1Dataroots1Datashift1Eddytor1LINAK1Rabobank1SDG Group1Tekantis1

Speaker appearances across all events, by the speaker's company.

Similar conferences

Conferences with the most similar speaker mix: their speakers come from the same companies. Bars are cosine similarity on a 0–1 scale; between conferences even the closest pairs share only part of their crowd.

  1. Fabric February0.30
  2. Power BI Next Step0.22
  3. dataMinds Connect0.19
  4. Data Céilí0.19
  5. SQLBits0.18

13 Cluster: Microsoft · Avanade · Advancing Analytics crowd →

Sponsors over the years

Top 20 of 20 sponsoring companies, ranked by years sponsored. Each cell shows the highest tier that year; hover for the events.

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2023202420252026dataondataontwodaytwodayInvixoInvixoEddytorEddytorExmonExmonFellowmindFellowmindInspariInspariitm8itm8TimeXtenderTimeXtenderBackstageBackstageColumbusColumbusITPA ConsultingITPA ConsultingSnowflakeSnowflakeAnalytics MastermindsAnalytics MastermindsbiwisebiwiseCognitechCognitechKPMGKPMGOrangeManOrangeManStoltze ITStoltze ITTheVITTheVIT

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