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DATA:Scotland

Organizer
SQL GLA Ltd (volunteer organising team)
Category
Database
Website
datascotland.org
Social
X / Twitter · LinkedIn · Bluesky · YouTube
Typical place
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Topics
Data engineeringBI & analyticsWarehouse & lakehouseGenerative AIGovernance & quality

Scotland's free, volunteer-run data community conference, rooted in the Microsoft data platform community (sessions span data engineering, analytics, Power BI/Fabric, DBA, data science and professional development). Started in 2017 as SQLGLA (an afternoon of four speakers at Glasgow's Tontine building); SQLGLA 2018 became a full conference, renamed DATA:Scotland from 2019. Usually a single Friday in September at the University of Strathclyde Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow; 2023 was held at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh; 2022 added a paid pre-conference workshop day. No event in 2020; 2021 was an online-only 'Scottish Summer' festival (not recorded); no event in 2026 ('a year off'); 2027 is the 10th birthday edition. Tickets are free every year. Registrations grew from about 450 (2019) to 1,100 (2025).

At a glance

Next event
Sep 10, 2027Glasgow, United Kingdom
Call for papers
No public call found
Audience
Not published
Tickets
Free1 price, 2027
Sponsorship
Packages not published
Sponsors
7 in 2025▼ −22% vs 2024 (9)
Program freshness
91#89 of 127 · 12% reruns
Similar conferences
Data Céilí, DataGrillen, dataMinds Connect

Speakers it attracts

The 125 people who spoke at DATA:Scotland in 2023–2025, by their record at the other conferences we track.

47%experienced speakers: talks at 3+ other conferences · more than 88% of conferences
10have keynoted another conference
30%no other tracked talks: new voices, or speakers from outside the circuit
Where they work (52 with a known employer type)Consultancies 50%Vendors 33%Practitioners (end-user companies) 15%Media & community 2%

Most established speakers

Events62019–2027
Sponsoring companies3147 sponsorships
Speaker appearances250

Activity by year

Sponsors

Sponsor companies per year

Distinct companies sponsoring any event that year.

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  • Complete list
  • Partial or unverified list

1 of 8 years have a partial, unverified or missing sponsor list, so their bars undercount.

Speakers

Speakers per year

Distinct people on stage at any event that year; same year axis as sponsors.

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Events

DatesEventPlaceFormat / statusAttendanceSponsorsSpeakers
Sep 10, 2027DATA:Scotland 2027 (10th Birthday Edition)Glasgow, United KingdomAnnounced———
Sep 12, 2025DATA:Scotland 2025Glasgow, United Kingdom—762
Sep 13, 2024DATA:Scotland 2024Glasgow, United Kingdom—966
Sep 8, 2023DATA:Scotland 2023Edinburgh, United Kingdom—836
Sep 1–2, 2022DATA:Scotland 2022Glasgow, United Kingdom—954
Sep 13, 2019DATA:Scotland 2019Glasgow, United Kingdom—1432

Attendance over time

No attendance figures recorded

Most frequent speaker companies

Advancing Analytics12Microsoft7Quorum6Avanade5Data Masterminds5Adatis4NatWest Group3Quanto3The Data Shed3Databricks3InSpark3Criteo3endjin3Rabobank3BJSS2

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. Data Céilí0.28
  2. DataGrillen0.25
  3. dataMinds Connect0.22
  4. Fabric February0.22
  5. SQLBits0.21

13 Cluster: Microsoft · Avanade · Advancing Analytics crowd →

Sponsors over the years

Top 25 of 31 sponsoring companies, ranked by years sponsored. Each cell shows the highest tier that year; hover for the events.

  • Title / headline
  • Platinum
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Bronze
  • Community
  • Other / unspecified
20192022202320242025QuorumQuorumData MastermindsData MastermindsAdvancing AnalyticsAdvancing Analyticsdata.aidata.aiMicrosoftMicrosoftRedgateRedgateTabular EditorTabular EditorThe Data ShedThe Data ShedWaterstonsWaterstonsBridgeallBridgeallTimeXtenderTimeXtenderAdatisAdatisArnold ClarkArnold ClarkCathcart AssociatesCathcart AssociatesData MovementsData MovementsPower BI SentinelPower BI SentinelSentryOneSentryOneF1F9F1F9Incremental GroupIncremental GroupdbWatchdbWatchDLM ConsultantsDLM ConsultantsGethyn EllisGethyn EllisHippo DigitalHippo DigitalxTenxTenAim LtdAim Ltd

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