Conferences / Data Platform Next Step
Data Platform Next Step 2025
Jun 2–3, 2025 · LEGOLAND Hotel & Conference, Billund, Denmark
- Conference
- Data Platform Next Step Database
- Dates
- Jun 2, 2025 – Jun 3, 2025
- Venue
- LEGOLAND Hotel & Conference
- Place
- Billund, Denmark
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —Site says 'together with 200+ attendees' (marketing copy, repeated every year); stats block shows 250 participants.
- Website
- dataplatformnextstep.com
- Recorded
- 9 sponsors · 36 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Conference program from the Sessionize embed on the event site (23 sessions with speakers, incl. full-day trainings where listed, the keynote and the Ask-Me-Anything panel). Training day June 2 (Advanced Spark, Fabric Security for the Data Engineer, Mastering Fabric DP-700), conference June 3; keynote by Raghu Ramakrishnan (Microsoft). Affiliations parsed from Sessionize speaker taglines where they name an employer. Sponsor names from logo files/links on the home page (no alt text). Ticket prices as shown on the ticket page ('kr.' = DKK); VAT treatment not stated.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference only | DKK 1,500 | — | web.archive.org | |
| Full package (training day + conference) | DKK 4,500 | — | web.archive.org |
Sponsors 9
Gold 4
- dataon · Premium Sponsor
- Invixo · Premium Sponsor
- TimeXtender · Premium Sponsor
- twoday · Premium Sponsor
Silver 5
- Analytics Masterminds · Standard Sponsor
- Cognitech · Standard Sponsor
- Columbus · Standard Sponsor
- Eddytor · Standard Sponsor
- itm8 · Standard Sponsor
Speakers and talks 36
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghu Ramakrishnan | Microsoft | Keynote | Keynote | — |
| Aaron Merrill | Microsoft | Talk | Secure data end-to-end with Microsoft Fabric and OneLake | — |
| Aaron Merrill | Microsoft | Workshop | Fabric Security for the Data Engineer | — |
| Aaron Merrill | Microsoft | Panelist | Ask me Anything | — |
| Benni De Jagere | — | Talk | Fabric Capacities, beyond the obvious | — |
| Benni De Jagere | — | Panelist | Ask me Anything | — |
| Brian Bønk | — | Talk | Another query language — do we really need KQL? | — |
| Brian Bønk | — | Workshop | Mastering the DP-700 Fabric Data Engineering Exam | — |
| Christian Henrik Reich | — | Talk | An Apache Spark query's journey through the layers of Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Erin Howland | — | Talk | Grit and Growth: Stories from the Trenches | — |
| Erwin de Kreuk | — | Talk | The Crucial Role of Data Quality in Your Data Estate | — |
| Erwin de Kreuk | — | Workshop | Fabric Security for the Data Engineer | — |
| Falek Miah | Advancing Analytics | Workshop | Advanced Spark for Data Engineers | — |
| Falek Miah | Advancing Analytics | Talk | Simplifying Code Distribution with Databricks Asset Bundles | — |
| Filip Popović | Microsoft | Panelist | Ask me Anything | — |
| Filip Popović | Microsoft | Talk | Enhancing the Developer Experience in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse through Functions | — |
| Gerhard Brueckl | — | Talk | Showcasing Fabric Studio | — |
| Grace O'Halloran | Advancing Analytics | Talk | Another Brick in the Firewall: How to Secure your Azure Data Platform | — |
| Jacqueline Lee | Yelp | Talk | From Chaos to Clarity: Enabling Data teams with Observability | — |
| Lars Andersen | Microsoft | Panelist | Ask me Anything | — |
| Lisa Hoving | — | Talk | Help, my Azure Databricks is too expensive! Some tips and tricks. | — |
| Luke Moloney | Microsoft | Talk | Fabric Spark at scale - tips, tricks and best practices | — |
| Luke Moloney | Microsoft | Panelist | Ask me Anything | — |
| Michael Johnson | — | Talk | Delta Merge, the data engineer`s best friend | — |
| Nikola Ilic | — | Workshop | Mastering the DP-700 Fabric Data Engineering Exam | — |
| Nikola Ilic | — | Talk | Work smarter, not harder! 10 cool things Semantic Link can do for you in Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Olivier Van Steenlandt | Datashift | Talk | Apache Spark for SQL Data Warehouse Developers | — |
| Raghu Ramakrishnan | Microsoft | Panelist | Ask me Anything | — |
| Srdjan Matin | Microsoft | Talk | Enhancing the Developer Experience in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse through Functions | — |
| Srdjan Matin | Microsoft | Panelist | Ask me Anything | — |
| Tomasz Kostyrka | Databricks | Talk | A quick journey through optimization techniques. Told differently than usual. | — |
| Vengatesh Parasuraman | Microsoft | Workshop | Fabric Security for the Data Engineer | — |
| Vengatesh Parasuraman | Microsoft | Panelist | Ask me Anything | — |
| Vengatesh Parasuraman | Microsoft | Talk | Fabric Security - Everything you need to know | — |
| Zach Stagers | Advancing Analytics | Workshop | Advanced Spark for Data Engineers | — |
| Zach Stagers | Advancing Analytics | Talk | Simplifying Code Distribution with Databricks Asset Bundles | — |
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250523212929/https://dataplatformnextstep.com/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250523205914/https://dataplatformnextstep.com/speakers/
- https://sessionize.com/api/v2/sj0wd7l0/view/Sessions
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250404131923/https://dataplatformnextstep.com/tickets/
- https://app.qwoted.com/opportunities/event-microsoft-data-platform-conference-2025