Conferences / Data Saturdays
Data Saturday #87 - Data Saturday Holland 2026
Oct 9–10, 2026 · Kinepolis Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Conference
- Data Saturdays Database
- Dates
- Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 10, 2026
- Venue
- Kinepolis Jaarbeurs
- Place
- Utrecht, Netherlands
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- datasaturday.nl
- Recorded
- 11 sponsors · 49 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Data Saturday #87; paid "Deep Dive Friday" precons (9 Oct) plus the main conference (10 Oct). 42 sessions in the Sessionize Sessions view (6 Friday deep dives + 36 Saturday sessions). All speakers recorded; affiliation from Sessionize tagline where it names an employer. Site: "Join 400+ of your peers" (promotional estimate).
Ticket prices
Sponsors 11
Gold 7
- BBTG · Blockbuster
- Brander · Blockbuster
- Bull · Blockbuster
- Data Giants · Blockbuster
- ilionx · Blockbuster
- Info Support · Blockbuster
- Twintos · Blockbuster
Silver 4
- dbWatch · Arthouse
- InSpark · Arthouse
- Redgate · Arthouse
- Sopra Steria · Arthouse
Speakers and talks 49
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alper Teke | Bull | Speaker | Sovereign Data & AI: Control, Choice and Innovation in the Age of AI | — |
| Artur Tyvaert | element61 | Speaker | How to expose business users to AI applications in a controlled environment | — |
| Ásgeir Gunnarsson | — | Speaker | From Chaos to Control: Orchestrating Lakehouse Workloads in Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Ásgeir Gunnarsson | — | Speaker | Find the Spark as a SQL data warehouse developer | — |
| Ashley Warren | Advancing Analytics | Speaker | Becoming a Geni(e)us: How to get the most out of Databricks Genie Agents | — |
| Benni De Jagere | — | Speaker | Deep Dive into Microsoft Fabric Capacities: Fundamentals, Concepts, and Advanced Strategies | — |
| Christian Peeters | Betabit | Speaker | T-SQL Meets AI: Unleashing SQL Server 2025’s Vector & RAG Power | — |
| Cláudio Silva | — | Speaker | VECTOR in SQL Server 2025: When, Why, and How to Use It | — |
| Danny de Haan | — | Speaker | Database Development with a Security-First Mentality | — |
| Danny Kruge | Schuberg Philis | Speaker | Is This Just Real-Time… or Is It Just Fabric? | — |
| Enrico van de Laar | Privinity | Speaker | From Convenience to Control: Breaking Free from Big Tech Data Platforms | — |
| Gianluca Sartori | — | Speaker | Questioning My SQL Server Faith… So You Don’t Have To | — |
| Greg Baldini | — | Speaker | Choosing the Right Storage Mode: Import, Direct Lake, DirectQuery & Hybrid | — |
| Greg Baldini | — | Speaker | Breaking the Limits: Advanced Optimization of Semantic Models in Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Jesse Gorter | BBTG | Speaker | The Limitless Data Platform - The Rise of Kubernetes | — |
| John Martin | — | Speaker | Modernizing workloads from SQL Server to PostgreSQL with Flexible Server for PostgreSQL | — |
| Juliana Smith | Zure | Speaker | POURing Accessibility into Power BI: Practical Steps for Inclusive Analytics | — |
| Just Blindbæk | — | Speaker | Breaking the Limits: Advanced Optimization of Semantic Models in Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Just Blindbæk | — | Speaker | Choosing the Right Storage Mode: Import, Direct Lake, DirectQuery & Hybrid | — |
| Kasper de Jonge | Microsoft | Speaker | Security and Data Governance in Microsoft Fabric: A Practical Implementation | — |
| Lars Andersen | Microsoft | Speaker | Are your semantic models ready for Copilot? | — |
| Linda Torrång | Data Masterminds | Speaker | Microsoft Fabric Performance Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them | — |
| Marc Lelijveld | — | Speaker | From Source to a Working Agent in 3 Hours: Building an AI Ready Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Marjolein Opsteegh | — | Speaker | Deep dive into Power BI theming: from modern defaults to custom JSON | — |
| Mark Streutker | Info Support | Speaker | The Future of Data Engineering and Data Platforms in the Age of AI and Agentic Systems | — |
| Marnix Jansen | Minova | Speaker | Write Reusable DAX with User Defined Functions | — |
| Mehmet Bozan | — | Speaker | Sovereign Data & AI: Control, Choice and Innovation in the Age of AI | — |
| Mladen Prajdic | — | Speaker | SQL Server 2025 Optimized Locking | — |
| Niels Nagle | Info Support | Speaker | The Future of Data Engineering and Data Platforms in the Age of AI and Agentic Systems | — |
| Parcifal Van Gucht | element61 | Speaker | How to expose business users to AI applications in a controlled environment | — |
| Peter Kruis | — | Speaker | Two Developers, One Mission: Make a Test Database That Doesn’t Suck | — |
| Peter van den Bos | — | Speaker | Practical Data Modeling in Power BI: Beyond the Star Schema | — |
| Reitse Eskens | Axians Business Analytics | Speaker | SQL 2025, SSMS 22 and Fabric. And they mirrored happily ever after? | — |
| Rich Benner | — | Speaker | Using AI for Performance Tuning in SQL 2025 | — |
| Robert Hartskeerl | — | Speaker | My database will be hacked. But I don't care. | — |
| Rocky Kalloe | — | Speaker | Sovereign Data & AI: Control, Choice and Innovation in the Age of AI | — |
| Sander Stad | Data Masterminds | Speaker | DevOops: What Not to Do in DevOps | — |
| Sebastian Steinau | self-employed | Speaker | Getting Started with Spark Internals | — |
| Simon Whiteley | — | Speaker | Data Engineering - Now & the Future | — |
| Simon Whiteley | — | Speaker | Giving the Business Their Vibes Back | — |
| Štěpán Rešl | DataBrothers | Speaker | Why Your Data Team Needs an AI Agent (Not a Chatbot) | — |
| Thijs Baan | Info Support | Speaker | Cognitive Shift: How Agentic AI Changes the Way We Think | — |
| Thomas Kejser | — | Speaker | Ask the Database Doctor anything | — |
| Thomas Kejser | — | Speaker | Understanding and Comparing Query Optimisers | — |
| Tonie Huizer | Promicro | Speaker | Two Developers, One Mission: Make a Test Database That Doesn’t Suck | — |
| Torsten Strauß | — | Speaker | High-Concurrency Insert Patterns: Eliminating Page Latch Contention in SQL Server | — |
| Traci Sewell | — | Speaker | Talking about mental health - For you and for them | — |
| Uwe Ricken | db Berater GmbH | Speaker | The strengths of partitioning – practical examples | — |
| Yvette Lovas | — | Speaker | Design Thinking in BI Product Lifecycle | — |