Conferences / DATACON Seattle
DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)
Aug 24–28, 2026 · Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA, United States
- Conference
- DATACON Seattle Database
- Dates
- Aug 24, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026
- Venue
- Seattle Convention Center
- Place
- Seattle, WA, United States
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- techcon365.com
- Recorded
- 0 sponsors · 157 speaker appearances
- Notes
- DATACON co-located with TechCon 365 and PWRCON (single combined Sessionize call and schedule): workshops Mon-Tue 24-25 Aug, sessions Wed-Fri 26-28 Aug 2026. Speakers: sessions tagged with the "DATACON" secondary track in the combined Sessionize schedule (the schedule API linked from the archived sessions page), which includes some cross-listed Microsoft 365/Copilot sessions; affiliation from the Sessionize tagline where it names an employer. No sponsor list or prices recovered (the organizer site now redirects Seattle pages to the portal; the next combined event is Atlanta, 13-17 Sep 2027).
Ticket prices
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Speakers and talks 157
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shireesh Thota | Microsoft | Keynote | Keynote: From Databases to Agents: Building the Data Foundation for the Agentic Enterprise | — |
| Alan Cox | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 4 | — |
| Andrew Connell | AvePoint | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Developer | — |
| Andrew Connell | AvePoint | Speaker | Better Instructions = Better Agents: Prompt Engineering & Debugging for Creators of any Background | — |
| Anna Bordioug | Protiviti | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 6 | — |
| Anna Bordioug | Protiviti | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Data Security and Security for AI | — |
| Arnav Loonker | — | Speaker | AI Driven Data Engineering with Spec Driven Development | — |
| Ben Hansen | Truegility | Speaker | Master Data Light with Clarity Databook | — |
| Ben Miller | — | Speaker | PowerShell 101: Unlocking the Basics of Cmdlets, Parameters, and Pipelines | — |
| Ben Miller | — | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Powershell and Soft Skills | — |
| Ben Miller | — | Speaker | Designing a Real-World Recovery Strategy for SQL Server: From Theory to Survival | — |
| Ben Miller | — | Speaker | Enhanced Maintenance Techniques for Workload Stabilization | — |
| Ben Miller | — | Workshop | Automate All the Things: A Deep Dive into PowerShell, dbatools & dbachecks for SQL Server | — |
| Bob Ward | Microsoft | Speaker | Database Agents The Next Evolution of Managing SQL at Scale | — |
| Bob Ward | Microsoft | Speaker | Azure is the Best Cloud for SQL | — |
| Bob Ward | Microsoft | Speaker | SQL and AI for the Rest of Us | — |
| Bob Ward | Microsoft | Speaker | Azure SQL Hyperscale: The Cloud Database for the Era of AI | — |
| Bradley Ball | Microsoft | Speaker | Microsoft Fabric: Copilots & Data Agents | — |
| Bradley Ball | Microsoft | Speaker | Microsoft Fabric: Data Pipelines Error Handling 101 | — |
| Bradley Ball | Microsoft | Speaker | Microsoft Fabric, Power BI Writeback to SQL, & Sentiment Analysis with Microsoft Foundry | — |
| Bradley Ball | Microsoft | Speaker | Ask the Experts -1 | — |
| Bradley Ball | Microsoft | Workshop | Microsoft Fabric AI, Copilots, Data Agents, Fabric IQ, & Extending Data Agents Beyond Fabric | — |
| Bradley Schacht | Microsoft | Workshop | Microsoft Fabric AI, Copilots, Data Agents, Fabric IQ, & Extending Data Agents Beyond Fabric | — |
| Carol Zollinger | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 5 | — |
| Dan English | Microsoft | Speaker | Power BI Model and Report Optimization Tips | — |
| Dan English | Microsoft | Speaker | Power BI Gotchas - Dan's Dirty Dozen | — |
| Dan English | Microsoft | Speaker | Unraveling Microsoft Fabric for the Power BI User | — |
| Daniel Glenn | — | Speaker | Incorporating Power BI in Daily Collaboration | — |
| Daniel Taylor | Microsoft | Speaker | You Want To PaaS Up Your Database (Revised), Migrating To Azure SQL | — |
| Daniel Taylor | Microsoft | Speaker | Backups Lie: Learning SQL Server Recovery Before It’s Too Late | — |
| Daniel Taylor | Microsoft | Speaker | PaaSing on Lessons Learned: Database Migration Do’s and Don’ts | — |
| Daniel Taylor | Microsoft | Workshop | Microsoft Fabric AI, Copilots, Data Agents, Fabric IQ, & Extending Data Agents Beyond Fabric | — |
| David Browne | — | Workshop | Successful Semantic Modelling for Power BI | — |
| David Drever | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 5 | — |
| David Drever | — | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Data Security and Security for AI | — |
| David Hay | — | Speaker | Lessons from the Field: Building AI-Ready Microsoft Data Estates | — |
| Deep Trivedi | — | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Data Security and Security for AI | — |
| Denny Cherry | Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting | Speaker | Selecting the Correct Azure Data Solution for Your Application | — |
| Denny Cherry | Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting | Speaker | Azure 101 | — |
| Denny Cherry | Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting | Workshop | Azure Infrastructure | — |
| Derek Cash-Peterson | Sympraxis Consulting | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Developer | — |
| Dominick Raimato | — | Speaker | Fabric and Copilot Studio - A Perfect Pair | — |
| Dominick Raimato | — | Speaker | Hey Real-Time Intelligence - Should I Go Outside Today? | — |
| Dominick Raimato | — | Speaker | Basics of connecting REST APIs to Power BI | — |
| Don Kirkham | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 4 | — |
| Don Kirkham | — | Speaker | Nail Your SPFx Data Layer: Battle-Tested Patterns That Deliver | — |
| Drew Skwiers-Koballa | Microsoft | Speaker | What's New in SQL Tools | — |
| Drew Skwiers-Koballa | Microsoft | Speaker | Batteries Included: SQL DevOps with SQL Projects | — |
| Emilie Rønning | Sopra Steria | Workshop | Become the Data Transformation Hero Using Microsoft Fabric! | — |
| Emilie Rønning | Sopra Steria | Speaker | Take Off on Your Data Transformation Journey with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Emilie Rønning | Sopra Steria | Speaker | Azure Databricks vs. Microsoft Fabric - What Really is the Difference? | — |
| Emilie Rønning | Sopra Steria | Speaker | Become the Data Pipeline Guru in Your Organization | — |
| Erin Stellato | Microsoft | Speaker | SQL and AI for the Rest of Us | — |
| Ginger Grant | Desert Isle Group | Speaker | Securing Data in Fabric with OneLake | — |
| Ginger Grant | Desert Isle Group | Speaker | Building Generative AI models with SQL Server 2025 | — |
| Heather Cook | Microsoft | Speaker | Women in Tech: Lifting as We Climb | — |
| Jared Kuehn | — | Workshop | SQL Fundamentals for Data Analysts | — |
| Jared Kuehn | — | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Choose your Own Adventure | — |
| Jared Kuehn | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 3 | — |
| Jared Kuehn | — | Speaker | Intro to PySpark in Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Jared Kuehn | — | Speaker | SQL Joins Explained with Legos | — |
| Jared Kuehn | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 4 | — |
| Jared Matfess | AvePoint | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 3 | — |
| Jared Matfess | AvePoint | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 5 | — |
| Jason Himmelstein | BIFocal LLC | Speaker | Deep Dive on Power BI, Teams and SharePoint | — |
| Jason Himmelstein | BIFocal LLC | Workshop | Microsoft Fabric - A Whole New World for Power BI | — |
| Jason Himmelstein | BIFocal LLC | Speaker | Source Control with Power BI and Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Jeff Taylor | — | Speaker | Fabric SQL Database: Simplifying OLTP and Real-Time Analytics | — |
| Jeff Taylor | — | Speaker | What's New In SQL Server For The Developer | — |
| Jeff Taylor | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts -1 | — |
| Jeff Taylor | — | Speaker | Database Backups 101 | — |
| Jeff Taylor | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 6 | — |
| Jeff Taylor | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts -2 | — |
| Jeff Taylor | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 3 | — |
| Jeff Taylor | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 4 | — |
| Joey Dantoni | — | Workshop | SQL Server 2025 Deep Dive: Essential Innovations for DBAs and Database Developers | — |
| John Kerski | Client First Technologies | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 5 | — |
| John Kerski | Client First Technologies | Speaker | Making Your Power BI Teams More Analytic | — |
| John Kerski | Client First Technologies | Speaker | Avoiding the "Grey Box of Death": Automatically Checking For Broken Visuals in Power BI | — |
| John Sterrett | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 3 | — |
| John White | AvePoint | Speaker | Source Control with Power BI and Microsoft Fabric | — |
| John White | AvePoint | Speaker | Deep Dive on Power BI, Teams and SharePoint | — |
| John White | AvePoint | Workshop | Microsoft Fabric - A Whole New World for Power BI | — |
| Josh Luedeman | — | Speaker | Backups Lie: Learning SQL Server Recovery Before It’s Too Late | — |
| Josh Luedeman | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts -1 | — |
| Josh Luedeman | — | Workshop | Microsoft Fabric AI, Copilots, Data Agents, Fabric IQ, & Extending Data Agents Beyond Fabric | — |
| Joy Apple | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts -2 | — |
| Joy Apple | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 4 | — |
| JT Gorrell | Dynatech Systems Inc | Speaker | How AI-Driven Master Data Management with Microsoft Fabric Transforms Business Data & Use Cases | — |
| Julie Turner | Sympraxis Consulting | Speaker | Ask the Experts -2 | — |
| Julie Turner | Sympraxis Consulting | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Developer | — |
| Julie Turner | Sympraxis Consulting | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 6 | — |
| Karen Lopez | InfoAdvisors | Speaker | Smarter Queries Start Here: Vector Search in SQL Server & Azure SQL DB | — |
| Karen Lopez | InfoAdvisors | Speaker | Women in Tech: Lifting as We Climb | — |
| Karen Lopez | InfoAdvisors | Speaker | Ledger DBs and Tables for the DBA & Data Professional | — |
| Keshav Polepalle | MAQ Software | Speaker | AI Driven Data Engineering with Spec Driven Development | — |
| Keshav Polepalle | MAQ Software | Speaker | Accelerating Migration to Microsoft Fabric with MigrateFAST and Microsoft Funding Programs | — |
| Kevin Feasel | Catallaxy Services, LLC | Speaker | Data Exploration in the Fabric Eventhouse with KQL | — |
| Kevin Feasel | Catallaxy Services, LLC | Speaker | Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: Revitalizing a SQL Server Code Base One Version at a Time | — |
| Kevin Marshbank | The Data Vault Shop | Speaker | You Can't AI Your Way Out of Bad Data: A Practitioner's Blueprint for AI-Ready Data on Azure and SQL | — |
| Kristyna Ferris | P3 Adaptive | Speaker | Fabric Admin 101: Settings, Tools, and Monitoring That Keep the Lights On and the Bills Down | — |
| Kristyna Ferris | P3 Adaptive | Speaker | Decoding Fabric Licensing | — |
| Kristyna Ferris | P3 Adaptive | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion: Dataflows - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly | — |
| Kristyna Ferris | P3 Adaptive | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 3 | — |
| Lindsay Shelton | — | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Neurodiversity in IT | — |
| Liz Sundet | — | Speaker | Roundtable Discussion - Choose your Own Adventure | — |
| Lum Veselaj | Truegility | Speaker | Practical Magic: Power BI Secrets for Development & Adoption that Scale from Start-Ups to Microsoft | — |
| Manuel Zamudio | Monterey Peninsula Unified School District | Speaker | How a K-12 District Built a Trusted, AI-Ready Data Foundation: 90% Fewer Reporting Errors, Lean Team | — |
| Mark Kashman | Sympraxis Consulting | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 6 | — |
| Mark Kashman | Sympraxis Consulting | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 3 | — |
| Matt Gordon | Lean TECHniques | Speaker | PaaSing on Lessons Learned: Database Migration Do’s and Don’ts | — |
| Matt Gordon | Lean TECHniques | Speaker | Agentic AI in a Chatbot Disguise: Fabric Data Agents | — |
| Matt Gordon | Lean TECHniques | Workshop | SQL Server 2025 Deep Dive: Essential Innovations for DBAs and Database Developers | — |
| Matt Gordon | Lean TECHniques | Speaker | The SQL Database You Know, The AI Skills You Need To Grow | — |
| Matthew Hicks | Microsoft | Speaker | Iceberg Everywhere: Federating Your Data Estate with OneLake and the Iceberg REST Catalog | — |
| Mehrsa Golestaneh | Microsoft | Speaker | Women in Tech: Lifting as We Climb | — |
| Mehrsa Golestaneh | Microsoft | Speaker | Building a Multi‑Agent Banking App with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Mehul Joshi | Datavail | Speaker | Start with the Data Estate, Finish with a Unified Platform | — |
| Michael Magalsky | Infovia | Speaker | How a K-12 District Built a Trusted, AI-Ready Data Foundation: 90% Fewer Reporting Errors, Lean Team | — |
| Michelle Caldwell | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 3 | — |
| Pam Lahoud | Microsoft | Speaker | Build Intelligent Apps on Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Pam Lahoud | Microsoft | Speaker | SQL Database in Fabric: Real-World Scenarios and Solutions | — |
| Pam Lahoud | Microsoft | Speaker | Building a Multi‑Agent Banking App with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Patrick Cash-Peterson | Sympraxis Consulting | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 4 | — |
| Patrick Cash-Peterson | Sympraxis Consulting | Speaker | Ask the Experts -1 | — |
| Patrick LeBlanc | Microsoft | Speaker | Database Agents The Next Evolution of Managing SQL at Scale | — |
| Patrick LeBlanc | Microsoft | Speaker | When Medallion Is the Wrong Decision | — |
| Patrick LeBlanc | Microsoft | Speaker | Incorporating Power BI in Daily Collaboration | — |
| Philip Seamark | Microsoft | Workshop | Successful Semantic Modelling for Power BI | — |
| Philip Seamark | Microsoft | Speaker | Visualize Without Limits: AI-Powered Custom Visuals for the No-Code Era | — |
| Philip Seamark | Microsoft | Speaker | Debug DAX Like a PRO | — |
| Philip Seamark | Microsoft | Speaker | Load Testing Semantic Models with Fabric Notebooks | — |
| Prashant G Bhoyar | AIS | Speaker | Build Intelligent Agents with Work IQ, Foundry IQ, Fabric IQ, and Copilot Studio | — |
| Prashant G Bhoyar | AIS | Workshop | Hands-On Workshop: Data Agents, Data Science & Machine Learning with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Prashant G Bhoyar | AIS | Speaker | Microsoft Foundry Agent Service 101 | — |
| Prashant G Bhoyar | AIS | Speaker | Ask the Experts -2 | — |
| Prashant G Bhoyar | AIS | Speaker | Integrating AI Applications with Copilot Studio Using Model Context Protocol (MCP) | — |
| Prashant G Bhoyar | AIS | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 6 | — |
| Rie Merritt | Microsoft | Speaker | Women in Tech: Lifting as We Climb | — |
| Roy Hasson | Microsoft | Speaker | Iceberg Everywhere: Federating Your Data Estate with OneLake and the Iceberg REST Catalog | — |
| Samir Makwana | Cloudtrify | Speaker | Beyond Built-In: Integrating Azure AI Foundry Models into Copilot Studio Agents | — |
| Samir Makwana | Cloudtrify | Speaker | Ask the Experts -1 | — |
| Samir Makwana | Cloudtrify | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 6 | — |
| Sanjay Raut | Microsoft | Speaker | Fabric Capacities: Essentials for Smarter Operations | — |
| Scott Shearer | — | Speaker | Beginners BI for the Absolute Beginner | — |
| Steven Wise | Datavail | Speaker | Lessons from the Field: Building AI-Ready Microsoft Data Estates | — |
| Susan Hanley | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts - 5 | — |
| Thomas LeBlanc | — | Speaker | Faster Power BI Reports | — |
| Thomas LeBlanc | — | Workshop | Moving from Dataflows to Notebooks | — |
| Thomas LeBlanc | — | Speaker | Ask the Experts -2 | — |
| Thomas LeBlanc | — | Speaker | Ins and Outs of Fabric Monitoring | — |
| Treb Gatte | Marquee Insights | Speaker | Making AI Agents Smarter with Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ, and Work IQ | — |
| Trilok Rajesh | Microsoft | Speaker | Accelerating Migration to Microsoft Fabric with MigrateFAST and Microsoft Funding Programs | — |
| Warwick Rudd | SQL Masters Consulting | Speaker | Ask the Experts -1 | — |
| Warwick Rudd | SQL Masters Consulting | Speaker | Improve Productivity Quickly by Integrating New Fabric Task Flows for Better Project Management | — |
| Warwick Rudd | SQL Masters Consulting | Speaker | Copilot to the Rescue: Simplifying DBA Tasks in SSMS 22 | — |
| Zoe Douglas | Microsoft | Speaker | Visualize Without Limits: AI-Powered Custom Visuals for the No-Code Era | — |