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dataMinds Connect 2023
Oct 9–10, 2023 · Lamot Conference and Heritage Centre, Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium
- Conference
- dataMinds Connect Database
- Dates
- Oct 9, 2023 – Oct 10, 2023
- Venue
- Lamot Conference and Heritage Centre
- Place
- Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- datamindsconnect.be
- Recorded
- 22 sponsors · 67 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Format: precon/training day plus one conference day. Speakers: full Sessionize programme from the agenda page (full-day precons recorded with role 'workshop'; single-track opening sessions on conference mornings as 'keynote'); track = room. Sponsors: archived partners page (Dec 2023, after the event), logo wall without tiers. Prices: archived registration page (June 2023); a later archived version says standard tickets sold out, with 325/150 EUR shown as the standard price and 30 extra precon-only tickets at 250 EUR.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference only (Oct 10), Standard | €175 | Sep 29, 2023 | incl. VAT | web.archive.org |
| Pre-conference only (Oct 9), Standard | €250 | Sep 29, 2023 | incl. VAT | web.archive.org |
| Pre-conference & Conference (Oct 9-10), Standard | €375 | Sep 29, 2023 | incl. VAT | web.archive.org |
| Conference only (Oct 10), Early Bird | €150 | — | incl. VAT | web.archive.org |
| Pre-conference & Conference (Oct 9-10), Early Bird | €325 | — | incl. VAT | web.archive.org |
Sponsors 22
Speakers and talks 67
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogdan Crivat | Microsoft | Keynote | Synapse SQL for Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Adam Saxton | Microsoft | Speaker | Power BI Hidden Gems | — |
| Alain Goossens | — | Speaker | How to apply the European AI act when implementing Large Language Models like ChatGPT on Azure | — |
| Alexander Arvidsson | — | Speaker | Knee-Deep In Tech Live @ DataMinds Connect | — |
| Alexander Arvidsson | — | Speaker | Speaking Human - Learn to Ask Better Questions to Solve the Right Problems | — |
| Ásgeir Gunnarsson | — | Speaker | Simple and cheap BI solution for smaller organizations – Case story | — |
| Ben Weissman (he/him) | — | Speaker | Azure Arc-enabled SQL MI – More than just another kind of SQL Server | — |
| Ben Weissman (he/him) | — | Workshop | So much hybrid SQL goodness | — |
| Bo Vande Sompele | Plainsight | Speaker | Azure Networking infrastructure: is it really that boring? | — |
| Daan Lambrechts | LACO | Speaker | Breaking the language barrier in Power BI | — |
| Daniel Hutmacher | Structured Concepts | Speaker | SQL Server Partitioning from Zero to Hero | — |
| David L. Bojsen | Tabular Editor | Speaker | Building Better Data Models with Tabular Editor's Best Practice Analyzer | — |
| Elena Patricia Nunez Castellar | — | Speaker | How to apply the European AI act when implementing Large Language Models like ChatGPT on Azure | — |
| Emilie Rønning | Quarks | Speaker | The Combined Power of Microsoft Fabric for Data Engineer, Data Analyst and Data Governance Manager | — |
| Enrico van de Laar | NMTY | Speaker | Are you being influenced? Data privacy and the ethical challenges of data | — |
| Esther Voituron | Data Organisation | Speaker | Avoid data visualization pitfalls and gain the trust of your end users | — |
| Filip Popović | Microsoft | Workshop | Analytics superhero in a day with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Frederic Van Kelecom | Microsoft | Speaker | Diving into the depths of OneLake! | — |
| Gabi Münster | Microsoft | Workshop | Analytics superhero in a day with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Gavita Regunath | Advancing Analytics | Workshop | Introduction to Building Scalable Machine Learning Models | — |
| Gianluca Sartori | — | Speaker | Time Series for relational people | — |
| Heini Ilmarinen | Polar Squad | Speaker | Knee-Deep In Tech Live @ DataMinds Connect | — |
| Hélène Kielbowicz | — | Speaker | The ComColors model for colourful and efficient teams | — |
| Henny Speelman | — | Speaker | Graph Literacy – The best proof of data are graphs | — |
| Ioana Bouariu | Amesto | Speaker | The Combined Power of Microsoft Fabric for Data Engineer, Data Analyst and Data Governance Manager | — |
| Ivana Pejeva | Microsoft | Speaker | Navigating the Jungle of ML: Using MLOps in Azure to Track and Tame Data and Model Drift | — |
| Jasper Puts | Lytix | Speaker | Elevating your PySpark development in Databricks: Towards data engineering excellence | — |
| Joey D'Antoni | Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting | Speaker | From Cloud APIs to Your Screen: A Demo of Retrieving, Storing, and Serving Data in Azure | — |
| Johan Ludvig Brattås | — | Speaker | Raiders of the Lost ADX | — |
| John Morehouse | — | Speaker | Accelerated Database Recovery - A Deep Dive Behind the Magic | — |
| Just Blindbæk | — | Speaker | Simple and cheap BI solution for smaller organizations – Case story | — |
| Kasper de Jonge | Microsoft | Speaker | Microsoft Fabric, Lakehouses and Power BI: A guide for BI developers | — |
| Kev Chant | — | Speaker | Real-world CI/CD for SQL Server using Azure DevOps deep dive | — |
| Koen Verbeeck | AE | Speaker | Raiders of the Lost ADX | — |
| Linda Torrång | Data Masterminds | Speaker | Speaking Human - Learn to Ask Better Questions to Solve the Right Problems | — |
| Ljubica Vujovic Boskovic | Microsoft | Workshop | Analytics superhero in a day with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Lonneke Opsteegh | — | Speaker | Double up the Power: combining Power BI with PowerPoint for strong storytelling | — |
| Luke Menzies | Advancing Analytics | Workshop | Introduction to Building Scalable Machine Learning Models | — |
| Luke Moloney | Microsoft | Workshop | Analytics superhero in a day with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Luke Moloney | Microsoft | Speaker | Diving into the depths of OneLake! | — |
| Marc Lelijveld | — | Speaker | Data modeling for experts with Power BI | — |
| Margaux Vander Plaetsen | Microsoft | Speaker | Navigating the Jungle of ML: Using MLOps in Azure to Track and Tame Data and Model Drift | — |
| Mark Pryce-Maher | Microsoft | Workshop | Analytics superhero in a day with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Marthe Moengen | Sopra Steria | Speaker | The Combined Power of Microsoft Fabric for Data Engineer, Data Analyst and Data Governance Manager | — |
| Martine Pieck | — | Speaker | From Frustration to Fun: Mastering Power BI Errors with a Smile | — |
| Mathias Thierbach | — | Speaker | Power BI CI/CD Options in 2023 | — |
| Mathias Thierbach | — | Workshop | Power BI Source Control & CI/CD | — |
| Michiel Van Nijverseel | element61 | Speaker | Accelerate Your Data Lakehouse: Unleashing the Power of Databricks Delta Lake! | — |
| Monica Morehouse (Rathbun) | Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting | Speaker | Mastering TempDB | — |
| Monica Morehouse (Rathbun) | Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting | Workshop | SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization - FULL DAY PRE CON | — |
| Nico Jacobs | U2U | Speaker | Context transition in DAX | — |
| Patrick LeBlanc | Microsoft | Speaker | Power BI Hidden Gems | — |
| Paulien van Eijk | — | Speaker | Lessons learned: Governance and Adoption for Power BI | — |
| Prathyusha(Prathy) Kamasani | Avanade | Speaker | My Top 10 Power BI Tips, Tricks and Resources | — |
| Prathyusha(Prathy) Kamasani | Avanade | Workshop | Power BI Report Design and Development workshop | — |
| Reid Havens | Havens Consulting | Speaker | Avoid Data Silos! Best Practices for Implementing Shared Datasets | — |
| Reitse Eskens | Axians Business Analytics | Speaker | Code, deploy and maintain your Azure (data) Infrastructure with confidence | — |
| Sander Stad | Data Masterminds | Speaker | Real-world CI/CD for SQL Server using Azure DevOps deep dive | — |
| Simon Binder | Telia Cygate | Speaker | Knee-Deep In Tech Live @ DataMinds Connect | — |
| Simon Whiteley | — | Speaker | Behind the Hype - Architecture Trends in Data | — |
| Teske van Maaren | — | Speaker | Lessons learned: Governance and Adoption for Power BI | — |
| Tim Van Wijmeersch | Micropole | Speaker | From Warehouse to LakeHouse : A serverless approach in Synapse Analytics | — |
| Tom Van De Velde | Datashift | Speaker | Migrating an on-prem SSIS/SSAS ETL to Synapse? What are the dangers, costs and lessons learned? | — |
| Tomaž Kaštrun | — | Speaker | Writing boardgames with T-SQL for SQL Server and Azure SQL | — |
| Torsten Strauß | — | Speaker | Parallelism in Microsoft SQL Server | — |
| Valerie Junk | VisionBI | Speaker | Visualizing Data for Non-Data Experts: Making Reports Accessible to All | — |
| Vincent Goris | Info Support | Speaker | Testing in DataOps, how to maximize your impact | — |
Sources
- https://datamindsconnect.be/agenda-2023-mechelen/
- https://sessionize.com/api/v2/yajx4r5b/view/Sessions
- https://sessionize.com/api/v2/yajx4r5b/view/Speakers
- https://web.archive.org/web/20231205222447/https://datamindsconnect.be/partners/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20230608145356/https://datamindsconnect.be/registration/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20240526144436/https://datamindsconnect.be/registration/