Conferences / PASS Data Community Summit (formerly PASS Summit)
PASS Summit East (Chicago) 2026
May 7–8, 2026 · Chicago, IL, United States
- Conference
- PASS Data Community Summit (formerly PASS Summit) Database
- Dates
- May 7, 2026 – May 8, 2026
- Venue
- —
- Place
- Chicago, IL, United States
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- passdatacommunitysummit.com
- Recorded
- 2 sponsors · 29 speaker appearances
- Notes
- New regional spin-off (announced Nov 2025 as 'PASS Summit On Tour: Chicago', later branded PASS Summit East). Pre-con day May 7, conference day May 8. Venue name not published on the site (agenda rooms: Grant Park, Jackson Park, Hyde Park). Speakers: full agenda (one row per speaker per session). Sponsors from the live sponsor page (Redgate host omitted); a news post also mentioned Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres. A one-day ticket existed but no price was shown.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Ticket - Launch Price | $535 | Mar 31, 2026 | passdatacommunitysummit.com | |
| Pre-Conference & General Ticket - Launch Price | $999 | Mar 31, 2026 | passdatacommunitysummit.com | |
| General Ticket - Standard Price | $595 | — | passdatacommunitysummit.com | |
| Pre-Conference & General Ticket - Standard Price | $1,070 | — | passdatacommunitysummit.com |
Sponsors 2
Speakers and talks 29
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G-Su Paek | Redgate | Keynote | Redgate Keynote: The Data Professional of the Future | — |
| Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman | Redgate | Keynote | Redgate Keynote: The Data Professional of the Future | — |
| Steve Jones | Redgate | Keynote | Redgate Keynote: The Data Professional of the Future | — |
| Amit Arora | Amazon Web Services | Speaker | Unlocking AI-Assisted Database Migration: SQL Server to Aurora PostgreSQL | — |
| Andrea Kaercher | Fortified | Speaker | The Expansion Mindset: Redefining Career Growth Beyond Promotions | — |
| Andreas Wolter | Sarpedon Quality Lab LLC | Precon | SQL Server Security vs. Security Theater: Build a Defensible Data Estate | — |
| Andreas Wolter | Sarpedon Quality Lab LLC | Speaker | Demystifying SQL Server Security: What Matters in Practice | — |
| Andy Yun | Everpure | Speaker | A Practical Introduction to Vector Search in SQL Server 2025 | — |
| Arneh Eskandari | Redgate | Speaker | Productivity Hacks for the Modern Data Pro | — |
| Ben Grieser | MariaDB | Speaker | The MySQL to MariaDB Blueprint: Zero-Downtime Migrations and Future-Proof Roadmaps | — |
| Ben Johnston | I-Tech Solutions, Inc | Speaker | SQL Security from Top to Bottom | — |
| Bob Ward | Microsoft | Speaker | Azure SQL Hyperscale: The Cloud Database for the Era of AI | — |
| Bob Ward | Microsoft | Speaker | SQL Server Versioning Explained | — |
| Chris Hyde | Hydrate Technologies LLC | Speaker | Demystifying Microsoft Fabric: Architecture and Organization 101 | — |
| Chris Hyde | Hydrate Technologies LLC | Precon | Modern Data Warehousing with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Edwin M Sarmiento | 15C | Speaker | Always On Availability Groups and Failover Clustering Internals | — |
| Erik Darling | Darling Data | Precon | T-SQL That Doesn't Suck: Solving Performance and Concurrency Problems | — |
| Erik Darling | Darling Data | Speaker | Vector Defense: Engineering Reliable Search in SQL Server | — |
| Grant Fritchey | Redgate | Precon | Adding PostgreSQL to your SQL Server Skill Set | — |
| Jeremy Nathan | JN Training | Speaker | Real Time Analytics in Microsoft Fabric: From Events to Action | — |
| Kristyna Ferris | P3 Adaptive | Precon | Modern Data Warehousing with Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Kristyna Ferris | P3 Adaptive | Speaker | Power BI – How to Fix an Inherited Report | — |
| Mariya Ali | Microsoft | Speaker | No Black Box: How Fabric DW Works, Performs, and Gets Monitored Right | — |
| Matt Gordon | Lean TECHniques | Speaker | Highlights and Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2025 | — |
| Pat Wright | Redgate | Precon | Adding PostgreSQL to your SQL Server Skill Set | — |
| Poulami Maity | Amazon Web Services | Speaker | From SQL Server to PostgreSQL: Navigating the Migration Minefield | — |
| Tyler Garner | ION Storage Systems | Speaker | Governing AI Agents: Designing Skills for Control and Trust | — |
| Vanshika Nigam | Amazon Web Services | Speaker | Unlocking AI-Assisted Database Migration: SQL Server to Aurora PostgreSQL | — |
| Vanshika Nigam | Amazon Web Services | Speaker | From SQL Server to PostgreSQL: Navigating the Migration Minefield | — |
Sources
- https://passdatacommunitysummit.com/east/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260616122550/https://passdatacommunitysummit.com/east/agenda/
- https://passdatacommunitysummit.com/east/tickets-prices/
- https://passdatacommunitysummit.com/east/sponsors/
- https://passdatacommunitysummit.com/about/news/program-and-speakers-announced-for-pass-summit-east-and-pass-summit-europe/
- https://passdatacommunitysummit.com/about/news/pre-con-sessions-speaker-annoucement-for-pass-summit-east-and-europe/