Conferences / SQL Konferenz
SQL Konferenz 2026
Mar 2–4, 2026 · Congress Park Hanau, Hanau, HE, Germany
- Conference
- SQL Konferenz Database
- Dates
- Mar 2, 2026 – Mar 4, 2026
- Venue
- Congress Park Hanau
- Place
- Hanau, HE, Germany
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- sqlkonferenz.de
- Recorded
- 20 sponsors · 106 speaker appearances
- Notes
- PreCon Mar 2 (5 workshops), MainCon Mar 3-4. Speakers from the Sessionize agenda on sqlkonferenz.de/agenda-2026 (83 sessions incl. PreCons). Affiliations from Sessionize taglines where they name an employer. oh22's Gold logo links to its HEDDA.IO product. Prices exclude VAT.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PreCon (Private Preview) | €449 | Oct 14, 2025 | plus VAT | web.archive.org |
| MainCon (Private Preview) | €799 | Oct 14, 2025 | plus VAT | web.archive.org |
| FullCon (Private Preview) | €1,099 | Oct 14, 2025 | plus VAT | web.archive.org |
| PreCon (Release Candidate) | €479 | Nov 30, 2025 | plus VAT | web.archive.org |
| MainCon (Release Candidate) | €899 | Nov 30, 2025 | plus VAT | web.archive.org |
| FullCon (Release Candidate) | €1,199 | Nov 30, 2025 | plus VAT | web.archive.org |
| PreCon (General Availability) | €499 | — | plus VAT, from 2025-12-01 | web.archive.org |
| MainCon (General Availability) | €999 | — | plus VAT, from 2025-12-01 | web.archive.org |
| FullCon (General Availability) | €1,299 | — | plus VAT, from 2025-12-01 | web.archive.org |
Sponsors 20
Platinum 1
- Microsoft · Platin Partner
Gold 7
Silver 6
- Daten-WG · Silver Partner
- Idera · Silver Partner
- inovex · Silver Partner
- SelectZero · Silver Partner
- STACKIT · Silver Partner
- Tabular Editor · Silver Partner
Community 2
- db Berater GmbH · Community Supporter
- scieneers · Community Supporter
Media 2
- GermanTechJobs · Media Partner
- IT-Schulungen.com · Media Partner
Other 2
- e-team (event-team.com) · Additional Sponsor
- GDS Business Intelligence GmbH · Additional Sponsor
Speakers and talks 106
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Weissman | — | Keynote | Keynote | — |
| Borko Novakovic | Microsoft | Keynote | Keynote | — |
| Dr. Dani Ljepava | Microsoft | Keynote | Keynote | — |
| Gabi Münster | — | Keynote | Keynote | — |
| Philip Seamark | Microsoft | Keynote | Keynote | — |
| Alexander Klein | — | Talk | Migration von Azure Data Warehouse zu Databricks – Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze | — |
| Alexander Klein | — | Talk | Data Quality in the Databricks Lakehouse | Slides |
| Alexander Klein | — | Talk | Databricks Medaillon Architecture in 10 Minutes | Slides |
| André Kamman | — | Talk | Create a Self Service DBA bot using a SQL Server MCP and an LLM | — |
| Andreas Rederer | Microsoft | Talk | Governance at Scale for Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Ben Weissman | — | Talk | Aren’t we all tired of AI? | — |
| Ben Weissman | — | Talk | REST APIs, AI and Vectors in SQL Server 2025 | Slides |
| Benedict Albrecht | Birdt | Talk | Git for Beginners of Fabric: Starting Small, Thinking Big | — |
| Benni De Jagere | — | Talk | Fabric Capacities, beyond the obvious | Slides |
| Benni De Jagere | — | Talk | Setting yourself up for success when submitting to present | Slides |
| Blend Mexhuani | — | Talk | Fabric meets Databricks | Slides |
| Borko Novakovic | Microsoft | Talk | Ask Me Anything: Migrating On-Prem SQL Server to Azure SQL – Real-World Experience | Slides |
| Borko Novakovic | Microsoft | Talk | Microsoft SQL: ground to cloud innovation for the era of AI | Slides |
| Brian Bønk | — | Talk | Fabric workspace monitoring - the easy way | Slides |
| Brian Bønk | — | Talk | Know the game you are in - and you will not win | Slides |
| Çağdaş Gandar | Melissa | Talk | The Good, the Bad & the Undeliverable... Beyond shipping: reliable address data for every process. | — |
| Clemens Vasters | Microsoft | Talk | What's new in Fabric Real-Time Intelligence!? | — |
| Constantin "Kostja" Klein | Syntax Systems GmbH & Co. KG | Talk | Responsible AI for the Data Professional | — |
| Cornel Sukalla | Microsoft | Talk | From SQL to Sentences: Conversational AI Meets Mirrored Data | — |
| Daniel Hutmacher | Structured Concepts | Talk | SQL Injection – The Old Dog of Data Security | Slides |
| Daniel Patkos | VisualLabs | Talk | The Power of F2: What You Can (and Can’t) Do with Microsoft Fabric’s Smallest Capacity | Slides |
| Diana Ackermann | — | Talk | The great dashboard debate: Can you really tell data stories with a business dashboard? | Slides |
| Dr. Dani Ljepava | Microsoft | Talk | Ask Me Anything: Migrating On-Prem SQL Server to Azure SQL – Real-World Experience | Slides |
| Dr. Dani Ljepava | Microsoft | Talk | Accelerate SQL Server Migration with Azure Arc and Copilot to Next-Gen Azure SQL Managed Instance | Slides |
| Elena Drakulevska | — | Talk | Through the Lens: Applying Photography Principles to Power BI Reports | — |
| Emilie Rønning | Sopra Steria | Talk | Become the pipeline guru in your organization | — |
| Erik Esmaty | DYMATRIX GmbH | Talk | JSON in SQL Server - Building Data Like LEGO | Slides |
| Erland Sommarskog | Erland Sommarskog SQL-Konsult AB | Talk | Introduction to Regular Expressions in SQL Server | — |
| Erwin de Kreuk | — | Talk | Fortifying Your Microsoft Fabric Environment: Security Best Practices for Data Engineers | Slides |
| Felix Möller | noventum consulting | Talk | GenAI for Data & Analytics: What’s hot and what’s not? | Slides |
| Frank Geisler | GDS Business Intelligence GmbH | Talk | Advanced Timeseries Analytics and Anomaly detection in Fabric Realtime Intelligence | — |
| Friedrich Kern | x1F | Talk | Data Insights statt Zahlenfriedhof – Leitfaden für eine erfolgreiche Berichterstellung | — |
| Gabi Münster | — | Talk | OneLake Security for the Power BI Developer | Slides |
| Gellert Gintli | Microsoft | Talk | Mastering Semantic Model Optimization in Microsoft Fabric | Slides |
| Gerhard Brueckl | — | Talk | Fabric meets Databricks | Slides |
| Gianluca Sartori | — | Talk | Questioning My SQL Server Faith… So You Don’t Have To | Slides |
| Grant Fritchey | Redgate | Talk | Query Performance Enhancements in SQL Server 2025 | — |
| Grant Fritchey | Redgate | Talk | Aren’t we all tired of AI? | — |
| Jens Vestergaard | — | Talk | Trigger, Transform, Deliver: Event Grid–Powered Notebook Automation in Fabric | Slides |
| Johan Ludvig Brattås | — | Talk | The anatomy of a data product | Slides |
| Johan Ludvig Brattås | — | Workshop | A Well Architected Lakehouse – Get It Right from the Start! | — |
| Jovan Popovic | Microsoft | Talk | What's new in Fabric DW | — |
| Juliana Smith | — | Talk | Accidental Data Lies: How Poor Visual Choices Can Mislead | — |
| Katharina Ricken | oh22 | Talk | Building Data Literacy in the Microsoft Data Platform Era | Slides |
| Kellyn Gorman | — | Talk | Aren’t we all tired of AI? | — |
| Kellyn Gorman | — | Talk | Optimizing CI/CD for Hybrid and Cloud Environments with DevOps and AI | Slides |
| Kevin Thomas | Microsoft | Talk | Mastering Semantic Model Optimization in Microsoft Fabric | Slides |
| Laura de Bruin | — | Talk | Authorization By Data Classification (ABC) | — |
| Leonhard Fischl | Exxeta | Talk | Beyond EF Core Migrations: Alternative Lösungen, wenn dieses Tool an seine Grenzen stößt | — |
| Lisa Hoving | — | Talk | Help, my Azure Databricks is too expensive! Some tips and tricks. | Slides |
| Maciej Pilecki | Woodler | Talk | Introduction to SQL Server Callstack Analysis | — |
| Magnus Ahlkvist | — | Talk | Everything you need to know about Temporal Tables | — |
| Marcel Franke | Microsoft | Talk | Governance at Scale for Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Marco Nielinger | noventum consulting | Talk | GenAI for Data & Analytics: What’s hot and what’s not? | Slides |
| Margarita Naumova | Inspirit | Talk | Warehouse loading – tips and tricks for better performance | Slides |
| Margarita Naumova | Inspirit | Workshop | SQL Server 2025: The One-Day Masterclass | — |
| Margarita Neumueller | — | Talk | From idea to reality - Managing successful data projects | Slides |
| Margarita Neumueller | — | Talk | Paul can‘t say no - why this sucks in projects | Slides |
| Marin Niehues | — | Talk | AI Is Easy - until you add people: Inside the Chaos of Implementing AI | Slides |
| Marisol Steinau | — | Talk | Git Happens: Lessons Learned from Introducing Git in a Large Team | Slides |
| Martin Guth | 3C Deutschland GmbH | Talk | Power BI Report Server: From Zero to Hero | Slides |
| Martin Guth | 3C Deutschland GmbH | Talk | Exploring Many-to-Many Modeling Between Fact and Dimension in Power BI: What I Learned | Slides |
| Matthias Niehoff | codecentric | Talk | Mit duckdb schell und einfach Daten analysieren - egal wo sie gespeichert sind | Slides |
| Matthias Nohl | b.telligent | Talk | Unlocking Synergy: Exploring Snowflake and Fabric Integration with Iceberg Tables & Mirroring | Slides |
| Michael Büscher | — | Talk | Keeping Control in Hybrid and Multi-Database Environments | — |
| Mladen Prajdic | — | Talk | SQL Server Accelerated Database Recovery | Slides |
| Monica Bagga | — | Talk | Azure AI Foundry : Generative AI Development Hub | — |
| Oliver Engels | oh22data AG | Talk | Building Data Literacy in the Microsoft Data Platform Era | Slides |
| Olivier Van Steenlandt | Datashift | Talk | Database Projects & Azure DevOps 101 - From Zero to Hero | — |
| Patrick Heyde | — | Talk | FinOps in Azure - mit BI-Vorgehen die Kosten Optimieren und Intern Verrechnen | Slides |
| Per Christopher Undheim | dbWatch | Talk | Keeping Control in Hybrid and Multi-Database Environments | — |
| Peter Kruis | — | Talk | Two Developers, One Mission: Make a Test Database That Doesn’t Suck | Slides |
| Philip Seamark | Microsoft | Talk | Debug DAX like a PRO | Slides |
| Philip Seamark | Microsoft | Workshop | A Comprehensive Guide to Direct Lake for the Pro Data Modeller (Hands-On Lab) | Slides |
| Pieter Vanhove | — | Talk | Unveiling the new Security Features in SQL Server 2025 | Slides |
| Rafael Dabrowski | — | Talk | From Broken Data to Trusted Data Products | — |
| Roman Tesolkin | Allianz | Talk | When Everyone's is a Power BI "Owner": Navigating through chaos of Enterprise Self-Service BI | Slides |
| Rune Ovlien Rakeie | Tietoevry | Workshop | A Well Architected Lakehouse – Get It Right from the Start! | — |
| Rune Ovlien Rakeie | Tietoevry | Talk | Secure your data with Private Networking | Slides |
| Sascha Dittmann | Talk | Generative KI für Data Engineers: Mehr Zeit für das Wesentliche. | — | |
| Sascha Lorenz | PSG Projekt Service GmbH | Talk | Learning Postgres the hard way. Build extensions to explore the engine's internals. | Slides |
| Sebastian Steinau | — | Talk | Git Happens: Lessons Learned from Introducing Git in a Large Team | Slides |
| Thomas Hütter | — | Talk | Window functions in SQL Server - brush up your skills | Slides |
| Thorsten Kansy | — | Talk | SQL Server 2025 – alle Neuerungen im Überblick | Slides |
| Tillmann Eitelberg | oh22information services GmbH | Workshop | Wrangling Data with Python – The Fabric Way | — |
| Tillmann Eitelberg | oh22information services GmbH | Talk | From Broken Data to Trusted Data Products | — |
| Tom Martens | Munich Re | Workshop | Wrangling Data with Python – The Fabric Way | — |
| Tomislav Hlupić | Solvership | Talk | Airflow & dbt: The hipsters of data integration meet Azure | Slides |
| Tonie Huizer | Promicro | Talk | Two Developers, One Mission: Make a Test Database That Doesn’t Suck | Slides |
| Torsten Strauß | — | Workshop | SQL Performance-Optimierung | — |
| Torsten Strauß | — | Talk | A Deep Dive into Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025 | Slides |
| Traci Sewell | — | Talk | When the firehose causes the Burnout | — |
| Uwe Ricken | db Berater GmbH | Workshop | SQL Performance-Optimierung | — |
| Uwe Ricken | db Berater GmbH | Talk | Resolving Deadlocks in SQL Server: A Practical Demo | Slides |
| Vanessa Lewecke | x1F | Talk | Data Insights statt Zahlenfriedhof – Leitfaden für eine erfolgreiche Berichterstellung | — |
| Vitalija Bartusevičiūtė | — | Talk | Data Quality in the Databricks Lakehouse | Slides |
| Vitalija Bartusevičiūtė | — | Talk | Databricks Medaillon Architecture in 10 Minutes | Slides |
| Vivian Salim | accantec consulting AG | Talk | Vibe Analytics and Vibe Engineering - Power BI Swiped Up | — |
| Wolf Biber | Microsoft | Talk | From SQL to Sentences: Conversational AI Meets Mirrored Data | — |
| Wolfgang Strasser | — | Talk | Find it. Trust it. Protect it. Fabric Governance in Action | Slides |
| Yvette Lovas | BI Consulting | Talk | Design Thinking in BI Product Lifecycle | Slides |