Philip Seamark
Employers on the program
- 2024–2027Microsoft23 talks
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)
- DATACON Seattle
- Fabric February
- Power BI Gebruikersdagen
- Power BI Next Step
- SQL Konferenz
- SQLBits
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2027 | Fabric February 2027 | Fabric February | speaker | Debug DAX like a PRO as Microsoft | |
| Feb 2, 2027 | Fabric February 2027 | Fabric February | workshop | Successful Semantic Modelling for Power BI as Microsoft | |
| Aug 24, 2026 | DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | speaker | Debug DAX Like a PRO as Microsoft Phil will walk you through the techniques used by the Power BI team when debugging and optimising DAX in large enterprise models. These equally apply for small…Show lessPhil will walk you through the techniques used by the Power BI team when debugging and optimising DAX in large enterprise models. These equally apply for small and medium size models. | |
| Aug 24, 2026 | DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | speaker | Load Testing Semantic Models with Fabric Notebooks as Microsoft This session presents a practical walk-through of a real-world Power BI solution designed to support 20,000 users at Microsoft. It explores how a…Show lessThis session presents a practical walk-through of a real-world Power BI solution designed to support 20,000 users at Microsoft. It explores how a notebook-driven method can streamline load testing—from capturing DAX queries and configuring row-level security (RLS), to stress-testing capacity under high concurrency,… | |
| Aug 24, 2026 | DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | workshop | Successful Semantic Modelling for Power BI as Microsoft Great reports start with great models—and great models are designed, optimised, and proven. In this full‑day, hands‑on workshop you’ll learn how to build Power…Show lessGreat reports start with great models—and great models are designed, optimised, and proven. In this full‑day, hands‑on workshop you’ll learn how to build Power BI semantic models that stay fast as they grow. | |
| Aug 24, 2026 | DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | speaker | Visualize Without Limits: AI-Powered Custom Visuals for the No-Code Era as Microsoft Creating custom visuals used to be slow and complex. In this session, see how modern AI tools and the Power BI Visuals SDK turn that challenge into a fast,…Show lessCreating custom visuals used to be slow and complex. In this session, see how modern AI tools and the Power BI Visuals SDK turn that challenge into a fast, approachable process. | |
| Mar 16, 2026 | FABCON & SQLCON 2026 (Microsoft Fabric Community Conference + SQLCON), Atlanta | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) | speaker | Taking Direct Lake to the Next Level as Microsoft See what's new for Direct Lake semantic modeling, then dive into the technical details that matter most for enterprise scale. | |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Power BI Gebruikersdagen 2026 | Power BI Gebruikersdagen | speaker | 🇬🇧 Debug DAX like a PROJoin Phil for an in-depth session on the techniques the Power BI team uses to debug and optimise DAX in large enterprise models—methods that work just as well…Show lessJoin Phil for an in-depth session on the techniques the Power BI team uses to debug and optimise DAX in large enterprise models—methods that work just as well for small and medium-sized models. You’ll learn how to identify slow-running DAX calculations and apply proven strategies to make them faster. | |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Power BI Gebruikersdagen 2026 | Power BI Gebruikersdagen | speaker | 🇬🇧 Load Testing Semantic Models with Fabric NotebooksThis session shares a real-world example of how Microsoft used Fabric to ensure a Power BI solution could handle 20,000 internal users. Large-scale deployments…Show lessThis session shares a real-world example of how Microsoft used Fabric to ensure a Power BI solution could handle 20,000 internal users. Large-scale deployments require confidence in performance, and this approach demonstrates how to achieve that. | |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Power BI Gebruikersdagen 2026 | Power BI Gebruikersdagen | speaker | Genius Bar - Philip Seamark Ask me about end-to-end BI on Microsoft Fabric/Power BI-architecture, data warehousing & enterprise modeling, semantic models, and performance/monitoring. | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | SQL Konferenz 2026 | SQL Konferenz | workshop | A Comprehensive Guide to Direct Lake for the Pro Data Modeller (Hands-On Lab) as Microsoft Join us for an immersive, hands-on workshop designed specifically for Pro Data Modellers. This comprehensive session will guide you through all the critical…Show lessJoin us for an immersive, hands-on workshop designed specifically for Pro Data Modellers. This comprehensive session will guide you through all the critical elements needed to build, tune, and maintain a Direct Lake Model in Microsoft Fabric. | Slides |
| Mar 2, 2026 | SQL Konferenz 2026 | SQL Konferenz | talk | Debug DAX like a PRO as Microsoft Phil will walk you through the techniques used by the Power BI team when debugging and optimising DAX in large enterprise models. These equally apply for small…Show lessPhil will walk you through the techniques used by the Power BI team when debugging and optimising DAX in large enterprise models. These equally apply for small and medium size models. | Slides |
| Mar 2, 2026 | SQL Konferenz 2026 | SQL Konferenz | keynote | Keynote as Microsoft | |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Power BI Next Step 2025 | Power BI Next Step | workshop | A Comprehensive Guide to Direct Lake for the Pro Data Modeller as Microsoft | |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Power BI Next Step 2025 | Power BI Next Step | speaker | Debug DAX like a PRO as Microsoft | |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Power BI Next Step 2025 | Power BI Next Step | panelist | Power BI Shootout 🎯 as Microsoft | |
| Jun 23, 2025 | DATACON Seattle 2025 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | workshop | A Comprehensive Guide to Direct Lake for the Pro Data Modeller as Microsoft Join us for a workshop designed specifically for Pro Data Modellers. This comprehensive session will guide you through all the critical elements needed to…Show lessJoin us for a workshop designed specifically for Pro Data Modellers. This comprehensive session will guide you through all the critical elements needed to build, tune, and maintain a Direct Lake Model in Microsoft Fabric. | |
| Jun 23, 2025 | DATACON Seattle 2025 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | speaker | Deep dive into Direct Lake as Microsoft Join Patrick Leblanc and Phil Seamark for a deeper dive to discover what makes Direct Lake so fast. This session will cover important elements of monitoring and…Show lessJoin Patrick Leblanc and Phil Seamark for a deeper dive to discover what makes Direct Lake so fast. This session will cover important elements of monitoring and optimizing your Fabric data platform to unlock the full potential of Direct Lake, such as how to interpret Delta Analyzer logs and what to look out for if… | |
| Jun 23, 2025 | DATACON Seattle 2025 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON) | DATACON Seattle | speaker | Power BI Storage Modes: The Ultimate Showdown as Microsoft Power BI offers three different storage modes for data: Direct Query, Import and Direct Lake. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages, depending…Show lessPower BI offers three different storage modes for data: Direct Query, Import and Direct Lake. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages, depending on the scenario and the requirements. | |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 (FabCon Las Vegas) | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) | workshop | A Comprehensive Guide to Direct Lake for the Pro Data Modeller (Hands-on) as Microsoft Join us for an immersive, hands-on workshop designed specifically for Pro Data Modellers. This comprehensive session will guide you through all the critical…Show lessJoin us for an immersive, hands-on workshop designed specifically for Pro Data Modellers. This comprehensive session will guide you through all the critical elements needed to build, tune, and maintain a Direct Lake Model in Microsoft Fabric. | |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 (FabCon Las Vegas) | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) | speaker | Deep Dive into Direct Lake as Microsoft Join Patrick Leblanc and Phil Seamark for a deeper dive to discover what makes Direct Lake so fast. This session will cover important elements of monitoring and…Show lessJoin Patrick Leblanc and Phil Seamark for a deeper dive to discover what makes Direct Lake so fast. This session will cover important elements of monitoring and optimizing your Fabric data platform to unlock the full potential of Direct Lake, such as how to interpret Delta Analyzer logs and what to look out for if things slow down. | |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Fabric February 2025 | Fabric February | panelist | Chopped: Fabric Edition - The Ultimate Data Analytics Challenge as Microsoft | |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Fabric February 2025 | Fabric February | speaker | Power BI Storage Modes: The Ultimate Showdown as Microsoft | |
| Sep 24, 2024 | European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2024 (FabCon Europe 24) | Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon) | speaker | Deep Dive into Direct Lake as Microsoft Join Patrick LeBlanc and Phil Seamark for a deeper dive to discover what makes Direct Lake so fast. This session will cover important elements of monitoring and…Show lessJoin Patrick LeBlanc and Phil Seamark for a deeper dive to discover what makes Direct Lake so fast. This session will cover important elements of monitoring and optimizing your Fabric data platform to unlock the full potential of Direct Lake, such as how to interpret Delta Analyzer logs and what to look out for if things slow down. | |
| Mar 19, 2024 | SQLBits 2024 | SQLBits | speaker | Analytics at the speed of Direct Lake as Microsoft Advanced dive into the exciting new storage mode for Semantic Models. | Video |
| Mar 19, 2024 | SQLBits 2024 | SQLBits | speaker | Microsoft Fabric Power BI DirectLake Deep Dive as Microsoft In this session you will learn all you need to know about DirectLake, how does it work? What is the difference with import? We will get you ready to decide if…Show lessIn this session you will learn all you need to know about DirectLake, how does it work? What is the difference with import? We will get you ready to decide if you should use DirectLake for your new project and what all the things you should know for your project. | Video |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick LeBlanc | 7 | 8 | 2026 |
| Wolfgang Strasser | 7 | 1 | 2027 |
| Benni De Jagere | 7 | — | 2027 |
| Frank Geisler | 7 | — | 2027 |
| Johan Ludvig Brattås | 7 | — | 2027 |
| Marc Lelijveld | 7 | — | 2027 |
| Elena Drakulevska | 6 | 1 | 2027 |
| Erwin de Kreuk | 6 | — | 2027 |
| Just Blindbæk | 6 | — | 2027 |
| Bob Ward | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Matt Gordon | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Rui Romano | 6 | — | 2026 |
| Lars Andersen | 5 | 1 | 2027 |
| Peer Grønnerup | 5 | — | 2027 |
| Drew Skwiers-Koballa | 5 | — | 2026 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.