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Philip Seamark

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  1. 2024–2027Microsoft23 talks

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Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.

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Appearances by year

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  • Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)
  • DATACON Seattle
  • Fabric February
  • Power BI Gebruikersdagen
  • Power BI Next Step
  • SQL Konferenz
  • SQLBits

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Feb 2, 2027Fabric February 2027Fabric FebruaryspeakerDebug DAX like a PRO
as Microsoft
Feb 2, 2027Fabric February 2027Fabric FebruaryworkshopSuccessful Semantic Modelling for Power BI
as Microsoft
Aug 24, 2026DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattlespeakerDebug 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 less

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 and medium size models.

Aug 24, 2026DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattlespeakerLoad 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 less

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 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, 2026DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattleworkshopSuccessful 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 less

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 BI semantic models that stay fast as they grow.

Aug 24, 2026DATACON Seattle 2026 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattlespeakerVisualize 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 less

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, approachable process.

Mar 16, 2026FABCON & SQLCON 2026 (Microsoft Fabric Community Conference + SQLCON), AtlantaMicrosoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerTaking 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, 2026Power BI Gebruikersdagen 2026Power BI Gebruikersdagenspeaker🇬🇧 Debug DAX like a PRO
Join 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 less

Join 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, 2026Power BI Gebruikersdagen 2026Power BI Gebruikersdagenspeaker🇬🇧 Load Testing Semantic Models with Fabric Notebooks
This 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 less

This 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, 2026Power BI Gebruikersdagen 2026Power BI GebruikersdagenspeakerGenius 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, 2026SQL Konferenz 2026SQL KonferenzworkshopA 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 less

Join 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, 2026SQL Konferenz 2026SQL KonferenztalkDebug 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 less

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 and medium size models.

Slides
Mar 2, 2026SQL Konferenz 2026SQL KonferenzkeynoteKeynote
as Microsoft
Sep 22, 2025Power BI Next Step 2025Power BI Next StepworkshopA Comprehensive Guide to Direct Lake for the Pro Data Modeller
as Microsoft
Sep 22, 2025Power BI Next Step 2025Power BI Next StepspeakerDebug DAX like a PRO
as Microsoft
Sep 22, 2025Power BI Next Step 2025Power BI Next SteppanelistPower BI Shootout 🎯
as Microsoft
Jun 23, 2025DATACON Seattle 2025 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattleworkshopA 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 less

Join 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, 2025DATACON Seattle 2025 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattlespeakerDeep 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 less

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 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, 2025DATACON Seattle 2025 (with TechCon 365 & PWRCON)DATACON SeattlespeakerPower 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 less

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 on the scenario and the requirements.

Mar 29, 2025Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 (FabCon Las Vegas)Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)workshopA 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 less

Join 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, 2025Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 (FabCon Las Vegas)Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerDeep 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 less

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 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, 2025Fabric February 2025Fabric FebruarypanelistChopped: Fabric Edition - The Ultimate Data Analytics Challenge
as Microsoft
Feb 5, 2025Fabric February 2025Fabric FebruaryspeakerPower BI Storage Modes: The Ultimate Showdown
as Microsoft
Sep 24, 2024European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2024 (FabCon Europe 24)Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon)speakerDeep 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 less

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 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, 2024SQLBits 2024SQLBitsspeakerAnalytics at the speed of Direct Lake
as Microsoft

Advanced dive into the exciting new storage mode for Semantic Models.

Video
Mar 19, 2024SQLBits 2024SQLBitsspeakerMicrosoft 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 less

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 you should use DirectLake for your new project and what all the things you should know for your project.

Video

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Patrick LeBlanc782026
Wolfgang Strasser712027
Benni De Jagere7—2027
Frank Geisler7—2027
Johan Ludvig Brattås7—2027
Marc Lelijveld7—2027
Elena Drakulevska612027
Erwin de Kreuk6—2027
Just Blindbæk6—2027
Bob Ward6—2026
Matt Gordon6—2026
Rui Romano6—2026
Lars Andersen512027
Peer Grønnerup5—2027
Drew Skwiers-Koballa5—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.