We’ve saved the icing on the cake for last. We’re incredibly proud to announce that Raghu Ramakrishnan, CTO for Data and Technical Fellow at Microsoft, will be our keynote speaker at Data Platform Next Step 2025 in Billund, Denmark! Raghu is one of the brilliant minds behind Microsoft’s bold and refreshing vision for the future of data: an open data lake ecosystem where customers are… Read More »Keynote Reveal: Raghu Ramakrishnan
The lineup for the 2025 Data Platform Next Step Conference is officially announced! With an overwhelming 225 submissions, selecting just 18 presentations was no easy task—but we’ve crafted an exciting agenda featuring some of the best speakers in the data community. You can now explore the full list of speakers on the conference website. We’re thrilled with the lineup, showcasing top talent from Europe, the… Read More »The 2025 Speaker Lineup is Here! 🎤
Selecting sessions is never easy—especially when we receive 225 submissions. Our initial review filtered out 50 sessions that, while often great, didn’t align with our specific focus. Many were excellent Power BI sessions, and we hope to see them submitted for Power BI Next Step, happening September 22-23 in Copenhagen. Others didn’t quite meet the “Next Step” level or weren’t focused on Microsoft Data Engineering.… Read More »Session Selection: A Tough but Thoughtful Process
Thank you for all the amazing session submissions so far! We have received 191 session proposals from 94 speakers, and we are excited to review them all. However, we are extending the deadline until Monday, February 3rd to give everyone a few extra days to submit. Why the Extension? When we originally set the deadline, not all details were fully in place. Since the evaluation… Read More »Call for Speakers Extended
We’re excited to announce Justyna Lucznik as our keynote speaker for this year. Leading the Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering & Data Science PM team, her expertise spans lakehouse architecture, notebooks, Spark jobs, and model experimentation. In her presentation, she will shed light on the Microsoft Fabric Vision & Roadmap. Microsoft Fabric represents an integrated analytics ecosystem, designed to consolidate all essential data and analytics resources. It integrates… Read More »Keynote speaker
The lineup for the 2024 Data Platform Next Step conference is officially announced! With an overwhelming response of 129 submissions, the task of narrowing down to just 18 slots for presentations was no small feat. We’re excited to share the full roster of speakers, which can be viewed at the conference website. We encourage you to explore the list; it’s as impressive to us as… Read More »Meet the Speakers
Don’t forget to submit your proposals for the Data Platform Next Step conference – time is running out! The Call-for-Speakers will close at the end of the day on Tuesday, January 23rd, precisely at 11:59 PM CET. The selection process for sessions will begin immediately after the deadline, and we aim to provide feedback within 10 days. This process is challenging, as we consider various… Read More »Call-for-Speakers closes soon
Excited to share the launch of our first training day! Connect with Wolfgang Strasser and Erwin de Kreuk for an immersive full-day session on Data Governance using Microsoft Fabric, happening on Thursday, June 13th! As data becomes central to digital transformation, the need to manage, protect, and monitor sensitive information is crucial. We’ll dive into how Microsoft Fabric and Purview can be your solution to… Read More »Data Governance with Microsoft Fabric
We look forward to receive your submissions to deliver a 45 minute breakout session on the upcoming Data Platform Next Step conference in Copenhagen on June 13-14, 2024. We’re on the lookout for sessions about Fabric, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, Data Factory, Data Lake, Stream Analytics, Purview, SQL Server, and other relevant tools. The conference focus on Microsoft Data Platform users who are keen to take the… Read More »Call-for-Speakers is open
We’re happy and proud to announce Bogdan Crivat as the keynote speaker on the Data Platform Next Step conference. Bogdan is Vice President of Azure Synapse Analytics where he is building the Data Engineering, Data Science and Data Warehousing analytics workloads. Join the keynote to learn about the latest developments in analytics with Microsoft. From data integration and engineering to data science and business intelligence,… Read More »Keynote by Bogdan Crivat