Every year we set out to find a keynote that skips the marketing and goes straight into the architecture. This year, we found exactly that. We’re thrilled to announce that Tino Tereshko will deliver the keynote at Data Platform Next Step 2026. Tino is Director of Product for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse. Before joining Microsoft, he spent nearly a decade building Google BigQuery and co-founded… Read More »Keynote announcement
Yesterday, our newsletter subscribers got the full speaker lineup for Data Platform Next Step 2026, and the response was immediate. Since the newsletter went out, we’ve sold more than 20 additional tickets. We’ve now passed the halfway mark. Blind Bird and Early Bird are for those who trust us to build a strong program before it’s revealed. Regular Sale is for those who prefer to… Read More »Full speaker lineup
We’re continuing our Training Day announcements for Data Platform Next Step 2026 with a full day dedicated to automation in Microsoft Fabric. Build Faster, Deploy Smarter This hands-on workshop is designed for data engineers and platform teams who want to design, build, and operate a fully automated Fabric data platform — reducing manual effort, lowering risk, and accelerating delivery across environments. Throughout the day, you’ll… Read More »Automating Microsoft Fabric
Add value using Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence We’re kicking off our Training Day announcements for Data Platform Next Step 2026 with a deep dive into Streaming Data with Microsoft Fabric. This full-day, hands-on workshop is designed for data engineers who want to move beyond raw events and deliver governed, actionable, real-time insights using Microsoft Fabric. You’ll work end-to-end with: By the end of the day,… Read More »From Ingestion to Ontology
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