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Monday 28 September 2026 Tuesday 29 September 2026 Wednesday 30 September 2026 Thursday 01 October 2026

Monday

28 September 2026

A Data Engineering Data Integration
Data Engineer / Developer Level 300
[Sold Out] Building a Production-Ready Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric: A Practical Data Engineering Workshop
B Data Science
Data Engineer / Developer / IT Pro Level 300
[Sold Out] Building Production-Ready AI Data Solutions in Microsoft Fabric: From Agent to Action
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C Admin & Governance Azure SQL
Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / Software Developer Level 300
Azure SQL or Fabric SQL: Deploying Infrastructure and Databases as Code
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D Real-Time Intelligence Data Engineering
Data Engineer / Developer / Software Architect Level 300
From Streaming Data to Instant Action: Real‑Time Intelligence Hackathon with Fabric
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E Azure SQL Databases
Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro / Software Developer Level 200
Modernizing Your SQL Estate: From SQL Server to Azure SQL and Fabric for AI-Ready Applications
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F Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 200
Building Intelligent, Event-Driven Architectures with Fabric Real-Time Intelligence
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G Fabric Platform
IT Pro / Software Architect Level 300
Fabric Capacity Strategies that Build Confidence
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H Data Integration Power BI
Data Engineer / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 300
Mastering Dataflow Gen2 for ETL in Microsoft Fabric
I Data Integration
Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / IT Pro Level 200
From Legacy to Fabric: Migrate, Modernize, and Secure Your Data Warehouse End-to-End
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J Fabric Platform
Maker Level 300
[Sold Out] Power BI Meets Agentic AI: A Hands-On Workshop from Setup to Impact
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K Data Engineering Power BI
Data Engineer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 200
Getting Started with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI: A Hands-On Workshop
L PostgreSQL
Level
[Offsite Tutorial] Azure HorizonDB: Building Scalable AI-Enabled PostgreSQL Applications
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Tuesday

29 September 2026

Conference Welcome & Entertainment

Before our opening keynote, please enjoy a welcome from the FabCon + SQLCon Europe Team and some exciting entertainment.

08:45-10:45 – Keynote
Keynote

The Data Foundation for AI: What’s Next in Microsoft Fabric

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10:45-11:15 – Networking Break

T01 Data Engineering in Fabric Data Science in Fabric
Data Engineer / Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 100
CORENOTE: Fabric Data Engineering and Data Science Roadmap
T02 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 200
CORENOTE: Building, Deploying, and Governing Microsoft Fabric at Scale
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T03 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 200
CORENOTE: The Roadmap for Microsoft SQL: Ground to Cloud to Fabric
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T04 Fabric IQ Microsoft Foundry
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Fabric IQ + Foundry: The Semantic Backbone of Enterprise AI Agents
T05 Fabric Data Warehousing Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Data Engineer / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect Level 300
From Legacy to Fabric: Migrating a 10-Year Data Warehouse Without Lift-and-Shift
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T06 Data Integration SQL Server & Azure SQL
Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) Level 300
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, who can Sync Their Data Best of all
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T08 Data Engineering in Fabric Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 300
Data Mesh in Practice: Governing Microsoft Fabric at Enterprise Scale (Lessons from DDF)
T09 Fabric IQ Agents and AI
Data Scientists / IT Professionals Level 300
From Foundry to Forecast: Connecting AI Agents to Fabric IQ and Plan
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T10 AI & Data Agents Data Science in Fabric
Data Engineer / Data Scientist Level 300
High-confidence Invoice Ownership Automation on Microsoft Fabric
T11 AI & Data Agents
Business Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 100
Sharing Experiences: AI and Agentic Apps: Real-World Transformation with Microsoft Fabric
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T12 Fabric IQ
Business Decision Maker / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 200
Fabric IQ, Dataverse, and Work IQ: Three Intelligence Layers for Agentic Business
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INSPIRE01 Inspire Stage
Level
[Inspire Stage] Session Coming Soon (INSPIRE01)
DEI01
Level
DEI Lunch – Stronger Through Diversity: Building a Data Community Where Every Voice Belongs
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It’s Lunch Time!

Food will be served in the Expo Hall.

Use this time to meet new people, catch up with colleagues, visit our wonderful sponsors and enjoy some delicious food.

T13 Power BI
Business Decision Maker / Developer / IT Pro Level 200
CORENOTE: Power BI Roadmap: Strategy, Vision, and Demos
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T14 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / IT Pro Level 200
Database Hub in Fabric: A Control Plane for your Entire Database Estate
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T15 Fabric IQ Real-Time Intelligence
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 100
CORENOTE: Trusted AI Starts with Fabric: Unified Real-Time Intelligence and IQ context
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T16 AI & Data Agents Fabric Data Warehousing
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro Level 200
CORENOTE: The Evolution of Fabric Data Warehouse: Architecture, Performance, and the Road Ahead
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T17 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance Microsoft Purview
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 200
Purview Data Security Protections for your Fabric Data Estate
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T18 AI & Data Agents Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 300
Every Turn You Take, Every Move you Make – Agents Operating on Real-Time Ship Movements
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T19 Data Engineering in Fabric Data Science in Fabric
Data Engineer / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 200
Fabric Runtime 2.0: Why Spark 4.1 and Delta Lake 4.2 Redefine the Foundation of the Lakehouse
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T20 Power BI
Admin / Developer / IT Professional Level 300
CI/CD and DevOps for Power BI: Beyond the Happy Path
T21 AI Agents
Business Decision Maker / Data Scientist / IT Professionals Level 200
From Fragmented Knowledge to Enterprise AI: How EY KMS Turns Business Expertise into Scalable Intelligence
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T22 Data Integration SQL Server & Azure SQL
Data Engineer / Developer / Software Developer Level 200
JSON and REST APIs – the Best of Both Worlds now in SQL Server 2025
T23 OneLake Power Platform
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 200
Guardians of the Lake: Securing your Data with OneLake
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T24 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance
Level 200
Building a Sovereign Data Platform Across Cloud Environments
INSPIRE02 Inspire Stage AI & Data Agents
IT Professional Level 200
[Inspire Stage] The AI-Ready Data Trap

14:30-14:45 – Change Rooms

T25 AI & Data Agents Fabric IQ
Business Decision Maker Level 200
CORENOTE: Empowering AI Agents Everywhere with Data Insights: Roadmap for AI-Powered Conversational Analytics
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T26 Fabric IQ Power BI
Business Decision Maker / Data Scientist / Software Architect Level 100
CORENOTE: Enterprise Planning in the Era of AI with Planning in Microsoft Fabric
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T27 Data Integration
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Developer Level 100
CORENOTE: Fabric Data Factory: What’s New and Roadmap
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T28 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Business Decision Maker / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 200
SQL Database in Fabric: Real-World Scenarios and Solutions
T29 Real-Time Intelligence SQL Server & Azure SQL
Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / IT Pro Level 200
Turning Database Changes into Real-Time Intelligence with Fabric Eventstreams
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T30 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance OneLake
Business Decision Maker / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 200
Data Governance for Trust, Scale, and AI-Ready Data
T31 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Data Scientist / Software Architect Level 300
Improving Retrieval Quality with Vector Index Embeddings (structure-aware chunking&keyword boosting)
T32 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 100
Azure SQL Database vs. SQL Database in Fabric: Key Differences for Developers and DBAs
T33
Level
Session Coming Soon (T33)
T34 Databases in Fabric PostgreSQL
Business Decision Maker / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer Level 200
Azure HorizonDB: Building Mission-Critical AI Applications at PostgreSQL Scale
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T35 Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Business Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 100
Sharing Experiences: Customer Journeys migrating to Microsoft Fabric
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T36 Data
Data Engineer Level 200
Delivering Data Products Across the Microsoft Ecosystem
INSPIRE03 Power BI Inspire Stage
IT Professional Level 100
[Inspire Stage] The Compound Interest of Community
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15:45 – 16:15 – Networking Break

T37 AI & Data Agents OneLake
Data Scientist / Developer / IT Pro / Software Developer Level 100
CORENOTE: What is new and next for OneLake, the OneDrive for data
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T38 Fabric IQ Microsoft Foundry
Business Decision Maker / Data Scientist / Developer / Software Developer Level 200
Fabric IQ + Foundry IQ: Grounding Every Agent in Trusted Enterprise Data Description
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T39 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance Microsoft Purview
Business Decision Maker / Data Scientist / IT Pro Level 200
Data Governance and Security in Microsoft Fabric: A Practical Implementation
T40 Cosmos DB Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
CORENOTE: Building Agentic apps in Fabric with Cosmos DB and User Data Functions
T41 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro Level 200
Vector Search in SQL Server 2025 – Basics and Beyond
T42 Data Science in Fabric Real-Time Intelligence
Data Scientist / Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 300
Fabric: From Real-time Data to Custom ML-Driven Insights
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T43 Data Engineering in Fabric Power BI
Data Engineer / Developer / IT Pro Level 300
How your Lakehouse Design Decisions affect Direct Lake Performance
T44 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance Fabric Platform: Capacities
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Software Architect Level 200
The Ultimate Decision Guide: Capacity Strategies to Optimise Cost and Compute
T45 AI
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / IT Professional / Software Architect Level 200
Modern SAP Data Integration: Compliant, Performant, AI-Ready
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T46 SQL Server & Azure SQL
Business Decision Maker / Data Scientist / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 100
How SQL Runs SQL: Using AI for SQL SDLC and live sites
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T47 Fabric Data Warehousing Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance
Data Engineer / Developer / Software Architect Level 300
Monitoring Fabric Data Warehouse at Scale
T48 Data Engineering in Fabric Real-Time Intelligence
Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 200
Two Architectures, One Data Source: Exploring Medallion and Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric
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INSPIRE04 Inspire Stage
Level
[Inspire Stage] Practicing Positive Selfishness – protecting our mental health and well-being

Expo Drinks

Enjoy complimentary drinks in the Expo Hall to celebrate the end of Day One of the Conference!

Wednesday

30 September 2026

Morning Welcome

W01 AI & Data Agents
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Best Practices for Semantic Models in Fabric Data Agent
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W02 Data Integration Power BI
Business Decision Maker / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 200
From Power BI to Fabric: 5 Capabilities That Will Change How You Work
W03 Data Integration OneLake
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 200
Open interoperability: integrating Azure Databricks and OneLake
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W05 Real-Time Intelligence SQL Server & Azure SQL
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 100
From Transactions to Impact: Activating SQL Data in Fabric
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W06 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance Microsoft Purview
Business Decision Maker / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 200
Securing Your Data Estate with Purview
W07 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance OneLake
Data Engineer / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 200
Discover, Govern, and Protect your Fabric data with the OneLake Catalog
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W08 Data Engineering in Fabric
Level 200
From Prompt to Finished Project: Introducing Project Osmos for Agentic Data Engineering
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W09
Level
Session Coming Soon (W09)
W10 SQL Server & Azure SQL
Database Admin (DBA) / Developer Level 200
Query Store Basics: A DBA’s Best Friend
W11 Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Developer / IT Pro Level 100
From Prompt to Production: Building Governed Apps on Fabric with Rayfin
INSPIRE05 Power BI Inspire Stage
Maker Level 200
[Inspire Stage] Power BI meets UX Design: From Busy Dashboards to Better Decisions

09:45-10:00 Change Rooms

W12 AI & Data Agents Fabric IQ
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / IT Pro Level 200
Fabric IQ End-to-End: The Complete Enterprise AI Platform
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W13 AI & Data Agents Power BI
Data Engineer / Developer / Software Developer Level 100
Building Data and Analytics Apps with Microsoft Fabric
W14 Data Engineering in Fabric Data Integration
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Developer / IT Pro Level 200
Upgrade to Fabric Data Factory: A Unified, AI-Ready Future for Data Integration
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W15 AI & Data Agents SQL Server & Azure SQL
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Running Mission-Critical Systems on Azure SQL Hyperscale- Enable AI, CoPilot, & Enterprise Features
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W16 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance
Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 200
Trust at Scale: how Fabric Delivers Enterprise Grade Security and Reliability
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W17 Data Engineering in Fabric Fabric Data Warehousing
Data Engineer / Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 200
Drop the Notebook? What Fabric SQL AI Functions Can (and Can’t) Replace
W18 Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 300
Run Workloads at Scale: Real-Time Intelligence Operations Manual
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W19 Databases in Fabric PostgreSQL
Data Engineer / Developer Level 200
From 2AM Page to Action in Minutes with DB Agent
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W20 AI Power BI
Data Scientists / IT Professionals Level 300
Do You Trust Your AI Systems? Moving from Power BI to Trusted AI Answers
W21 Data Integration SQL Server & Azure SQL
Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / Software Developer Level 300
SQL Injection in 2026: Live Exploitation, Modern Risks, and Practical Defenses
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W22 Data Engineering in Fabric Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Data Engineer / Developer / Software Developer Level 300
The Curious Case of the Slow Spark job: A Detective’s Toolkit
INSPIRE06 Inspire Stage Data Engineering in Fabric Power BI
Business / Data Citizen Level 100
[Inspire Stage] Curiosity, Customers, and Clarity: Redefining Business Success with Microsoft Fabric

11:00-11:30 Networking Break

W23 AI & Data Agents Power BI
Business Decision Maker Level 100
Chat with your data in M365 and beyond: Work IQ meets Fabric IQ
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W24 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Database Agents: A New Way to Manage Databases in Fabric
W25 Fabric Platform: Capacities Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Data Engineer / Developer Level 300
Fabric Capacity Management and Observability: from Health Signals to Root Cause at Scale
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W26 AI & Data Agents SQL Server & Azure SQL
Business Decision Maker / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Data Productivity Tour: Query, Deploy, Optimize
W27 OneLake Power Platform
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 200
The Instant Insights Pipeline: OneLake Shortcuts, Dataverse, and Power Apps in Action
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W28 Fabric Data Warehousing Power BI
Data Engineer / Developer Level 400
Practical Data Modeling in Power BI: Beyond the Star Schema
W29 Data Science in Fabric Fabric Data Warehousing
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Software Architect Level 300
Microsoft Fabric Warehouse Performance: Under the Hood and What’s New
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W30 Power BI Data
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer Level 300
How Acterys’ Enterprise Power BI Write-back Achieved Process Enrichment and Digital Unification at MAC Mode with NoseDat
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W31 AI
Business Decision Maker Level 200
Talk to Your AI-Ready Data: The Semantic Layer for Enterprise AI
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W32 Microsoft Foundry OneLake
Data Scientist / Developer / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
OneLake + Foundry: Ground Agents in Data Wherever It Lives
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W33 Equity & Inclusion
Business / Developer / IT Pro Level 100
Top 10 Ways You’re Messing Up Inclusion… And How To Fix It
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INSPIRE07 Inspire Stage
IT Professional Level 100
[Inspire Stage] Women in Tech: Let’s Hear Your Stories
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Lunch Break

Food will be served in the Expo Hall.

Use this time to meet new people, catch up with colleagues, visit our wonderful sponsors and enjoy some delicious food.

W34 Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences Power BI
Business Decision Maker / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Developer Level 200
Power BI Development in the Agentic Era
W35 Data Integration OneLake
Data Engineer / IT Pro Level 200
Shortcuts and Mirroring: Unify Data Estates Across Clouds and on Premises
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W36 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Exploring Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025
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W37 Fabric IQ Real-Time Intelligence
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Build a Real-Time AI Agent That Knows Your Business with IQ and Ontology
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W38 Data Engineering in Fabric Data Integration
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 300
Performance Tuning Tips for Fabric Data Factory
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W39 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Business Decision Maker / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Connecting the dots: Using Data API Builder to Expose your SQL Server
W40 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
How to use Lifecycle Management within Microsoft Fabric
W41 AI & Data Agents Cosmos DB
Business Decision Maker / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 200
RAG, Vector Stores, and Reality Checks: Building AI Systems That Stick
W42 Data AI Fabric IQ OneLake
Business Decision Maker Level 200
One Customer, Three Systems, Zero Agreement
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W43 Data Integration Power BI
Data Engineer / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect Level 300
From DirectQuery to Direct Lake – Supercharge your live-data reporting for on-premise data
W44 Data Engineering in Fabric Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Data Engineer / Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 300
Data Engineering Experience in the Age of AI Agents
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INSPIRE08 Inspire Stage
IT Professional Level 100
[Inspire Stage] From Community to Momentum, How User Group Leaders Build Belonging

14:45-15:00 Change Rooms

W46 AI & Data Agents OneLake
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Build the Next Generation of Intelligent Data Agents in Microsoft Fabric
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W47 Data Engineering in Fabric OneLake
Data Engineer / Developer Level 300
OneLake Security: Deep Dive and What’s New
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W48 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 200
Top 10 SQL Features for Developers you might have missed!
W49 Data Engineering in Fabric Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance
Data Engineer / Software Architect Level 300
From Chaos to Control: Orchestrating Lakehouse Workloads in Microsoft Fabric
W50 AI Power BI
Business Decision Maker / Data Scientists / IT Professionals Level 100
AI Without Human Oversight Is Just Another Spreadsheet
W51 Fabric IQ Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect Level 200
Build a World Cup Command Center with Real-Time Intelligence
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W52 Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences Power BI
Developer Level 200
Getting into Git with Power BI
W53 Data AI
Data Engineer Level 200
How AI-Driven Master Data Management with Microsoft Fabric Transforms Business Data
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W54 SQL Server & Azure SQL
Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 200
AI Threats, Stronger Security: New Data Security Innovations in Azure SQL
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W55 AI & Data Agents Microsoft Foundry
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 300
From Insight to Action – Translytical Taskflows & AI in Microsoft Fabric
INSPIRE09 Inspire Stage
IT Professional Level 100
[Inspire Stage] Crafting a Personal Brand: Your Career Deserves More Than Just a CV

16:00-16:30 Networking Break

16:30-18:00 – Power Hour
Keynote

Power Hour

The networking event will take place on 30th September at Sutton Club Barcelona.

What is included?

  • Open bar on house wine, beer & soft drinks
  • Assortment of finger food and food stations
  • DJ and dancing!

Tickets are €110 + VAT per person.

The evening will provide a fantastic opportunity for attendees to connect with fellow community members, make new contacts, meet old friends and continue the learning and fun for an unforgettable conference experience.

Find out more information on our FabCon + SQLCon Europe 2026 Party Night Information page

Thursday

01 October 2026

AMA01 Ask Me Anything SQL Server & Azure SQL
Level 100
SQL Server & Azure SQL AMA
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AMA02 Ask Me Anything Power BI
Level 100
Power BI AMA
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AMA03 Ask Me Anything
Level 100
Partner AMA
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AMA04 Ask Me Anything Fabric Platform
Level 100
Fabric Security AMA
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AMA05 Ask Me Anything Data Integration
Level 100
Data Integration AMA
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AMA06 Ask Me Anything Fabric IQ Real-Time Intelligence
Level 100
Real-Time Intelligence & Fabric IQ AMA
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AMA07 Ask Me Anything AI & Data Agents
Level 100
Analytics & AI AMA
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AMA08 Ask Me Anything Fabric Platform
Level 100
Fabric Planner AMA
AMA09 Ask Me Anything
Level 100
Spanish Community AMA
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10:15-10:30 Change Rooms

TH01 Power BI
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 100
Power BI Dataviz World Championship
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TH02 AI & Data Agents SQL Server & Azure SQL
Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro / Software Developer Level 300
Mastering Performance for Microsoft SQL with AI
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TH03 Fabric Data Warehousing Power BI
Data Engineer / Developer Level 300
From Fast to Massive: Scaling Power BI to Hundreds of Users with DirectQuery & Fabric Data Warehouse
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TH04 Data Engineering in Fabric Data Science in Fabric
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 400
From Sandbox to Stadium: Orchestrating Fabric Spark and Best Practices for Production-Ready Workload
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TH05 Fabric IQ Power BI
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Software Architect Level 300
Your Semantic Model Is Not Enough: Building an Intelligent Data Estate with Fabric IQ
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TH06 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Software Architect Level 200
Fabric Permissions & Identities: Secure Access at Enterprise Scale
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TH07 Data Integration
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Developer Level 300
Accelerate Data Transformation with Dataflows Gen2 in Microsoft Fabric
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TH08 Data Engineering in Fabric Databases in Fabric
Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Software Developer Level 100
Not Every Notebook Needs Spark: SQL-First Analytics with Pure Python
TH09 Data
IT Professional Level 300
From Hidden Dependencies to Confident Change: How a Leading European Insurer Mapped its IT Data Ecosystem with Velorum
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TH10 AI & Data Agents Data Science in Fabric
Business Decision Maker / Data Scientist / Developer Decision Maker Level 300
From Notebook to Bedside: Building a Clinical Risk Prediction Pipeline in Fabric
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TH11 Microsoft Foundry Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer / Developer / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Fabric IQ + Foundry IQ: What ‘Connected’ Actually Looks Like (Live from the Chocolate Factory)
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INSPIRE10 Inspire Stage Azure AI Foundry
IT Professional Level 200
[Inspire Stage] Responsible AI in Action: Driving Ethical Innovation with Data in Azure AI and Microsoft Fabric
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11:30-12:00 Networking Break

TH12 OneLake Power BI
Business Decision Maker Level 200
What’s New and What’s Next for Power BI Visuals, Reporting, and Distribution
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TH13 Fabric Data Warehousing
Data Engineer / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect Level 200
Enterprise Data Warehousing on Fabric: Migrate, Govern, and Scale
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TH14 AI & Data Agents Fabric IQ
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 300
Building Enterprise AI Agents on Microsoft Fabric: Architecture, Security and Production Lessons
TH15 AI & Data Agents SQL Server & Azure SQL
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
Azure SQL Hyperscale: The Cloud Database for the era of AI
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TH16 Data Engineering in Fabric Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Data Engineer / Developer / Software Architect Level 200
No More Workspace Wars: Git-Driven Collaboration in Microsoft Fabric
TH17 Data Integration Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer / Developer / Software Architect Level 300
Batch vs Streaming in Fabric: Head-to-Head
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TH18 Cosmos DB Microsoft Foundry
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
High-Performance Multimodal RAG with Azure Cosmos DB: Vector Search for Predictive Maintenance
TH19 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Database Admin (DBA) / Developer Decision Maker / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 300
Making Your SQL Platform Faster and Smarter with Azure SQL, Fabric and Copilot
TH20 Microsoft Fabric
Developer / IT Professional Level 200
The Power of Both: Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric for Fast, AI-Ready Data Platforms
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TH21 Data Engineering in Fabric
Developer Level 300
Faster Insights at Lower Cost with Materialized Lake Views in Microsoft Fabric
TH22 Data Science in Fabric Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer / Data Scientist Level 400
From Alerts to Root Causes: Real-Time Incident Analysis with Eventhouse, Vectors, and LLMs
INSPIRE11 Inspire Stage
Level
[Inspire Stage] Session Coming Soon (INSPIRE11)
WID01
Level
Women in Data Lunch – Lifting as We Climb
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Lunch Break

Food will be served in the Expo Hall.

Use this time to meet new people, catch up with colleagues, visit our wonderful sponsors and enjoy some delicious food.

TH23 AI & Data Agents Fabric IQ
Data Engineer / IT Pro Level 300
Fabric IQ: Best Practices and Patterns to Power Your Agents
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TH24 Data Integration OneLake
Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro Level 200
Choosing the Right Data Integration Approach in Microsoft Fabric
TH25 Fabric Data Warehousing Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer Level 300
Event-Driven Medallion Warehousing in Fabric: Near Real-Time Bronze-Silver-Gold with T-SQL
TH26 Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences SQL Server & Azure SQL
Data Engineer / Developer / IT Pro Level 200
Your SQL Skills Are More Valuable in Fabric Than You Think
TH27 AI & Data Agents Fabric IQ
Data Scientist / Developer / Software Developer Level 300
A Utility-Scale Solar Inventory with Planetary Computer, Maps and Agents
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TH28 Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro / Software Developer Level 300
From Code to Cloud: CI/CD and Agentic Development in Microsoft Fabric
/
TH29 Data Integration OneLake
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 200
SAP, Oracle – Unify the Business Data estate with OneLake
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TH30 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Database Admin (DBA) / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect Level 300
Talking with your Security Model
TH31 Data Engineering in Fabric Data Integration
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer / Developer / Developer Decision Maker Level 300
Microsoft Fabric Performance Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
TH32 Fabric IQ Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer / Developer / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect Level 200
Building real-time Intelligent AI Agents with Fabric
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TH33 Fabric Platform: Admin & Governance
Business Decision Maker / IT Pro Level 100
Sharing Experiences: Scaling Microsoft Fabric at your Organisation
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15:15-15:30 Change Rooms

TH34 Data Science in Fabric Fabric IQ
Business Decision Maker / Data Engineer Level 200
Fabric IQ and the Ontology – A no-code Approach to Governing your data
TH35 Fabric Data Warehousing
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 300
What’s New in Fabric Data Warehouse for T-SQL Developers
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TH36 Databases in Fabric Fabric Data Warehousing
Business Decision Maker / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect Level 200
It’s Not Either Or: Building an Intelligent Data Estate with Fabric Data Warehouse & Fabric SQL
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TH37 Data Engineering in Fabric Fabric Platform: Dev Experiences
Data Engineer Level 300
From Bronze to Business Value Faster with Materialized Lakehouse Views
TH38 Power BI Fabric Platform
Level 200
Inside Fabric Planning: Build No-Code Enterprise Data Apps with PowerTable
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TH39 Databases in Fabric SQL Server & Azure SQL
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Database Admin (DBA) / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect / Software Developer Level 200
Unlock SQL Server Migration and Modernization in the Era of AI
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TH40 Real-Time Intelligence
Level 100
Sharing Experiences: Real-Time Intelligence — Customer Stories from the Frontlines of Fabric
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TH41 SQL Server & Azure SQL
Data Engineer / Developer / Software Developer Level 300
Supercharged Search with Semantic Search and Vector Embeddings
TH42 Data Integration OneLake
Data Engineer / Data Scientist / Developer Decision Maker / Software Architect Level 200
Zero-Copy, Multi-Cloud Fabric: OneLake Shortcuts + Mirroring as the Fast Track to AI and Real-Time
TH43 Microsoft Foundry Real-Time Intelligence
Data Engineer / Developer / IT Pro / Software Architect Level 100
Unleashing the Power of AI Agents with Model Context Protocol and Microsoft Foundry