Call for Speakers
2025 Data.SQL.Saturday.SD (SQLSatSD)
28 Jun 2025
sqlsaturday.com/sqlsatsd
Data.SQL.Saturday.SD is a free training event for Microsoft Data Platform professionals and those wanting to learn about Public/Private Clouds, Data Platforms, SQL and No-SQL Databases, Business Intelligence, and Analytics.
Location:
TBD
This is an in-person event!
Stay home if you are feeling sick!
https://sqlsaturday.com/sqlsatsd
Previous events
2024 SQL Saturday in San Diego
https://sqlsaturday.com/2024-09-14-sqlsaturday1092/
2019 SQL Saturday in San Diego
https://sqlsaturday.com/2024-09-14-sqlsaturday1092/
2019 SQL Saturday in San Diego
https://sqlsaturday.com/2019-09-21-SQLSat-0909
2018 SQL Saturday in San Diego
https://sqlsaturday.com/2018-09-22-SQLSat-0802/
2017 SQL Saturday in San Diego
https://sqlsaturday.com/2017-09-23-SQLSat-0661/
This event is organized by a Data Driven Technologies, Inc 501.c.3 non-profit.
https://datadriventechnologies.org/sqlsaturday-in-losangeles/
Call for Speakers
14 Feb 2025
28 May 2025
Data SQL Saturday SD has been delivering on-prem events since 2017. This year's event is scheduled for June 21, 2025. If you will be in the area at that time, we welcome your submission.
We try and provide our attendees with 4 to 5 different tracks over 5-6 blocks (24-30 sessions per annual event). This provides valuable content for a wide variety of attendees whether you're a DBA, Dev Op, Developer, Reporting enthusiast, or Cloudy we should have something good for you to attend.
Length: 60 minutes
Topics: Any data-related or non-technical topic
Accommodations / Lodging: None. This is a community event.
Session Info: Write a full description of what this session will be, what the audience will learn, and what pre-requisites are expected
Max No. of Sessions per Speaker: 5 submissions max
Difficulty level: Not everyone is an IT pro, and not everyone is a novice, we are looking for a wide range to appeal to all of our attendees. If you are submitting more than 1 session, please provide sessions at different levels.
Examples of data topics:
RDBMS/SQL: SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, Oracle Database, MariaDB, CockroachDB, Snowflake, IBM DB2, and other products
NoSQL: CosmosDB, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Couchbase, and other products
Data Visualization: Power BI / Tableau / Qlik / SSRS / Crystal Reports and other products
Infrastructure: DBA/DevOps, Private, Hybrid, and Public Clouds: VMware, Microsoft Azure / Amazon AWS / Google GCP / Oracle Cloud, IBM SoftLayer, and other products
Development: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Database Development, Data Engineering, Integration
Data Science: Python/R, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning
Examples of Non-technical: Women in Tech, Personal Branding, Job Hunting, Building your Own Tech Company, Mental Health, Careers in Tech, Project Management
all submitted sessions
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Submitted sessions
- Benchmark[eting]
- Hope is Not a Strategy: Retrieval Patterns for MCP
- Make Your Data FABulous
- Unified and open governance for data and AI
- AI in Action: Supercharging Power BI Development and Troubleshooting
- Power BI API: Automating the Analytics Lifecycle
- Application Lifecycle Management for Business Intelligence: ALM for BI
- Data Modeling for Business Intelligence
- Efficient Data Orchestration with Azure Data Factory: Cutting Costs & Boosting Scalability
- Data processing with Databricks SQL
- Advanced Data Science Techniques Using Geospatial SQL
- Scaling LLM Evaluation: SQL-Powered Data Pipelines for Enterprise AI Quality Assurance
- Node to Note: Transforming Speech into Text Magic with Node.js
- AI Meets SQL: Machine Learning Strategies on Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
- Generative AI operational evaluation framework
- Build a Data Stack with DBT (Data Build Tool) and Databricks.
- Databricks Unity Catalog - Data Governance and lot more
- Building CI/CD pipeline using Databricks Asset Bundles
- DuckDB: The Future of Fast, Local, and Effortless Data Analysis
- AI-Driven API Self-Healing: Transforming Cloud-Native Architectures
- Direct Lake Best Practices and Lessons Learned from the Past Year
- How AI Solves Key Issues in ERP Sales & Distribution
- Power BI Directory: Enhancing Data Navigation and User Experience
- Transforming Monolithic SaaS to Serverless: A SQL Professional's Guide to AWS Cloud Modernization
- Streamlining Healthcare Data Integration
- Extending Power BI with Power Automate
- Harnessing Hidden Potential in Power Query
- Simulating Scenarios with Power BI
- Ingesting REST API data with Microsoft Fabric
- Hey Real-Time Intelligence - should I go outside today?
- Securing the Cloud: Zero Trust Strategies and Fog Computing in Real-World Applications
- Seamless Transition: Migrating from Commercial to Open Source Databases
- SQL Server Hosting on AWS: Options and Considerations
- Beyond the OWASP Top 10: The Hidden Risks in Web Applications
- Supercharge SQL Development with VS Code
- Ground to Cloud: Simplifying the Developer Experience with Azure SQL
- Scalable Sentiment Analysis for Hospitals with OpenAI and Azure Fabric
- Better Together: Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse and RDS SQL Server, a Gen AI data integration use case
- Better Together: Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse and RDS SQL Server, a Gen AI data integration use case
- Threading the Needle: Mastering Microsoft Fabric Adoption
- Optimizing System Performance in the Modern Software Ecosystem
- Linux Systems Engineer with Cloud & DevOps Expertise
- Building Scalable Machine Learning Platforms: A Practical Guide for Engineers
- Building Scalable & Secure Salesforce Applications: Best Practices and Real-World Implementations
- Implementing Oracle HCM Cloud: A Comprehensive Approach to Integration and Automation
- Mastering Application Security: A Hands-on Approach to SAST, DAST & Threat Modeling
- Bridging Data & Strategy: Unlocking Business Intelligence with Power BI & SQL
- Chat with Azure SQL
- Boosting Your Career: Leveraging Force-Multipliers for Success
- Bring Conversational analytics to your DWH
- Maximizing the impact of Power BI applications through improved user experience
- Migrating SQL Server from on-premises to Azure MI using DMS / Log replay
- Accessing Government API Data using Power BI
- Secure Asynchronous ETL Using OAuth 2.0 in Azure Data Factory
- Automate, Optimize, Validate: PowerShell for Power BI & SSAS Success
- Accessing Government API Data using Power BI
- Introduction to Azure Databricks and Apache Spark for the absolute beginner
- Unleash the Full Power of Custom Visuals in Power BI with Deneb!
- How to succeed as a Power BI consultant
- Now you see it, but did you really? Correcting visual fallacies...
- Fabric Copilot: Consumption and Cost Demystified
- Lifecycle Management and Git Integration in Microsoft Fabric
- Building Scalable Data Warehouses with Microsoft Fabric:
- DBA Basics: Getting Started with Performance Tuning
- Is Independent Consulting for me?
- Working Genius Uncovered
- PowerApp Power!!!
- Leadership Principles Uncovered...
- Privilege Database User Activity Monitoring using Database Activity Stream on Amazon RDS
- Real-time stream analytics from your transactional workload on Amazon RDS