Call for Speakers

Microsoft Data Platform Group - Birmingham

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Microsoft Data Platform Group - Birmingham

planned future dates

4 Dec 2025, 5 Feb 2026, 5 Mar 2026, 2 Apr 2026, 7 May 2026, 4 Jun 2026, 2 Jul 2026, 6 Aug 2026, 3 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026

location

Online


What we're about

Birmingham Microsoft Data Platform Group - Bringing the West Midlands Microsoft Data Platform Community together.

What?

A virtual (and possibly in-person, so please leave a note if you're willing to come to Birmingham!)  meeting held on the first Thursday of every month @ 1pm GMT/BST. It's a free-to-attend, informal gathering of like-minded people, with 1-2 speakers presenting hour-long sessions including tips, techniques, and information on old, new, and upcoming technology.

The event is kindly sponsored by Purple Frog Systems, Power BI Sentinel, and RP Analytics.

Where?

Anywhere!

All of our meetings are currently held virtually on Microsoft Teams.

When?

The first Thursday of every month @ 1pm GMT/BST.

open, 12 months left
Call for Speakers
Call opens at 12:00 AM

01 Dec 2022

Call closes at 11:59 PM

26 Oct 2026

Call closes in UTC (UTC+00:00) timezone.
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All speakers welcome, whether you've presented here before or not.

All Data Platform / AI orientated sessions welcome, including:

  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Azure / Synapse
  • SQL Server
  • Power BI / DAX
  • Data Warehousing
  • AI
  • Machine Learning

Sessions are held at 1pm (UK Time) on the first Thursday of the month, fully virtual and 1 hour long.

Sessions should be 50 minutes long.

Sessions are held on MS Teams and we ask you join 10-15 minutes early to get slides set up and ensure there are not tech issues.

Our audience is usually somewhere between 50-100 attendees.


We are currently we are looking for the following dates, please indicate in your submission which date(s) you are available for:

  • 06/11/2025 - Confirmed
  • 04/12/2025 - Open
  • 01/01/2026 - No Meeting
  • 06/02/2026 - Open
  • 05/03/2026 - Open
  • 09/04/2026 - Open
  • 07/05/2026 - Open
  • 04/06/2026 - Open
  • 02/07/2026 - Open
  • 06/08/2026 - Open
  • 03/09/2026 - Open
  • 01/10/2026 - Open
  • 05/11/2026 - Open
  • 04/12/2026 - Open

We try and vary the topic each month so if you apply for multiple months, you may be accepted 2-3 months ahead rather than the next available slot.



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