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Data Saturday Croatia 2025

event date

14 Jun 2025

location

Hotel International Zagreb, Croatia


Data Saturday Croatia is a free, in person training event for professionals who use the Microsoft data platform.

Organizers

This free event is organized by Damir Matešić, MVP & Dean Savović with the help of volunteers from the SQL Server User Group Croatia.

Event venue

The event will be in person, on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at the Hotel International, Miramarska Cesta 24, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.

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Call for Speakers
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01 Oct 2024

Call closes at 11:59 PM

31 Dec 2024

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Important

The event will be in person, on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at the Hotel International, Miramarska Cesta 24, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. Please submit a session only if you plan to come to Croatia.

Topics

Any Microsoft Data Platform-related technical or non-technical subject

Sessions

Session Length:

  • 60 minute - standard session
  • 120 minutes - extended, in deep session

Session Abstract: Please include a full description of what topics this session will cover, what the audience will learn, and which, if any, pre-requisites should be expected of attendees

Tracks: Please choose the track most appropriate to your session from among: Administration, BI & Analytics, Development, Other

Difficulty level: Introductory and overview, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert

Maybe, we will host one slot lasting 60 minutes panel, "ask the expert". If you want to participate in the panel, please mark it on the form. In each room 2-3 speakers on DEV, Performance Tunning and BI.




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107 submissions
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David Postlethwaite
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Magnus Ahlkvist
  • An introductcion to SQL Server database projects
Reza Rad
  • Exception Reporting in Power BI: Catch the Error Rows in Power Query
  • Introducing Microsoft Fabric: Data Analytics SAAS
Tomasz Kostyrka
  • From B-Trees to V-Order. Told differently than usual.
Catalin Gheorghiu
  • Let’s take a shortcut
  • My data is good?
  • Real time visualizations with Fabric?
Brent Ozar
  • SQL Server First Responder Kit Tips and Tricks
  • Blocking: How to Find and Fight LCK* Waits
  • Watch Brent Tune a Query in SQL Server 2022
Gethyn Ellis
  • Mastering SQL Server Without a DBA: A Guide for IT Leaders and Managers
Gethyn Ellis, David Postlethwaite
  • Discover Microsoft Fabric with SQL: Simplify, Connect, and Scale Your Data Strategy
  • Future-Proof Your Database Skills: Unlocking the Power of PostgreSQL in Multi-Platform Environments
  • A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Data-Driven Culture
Martynas Jočys
  • Fabric for Power BI developer – great power never walks alone
  • From visualization to storytelling: creating a story-like experience in Power BI
  • Design essentials for Power BI developer
  • Chart Choice Quiz - the secrets of visual encoding
  • Bring Your Ugliest Dashboard (BYUD)
Erin Howland
  • Some Superheroes Wear Animal Onesies
  • Grit and Growth: Stories from the Trenches
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Borna Pleše
  • Adventure Time: Slaying SQL Analytical Antipatterns and Other Monsters
Syed Usman Ahmad
  • Efficient Open Source Monitoring Solution for your DB Services
  • Unlocking key metrics and patterns using Grafana
Peter Kruis
  • An introduction to Query Store
  • SQL Bad practices caught in the wild
  • An introduction to Extended Events
Holly Smith
  • How Databricks does Analytics, Data Warehousing, and a whole lot more
Milos Radivojevic
  • Database Development in a 24/7 Environment
Erland Sommarskog
  • Don't Bite Off More You Can Chew - Take it in Chunks
  • Don’t Let Your Permissions Be Hijacked!
  • Deadlocks – Analysing, Preventing and Mitigating
Omer Colakoglu
  • Vector Search on Azure SQL and On Prem SQL Server with Performance
Olivier Van Steenlandt
  • Database Unit Testing for Data Professionals
  • Database Projects and Azure DevOps 101 - From Zero to Hero
  • Database Deployment Automation using Database Projects & Azure DevOps
  • Apache Spark for SQL Data Warehouse Developers
Uwe Ricken
  • Security techniques for cross database access
  • Simplify data management with partitioning
  • Mastering TABLEHINT options in T-SQL
  • Leveraging JSON in Microsoft SQL Server
  • How to properly handle LOB data in SQL Server
Dennes Torres
  • Azure SQL and Open AI using T-SQL
  • Real Time Intelligence and KustoDB with Microsoft Fabric
Michał Dębski
  • From Ugly Duckling to Hero: Power BI Governance and Adoption Made Right
  • Power BI Monitoring: From PBI REST API through DWH and back again to PBI
Dejan Sarka
  • Testing T-SQL Code for Performance
  • Optimizing a SQL Server Data Warehouse
  • Data Overview and Manipulation – T-SQL, R, Python
Mihail Mateev
  • How to Build my Copilot for MS Teams - Using Copilot Studio or Calling OpenAI with Power Automate
  • Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Analytics for IoT : Activating and Alalyzing IoT Device Reflex Data
  • Utilizing Microsoft Fabric and OpenAI Technologies for Advanced Dataset Search Operations
  • Empower OpenAI with Vector Search for Optimal Performance and Cost Reduction
  • Explore the OpenAI GPT Models
  • Implementing Modern Automation using Power Automate and Microsoft Fabric
Hugo Kornelis
  • Now Where Did THAT Estimate Come From?
  • Improve your Database Performance in Seven Simple Steps
  • Hash Match, the Operator
  • Five stages of grief - internals of a hash spill
  • Execution plans ... where do I start?
  • Approximate functions: How do they work?
  • Here’s the execution plan … now what?
Erwin de Kreuk
  • Onelake with Fabric, The Data Lake-as-a-Service Platform
  • The Crucial Role of Data Quality in Your Data Estate
  • Microsoft Fabric: Building a Data Ingestion and Processing framework to Drive Efficiency
  • Microsoft Purview what does this mean to me as an organization?
Marc Lelijveld, Erwin de Kreuk
  • Embark on a transformative journey into building an end-to-end solution within the Microsoft Fabric.
Marc Lelijveld
  • Taking the Fabric Development Experience to the next level - with CI/CD
  • Power BI refreshes - reinvented!
  • Exploring Fabric Semantic Link for Power BI folks!
  • Changing the way how we interact with data in the Era of AI
Jose Manuel Jurado Diaz, Juan Moreno Romo
  • Lessons Learned from the Trenches: Connectivity and Performance Tips&Tricks
  • Azure SQL Journey: The daily routine of a Cloud DBA
  • Query Store and Azure SQL Copilot, who is the fairest in the land?
Steve Campbell
  • Upgrading Power BI Architecture
  • Introduction to Version Control, GIT, and Power BI Developer mode
  • Designing Efficient Architectures: Best Practices for Governance, Security, and Sharing Policies
  • DAX fundamentals: what is filter context?
Valerie Junk, Brian Bønk
  • Power BI vs. Real-Time Dashboards: It's Not Just About Looks
Torsten Strauß
  • Table Variable Deferred Compilation in SQL
  • Row and Page Compression in Azure SQL
  • Query tuning in Azure SQL
  • Parallelism in Azure SQL
  • Monitor your SQL databases with Azure Alerts
  • Create a YAML CICD Pipeline for Azure SQL Database
  • Columnstore Index in Azure SQL
Yvette Lovas
  • Design Thinking in the BI Product Lifecycle
Klaus Aschenbrenner
  • UNIQUEIDENTIFIERs as Primary Keys in SQL Server
  • Mastering Docker for SQL Server
  • Debunking Myths: Locking and Blocking in SQL Server Uncovered
  • Latches, Spinlocks, and Lock Free Data Structures
  • Exploring PostgreSQL for SQL Server Developers and DBAs: Key Differences and Practical Demos
Danny Kruge
  • WTF (What The Fabric)
  • Unlocking the Power of Optimization in Azure Data Factory
Remon van Harmelen
  • Machine Learning at Scale with AKS and Kubeflow
Lewis Prince
  • Model Creation in Azure AutoML and Ingestion Through Excel
  • Introduction to AI in Azure; What, Why and How?
  • Fast and Efficient Text Analysis using Azure's Language Cognitive Service
  • CoPilot Studio: Guiding Your Chatbot Takeoff with AI Aviation!
Niall Langley
  • Introduction to Performance Tuning on Azure Databricks
Sofiia Alieva
  • Data Democratization in Practice
Oskari Heikkinen
  • Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric: Architecture Deep Dive
  • Best Practices for Fabric Eventhouse
Kevin Chant
  • Microsoft Fabric Git integration - The good, the bad and the Azure DevOps or GitHub decision
Abhinav Jayanty
  • The Sixth Sense: Using Log Analytics to Efficiently Monitor Your Azure Environment
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