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Data Saturday Croatia 2027

event date

12 Jun 2027

location

Hotel International Zagreb, Croatia


Data Saturday Croatia is a one day event for professionals who use the Microsoft Data platform.

Organizers

This event is organized by Damir Matešić, MVP, Tomislav Hlupić & 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 12, 2027, at the Hotel International, Miramarska Cesta 24, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.

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Call for Speakers
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01 Oct 2026

Call closes at 11:59 PM

31 Dec 2026

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Important

The event will be in person, on Saturday, June 12, 2027, 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 with emphasis on MS SQL Server.

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: Database Administration, BI & Analytics, Database Development, Performance Tuning, Other

Sessions not related to Data Platform will be rejected!

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 Tuning and BI.




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  • From SQL Agent Jobs to Materialized Lake Views: Declarative Medallion Pipelines in Fabric
Thomas Kronawitter
  • If Your Disaster Recovery Plan Doesn't Cover Panic, It's Fiction
  • From Data Swamp to Strategic Asset - Crafting a Purpose-Driven Data Strategy
Juliana Smith
  • Building Inclusive Design Systems for Power BI Teams and AI Agents
  • Less Friction, More Insight: Tackling Cognitive Load for Reporting Solutions
Oskari Heikkinen
  • Context Engineering and Workflows for GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Grímur Sæmundsson
  • There Is More to Power BI Than Reports: A First Look at Power Query
  • Real-Time Data Processing in Fabric: Tracking a Cycle Ride
  • A sales coaching agent built with Fabric IQ, Work IQ and Copilot Studio
Dejan Sarka
  • Modeling Advanced Database Constraints
Marco Dal Pino
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Unified Namespace
Shubhangi Goyal
  • Data Modelling for AI-Driven BI
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Kristian Johannesen
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  • Genie in a bottle: An introduction to Conversational BI on Databricks
Ioannis Philippides
  • Beyond the Dashboard: Build a Testable AI Agent That Investigates Your Data
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Alexander Klein, Vitalija Bartusevičiūtė
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Dolores Jovanovic
  • From Data to Delight: How Machine Learning and Automation Transformed the Consumer Journey
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Erland Sommarskog
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Gregor Prohaska
  • Who is burning your capacity ...and what can you do against it
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Brian Bønk
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Uwe Ricken
  • Security techniques for cross database access
  • Mastering Statistics in Microsoft SQL Server
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  • Investigate, analyze and solve common wait stats scenarios
Oliver Engels, Katharina Ricken
  • Building Data Literacy in the Microsoft Data Platform Era
Stephane Haby
  • SQL Server: Full-Text search VS Vector search: A duel to the death, really?
Orgest Koka
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Peter Kruis, Frank Geisler
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Peter Kruis
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  • Oops. Can We Restore It?
Hanna Schwab
  • Building Confidence in Analytics: How to Develop Your First GenAI Use Case with MS Fabric
  • Operational AI with Fabric IQ Ontologies: Your Path to Trusted Enterprise Agents
Hanna Schwab, Frank Geisler
  • Beyond the Warehouse: Building an Agent-Ready Data Platform with Fabric IQ
Jose Manuel Jurado Diaz, Juan Moreno Romo
  • When Outdated Statistics Aren’t the Problem:Troubleshooting SQL Performance with the Query Optimizer
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Hanna Schwab, Dr. Alexander Wachtel
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Gianluca Sartori
  • Questioning My SQL Server Faith… So You Don’t Have To
  • Using WorkloadTools to Modernize your SQL Server Instances
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Marin Niehues
  • Congratulations, you are agile. Your product is still late.
  • Unf*ck your mind: How to finally build something great again
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Balazs Horvath
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