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dataMinds Connect 2021
event starts
11 Oct 2021
event ends
12 Oct 2021
location
Lamot Conference and Heritage Center, Van Beethovenstraat 8-10, 2800 Mechelen Mechelen, Belgium
website
datamindsconnect.be
dataMinds Connect is a 2 day in-person event in the wonderful city of Mechelen, Belgium. It's an IT related event with a specific focus on the Microsoft Data & AI Platform.
This is the new and improved version of the (former SQLUG.be) SQL Server Days. New and improved, keeping in mind the same core values. 2 days filled with learning, networking and a whole lot of laughs while doing so!
This year will be the 14th edition of the conference, and running for the fith time as dataMinds Connect. Aiming to bring together all people with a passion for the Microsoft Data & AI Platform, in all flavours possible, we're hoping to reunite with our many community members in person again, and share our common passion.
Go ahead and clearly mark Monday October 11th and Tuesday October 12th 2021 in your schedule, as these will be 2 days you don't want to miss!
finished 4 years ago
Call for Speakers
Call opens at 12:00 AM
27 Apr 2021
Call closes at 11:59 PM
06 Jun 2021
Call closes in Romance Daylight Time (UTC+02:00) timezone.
Closing time in your timezone () is .
TALK TO US:
When in doubt, reach out to the organising team for more information! We're all human beings here, so there's nothing we can't have a civil conversation about to figure things out.
Seriously, talk to us.
GENERAL SESSIONS:
Open for all sessions related to the Microsoft Data & AI Platform, in all possible flavours. Going from your more traditional DBA and BI topics, to more advanced AI topics.
Non-tech sessions, contributing to a better and more diverse community, are welcomed with open arms. Think Mental Health for IT Pros, Imposter Syndrome, Amplifying Diversity & Inclusion, ..
All conference sessions will be 60 minutes, and allocated to a track by the organising team.
PRECON SESSIONS:
Proposals for precon sessions (full day workshops) are very welcomed, but bear in mind that we're also searching for these on our own. It may be possible that certain slots will be already booked.
NEW SPEAKERS:
We wholeheartedly encourage all new speakers to submit a proposal as a Newcomer. To be clear, new speakers are considered to be people who have not yet spoken at a (technical) conference. User Group sessions, webinars and client/team presentations are not taken into account.
Each new speaker will be paired up with a buddy/mentor, who will provide them with highly valuable tips & tricks. Even more so, we'll provide new speakers with all assistance they need and want whilst preparing for their debut.
EXPERT SESSIONS (400+, blow out some brains):
Following the positive reactions on our Experts Track, we're specifically looking for deep dive sessions on advanced, complex topics. When submitting a session like this, please make sure you clearly outline any prerequisites the attendees should have. We're aiming at enough level 400-500 (or higher) sessions, to offer a wide variety in sessions.
CODE OF CONDUCT:
https://datamindsconnect.be/code-of-conduct/
All people involved in our event, are required to adhere to our Code of Conduct. There will be options to confide in different persons in case of reporting incidents and violations. Any person breaching the Code of Conduct, will potentially be removed from the event, regardless of their role of engagement.
DISCLAIMER:
Speakers will be asked to travel to Belgium for the event, and any exceptions should be discussed with the organising team.
We're moving forward with an in-person event, keeping a close eye on safety and health recommendations. If need be, we will be prepared to cancel at any given time to safeguard the well being of every person involved.
TIMELINE:
- Tuesday April 27th 2021: Call for Speakers open
- Sunday June 6th 2021: Call for Speakers close
- Thursday June 10th 2021: Session selection process
- Friday June 11th 2021: Session selection feedback
- Thursday June 24th 2021: Schedule announcement to public (Precons & Regular Sessions)
- Monday October 11th 2021: Precon Day
- Tuesday October 12th 2021: Conference Day
all submitted sessions
publicly listed on this page
event fee
free for speakers
300 submissions
Submitted sessions
Randi Vertongen
- Transitioning from performance tuning SQL Server on premises to Azure PaaS
- Always Encrypted with secure enclaves on Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2019
- SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters demystified
- Learn how to train high accuracy machine learning models using automated machine learning
- The Synapse Keynote
- Learn how to use Deep Learning to make real-time predictions of your device location.
- Introduction to Power BI Desktop
- Keeping your data fresh in Power BI
- Databricks, Spark & Data Lakes AMA
- Databricks, DeltaLake and You
- Building The Next Delta Lakehouse
- Write-back with Power Apps in Power BI
- Query Folding in Power BI
- Setting up customized Monitoring and Alerting using Databricks, Airflow and Power BI
- Orchestration in Big Data: What is Airflow and how does it add value?
- Event Driven ETL With Synapse Pipelines
- Real World Production Data Pipelines with Azure Databricks
- Azure Synapse Analytics Glass Slipper
- Every day I'm shuffling: Improving query performance in Azure Synapse Analytics
- Join The Spark Side: Spark Sql
- Back the Truck Up: Data Loading Design Patterns for Azure Synapse Analytics
- A head first dive into azure synapse sql serverless pools
- Data Lake Design Patterns
- Dimensional Modeling from Zero to Hero
- Taming those .Net Developers...
- DBA Red Team vs DEV Blue Team or "How to communicate with your Entity Framework developers."
Heini Ilmarinen
- Full 180° - Lessons Learned from Switching Careers
- Machine Learning 102 - Beyond the Visual Tools
- The Ultimate Jigsaw - Architecting Azure Synapse Analytics
- Infrastructure as Code to an Azure Data Platform Architecture
- Azure AD for the Azure Data Services
- Explaining your AI models - Why & How
- Tips & tricks on how to cost-effectively leverage Azure Data Factory
- How to choose between Azure Databricks & Azure ML for machine learning
- Why you need Machine Learning Ops & how you can get started using MLflow.
- Migrating from Tabular Models to Power BI
- Who are using what in your Power BI Reports?
- Data Analytics journey
- Build Modern Data warehouse using Azure Synapse Analytics
- Architectural blueprints for the Modern Data Warehouse
- Paginated Reports for the Power BI developer: Love is in the air?
- Power BI Quiz
- XMLA endpoints, Power BI open-platform connectivity
- Power BI navigation: The Hitchhiker's Guide
- The traditional modern Data Warehouse
- The Audience Conductor - Using Senses and Emotions to Improve Your Presentations
- Improving Your Presentation Skills - Practical Examples From the Stage
- Flying Blind - Lessons Learned From Presenting Online
- The Untruthful Art - Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data
- Not my Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs
- Synapse vs Databricks. which road to take?
- Troubleshooting Power BI Reports
- Power BI Premium - Practical Tips for making the most of it
- Power BI dataflows? Why you need to implement it!
- Keeping up with your Power BI Tenant Administration
- Designing impactful visualisations for your data
- An hour in the life of Power BI Reports
- How to find your way in the wealth of Power BI reports & data on your Azure platform > PurView ?
- Implementing Change Data Capture for your Master Data Sources through ADF
- Data Science Made Easier with Azure ML Studio & Power BI
- Agile SQL Development
- Fueling Machine Learning with Feature Engineering
- Curating quality datasets for machine learning
- Building trust in your data. Why data governance is the key to success.
- The Battle of Cloud Data Warehouses: Snowflake, Synapse, Databricks and More
- Creating an modern data platform with Azure Synapse, Power BI and Purview
- Choose the correct infrastructure for your Azure Data environment
- Don't repeat yourself with Terraform
- Monitoring SQL Server without breaking the bank
- Baking Extended Events recipes without breaking a sweat
- How to survive as a Power bi administrator?
- Power BI datasets: which storage option is fit for purpose?
- Explain me Azure Data Platform services in 60 minutes
- Let's have a meeting on meetings!
- Deepdive into Corona reporting of one Dutch hospital
- Power BI Universe - Mapping the hive ( EN )
- Power BI - What is this Goals feature
- Composite Model - What works and what doesn't by examples (EN)
- Data Goblin in-a-Day: Hands-On Power BI Report Design & User Co-Creation
- Industrialization of Data Products using MLOps in Azure
- Testing Datawarehouse and BI Solutions
- Why we all need to know Delta to future-proof of BI or Data Platform
- Practical use-cases for using Azure Synapse Serverless to further democratize Data (Lake) access
- Integrating Industry 4.0 Analytics in your Azure (BI) Data Platform
- The Alpha and the Omega: Reverse ETL your Data Warehouse into ERP Business
- Azure (durable) functions on steroids 💉
- Azure Functions: The Swiss Army knife of your data project
- Blessed with REST!
- How to easily enable Python on Spark environments in Databricks & Synapse
- Serverless data processing in Azure
- Explainable machine learning explained
- A multi-tenant smart city data platform
- Tracking Changes & Dependencies with Easy Source Control for Power BI Desktop
- SQL Server: Tables, Files and FileGroups secrets
- SQL Graph Databases: Beyond Relational
- Azure SQL Networking Secrets
- Saving Money with Azure Data Share
- SQL Server 2019 Big Data Cluster
- Power BI In an Enterprise Environment
- SQL Server In The Cloud
- Data Intelligence All-in-One : Synapse Analytics
- Leverage Power Apps in Power BI 🚀
- Using machine learning in trading and finance with Python on Azure cloud
- Not Yet Another Report Design
- Belgium can handle YAML in Azure DevOps for Data Platform deployments
- Secure SQL Server Database Design: Tactics and Technology
- ORMs and the DBA: How to Make Both Happy
- The Right Tool for the Right Job: Serving Data From SQL Server the Right Way
- Deploying Docker for Database DevOps Dominance
- Tabular Editor, building a model efficiently
- Honey? They've stolen our data!
- The Data Talks Back: Speech & Language AI for the Data Professional
- Crushing a Cloud Migration: Moving Mountains While Migrating Data
- Chatbots: Talk To My Data So I Can Get Some Work Done
- Azure-d Availability: SQL Server HA In and To the Cloud
- Optimizing Query Performance in Azure SQL Database
- Improving Performance With Intelligent Query Processing
- Disaster Recovery Techniques for Azure SQL DB & Managed Instance
- Avoiding the Storms When Migrating to Azure SQL
- Mastering TempDB
- Your Performance Tuning Check List
- Introduction to Azure Stream Analytics
- Azure Synapse SQL Pools Unleashed!
- Introduction to Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool Distribution and Indexing
- Reporting on 1.4B rows with Serverless SQL Pools
- Building the Foundations of an Intelligent, Event-Driven Data Platform at EFSA
- Protecting your data against unauthorised reads on SQL Server
- I will survive!!! A Deep Learning Approach to Survival Modelling in Pytorch
- Why dread the science of hacking?
- CYBERSECURITY!, The good, the bad, and the hacked
- Workshop: Advanced Data Visualization in Power BI
- Workshop: Data Modelling in Power BI – From Zero to Hero
- Workshop: Everything You Need To Know When Learning DAX
- Time Series Analysis in Power BI Desktop
- Introduction to Numeric Calculations in DAX
- Charticu-what? Bring Your Visuals to The Next Level with Charticulator
- Advanced Data Modelling in Power BI/AAS
- User Adoption of Your Report - Starting Off on the Right Foot
- How Not To Drown: Improving Data Literacy in your Organization
- A deep dive into Azure Synapse Analytics
- Leverage Power BI automation using APIs and Power Automate
- Location tracking on Power BI maps
- Navigate Bill of Materials with SQL Server 2019 Graph shortest path
- Integrate Teams, Power Automate and Power BI for project management and monitoring
- Register your location and activity codeless with the Power Platform
- The Data Lakehouse
- What do you know about Aggs?
- Tabular Editor to the rescue!
- Natural language queries with Q&A in Power BI
- Using Excel as a reporting and analysis tool for Power BI data
- Using AI to classify your SharePoint Data
- Fairlearn: The secret to teaching your models to play fair
- Don't trust your models, explain them!
- Simplifying budget management with Power Apps.
- Automating Processes Using Azure Data Factory
- I still don't understand why you want to use NoSQL
- The dawn of the age of Aquarius
- WOW your coworkers with awesome looking lists: conditional formatting in SharePoint
- Calculation groups in Power BI
- Azure Data Explorer
- Is Azure Synapse Analytics more than just branding?
- Automating Power BI deployments: a walk in the park.
- Is there a way that we can build our Azure Synapse Pipelines all with parameters based on MetaData?
- Migrating your On Premise database to Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pools
- TinyML : Forever and Beyond!
- Power BI Development on Steroids
- Power BI & Office 365 Best Practices & Tips
- Power BI Monitoring 101
- Power BI Tips, Tricks & Hacks
- Azure Quantum & Microsoft Q#
- Belgian Open Data: An Azure Data Engineering Walkthrough
- Power BI Premium Per User & Paginated Reporting
- Get custom reports from your M365 environment
- Power BI Administration and Governance training class
- Reel in the Power BI Wild West
- Checking in with Power Apps, Flow and Power BI
- The Power BI Administrator and governance
- Managing Power BI workspaces
- External tools for Power BI, how to create them!
- Data modeling 101: Understanding the basics of a good data model
- Advanced data modeling with Power BI
- Running Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon RDS.
- NoSQL For The SQL DBAs & Developers
- Deploying SQL Server Docker Container
- Identify SQL Server databases performance issues
- Advanced SQL For Data Scientists
- Error handling like a pro in Power Query
- Introduction to Power Query Language M
- Fast Forward your Career by using the Community
- Building a modern data pipeline in Azure
- T-SQL Best Practices and Tuning for the BI Developer
- Self-service BI - Why Data Modelling Is Still Important
- Introduction to Azure Data Factory
- Database-per-tenant architecture using .NET Core and Azure SQL Database
- How to attract, promote and retain more women in TECH?
- How to be an inclusive leader in TECH
- Azure SQL: The safest place for relational data in the cloud
- Secure your cloud data
- Azure SQL 3.0 - the new stuff continues!
- Governance or not...
- Power BI, good, bad and the ugly
- Azure SQL Database - A true story journey from migration, through synchronization and beyond.
- Dynamic Search Conditions
- Don't Use Cursors or Why You Maybe Should Use a Cursor After All
- Don't Bite Off More You Can Chew - Take it in Chunks
- All You Wanted to Know About Collations
- Achievement unlocked: use ML to unlock Xbox achievements
- Power Bi Dynamic Row-Level and Object-Level Security Patterns
- Hitchhiker's Guide for Time Travellers
- DevOps Trends
- PowerBI, What is it & How to leverage it?
- Think inside the box
- DAX common questions and how to tackle them
- Azure Policies
- Simplify data management with partitioning
- Security techniques for cross database access
- Database Scoped Configuration - Server Settings
- Database CI/CD with Docker Containers and Azure DevOps
- "Kubernetify" your Containers
- How to setup your testing environment, the DevOps way
- Building a Unified Data & Analytics Product on Azure
- The Madness Behind the Method (Teaching, Coaching, or Mentoring?)
- Facilitating Innovation in a Post-COVID19 World: Cultivating a Climate for Paradigm Shift
- Driving Decisions with Data: Delight or Disaster?
- The Beauty and Brains of Effective Data Storytelling: From Concept to Reality
- Creating a photorealistic talking avatar using generative adversarial networks
- Model Interpretability and explainability with Azure Machine Learning
- SQL Server In-database machine learning with R and Python
- Analyzing SQL Server Database with Extended events, Query Store using R and Python
- Automate your social life with Azure
- Applied data analytics with Azure Databricks
- Enterprise analytics with SQL Server and in Azure
- Execution Plans in Depth
- Now Where Did THAT Estimate Come From?
- From adaptive to intelligent: query processing in SQL 2019
- Normalization beyond Third Normal Form
- T-SQL User-Defined Functions, or: How to kill performance in one, easy step
- Five stages of grief - internals of a hash spill
- Execution plans ... where do I start?
- System Databases
- Flying the Plane
- Introducing Powershell for DBAs
- Building Event-driven Microservices with the Azure Cosmos DB Change Feed
- Data Modeling and Partitioning in Azure Cosmos DB
- JSON Integration in SQL Server
- Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB
- Confidential Computing with SQL Server Always Encrypted and Secure Enclaves
- Using AWS DevOps to Automate Database Deployments
- SQL Server Tools for Query Tuning
- Learn to Effectively Use Extended Events
- DevOps and Machine Learning
- The age of applied AI
- Build and deploy PyTorch models with Azure Machine Learning
- Lessons learned from 5 years of Power BI implementations
- Data Science in Power BI Desktop
- EmbRace R
- Associations between Pairs of Variables
- Association Rules Step by Step
- Deep dive into azure devops
- My Top 10 Power BI Tips, Tricks and Resources
- Become a sheep in wolf's clothing: using your introvert nature to excel as a consultant
- From notebook writer to code developer: how to make your pipelines portable by going modular
- Smooth sailing through your data using the lake house pattern
- How to prevent a mess when setting up an Azure Data mesh
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
- Testing Database Code 101
- Helping Myself and Others Cope During the Pandemic
- GitHub DevOps Duet - dataminds Connect Edition
- Azure DevOps Duet - Azure Synapse Analytics edition
- Github and Azure DevOps Duet
- Leveling Up Your Azure Skills—Implementing Data Platform like a Pro
- Choosing the Right Data Store--An Overview of Azure Data Platform Choices
- Building production cloud infrastructure with Terraform
- Migrating SQL Server Databases to the Cloud
- Cloud Infrastructure Automation with Terraform and Azure DevOps
- Migrating Databases to the Cloud
- Getting Started with SQL Server 2019 and Polybase
- An Introduction to Terraform, Infrastructure as Code
- What's new in MS SQL for developers?
- Advanced data types – JSON
- Build a perfectly governed Data Lake with Azure Purview
- Supercharge your Reporting Services: An essential toolkit
- Adventures in CICD with Azure Synapse
- Build your first bot – no code required!
- Coding from scratch a realtime Azure data and AI pipeline
- Deploying R shiny dashboards in Azure on a budget
- 7 Quick-win AI projects
- Brilliant basics: Regression techniques
- Microsoft Cognitive Services Intro
- The latest data science workflow in Azure
- Build Your AI Strategy
- Query Store for SQL Server 2019 from zero to an hero & lessons learned from the fields
- Nosql SQL Databases for Developer Security officers
- T-SQL Window Functions in SQL Server 2019
- SQL Server 2019 on containers and Kubernetes(k8s) from zero to an hero !
- Data virtualization with SQL Server 2019 PolyBase and integration with Power BI
- Analytics in Power BI with R and Python with SQL Server 2019 ML Service & Polybase
- Machine Learning in Azure Synapse
- Machine learning 101 for developers (Not dummies)
- Are you talking to me? Overcoming complexities in Conversational A.I.