Call for Speakers

Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026

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Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026

event date

3 Oct 2026

location

5 Wayside Road Burlington, Massachusetts, United States


The Boston Data and AI Saturday event will be hosted at the Microsoft Technology Center in Burlington, MA.

This global, community-driven initiative offers a free day of technical training for Information Technology speakers and professionals, covering a wide range of subjects including SQL Server, Artificial Intelligence, Career & Professional Growth, Data Science, Analytics & Data Engineering, and more.


Code of Conduct for Boston Data and AI Saturday.

open, 41 days left
Call for Speakers
Call opens at 12:00 AM

16 Apr 2026

Call closes at 11:59 PM

31 May 2026

Call closes in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00) timezone.
Closing time in your timezone () is .

This is an in-person event.

We are now accepting submissions for one-hour, regular session talks. We welcome topics across the entire Microsoft Data Platform, with a strong focus on how modern data technologies and AI are converging.

We assume that robust security and governance are not separate disciplines but are fundamental components of every topic. Submissions should reflect this principle, demonstrating how to build solutions that are not only powerful but also secure and well-managed.

Share your knowledge on subjects such as:

  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: From foundational models to building intelligent, AI-driven applications.
  •  Unified Analytics & Data Engineering: Best practices for using Microsoft Fabric, and defining the role of SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Cosmos DB in the age of AI.
  • Advanced Data Science: Techniques and methodologies that drive business value.
  • SQL Server, Managed Instance, AzureSQL Hyperscale, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB
  • Career & Professional Growth: Leadership, personal branding (speaking, blogging), networking, and maintaining mental wellness in a fast-paced industry.


Presenters will be informed of the final session schedule by June 15th, 2026, if their submissions have been accepted. Accepted speakers will also receive an email with a discount code for lunch when they register as an attendee through Eventbrite.

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27 submissions
Submitted sessions
Karthikeyan Sundar Raj
  • Embedding Generative AI into Financial Data Platforms with Trust and Governance
Chetan Nandikanti, Alvaro Costa-Neto
  • Autonomous Database Operations using Agentic AI for SQL Server
Alvaro Costa-Neto
  • Mastering PostgreSQL: Advanced Techniques for SQL Server DBAs
Christopher Schmidt
  • Beyond the Star Schema: Augmenting Power BI with an Ontology and Real-Time Events in Fabric
Tomislav Hlupić
  • Degrees, Diplomas or Digital Badges – ways to formalize your education
  • Building smarter pipelines with metadata and a dash of Fabric
  • Airflow & dbt: The hipsters of data integration meet Azure
Sunil Kadimdiwan
  • AI‑Powered Analytics using Power BI MCP Server and Claude
Belinda Allen
  • Beyond the Algorithm: Women, Diversity & the Future of Tech
  • Model Smart, Perform Fast: Power BI Data Modeling for Performance & AI Readiness
  • From Wild West to Well-Run: An Introduction to Power BI Governance
Jean Joseph
  • Designing for Speed: Mastering Spark SQL Joins, Partitions, and Execution Plans
  • NotebookUtils in Action: Orchestrating Reliable ETL Pipelines in Microsoft Fabric
  • Vibe Coding in Microsoft Fabric: Transform Data Faster with Natural Language
Nirmal Jingar
  • Building Autonomous Decision Systems for Real World Operations
Madiha Shakil Mirza
  • From MCP to A2A: Building the Foundation for Enterprise Agentic Systems
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Marcelo Bursztein
  • Human-Governed Agentic AI: Turning Fragmented Legacy Data into Trusted Workflows
Maria Alejandra Restrepo
  • From Chaos to the Couch: Bring Your Data to Therapy to Kickstart Governance with a Real Roadmap
Mou Rakshit
  • Designing Conversational BI: How Azure Databricks AI/BI Genie Unlocks Self-Service Insights
  • AI-Powered Real-Time Intelligence: Transforming Data-Driven Decisions with Microsoft Fabric & GenAI
  • From Data to Decisions: Building Agentic Construction Intel using Azure Databricks Agent Bricks
Jonathan Stewart
  • Governance as Code: Triage an Inherited Fabric Tenant
  • Autonomous Power BI Governance with Microsoft's Modeling MCP
  • Building Scalable Data Warehouses with Microsoft Fabric:
Paresh Motiwala
  • The 48 Laws of Power: Essential Lessons for Techhies
  • PostGres: The Elephant in the Room You Can't Ignore
  • Getting and Nailing AI Interviews