Agenda

dataMinds Connect 2025 — October 6th, 7th & 8th

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Monday, 6 October 2025

Delos (Dijlezaal) Knossos (Scala) Delphi (Alcazar) Ithaca (Auditorium) Argos (Herten Aas) Thebes (Verloren Zoon)

08:00

Mechelen-Centraal
08:00 → 60 min

Welcome & Registration

09:00

Delos (Dijlezaal)
09:00 - 17:00

Turning insights into action: The art of data communication

  • 200 - Intermediate
Knossos (Scala)
09:00 - 17:00

Execution Plans in Depth

  • 300 - Experienced
Delphi (Alcazar)
09:00 - 17:00

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Microsoft Fabric (pre-conference)

  • 200 - Intermediate
Ithaca (Auditorium)
09:00 - 17:00

DAX - Beyond the Basics

  • 300 - Experienced
Argos (Herten Aas)
09:00 - 17:00

Getting Data in and out of Azure

  • 200 - Intermediate
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
09:00 - 17:00

dbatools and dbachecks – Going Beyond the Book

  • 300 - Experienced

17:00

Mechelen-Centraal
17:00 → 60 min

Closing Drink

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Delos (Dijlezaal) Knossos (Scala) Delphi (Alcazar) Ithaca (Auditorium) Argos (Herten Aas) Atlantis (Begijnenzolder) Thebes (Verloren Zoon)

08:00

Mechelen-Centraal
08:00 → 45 min

Welcome & Registration

08:45

Ithaca (Auditorium)
08:45 → 15 min

dataMinds Opening

09:00

Ithaca (Auditorium)
09:00 → 45 min

OneLake Security – The engine-independent granular security story of Microsoft Fabric

  • 300 - Experienced

09:45

Mechelen-Centraal
09:45 → 25 min

Room Switch (25 min)

10:10

Delos (Dijlezaal)
10:10 → 60 min

REST APIs, AI and Vectors in SQL Server 2025

  • 300 - Experienced
Knossos (Scala)
10:10 → 60 min

What makes a good commit? Good Practices for Data Professionals

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Delphi (Alcazar)
10:10 → 60 min

Friends Don't Let Friends Choose A Lakehouse Blindly: Databricks vs Microsoft Fabric

  • 300 - Experienced
Ithaca (Auditorium)
10:10 → 60 min

Choosing Between Import Mode, DirectLake, and Composite Models

  • 300 - Experienced
Argos (Herten Aas)
10:10 → 60 min

Why data culture matters

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
10:10 → 60 min

Weaving Data Tapestries: Orchestrating Fabric Data Workloads with Airflow

  • 300 - Experienced
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
10:10 → 60 min

Fabric for ISVs - Develop multi-tenancy apps on Fabric

  • 200 - Intermediate

11:10

Mechelen-Centraal
11:10 → 20 min

Room Switch (20 min)

11:30

Delos (Dijlezaal)
11:30 → 60 min

Saving the Day with Data: Powerpuff Girls of BI, Automate, and Apps!

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Knossos (Scala)
11:30 → 60 min

Performance and execution plan improvements in SQL Server 2025

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Delphi (Alcazar)
11:30 → 60 min

Data Quality First: From Control to Impact on a Modern Data Platform

  • 300 - Experienced
Ithaca (Auditorium)
11:30 → 60 min

Microsoft Fabric for the Power BI Amateur

  • 200 - Intermediate
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
11:30 → 60 min

How I learned to stop worrying and love Excel

  • 200 - Intermediate
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
11:30 → 60 min

Extended Events Live Data Window

  • 200 - Intermediate

12:30

Mechelen-Centraal
12:30 → 60 min

Lunch Break (60 mins)

13:30

Delos (Dijlezaal)
13:30 → 60 min

Beyond a Data Catalogue: An In-Depth Tour of the Microsoft Purview Universe

  • 200 - Intermediate
Knossos (Scala)
13:30 → 60 min

Semantic Models: Lighter, Faster, Smarter

  • 200 - Intermediate
Delphi (Alcazar)
13:30 → 60 min

Low-code Approach for High-Quality Data in Microsoft Fabric with Soda

  • 200 - Intermediate
Ithaca (Auditorium)
13:30 → 60 min

AMA - Ask Bogdan and Cristian anything!

Argos (Herten Aas)
13:30 → 60 min

The laws of UX through the eyes of a toddler

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
13:30 → 60 min

My Recipe for CI/CD in Power BI and Azure DevOps with a Flavor of Governance

  • 200 - Intermediate
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
13:30 → 60 min

Once upon a time in Discovery Phase.

  • 200 - Intermediate

14:30

Mechelen-Centraal
14:30 → 20 min

Room Switch (20 mins)

14:50

Delos (Dijlezaal)
14:50 → 60 min

Demystifying Azure and the administrative structure of the cloud

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Knossos (Scala)
14:50 → 60 min

SQL Resurgence: Unleashing data potential with dbt

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Delphi (Alcazar)
14:50 → 60 min

Reporting As Code: Data Visualization meets Data Engineering to Create Reporting Magic

  • 400 - Advanced / Expert
Ithaca (Auditorium)
14:50 → 60 min

Next level Power BI tables and matrix visuals

  • 200 - Intermediate
Argos (Herten Aas)
14:50 → 60 min

The human side of report development: and why curiosity is key

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
14:50 → 60 min

How to Use AI in Your Daily Data Job

  • 200 - Intermediate
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
14:50 → 60 min

SQL Copilot, what the query is this!?

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview

15:50

Mechelen-Centraal
15:50 → 20 min

Room Switch (20 mins)

16:10

Delos (Dijlezaal)
16:10 → 60 min

Understanding CALCULATE, the queen of all DAX functions

  • 400 - Advanced / Expert
Knossos (Scala)
16:10 → 60 min

Performance of a T-SQL query - The mystery, the investigation and the root cause!

  • 300 - Experienced
Delphi (Alcazar)
16:10 → 60 min

Turning sustainability goals into action with Microsoft Fabric

  • 200 - Intermediate
Ithaca (Auditorium)
16:10 → 60 min

Tabular Editor scripting magic

  • 400 - Advanced / Expert
Argos (Herten Aas)
16:10 → 60 min

The Power of „no“ - and why it helps your team

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
16:10 → 60 min

Beyond the Hype: Building Retail Chatbots on Azure – RAG vs. Agentic AI

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
16:10 → 60 min

The Old Dog of Data Security — SQL Injection

  • 200 - Intermediate

17:10

Mechelen-Centraal
17:10 → 110 min

Closing Drink

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Delos (Dijlezaal) Knossos (Scala) Delphi (Alcazar) Ithaca (Auditorium) Argos (Herten Aas) Atlantis (Begijnenzolder) Thebes (Verloren Zoon)

08:00

Mechelen-Centraal
08:00 → 60 min

Welcome & Registration

09:00

Ithaca (Auditorium)
09:00 → 45 min

Get insights from data and analytics faster than ever before with Power BI and Microsoft Fabric

  • 200 - Intermediate

09:45

Mechelen-Centraal
09:45 → 25 min

Room Switch (25 mins)

10:10

Delos (Dijlezaal)
10:10 → 60 min

Unveiling the new Security Features in SQL Server 2025

  • 200 - Intermediate
Knossos (Scala)
10:10 → 60 min

From Code to Production: Building and Deploying Data & AI Apps on Databricks

  • 200 - Intermediate
Delphi (Alcazar)
10:10 → 60 min

Fabric Monitoring Made Simple: Built-In Tools and Custom Solutions

  • 200 - Intermediate
Ithaca (Auditorium)
10:10 → 60 min

Unleashing the Power of Translytical Taskflows in Microsoft Fabric

  • 200 - Intermediate
Argos (Herten Aas)
10:10 → 60 min

Optimizing Azure CosmosDB for Enterprise Applications

  • 300 - Experienced
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
10:10 → 60 min

Data Governance Is a Team Sport: How We Built a Data Community

  • 200 - Intermediate
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
10:10 → 60 min

Guardians of the Promptiverse: Ensuring LLM Safety and Security

  • 300 - Experienced

11:10

Mechelen-Centraal
11:10 → 20 min

Room Switch (20 mins)

11:30

Delos (Dijlezaal)
11:30 → 60 min

Cloud Strategy in a Turbulent World

  • 200 - Intermediate
Knossos (Scala)
11:30 → 60 min

Two Developers, One Mission: Make a Test Database That Doesn’t Suck

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Delphi (Alcazar)
11:30 → 60 min

Paginated Reports have had some love

  • 200 - Intermediate
Ithaca (Auditorium)
11:30 → 60 min

Fabric security: everything you need to know!

  • 300 - Experienced
Argos (Herten Aas)
11:30 → 60 min

Drawing: The Missing Link Between a Clear Message and a Memorable Story

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
11:30 → 60 min

Calculation Groups & Field Parameters: The Dynamic Duo of Power BI

  • 300 - Experienced
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
11:30 → 60 min

Data Mesh Diaries: Confessions of an Early Adopter

  • 300 - Experienced

12:30

Mechelen-Centraal
12:30 → 60 min

Lunch Break (60 mins)

13:30

Delos (Dijlezaal)
13:30 → 60 min

Generative Data Quality: Using AI to Detect, Explain, and Resolve Data Issues

  • 300 - Experienced
Knossos (Scala)
13:30 → 60 min

Don't Repeat Yourself, how custom Python modules in Microsoft Fabric give you back hours every day

  • 300 - Experienced
Delphi (Alcazar)
13:30 → 60 min

Fact or Fiction: Debunking 10 misconceptions about Databricks

  • 300 - Experienced
Ithaca (Auditorium)
13:30 → 60 min

Semantic modeling in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric to get the insights out of your data faster

  • 300 - Experienced
Argos (Herten Aas)
13:30 → 60 min

Of course I want to let Azure SQL manage my indexes, why wouldn't I?

  • 200 - Intermediate
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
13:30 → 60 min

Activate Your Data: Hands-on with Data Activator

  • 200 - Intermediate
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
13:30 → 60 min

From Data Swamp to Strategic Asset – Crafting a Purpose-Driven Data Strategy

  • 200 - Intermediate

14:30

Mechelen-Centraal
14:30 → 20 min

Room Switch (20 mins)

14:50

Delos (Dijlezaal)
14:50 → 60 min

Database Watcher: Figure Out What's Wrong and Fix It Fast

  • 200 - Intermediate
Knossos (Scala)
14:50 → 60 min

What's new in T-SQL?

  • 300 - Experienced
Delphi (Alcazar)
14:50 → 60 min

Securing Data at Scale on Databricks: Beyond the Limits of Secret Scopes

  • 400 - Advanced / Expert
Ithaca (Auditorium)
14:50 → 60 min

Optimizing Your Power BI Workflow with Project Files, Source Control, and TMDL

  • 300 - Experienced
Argos (Herten Aas)
14:50 → 60 min

Success Factors for Business Reporting

  • 200 - Intermediate
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
14:50 → 60 min

We're at capacity, now what?

  • 200 - Intermediate
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
14:50 → 60 min

My top tips for continuous learning without spending every minute of your free time on it

  • 200 - Intermediate

15:50

Mechelen-Centraal
15:50 → 20 min

Room Switch (20 mins)

16:10

Delos (Dijlezaal)
16:10 → 60 min

No more ‘Oops, didn’t think of that’’: A practical guide to bulletproof Azure Architecture

  • 300 - Experienced
Knossos (Scala)
16:10 → 60 min

Indexing for Dummies

  • 200 - Intermediate
Delphi (Alcazar)
16:10 → 60 min

Fabric Spark performance tuning - what actually works

  • 300 - Experienced
Ithaca (Auditorium)
16:10 → 60 min

Exploring Fabric Semantic Link for Power BI folks!

  • 300 - Experienced
Argos (Herten Aas)
16:10 → 60 min

Visibility in the workplace for introverts (and other quiet data people)

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Atlantis (Begijnenzolder)
16:10 → 60 min

From Git Confusion to Clean History: A Pro's Guide to Rebasing, Squashing, and Effective Branching

  • 100 - Introductory and Overview
Thebes (Verloren Zoon)
16:10 → 60 min

Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools

  • 200 - Intermediate

17:10

Mechelen-Centraal
17:10 → 110 min

Closing Drink (110 mins)

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