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SQL Saturday Atlanta 2026 AI & BI

SQL Saturday Atlanta 2026 AI & BI is an all-day, in-person event focusing on Artificial Intelligence and Business Intelligence, covering topics such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Data Analytics & Administration. The event is designed for professionals interested in using data to drive better organizational outcomes and includes se…

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66Speakers
14Sponsors
64On the bill · sessions
50Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at SQL, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Cutshall, DHA, MSHI
Principal Data Architect, Population Health
Akshata Revankar
Senior Data & Applied Scientist @ Microsoft · Microsoft
Alex Whittles
Chief Frog · Purple Frog
Andy Brown
Snowflake Data and AI Architect and Enthusiast | Snowflake Atlanta User Group Organizer
Anouk Gorris
Director or Product · Datalogz
Anupama Natarajan
Data and AI Consultant
Belinda Allen
Microsoft MVP, Microsoft MCT, Director of Enablement - iLink Digital · iLink Digital
Bob Ward
Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data · Microsoft
Chris Hyde
Owner and Principal Consultant, Hydrate Technologies LLC · Hydrate Technologies LLC
Chris Reyes
Solutions Engineer - Redgate · Redgate
Christian Henrik Reich
Sr Solution Architect · Microsoft
Collin Tsui
Damu Venkatesan
Dean Jurecic
Business Intelligence Analyst
Doug Leal
VP Consulting, Data & Analytics · CGI
Ed Watson
Ambassador of Mayhem · Innovative Architects
Elayne Jones
Sr. Solutions Engineer - Microsoft · Microsoft
Erin Dempster
Enterprise Architect · Trean Corporation
Erwin de Kreuk
Data Platform MVP | Lead Data and AI | Public Speaker | InSpark · InSpark
Fabiano Amorim
Principal Consultant · Pythian
Fernando Calero
Data Analytics Consultant
Frank Geisler
GDS Business Intelligence GmbH · GDS Business Intelligence GmbH
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ImprovingPlatinum
DatalogzGold
IderaGold
RedGateGold
SilkGold
cozyrocSilver
DataCraftersSilver
EPAMSilver
PowerBISentinelSilver
RoyalBlueAnalyticsSilver
solvariaSilver
Tabular EditorSilver
MicrosoftGlobal Sponsor
O'Reilly
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Agenda

Selected from 64 sessions on the bill.
  • Saturday, March 21, 2026 11:00 am → 60 min

    AI-Ready: Preparing for and Using AI in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric

  • Saturday, March 21, 2026 11:00 am → 60 min

    Balance in Life with a Career

  • Saturday, March 21, 2026 11:00 am → 60 min

    Build AI applications using SQL database in Fabric

  • Saturday, March 21, 2026 11:00 am → 60 min

    Building agents with Microsoft Foundry IQ as a knowledge source

  • Saturday, March 21, 2026 11:00 am → 60 min

    Getting Started with DuckDB

  • Saturday, March 21, 2026 11:00 am → 60 min

    It's Only a Model - Demystifying Row Level Security in Power BI

  • Saturday, March 21, 2026 11:00 am → 60 min

    Snowflake for SQL Server DBAs

  • Saturday, March 21, 2026 11:00 am → 60 min

    The Integration Blueprint: Choosing the Right Path in Microsoft Fabric

  • Saturday, March 21, 2026 11:00 am → 60 min

    Where to Start With a Messy Model: A Practical Approach

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 50 companies show up — and 5 bet on three roles at once?

50 companies. five are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
5All threespeak · spons · exh
9Sponsoringsponsor only
36Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Microsoft·Data Crafters·Datalogz·Improving·Redgate

Speakers by seniority

21% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite12%
  • Founder / Owner35%
  • VP-level23%
  • Director / Head of812%
  • Manager / Lead1320%
  • Engineer · IC1827%
  • Research / Science12%
  • Other roles2030%

Of 66 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01MicrosoftSp·G5V
  2. 02Data CraftersSp·S1V
  3. 03DatalogzSp·G1V
  4. 04ImprovingSp·P1V
  5. 05RedgateSp·G1V
  6. 06CozyrocSp·S
  7. 07EPAMSp·S
  8. 08IderaSp·G
  9. 09O'ReillySp
  10. 10Power BI SentinelSp·S
  11. 11RoyalBlueAnalyticsSp·S
  12. 12SilkSp·G
  13. 13solvariaSp·S
  14. 14Tabular EditorSp·S
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
7% of 14
gold4
29% of 14
silver7
50% of 14
global sponsor1
7% of 14
unspecified1
7% of 14
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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