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Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026

Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026 is a free in-person event for the tech community, organized by SQLSaturday and the New England SQL Server User Group (NESQL). The event features pre-cons, technical sessions, and networking opportunities for database professionals, architects, and developers, particularly those working with SQL Server and PostgreSQL in hybrid…

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37Speakers
7Sponsors
78On the bill · sessions
22Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Boston, in alphabetical order.
Adam Machanic
Head of Data, Stealth Startup
Amy Abel
Senior Consultant at Straight Path · Straight Path
Andrew Madson
Head of Developer Relations at Fivetran | Author of 'Apache Polaris - The Definitive Guide'. Authoring 'AI-Ready Data' for Wiley and 'Data Transformation' for O'Reilly · Fivetran
Andy Yun
Field Solutions Architect
Balazs Horvath
Founder, Lead Architect at VisualLabs · VisualLabs
Belinda Allen
Microsoft MVP, Microsoft MCT
Chris Seferlis
Transforming Business by Architecting Cloud and Data Solutions that immediately provide value
David Seis
Helping People Succeed
Deborah Melkin
Data Engineer, Microsoft MVP - Data Platform
Dominick Raimato
Professional Troublemaker
Edward Pollack
Data Architect | Microsoft Data Platform MVP
George Walters
Cloud Data Expert
Grant Fritchey
Data Platform MVP and AWS Community Builder · Redgate Software
Haripriya Naidu
Lead SQL Server Database Administrator
Jean Joseph
Principal Data & AI Engineer @Tech-Insight-Group LLC · Tech-Insight-Group LLC
Jeff Iannucci
Principal Consultant at Straight Path Solutions · Straight Path Solutions
Jeff Taylor
Principal Data Consultant, Microsoft Data Platform MVP
John Miner
Insight Digital Innovations · Insight Digital Innovations
Jonathan Stewart
Principal Analytics Consultant for SoundBI · SoundBI
Kevin Feasel
Proprietor @ Catallaxy Services, LLC · Catallaxy Services, LLC
Kristen B. Hubler
Best-Selling Author, Speaker, and Founder of Workshops by Kristen
Kristyna Ferris
Solution Architect at P3 Adaptive · P3 Adaptive
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
JAMSPlatinum
Straight Path SolutionsGold
RedgateSilver
Redgate SoftwareSilver
DevartBronze
Microsoft & AMDGlobal
Microsoft and AMDGlobal
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Agenda

Selected from 78 sessions on the bill.
  • Friday, October 2, 2026 (Pre-con)

    Adding PostgreSQL To Your SQL Server Skill Set

    Organizations are adopting PostgreSQL faster than they're retiring SQL Server. If you manage both now, or soon will, this all-day class cuts the learning curve by showing you exact…

  • Friday October 2nd

    Adding PostgreSQL To Your SQL Server Skill Set

    Organizations are adopting PostgreSQL faster than they're retiring SQL Server. If you manage both now, or soon will, this all-day class cuts the learning curve by showing you exact…

  • Friday October 2nd (Pre-con)

    Adding PostgreSQL To Your SQL Server Skill Set

    Organizations are adopting PostgreSQL faster than they're retiring SQL Server. If you manage both now, or soon will, this all-day class cuts the learning curve by showing you exact…

  • Friday October 2nd (Pre-Con)

    Adding PostgreSQL To Your SQL Server Skill Set

    Organizations are adopting PostgreSQL faster than they're retiring SQL Server. If you manage both now, or soon will, this all-day class cuts the learning curve by showing you exact…

  • Friday October 2nd (pre-con, all day)

    Adding PostgreSQL To Your SQL Server Skill Set

    Organizations are adopting PostgreSQL faster than they're retiring SQL Server. If you manage both now, or soon will, this all-day class cuts the learning curve by showing you exact…

  • Friday, October 2nd (Pre-con, full day)

    Adding PostgreSQL To Your SQL Server Skill Set

    Organizations are adopting PostgreSQL faster than they're retiring SQL Server. If you manage both now, or soon will, this all-day class cuts the learning curve by showing you exact…

  • Saturday, October 3, 2026, 1:00 pm

    Advanced OLAP Optimization with Columnstore Indexes

  • Saturday, October 3, 2026, 1:00 pm

    Fabric and Copilot Studio - A Perfect Pair

  • Saturday, October 3, 2026, 1:00 pm

    Model Smart, Perform Fast: Power BI Data Modeling for Performance & AI Readiness

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 22 companies show up — and 2 bet on three roles at once?

22 companies. two 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
2All threespeak · spons · exh
5Sponsoringsponsor only
15Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Redgate Software·Straight Path Solutions

Speakers by seniority

19% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite13%
  • Founder / Owner25%
  • Director / Head of411%
  • Manager / Lead616%
  • Engineer · IC719%
  • Research / Science13%
  • Other roles1643%

Of 37 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Redgate SoftwareSp·S1V
  2. 02Straight Path SolutionsSp·G1V
  3. 03DevartSp·B
  4. 04JAMSSp·P
  5. 05Microsoft & AMDSp·G
  6. 06Microsoft and AMDSp·G
  7. 07RedgateSp·S
  8. 08Avanade1V
  9. 09Catallaxy Services, LLC1V
  10. 10Charles River Development1V
  11. 11Data FLowe Solutions LLC1V
  12. 12Fivetran1V
  13. 13GMO LLC1V
  14. 14IATA1V
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
14% of 7
gold1
14% of 7
silver2
29% of 7
bronze1
14% of 7
global2
29% of 7
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