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Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026

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Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026 ran on Oct 3, 2026 at Microsoft Technology Center in Burlington, United States. It is a Technology conference that expected about 300 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 42 speakers, 7 sponsors and 98 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Oct 15, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 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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42Speakers
7Sponsors
98Sessions
24Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Boston, in alphabetical order.

Abdullah Mamun
Program Manager at Microsoft SQL Server · Microsoft
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
Art Pugach
Chief Technology Officer - Microsoft MVP - Queue Associates · Queue Associates
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 Pless
Principal Program Manager - Microsoft Corporation · Microsoft
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
Jerry Nixon
Principal Product Manager - Microsoft Corporation · Microsoft
John Miner
Insight Digital Innovations · Insight Digital Innovations

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

JAMSPlatinum
Straight Path SolutionsGold
RedgateSilver
Redgate SoftwareSilver
DevartBronze
AMDGlobal
MicrosoftGlobal

Agenda

Selected from 98 sessions.

  • 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

    Building Reliable AI Apps and Agents with Azure SQL Database

    Learn how to build production-ready AI applications and agents powered by Azure SQL. In this hands-on session, you'll prepare Azure SQL Database as a resilient Retrieval-Augmented …

  • Friday October 2nd, 2026 (Precon)

    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, 2026 (Precon)

    Building Reliable AI Apps and Agents with Azure SQL Database

    Learn how to build production-ready AI applications and agents powered by Azure SQL. In this hands-on session, you'll prepare Azure SQL Database as a resilient Retrieval-Augmented …

  • Friday October 2nd, 2026 (Precon - 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, 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, all day

    Building Reliable AI Apps and Agents with Azure SQL Database

    Learn how to build production-ready AI applications and agents powered by Azure SQL. In this hands-on session, you'll prepare Azure SQL Database as a resilient Retrieval-Augmented …

  • Friday October 2nd (all-day precon)

    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…

    Precon

Quick answers

When is Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026?
Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026 ran on Oct 3, 2026 at Microsoft Technology Center in Burlington, United States.
Where is Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026 held?
Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026 was held at Microsoft Technology Center in Burlington, United States.
Who is speaking at Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 42 speakers, including Abdullah Mamun (Program Manager at Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft), Adam Machanic (Head of Data, Stealth Startup) and Amy Abel (Senior Consultant at Straight Path, Straight Path).
Who sponsors Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 7 sponsors, including JAMS, Straight Path Solutions, Redgate, Redgate Software and Devart.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 24 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

24 companies. three 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
3All threespeak · spons · exh
4Sponsoringsponsor only
17Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Microsoft·Redgate Software·Straight Path Solutions

Speakers by seniority

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

  • C-suite25%
  • Founder / Owner25%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of410%
  • Manager / Lead819%
  • Product12%
  • Engineer · IC717%
  • Research / Science12%
  • Other roles1638%

Of 42 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1MicrosoftSponsor · Global3
2Redgate SoftwareSponsor · Silver1
3Straight Path SolutionsSponsor · Gold1
4AMDSponsor · Global-
5DevartSponsor · Bronze-
6JAMSSponsor · Platinum-
7RedgateSponsor · Silver-
8Avanade1
9Catallaxy Services, LLC1
10Charles River Development1
11Data FLowe Solutions LLC1
12Fivetran1
13GMO LLC1
14IATA1
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
14% of 7
gold1
14% of 7
silver2
29% of 7
bronze1
14% of 7
global2
29% of 7
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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