Where is Discovery Day Sofia 2026 held?

Discovery Day Sofia 2026 was held at Capital Fort in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Who sponsors Discovery Day Sofia 2026?

ConferenceGrid lists 34 sponsors, including A1, A1 Bulgaria, ALSO, ALSO Bulgaria and Bettr Food.

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Discovery Day Sofia 2026

Name: Discovery Day Sofia 2026
Start: 2026-06-03
End: 2026-06-04
Location: Capital Fort

This edition has ended

Discovery Day Sofia 2026 ran Jun 3–4, 2026 at Capital Fort in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is an Azure conference. ConferenceGrid lists 20 speakers, 34 sponsors and 29 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 4, 2026 · dates verified May 4, 2026

Discovery Day Sofia 2026 is the sixth edition of Bulgaria’s leading data community event, organized by local Microsoft Data Platform user groups. The conference brings together data professionals, engineers, architects, managers, and business leaders to discuss and explore the latest in data and AI technologies. Featuring top international speakers, hands-on…

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20Speakers

34Sponsors

29Sessions

37Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Discovery, in alphabetical order.

Alessandro Gherardi

Freelance Consultant, Community Leader

Ben Weissman

Microsoft Data Platform MVP

Bogdan Gavrilovic

Senior Product Manager, Azure SQL · Microsoft

Borko Novakovic

Principal Group Product Manager, SQL Team, Azure Data · Microsoft

Brian Bønk

Data Platform MVP, Microsoft Recognized Fasttrack Solution Architect

Dhyan Rathore

Enablement Lead

Dr. Dani Ljepava

Senior Product Manager, Microsoft SQL Data Team · Microsoft

Emilie Rønning

Managing Data Engineer

Frank Geisler

Owner and CEO, GDS Business Intelligence GmbH · GDS Business Intelligence GmbH

Gabi Münster

Principal Program Manager, Azure Data Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft · Microsoft

Gregor Prohaska

Ioannis Philippides

Johan Ludvig Brattås

Leads Data & AI Solutions at Tower NewCo · Tower NewCo (now Enora)

Julia Førde

Marcel Franke

Senior Data & AI Tech Lead · Microsoft

Margarita Naumova

CEO at Inspirit LTD and Inspirit AS · Inspirit LTD, Inspirit AS

Mladen Prajdic

Data Platform MVP

Ola Hallengren

Microsoft Data Platform MVP

Rune Ovlien Rakeie

Principal Cloud Architect at Vivicta · Vivicta

Uros Milanovic

Senior Product Manager, Azure SQL Managed Instance · Microsoft

Agenda

Selected from 29 sessions.

09:30 - 11:00
KEYNOTE - Inspire. Build. Lead. WITH DATA Microsoft Data Platform Unplugged
Discovery Day Sofia opens with a high-energy keynote bringing together five well-known names from across the Microsoft Data Platform ecosystem for a live, interactive, demo-driven …
09:30 - 11:00
KEYNOTE - To be Announced
11:20 - 12:10
Accelerate SQL Server Migration with Azure Arc and Copilot to Next-Gen Azure SQL Managed Instance
Discover how Azure Arc accelerates SQL Server modernization and migration to Azure SQL Managed Instance with a seamless, Microsoft Copilot-assisted experience. Explore benefits of …
Track A – SQL
11:20 - 12:10
Become the Fabric pipeline guru in your organization
You have just begun your Fabric journey and want to create your first pipeline and ETL-process in your new insights and analysis data platform. This session will take you through …
Track B – Data Engineering & Fabric
11:20 - 12:10
Stop defining the same data twice - getting started with Fabric IQ
Every organisation has the same problem. Business terms are defined differently across teams, semantic models duplicate the same definitions, and your AI agents have no clue what t…
Track C – Power BI, Analytics & AI
11:20 - 12:10
The Latest Performance Improvements in Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, and SQL Server 2025
In this cutting-edge session, we will explore the latest performance improvements in Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server 2025. We’ll dive into advanceme…
Track A – SQL
12:20 – 12:30
Chat talks: How to approach a Power BI refactoring project
12:20 - 13:00
Ask Me Anything: Migrating On-Prem SQL Server to Azure SQL – Real-World Experience
Planning to migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL and not sure where to start? Join this Ask Me Anything session with Microsoft SQL experts for open, candid discussion and direct answers…
12:20 - 13:00
The anatomy of a data product
Data Products are not just a part of the data mesh paradigm, even if this is the first place many hear about the concept. But what exactly IS a data product? There are surprisingl…

Quick answers

When is Discovery Day Sofia 2026?: Discovery Day Sofia 2026 ran Jun 3–4, 2026 at Capital Fort in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Where is Discovery Day Sofia 2026 held?: Discovery Day Sofia 2026 was held at Capital Fort in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Who is speaking at Discovery Day Sofia 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 20 speakers, including Alessandro Gherardi (Freelance Consultant, Community Leader), Ben Weissman (Microsoft Data Platform MVP) and Bogdan Gavrilovic (Senior Product Manager, Azure SQL, Microsoft).
Who sponsors Discovery Day Sofia 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 34 sponsors, including A1, A1 Bulgaria, ALSO, ALSO Bulgaria and Bettr Food.

Company intelligence

An audience of 37 companies, parsed from the program.

37 companies in attendance.

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

0All threespeak · spons · exh

32Sponsoringsponsor only

5Speakingspeaker only

Speakers by seniority

10% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite210%
Manager / Lead420%
Product420%
Engineer · IC315%
Other roles735%

Of 20 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Roles	Speakers
1	Microsoft		6
2	A1	Sponsor · Partner	-
3	A1 Bulgaria	Sponsor · Partner	-
4	ALSO	Sponsor · Partner	-
5	ALSO Bulgaria	Sponsor · Partner	-
6	Bettr Food	Sponsor · Food and Drinks Partner	-
7	Crayon	Sponsor · Partner	-
8	DEV.BG	Sponsor · Media Partner	-
9	Devin	Sponsor · Food and Drinks Partner	-
10	DevStyleR	Sponsor · Media Partner	-
11	Divna.tech	Sponsor · Media Partner	-
12	DraftKings (formerly SBTech)	Sponsor · Partner	-
13	DraftKings (SBTech)	Sponsor · Partner	-
14	eDynamix	Sponsor · Partner	-

Sponsors by tier

food and drinks partner7

21% of 34

hospitality partner2

6% of 34

host and main community event sponsor1

3% of 34

media partner5

15% of 34

partner14

41% of 34

wellness partner5

15% of 34

Related events · by shared sponsors

Conference	Date	City	Shared sponsors
Balkan eCommerce Summit 2026	November 5, 2026	Sofia	3

Discovery Day Sofia 2026

KEYNOTE - Inspire. Build. Lead. WITH DATA Microsoft Data Platform Unplugged

KEYNOTE - To be Announced

Accelerate SQL Server Migration with Azure Arc and Copilot to Next-Gen Azure SQL Managed Instance

Become the Fabric pipeline guru in your organization

Stop defining the same data twice - getting started with Fabric IQ

The Latest Performance Improvements in Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, and SQL Server 2025

Chat talks: How to approach a Power BI refactoring project

Ask Me Anything: Migrating On-Prem SQL Server to Azure SQL – Real-World Experience

The anatomy of a data product

37 companies in attendance.