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New Stars of Data 2026

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New Stars of Data 2026 ran on May 8, 2026. It is a Technology conference. ConferenceGrid lists 11 speakers, 3 sponsors and 11 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 9, 2026 · dates verified May 10, 2026

New Stars of Data is an event designed to help find and promote new speakers in the Microsoft Data Platform arena. Run by Ben Weissman and William Durkin, it provides mentorship for newcomers presenting at the event. The conference is a natural extension of the “Newcomer Track” from DataGrillen, focusing exclusively on fostering and giving a platform to new…

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11Speakers
3Sponsors
11Sessions
3Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at New, in alphabetical order.

Benito van Breugel
Goran Orec
Gregor Prohaska
Karin Szilágyi
Kayla Boor
Kristian Johannesen
Liza Malinina
Michal Pardej
Robert Mondrik
Rudolf Hummer
Varun Goguri

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

DataMasterminds
Redgate
Solisyon

Agenda

Selected from 11 sessions.

  • 03:00

    Mastering Power BI Model Types – Import, DirectQuery, or Composite?

    William’s Room
  • 04:15

    Is this Real-Time? Or is this just Fantasy?

    William’s Room
  • 04:15

    Medallion Magic: Turning Data Layers into Stories That Stick

    Ben’s Room
  • 05:30

    Think Before You Code: Avoiding Pitfalls in T-SQL and Building Analytical Data Solutions

    Ben’s Room
  • 07:00

    Master Governance in Databricks Unity Catalog

    William’s Room
  • 07:00

    Mastering Spark: Lazy Evaluation and Intelligent Partitioning

    Ben’s Room
  • 08:15

    From Chaos to Control: Making Power BI Governance Work for Everyone

    William’s Room
  • 08:15

    Time-Series Showdown: SQL Server vs PostgreSQL + TimescaleDB for Speed, Compression, and Operations

    Ben’s Room
  • 09:30

    Accidental friends: how a DBA and an SRE worked together to optimize the system.

    Ben’s Room

Quick answers

When is New Stars of Data 2026?
New Stars of Data 2026 ran on May 8, 2026.
Who is speaking at New Stars of Data 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 11 speakers, including Benito van Breugel, Goran Orec and Gregor Prohaska.
Who sponsors New Stars of Data 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 3 sponsors: DataMasterminds, Redgate and Solisyon.
Company intelligence

An audience of 3 companies, parsed from the program.

Three 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
3Sponsoringsponsor only
0Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority
  • Other roles11100%

Of 11 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Data MastermindsSponsor-
2RedgateSponsor-
3solisyonSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified3
100% of 3
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