Fri, 08/09/2023

	Cap & Thistle	President Suite	Moncrieff 2	Moncrieff 3	Thistle Suite
08:15	Thistle Suite 08:15 → 45 min Registration
09:00		09:00 → 30 min DATA:Scotland 2023 Keynote
09:30	Thistle Suite 09:30 → 15 min Refreshment Break
09:45	09:45 → 45 min Controlling Your Azure Costs: Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices Sarah Lean	09:45 → 45 min Old Name - New CLI - why you should take a look at sqlcmd Rob Sewell	09:45 → 45 min Securing the Lakehouse: Data Security with Azure Databricks Chris Williams	09:45 → 45 min Data modeling for experts with Power BI Marc Lelijveld
10:30	Thistle Suite 10:30 → 15 min Break
10:45	10:45 → 45 min Silent Witness - A look at common mistakes seen in the field William Durkin	10:45 → 45 min A guided tour of Microsoft Fabric Benni De Jagere	10:45 → 45 min Accessibility in Data Visualisation Jenny Gates	10:45 → 45 min Deploy Synapse using Terraform & DevOps Falek Miah
11:30	Thistle Suite 11:30 → 15 min Refreshment Break
11:45	11:45 → 45 min Designing and managing a cost-effective data platform in Azure Synapse Analytics Mathias Halkjaer Erwin de Kreuk	11:45 → 45 min Accelerating ML: Mastering Automated Machine Learning with Azure Gavita Regunath	11:45 → 45 min Secure your Data Platform with Private Link Jonathan D'Aloia Ben Jarvis	11:45 → 45 min Moneyball: How Data has Revolutionised Analytics in Sports Abhinav Jayanty
12:30	Thistle Suite 12:30 → 60 min Lunch
13:30	13:30 → 20 min Focus in Flux: Navigating ADHD as a Data Engineer Euan Mason	13:30 → 20 min Understanding Hype: ChatGPT and inflated expectations Andrew Blance	13:30 → 20 min Power up your Databricks lakehouse --Best practice for Power BI on Databricks Liping Huang	13:30 → 20 min How Can I Run My Agent Jobs In Azure SQL? Anthony Norwood
13:50					13:50 → 5 min Break
13:55	13:55 → 20 min Managing Execution Plans Hugo Kornelis	13:55 → 20 min Asking questions to get meaningful answers Benni De Jagere	13:55 → 20 min AI in use for the hearing impaired and deafs: new frontiers and limits Kay Sauter	13:55 → 20 min MLOPS with Azure Machine Learning and Mlflow Floris Berends
14:15	Thistle Suite 14:15 → 15 min Break
14:30	14:30 → 45 min Want End-to-End MLOps? Look no further than Databricks! Tori Tompkins	14:30 → 45 min A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Data-Driven Culture in Your Business Using Power BI Gethyn Ellis	14:30 → 45 min Beware of the Frankenstacks and Frankensofts of Data Chris Butcher Stefan Ahlbom	14:30 → 45 min The Battle of the Lakehouse: Delta lake, Iceberg, and Hudi. Andy Cutler
15:15	Thistle Suite 15:15 → 30 min Refreshment + Snack Break
15:45	15:45 → 45 min Learn how to build a real-time analytics solution in Azure José Mendes	15:45 → 45 min Fabric for the Power BI user Chris Webb	15:45 → 45 min What makes good code? Joshua Gould Libby Linfield	15:45 → 45 min Bridging the Gap: Effective Communication Strategies for Engaging Non-Technical Stakeholders Paul Manship
16:30	Thistle Suite 16:30 → 15 min Break
16:45	16:45 → 45 min Hacking and Hacking Mitigation For SQL Server Sander Stad	16:45 → 45 min Use AI To Make Your Data Job Easier (and More Fun) Matt Gordon	16:45 → 45 min Winds of Change - Using Debezium to Transfer Realtime Data Changes to Event Hub Alexander Arvidsson	16:45 → 45 min The three layers of dashboard design Lonneke Opsteegh
17:30	President Suite 17:30 → 30 min Prize Draw
18:00	Centenary Club 18:00 - 21:55 Afterparty