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New Stars of Data 2026

ew 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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0Voices

3Underwriters

0Exhibitors

11On the bill · sessions

3Companies · in total

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

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Redgate

Solisyon

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The Programme

Selected from 11 sessions on the bill.

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

Intermission

Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 3 companies, parsed from the program.

“Three companies in attendance.”

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№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House

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0Exhibitingexhibitor only

0Speakingspeaker only

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room

№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier

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New Stars of Data 2026

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

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

Medallion Magic: Turning Data Layers into Stories That Stick

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

Master Governance in Databricks Unity Catalog

Mastering Spark: Lazy Evaluation and Intelligent Partitioning

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

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

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

“Three companies in attendance.”