WIT Newsletter October 2025
Hello Women In Tech and allies! The year’s final quarter is just around the corner, and things are getting busy fast!
We had a wonderful September meetup with Tiffany Portis. Her session, Leading as an Introvert, had so many great tips, and we had some great questions. We loved having her. If you missed that session, you can still catch it on our YouTube channel.
We’re looking forward to our next meetup on October 14th at noon Eastern US with Pragati Jain. Pragati will be presenting a “Whirlwind Tour to Microsoft Fabric Platform”. If you would like to join us, you can sign up here.
If you have noticed, there are a lot of great events coming up. If you happen to be attending these over the next month, make sure to support some of the fantastic WIT speakers and their sessions, like these:
| Speaker | Session | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blythe Morrow | Critical Communication – Managing Yourself and Others | PASS Summit On Tour The Netherlands | Oct 1-2 |
| Heini Ilmarinen | Streaming Head-to-Head: Microsoft Fabric vs. Databricks | PASS Summit On Tour The Netherlands | Oct 1-2 |
| Jess Pomfret | Automating SQL Server Management with GitHub Actions and PowerShell | PASS Summit On Tour The Netherlands | Oct 1-2 |
| Valerie Junk | Data Literacy: Navigating Your Way to Data-Driven Success! | PASS Summit On Tour The Netherlands | Oct 1-2 |
| Heini Ilmarinen | Unraveling Networking for Azure Databricks | Data Saturday & Fabric Friday Holland 2025 | Oct- 3-4 |
| Jess Pomfret | dbatools – Wheel of Fortune | Data Saturday & Fabric Friday Holland 2025 | Oct- 3-4 |
| Laura de Bruin | Authorization By Data Classification (ABC) | Data Saturday & Fabric Friday Holland 2025 | Oct- 3-4 |
| Maaike van Gemert | The human side of report development: and why curiosity is key | Data Saturday & Fabric Friday Holland 2025 | Oct- 3-4 |
| Marjolein Opsteegh | Creating Dynamic Power BI Reports with conditional formatting | Data Saturday & Fabric Friday Holland 2025 | Oct- 3-4 |
| Prathy Kamasani | Building End-to-End Data Analytics Solutions with Microsoft Fabric and Open Data | Data Saturday & Fabric Friday Holland 2025 | Oct- 3-4 |
| Sara Woltjes | The human side of report development: and why curiosity is key | Data Saturday & Fabric Friday Holland 2025 | Oct- 3-4 |
| Valerie Junk | Power BI Tables and Matrix Visuals: The Next Step | Data Saturday & Fabric Friday Holland 2025 | Oct- 3-4 |
| Zita Pelok | Designing with RLS in Mind: What Breaks, What Scales, and What to Do About It | Data Saturday & Fabric Friday Holland 2025 | Oct- 3-4 |
| Barkha Herman | Vectors Unleashed: 20 Tips for Next-Level SQL | SQLSaturday Orlando 2025 | Oct 4 |
| Cecilia Brusatori | Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, or Both? Building Analytics Solutions | SQLSaturday Orlando 2025 | Oct 4 |
| Gilda Alvarez | Implementing Azure Arc for SQL Server | SQLSaturday Orlando 2025 | Oct 4 |
| Kate Boss | Power BI Report Design Process | SQLSaturday Orlando 2025 | Oct 4 |
| Lucrecia Krause | Bringing Data to Life: Azure SQL to Power BI Provision, Ingest, ETL, Visualize | SQLSaturday Orlando 2025 | Oct 4 |
| Lucrecia Krause | Become a Data Analyst, prepare to get certified and also earn college credits | SQLSaturday Orlando 2025 | Oct 4 |
| Marilina Trevisan | Garbage in, hallucinations out: designing data for GenAI agents | SQLSaturday Orlando 2025 | Oct 4 |
| Monica Bagga | Azure AI Foundry : Generative AI Development Hub | SQLSaturday Orlando 2025 | Oct 4 |
| Priscilla Camp | The Simplicity of Power Query | SQLSaturday Orlando 2025 | Oct 4 |
| Agata Guziur | Once upon a time in Discovery Phase. | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Anastasia Salari | Semantic Models: Lighter, Faster, Smarter | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Ceren Morey | Low-code Approach for High-Quality Data in Microsoft Fabric with Soda | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Elin Hellström | Why data culture matters | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Emilie Rønning | Demystifying Azure and the administrative structure of the cloud | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Estera Kot | Fabric Spark performance tuning – what actually works | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Esther Voituron | Visibility in the workplace for introverts (and other quiet data people) | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Evgeniya Alekseeva | Data Governance Is a Team Sport: How We Built a Data Community | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Giulia Cancian | Saving the Day with Data: Powerpuff Girls of BI, Automate, and Apps! | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Heini Ilmarinen | Getting Data in and out of Azure | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Jess Pomfret | Create the perfect morning checks report with dbatools | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Joline Jammaers | Generative Data Quality: Using AI to Detect, Explain, and Resolve Data Issues | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Justine Hanssens | Reporting As Code: Data Visualization meets Data Engineering to Create Reporting Magic | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Katrien Cloetens | Turning sustainability goals into action with Microsoft Fabric | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Laura Graham-Brown | Paginated Reports have had some love | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Maaike van Gemert | The human side of report development: and why curiosity is key | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Margarita Neumueller | The Power of „no“ – and why it helps your team | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Paulina Jędrzejewska | Saving the Day with Data: Powerpuff Girls of BI, Automate, and Apps! | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Sara Woltjes | The human side of report development: and why curiosity is key | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Sofie Theys | Beyond the Hype: Building Retail Chatbots on Azure – RAG vs. Agentic AI | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Sofiia Alieva | How to Use AI in Your Daily Data Job | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Sujata Narayana | Unleashing the Power of Translytical Taskflows in Microsoft Fabric | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Valerie Junk | Next level Power BI tables and matrix visuals | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Valerie Junk | Turning insights into action: The art of data communication | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Zoe Douglas | Get insights from data and analytics faster than ever before with Power BI and Microsoft Fabric | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Zoe Douglas | Semantic modeling in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric to get the insights out of your data faster | dataMinds Connect 2025 | Oct 6-8 |
| Divya Chaudhary | Data Ethics in AI Pricing: Building Fair & Transparent Revenue Optimization Systems | DataPopkorn Krunch | Oct 11 |
| Juliana Smith | Accessibility Considerations in Power BI: Designing for Everyone | DataPopkorn Krunch | Oct 11 |
| Jyoti Maheshwari | The $38M Money Machine: How Smart Banks Cracked the Cloud Code | DataPopkorn Krunch | Oct 11 |
| Kseniia Ilchenko | Why AI fails at business decision-making | DataPopkorn Krunch | Oct 11 |
| Maja Spanic Kezan | How to organize data so business users can understand and use it ? | DataPopkorn Krunch | Oct 11 |
| Marjolein Opsteegh | How to get started with the (new) Card Visual | DataPopkorn Krunch | Oct 11 |
| Paula García Esteban | Design Systems for Power BI: Transforming Dashboard Development | DataPopkorn Krunch | Oct 11 |
| Pragati Jain | Whirlwind Tour to Microsoft Fabric Platform | Data Platform Women in Technology Virtual Group | Oct 14 |
| Natalia Bednarek | Memory Usage in DAX Queries | SQLDay Lite 2025 | Oct 17 |
| Courtney Woolum | Modern Integration, Classic Toolset: A Practical Look at SSIS | SQLSaturday Pittsburgh 2025 | Oct 18 |
| Jess Johnson | Data Warehouse to Lakehouse: Landing to Gold | SQLSaturday Pittsburgh 2025 | Oct 18 |
| Kiley Papa | Fabric Security and Governance | SQLSaturday Pittsburgh 2025 | Oct 18 |
| Leslie Welch | Semantic Model Ideation for Power BI | SQLSaturday Pittsburgh 2025 | Oct 18 |
| Pranitha Potturi Potturi | Power BI Semantic Layers & AI Governance for Scalable, Reliable BI | SQLSaturday Pittsburgh 2025 | Oct 18 |
| Stephanie Bruno | Demystifying Fabric and Power BI Licensing | SQLSaturday Pittsburgh 2025 | Oct 18 |
| Eva-Maria Kopf | Aesthetics meets function: Does a dashboard need to be beautiful? | Data Platform Conference Switzerland 2025 | Oct 22 |
| Gianna Neeser | Aesthetics meets function: Does a dashboard need to be beautiful? | Data Platform Conference Switzerland 2025 | Oct 22 |
| Ginger Grant | Understanding and Using AI for the Data Professional | Data Platform Conference Switzerland 2025 | Oct 22 |
| Ashley René Casey | ognitive Load Is Killing Your Workflow (and What to Do About It) | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
| Ashley René Casey | Presence Over Pixels: How to Stay Human in a Hyper-Digital Workflow | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
| Belinda Allen | AI-Ready: Preparing for and Using AI in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
| Belinda Allen | Fabric Fast Track End-to-End Implementation in 60 Minutes | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
| Courtney Woolum | Modern Integration, Classic Toolset: A Practical Look at SSIS | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
| Erika Haase Nalley | Don’t Bring a Screwdriver to a Nail Fight | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
| Sharon Reid | Encrypt those connections! How to increase SQL Server security | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
| Stacey Rudoy | Governance First – Enable Secure and Trusted Fabric Deployments | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
| Stephanie Bruno | From Hocus Pocus to Focus: Contextualize Your Power BI Data | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
| Stephanie Bruno | Visual Calculations in Power BI: Hands-On Insight Without the Heavy Lifting | SQL Saturday St. Louis 2025 | Oct 25 |
If we missed you, please let us know, and we’ll make sure to keep our eyes out for you for your next talk.
(Yes – we missed seeing this list each month, so we wanted to bring this back. We hope you feel the same way.)
One of the most frequent questions we get is how to get involved and show support for our community. The easiest ways to get started are to help share our posts on social media and to attend one of our meetups. We’d love to hear your thoughts and comments on how we can do more to support our Women In Tech community. You can reach us at [email protected].
Hope to see you in October!
Deborah, Tracy, & Kristy