WIT Newsletter June 2026
Hello, Data WIT!
Happy June, everyone! This year keeps flying by.
We had a great May meetup. Our speaker was Kendra Little, who had a great presentation called “The Anti-Hustle Guide to Technical Blogging”. It had a lot of great tips for those who currently blog or just want to get started. If you missed it, you can catch it on our YouTube channel.
We’re excited for our next meetup on June 9th at noon Eastern US. Padma Rama Divya Achanta will be presenting “Inside Azure SQL Database: Practical Tips, Hidden Tools & Cost-Saving Tricks”. This should be a useful session for anyone in the cloud who is worried about costs. Make sure to RSVP and join us live.
We keep hearing that conference organizers, such as those for Data Saturdays or Day of Data, are always looking for more WIT speakers, so make sure you’re keeping an eye out for the Call for Speaker Announcements. (Call for Data Speakers is a great resource to find out what’s open.) If you need help getting started, you’ll find that there are a lot of people willing to help, so reach out and let us know!
It seems like things are slowing down, but we’re going to be busy planning and working on things to come while we can. As always, if there’s anything we can do to help support you and other Data Platform Women in Tech, please let us know!
Deborah, Tracy, and Kristy
| Data Platform Next Step – June 1-2 | |
| Speaker | Session Title |
| Elisabeth Falck | Agentic Coding in a Real-Life Data Platform Migration |
| Isi Turner | Your Neuro-Inclusive Workplace Toolkit |
| Discovery Day 2026 Sofia – June 3-4 | |
| Speaker | Session Title |
| Emilie Rønning | Become the Fabric pipeline guru in your organization |
| Gabi Münster | KEYNOTE – Inspire. Build. Lead. WITH DATA Microsoft Data Platform Unplugged OneLake Security – Centralized Data Security for Microsoft Fabric |
| Julia Førde | Common Misconceptions About Databricks, and the Reality Is Databricks Ready for Reporting and Analysis? |
| Margarita Naumova | Beyond CDC: Exploring Change Event Streaming in SQL Server 2025 KEYNOTE – Inspire. Build. Lead. WITH DATA Microsoft Data Platform Unplugged |
| Power BI Deep Dive – June 9-11 | |
| Speaker | Session Title |
| Diana Ackermann | Statistician and freelance Power BI data analyst |
| Valerie Junk | Turning insights into action: Deep dive into data communication |
| PASS Summit Europe: Frankfurt – June 10-11 | |
| Speaker | Session Title |
| Akanksha Sheoran | Migration at Scale: Accelerating MSSQL to PostgreSQL Using Automation & AI |
| InduTeja Aligeti | |
| Alpa Buddhabhatti | Intelligent Data Experiences with Fabric Data Agents and Foundry |
| Juliana Smith | POURing Accessibility into Power BI: Steps for Inclusive Analytics |
| Kellyn Gorman | Redgate Keynote: The Data Professional of the Future |
| Laura Copland | |
| Shubhangi Goyal | Reinventing Yourself in Tech: Skills, Transitions & Mindset for the AI Era |
| Data Céilí 2026 – June 11-12 | |
| Speaker | Session Title |
| Anna-Maria Wykes | MCP Unleashed From “Huh?” to “Heck Yeah!” Building Smarter AI Knowledge Bases |
| Tamsin Huggins | |
| Bianca Stratulat | Ask Me Anything: Databricks in the Real World : Certifications, Best Practices & Careers |
| Chrissy LeMaire | Claude Code Will Change Your Life For The Better |
| Juliana Smith | Accidental Data Lies: Avoiding Misleading Visuals in Power BI |
| Power BI Days DC 2026 – June 11-12 | |
| Speaker | Session Title |
| Belinda Allen | From Insights to Foresight: Forecasting with Python in Power BI Pro From Wild West to Well-Run: An Introduction to Power BI Governance |
| Heather Severino | Learn What’s New with Microsoft 365 Copilot (and Agents) |
| Olena Kulish | Why Power BI Adoption Fails — and How to Fix It with Governance, UX, and AI-Ready Usage Data |
| Shreya Harvu | AI Is Only As Smart as Your Model: Copilot, Data Agents, and the Semantic Layer |
| Data Saturday Croatia 2026 – June 13 | |
| Speaker | Session Title |
| Anastazija Crnkovic | Advanced DAX for Analytical Insights in Power BI with Visualization Best Practices |
| Karin Szilágyi | Real-Time or Real Enough? What ‘Fast’ Actually Means in Fabric |
| Zita Pelok | A Persona-Driven Adoption Framework: How to Design BI Reports for Decisions |