Microsoft Analytics & AI Day 2025

Join us on Thursday, April 24^th 2025, at our annual element61 Microsoft Analytics & AI Day focusing on how your organization can innovate through and with Analytics & AI. We are looking forward to welcoming over 500 participants again.

What's on the agenda

The agenda will consist of a well-balanced mix between technical deep-dive sessions and several sessions providing people who are newer to the topics with all the info to jumpstart their analytics journey! As usual, the agenda will also be blended with customer testimonials, allowing the audience to learn the experiences straight from our recent projects.

• A non-technical session on why a Modern Data Platform is essential for successful Analytics and AI strategies, ensuring scalability, flexibility, innovation, governance, and cost management. The session also covers building an actionable roadmap as a first step.
• Hear how our customer Ardo modernised and simplified their data estate, transitioning from multiple traditional data warehouses to a Lakehouse on top of SAP S/4HANA. This plenary session covers the Analytics journey, initiatives, challenges, and significant business outcomes achieved.
• Dive into the latest Databricks innovations in a dedicated session, including the enhanced Unity Catalog, AI-driven insights, Databricks Apps, AI/BI, and serverless computing. Explore how these advancements can elevate your data strategy!
• Discover Daikin's analytics journey and how acceleration kits expedited their migration from SAP BW to a modern data platform, integrating multiple data sources and near real-time data.
• A session on comparing Copilot, Copilot Studio, and AI Foundry. Understand their strengths, key features, and best use cases to confidently navigate the AI landscape and accelerate your AI initiatives.
• An explanatory session on Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft’s response to the paradigm shifts happening in Analytics, and what it means for you. We'll also cover what's new and what's coming in Microsoft Fabric!
• A story by our customer argenx on their journey with Generative AI spanning from proof of concept to impactful AI applications. This session covers challenges, breakthroughs, and lessons that shaped their innovative GenAI path.
• Join an engaging Fireside Chat with industry leaders to discuss AI governance, the AI Act’s impact, and AI technology advancements. Gain insights from legal, customer, and tech experts on compliance, risk, and innovation in AI adoption.
• Learn how Exmar's Modern Data Platform supports Budgeting & Forecasting, carbon emissions calculations, and sensor data streaming, streamlining processes for compliance and strategic insights.
• Delta Live Tables in Databricks revolutionize data engineering, enabling a seamless transition from batch to streaming ETL with robust orchestration, lineage tracking, and data quality checks. Join us to transform your data processes!
• A session of our customer, the University of Luxembourg, on their Power BI adoption journey including migration from SAP Business Objects, large-scale implementation, robust governance, and a central discovery app for streamlined report access.
• An introductory session on TimeXtender, the data platform automation solution that can drastically cut your development time and is now seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Fabric.
• Learn how our customer AZ Maria Middelares utilises Azure Data Platform to address healthcare analytics, predict emergency admissions, and analyse patient data with seamless integration and data governance.
• A session on how Profisee improves Master Data Quality by breaking down silos and supporting structured data management. This session covers Profisee's approach to Master Data Management and how Microsoft Fabric can be your one-stop shop without switching between applications.
• See how our customer Vynova enhances operations with Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance, collaborating with element61 to deliver impactful, production-ready ML deployments using MLflow.
• A session where you will discover how Vena, integrated with Power BI, uses Azure and Azure Open AI to enhance budgeting and forecasting for Finance teams. This session will demo Vena's value for Planning & Budgeting in a Microsoft landscape.
• Our customer Meat&More leverages Fivetran for data integration, enabling smarter decisions. This session covers key success factors and real-world cases, including data ingestion from SAP, Dynamics, SQL Server, and Google Analytics.
• A session on our Power BI "Out-of-the-Box" solutions for Microsoft Dynamics and S/4HANA, Netsuite and more, delivering BI & Analytics in one week. Extend this with AI for Accounts Receivable, Demand Forecasting, Customer Segmentation, and Power BI Governance and Analytics Monitoring add-ons.
• A session where you will learn how Soda ensures Data Quality in your lakehouse, from developer testing in Databricks to full data observability with the Soda Cloud platform.
• Join our session on data visualization to learn a powerful 4-step framework for transforming reports. See real-world examples of strategic tweaks that make visuals clearer, more engaging, and easier to interpret.
• Qlik Talend Cloud simplifies real-time data ingestion from SAP, mainframe, and other sources into Azure and Microsoft Fabric. A session demonstrates seamless integration for efficient, reliable data flow to enhance analytics capabilities.

... and much, much more including networking with over 500 Analytics professionals!

Download the detailed Microsoft Analytics & AI Day 2025 agenda here.

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