Here are my upcoming and past speaking engagements with relevant links to slide decks and demos. At the bottom of the page is my speaker bio and the sessions I have ready to go. If you would like me to speak at your event, don’t hesitate to contact me!

UPCOMING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2024

June 13-14 2024: Data Platform Next Step (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Stand Fast - How Governance Can Save You a Fortune

May 25 2024: Data Saturday Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
Keynote: the Butterfly Effect
Roche’s Maxim of Data Transformation - By Example
Average Fail
Knee-Deep in Tech @ Data Saturday Stockholm 2024

March 26-28 2024: Fabric Community Conference (Las Vegas, United States)
Putting Lipstick on a Pig: How to Improve a Terrible Power BI Report

March 19-21 2024: SQL Bits (Farnborough, United Kingdom)
Making Data Matter - Combining Data, Visual Storytelling and Presentation Skills for Maximum Impact (Training day)
Roche’s Maxim of Data Transformation - by Example
Stand Fast - How Governance Can Save You a Fortune
Knee-Deep in Tech @ SQL Bits 2024

PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2024

February 3 2024: Data Toboggan (Online)
Knee-Deep in Tech Data Toboggan Special

2023

October 09-10 2023: DataMinds Connect (Mechelen, Belgium)
+5 Wisdom - Learn to Ask Better Questions to Solve the Right Problems (with Linda Torrång)
Knee-Deep in Tech Live @ dataMinds Connect

October 7 2023: Data Saturday Holland (Utrecht, the Netherlands)
Hands-on Lipstick on a Pig - Improving a Power BI Report Step by Step
Knee-Deep in Tech Live @ DataSat Holland

September 11-13 2023: SQLKonferenz (Hanau, Germany)
Spell of Transmutation - Using Debezium to Transfer Near Realtime Data Changes to Event Hub

September 8 2023: DATA:Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Winds of Change - Using Debezium to Transfer Near Realtime Data Changes to Event Hub

September 2 2023: Data Saturday Oslo 2023 (Oslo, Norway)
+5 Wisdom - Learn to Ask Better Questions to Solve the Right Problems (with Linda Torrång)

May 15-17 2023: Techorama Belgium (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Hands-on Lipstick on a Pig – Improving a Power BI Report Step by Step

May 13 2023: DataSaturday Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
Keynote: AI Killed the Data Professional(?) - Staying Relevant in the Age of AI
A Bard’s Tale - My Love Letter to Violin Plots
+5 Wisdom - Learn to Ask Better Questions to Solve the Right Problems (with Linda Torrång)

April 27 2023: SweNUG (Linköping, Sweden)
Spell of Transmutation - Using Debezium to Transfer Near Realtime Data Changes to Event Hub

April 24-26 2023: Power BI Cruise (Cruise Ship)
Making Data Matter - Combining Data, Visual Storytelling and Presentation Skills for Maximum Impact

March 14-18 2023: SQLBits 2023 (Newport, United Kingdom)
Presentation Skills Masterclass (Training Day)
Spell of Transmutation - Using Debezium to Transfer Near Realtime Data Changes to Event Hub
+5 Wisdom - Learn to Ask Better Questions to Solve the Right Problems (with Linda Torrång)
KDiT LIVE @ SQLBits

January 28 2023: Data Toboggan (online)
A Bard’s Tale - My Love Letter to Violin Plots

January 27 2023: SQLFriday #99 (online)
Not my Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs

2022

October 10-11 2022: DataMinds Connect (Mechelen, Belgium)
Making Data Matter - Combining Data, Visual Storytelling and Presentation Skills for Maximum Impact
The Untruthful Art - Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

September 24 2022: Nordic Summit (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Untruthful Art - Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

September 20 2022: Power BI Next Step (Billund, Denmark)
Hands-on Lipstick on a Pig – Improving a Power BI Report Step by Step

September 10 2022: Data Saturday (Oslo, Norway)
Making Data Matter - Combining Data, Visual Storytelling and Presentation Skills for Maximum Impact
Not my Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs

September 2 2022: Data:Scotland (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
The Untruthful Art - Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

July 19 2022: Glasgow Data User Group (online)
Power BI Data Marts chat

July 09 2022: Data Toboggan (online)
Knee-Deep in Tech Special on Azure Synapse Analytics

June 2-3 2022: DataGrillen 2022 (Lingen, Germany)
The Untruthful Art - Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

May 25 2022: DataSaturday Stockholm 2022 (Stockholm, Sweden)
Keynote - the History of Business Intelligence
The Untruthful Art - Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

May 9-11 2022: Nordic Developer Conference (London, United Kingdom)
The Untruthful Art - Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

March 8-12 2022: SQLBits (London, United Kingdom)
Learning to Listen - Making the Most of Mentoring
Lipstick On a Pig - Remaking a Power BI Report in 20 Minutes

March 7-11 2022: Global Power BI Summit (Online)
The Untruthful Art - Four Ways of Misrepresenting Data

February 16 2022: Stuttgart Power Platform User Group (Online)
The Untruthful Art - Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

January 21 2022: DataMinutes #2 (online)
Three Pools, Ten Minutes - Azure Synapse Analytics Pools in a Hurry

2021

November 29-December 3 2021: Nordic Developer Conference (Oslo, Norway)
Flying Blind(?) – Lessons Learned From Presenting Online
The Untruthful Art - Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

November 20 2021: Power BI Fest (Online)
Building an Empire: Implementing Power BI Step by Step

November 8-12 2021: PASS Data Community Summit (Online)
Azure Machine Learning for the Absolute Beginner

October 11-12 2021: DataMinds Connect (Mechelen, Belgium)
The Audience Conductor - Using Senses and Emotions to Improve Your Presentations

September 4 2021: Data Saturday Oslo 2021 (Online)
The Untruthful Art – Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

August 5 2021: Birmingham Data Meetup Group (Online)
Building an Empire: Implementing Power BI Step by Step

June 26 2021: Cloud Community Day Cologne (Online)
Not My Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs

June 11 2021: DataMinutes (Online)
Average Fail - Why Averages Can Be a Terrible Idea in Data Analysis

May 26 2021: GroupBy 2021 (Online)
Not My Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs

May 17-19 2021: Techorama 2021 Spring Edition (Online)
Not My Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs

May 15 2021: Data Saturday #8 Southwest US 2021 (Online)
Not My Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs

May 15 2021: Data Weekender #3.1 (Online)
Not My Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs

April 20 2021: London Power BI User Group (Online)
The Untruthful Art – Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

April 20 2021: Dublin Power BI User Group (Online)
The Untruthful Art – Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

April 17 2021: Data Saturday #5 Redmond 2021 (Online)
Not My Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs

April 14 2021: Croatia SQL Server User Group (Online)
SQL Server Hates You(?) – What the DBAs Never Told the Developers

April 13 2021: Swedish SQL Server User Group (Online)
The Untruthful Art – Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

April 8 2021: CloudCamp Quarterly #1 (Online)
Building an Empire: Implementing Power BI Step by Step

March 11-12 2021: Power Platform Virtual Conference (Online)
Building an Empire: Implementing Power BI Step by Step

March 4 2021: Cloud Data Driven Meetup (Online)
The Cloud Awakens – Azure SQL Database for the On-prem DBA

February 27 2021: Scottish Summit (Online)
Talking to Myself(?) – Lessons Learned From Presenting Online

January 27-29 2021: NDC London (Online)
The Untruthful Art – Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

January 23 2021: Data Saturday Guatemala (Online)
Azure Machine Learning for the Absolute Beginner

January 15 2021: SQL Saturday #1015 Vienna (Online)
Not my problem(?) – Azure Networking 101 for Azure SQL Server DBAs

January 8 2021: Experts Live Austria (Online)
The Cloud Awakens – Azure SQL Database for the On-prem DBA

2020

December 15 2020: Virtual Hamburg Power BI Days (Online)
The Untruthful Art – Three Ways of Misrepresenting Data

December 2-4 2020: Data Platform Summit (Online)
Talking to Myself(?) – Lessons Learned From Presenting Online

November 28 2020: SQL Saturday #1019 – Singapore(Online)
The Untruthful Art – Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

November 24 2020: Power BI Days Netherlands (Online)
The Untruthful Art – Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

October 17 2020: DataWeekender 2020 (Online)
The Untruthful Art – Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

October 13 2020: DataMinds Connect (Online)
The Untruthful Art – Five Ways of Misrepresenting Data

September 10 2020: Glasgow Azure User Group (Online)
Building an Empire: Implementing Power BI Step by Step

August 18 2020: dataMinds (Online)
Building an Empire: Implementing Power BI Step by Step

July 13 2020: PASS BI Virtual Chapter (Online)
Building an Empire: Implementing Power BI Step by Step

June 25 2020: Manchester Power BI User Group (Online)
Building an Empire: Implementing Power BI Step by Step

June 8-12 2020: Nordic Developer Conference (Online)
SQL Server Hates You(?) – What the DBAs Never Told the Developers

May 2 2020: Data Weekender (Online)
SQL Server Hates You(?) – What the DBAs Never Told the Developers

April 30 2020: Data Platform Discovery Day Europe (Online)
Building an Empire: Implementing Power BI Step by Step

April 29 2020: Data Platform Discovery Day US (Online)
Azure Machine Learning for the Absolute Beginnner

March 5-6 2020: TechDays Finland (Helsinki, Finland)
Building an Empire – Implementing Power BI Step by Step

February 29 2020: Scottish Summit (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Azure Machine Learning for the Absolute Beginner

February 6-7 2020: Nordic Infrastructure Conference (Oslo, Norway)
Building an Empire – Implementing Power BI Step by Step

January 14 2020: Norrköping Data Science community (Norrköping, Sweden)
Azure Machine Learning for the Absolute Beginner

January 7 2020: PASS Cloud Virtual Chapter
Azure Machine Learning for the Absolute Beginner

2019

November 20 2019: Experts Live EU (Prague, Czech Republic)
The Cloud Awakens – Azure SQL Server for the on-prem DBA
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers

November 4-8 2019: Microsoft Ignite (Orlando, United States)
The Cloud Awakens – Azure SQL Server for the on-prem DBA
SQL Server hates you(?) – Five Things the DBAs Forgot to Explain to the DBAs

October 22-24 2019: Microsoft TechDays Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden)
Azure Machine Learning for the absolute beginner

October 9 2019: GroupBy Online Conference
Boring is stable, stable is good – best practices in practice

October 5 2019: Data Saturday Holland (Utrecht, the Netherlands)
Boring is stable, stable is good – best practices in practice

September 30-October 2 2019: Techorama NL (Ede, the Netherlands)
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers

September 13 2019: DATA:Scotland (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Improving Your Presentation Skills – Practical Examples by Two Very Different Speakers (together with Cathrine Wilhelmsen)
Arguing with myself – self-service BI from an infrastructure perspective

August 31 2019: SQL Saturday #854 (Oslo, Norway)
Azure Machine Learning for the absolute beginner

August 5-9 2019: TechMentor (Redmond, United States)
Boring is stable, stable is good – best practices in practice
The force awakens – Azure SQL Database for the on-prem DBA

June 20-21 2019: DataGrillen (Lingen, Germany)
Arguing with myself – self-service BI from an infrastructure perspective

May 4th, 2019: SQL Saturday #851 (Stockholm, Sweden)
Arguing with myself – self-service BI from an infrastructure perspective

April 27, 2019: Global Azure Bootcamp (Linköping, Sweden)
Machine learning for the absolute beginner

April 24-25, 2019: Microsoft Ignite: The Tour (Stockholm, Sweden)
Microsoft Power BI: enterprise grade analysis services models

February 27 – March 2 2019: SQLBits (Manchester, United Kingdom)
DAX for the SQL developer

February 6-8 2019: Nordic Infrastructure Conference (Oslo, Norway)
The Force Awakens – Azure SQL Database for the on-prem DBA
Machine learning for the absolute beginner
Learning to swim – an introduction to Azure Data Lake

January 26-27 2019: Power BI Days (Mechelen, Belgium)
Arguing with myself – self-service BI from an infrastructure perspective

January 18 2019: SQL Saturday #810 (Linz, Austria)
Headless chicken – calming the sysadmin that turned DBA

2018

December 12 2018: Azure Usergroup (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Azure SQL Database – the cloud awakens

December 3 2018: UK Cloud Infrastructure Usergroup(London, United Kingdom)
Tilting at windmills – self-service BI from an infrastructure perspective

November 15 2018: Power BI Usergroup (Stockholm, Sweden)
News from PASS Summit and a look at Power BI Dataflows

October 22-26 2018: MCT Summit (Köln, Germany)
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers
Talk tech to me – improving your technical presentation skills

October 24-25 2018: TechDays Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden)
Azure SQL Database – the cloud awakens

October 18 2018: TechUG (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Boring is stable, stable is good – best practices in practice

October 16 2018: DataMinds (Ghent, Belgium)
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers

October 10 & 11 2018: SQLRelay (Birmingham and Reading, United Kingdom)
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers

September 15 2018: SQL Saturday #775 (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Headless chicken – calming the sysadmin that turned DBA

September 13 2018: PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter
Talk tech to me – improving your technical presentation skills

July 14 2018: SQL Saturday #730 (Manchester, United Kingdom)
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers

June 21 2018: SQLGrillen (Lingen, Germany)
The force awakens – Azure SQL Server for the on-prem DBA

June 19 2018: Sao Paulo SQL Server User Group (remote to Brazil)
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers

May 29 2018: Intelligent Cloud Conference (Copenhagen, Denmark)
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers

May 26 2018: Azure Saturday (Munich, Germany)
The Force Awakens – Azure SQL Server for the on-prem DBA

May 12 2018: SQL Saturday #735 (Helsinki, Finland)
Boring is stable, stable is good – best practices in practice

April 26 2018: SQL Saturday #738 (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Speak your hands

April 21 2018: Global Azure Bootcamp (Linköping, Sweden)
Azure SQL Database – the cloud awakens

March 21-22 2018: TechDays Finland (Helsinki, Finland)
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers

March 14 2018: ITProud (Antwerpen, Belgium)
Azure SQL Database – the cloud awakens

March 10 2018: SQLSaturday #704 (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Boring is stable, stable is good – best practices in practice

January 30-February 2 2018: Nordic Infrastructure Conference, (Oslo, Norway)
Boring is stable, stable is good – best practices in practice
Azure SQL Database – the cloud awakens

January 19 2018: SQLSaturday #679, (Vienna, Austria)
Speak your hands

2017

November 27 2017: SQLUG Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden)
Abuse your SQL Server for fun and profit

September 23 2017: SQLSaturday #657 Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Abuse your SQL Server for fun and profit

May 18 2017: .NET developers User Group (Linköping, Sweden)
Abuse your SQL Server for fun and profit

2016

November 16-17th, 2016: Microsoft TechDays (Stockholm, Sweden)
Azure SQL Database: The Cloud Awakens

October 17th, 2016: SQLHangout #28
Career transitions

August 27th, 2016: SQLSaturday #536 Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Unicorn Safari: alleviating consolidation pains with SQL Server 2016

SPEAKER BIO: ALEXANDER ARVIDSSON

Alexander is a principal solutions architect at Data Masterminds. Nobody really knows what that means to be a principal solutions architect, but he spends his days helping clients of all shapes make their data matter.
He has spent the last 25 years working with data, databases and related infrastructure services such as storage, networking and virtualization, occasionally emerging from the technical darkness to attend a Star Wars convention somewhere in the world.
He is a frequent international speaker, podcaster, Pluralsight author, blogger and a Microsoft Certified Trainer, focusing on the Microsoft data platform stack.

Sessions:
Making Data Matter - Combining Data, Visual Storytelling and Presentation Skills for Maximum Impact
Presentation Skills Masterclass
Spell of Transmutation - Using Debezium to Transfer Realtime Data Changes to Event Hub
Speaking Human - Learn to Ask Better Questions to Solve the Right Problems (with Linda Torrång)
The Cloud Awakens – Azure SQL Server for the on-prem DBA
SQL Server hates you(?) – what the DBAs never told the developers
Talk tech to me – improving your technical presentation skills
Not My Problem(?) - Azure Networking 101 for the Azure SQL DBA
Building an Empire - Implementing Power BI Step by Step
Flying Blind(?) – Lessons Learned From Presenting Online