Pre-Con Sessions & Speaker Annoucement for PASS Summit East and Europe

March 31, 2026

We’re excited to reveal the Pre-Conference Sessions and the respective speakers joining us in Chicago and Frankfurt for PASS Summit 2026.

These in‑depth sessions offer a focused opportunity to enhance your technical skills and explore a topic with renowned industry leaders.

Please note that Pre-Cons for PASS Summit West (Seattle) will be announced in the coming months.

Meet the Pre-Con Speakers:

Chicago:

Andreas Wolter: SQL Server Security vs. Security Theater: Build a Defensible Data Estate
Chris Hyde and Kristyna Ferris: Modern Data Warehousing with Microsoft Fabric
Erik Darling: T-SQL That Doesn’t Suck: Solving Performance and Concurrency Problems
Grant Fritchey and Pat Wright: Adding PostgreSQL to your SQL Server Skill Set

Frankfurt:

Alpa Buddhabhatti: Building an AI-Ready Analytics Platform with Microsoft Fabric
Brent Ozar: Dev-Prod Demon Hunters: Finding the Real Cause of Production Slowness
Grant Fritchey and Pat Wright: Adding PostgreSQL to your SQL Server Skill Set

Register Now – Launch Pricing Ends April 1!

Don’t miss out on learning from these industry experts! Select your city and register to join us at one (or more) of the following locations:

📍PASS Summit East (Chicago): May 7-8, 2026
📍PASS Summit Europe (Frankfurt): June 10-11, 2026

📍PASS Summit West (Seattle): November 9-11, 2026

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