Data Science Track

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · B308-B309

CORENOTE: The Future of AI in Microsoft Fabric: Data Agents and Beyond

Markus Weimer

Markus Weimer

Engineering lead, AI @ Fabric

Nellie Gustafsson

Nellie Gustafsson

Microsoft, Principal Product Manager

This session will cover how Fabric brings AI to your data using interoperable Data Agents that work across the AI ecosystem to unlock deeper insights. You’ll also learn how AI-powered data engineering and data science capabilities help teams create intelligent, enterprise-ready solutions.

Wednesday 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM · C102

Mastering Fabric Data Agents: From Setup to Success

Marc Lelijveld

Marc Lelijveld

Data Platform MVP | Technical Evangelist | Solution Architect Data Solutions & Insights

Fabric data agent has been available for a while, yet many implementations fall short of expectations. Without the right design, the agent may struggle to align with business context, produce inconsistent outputs, or require heavy manual intervention.

In this session, learn how to design smarter, more reliable agents by fine-tuning Agent Instructions, using the Data Agent SDK and training data sources.

Wednesday 4:25 PM - 5:25 PM · C211-C213

AI in Action: Microsoft Fabric for Data Science

Sadiq Ahmed

Sadiq Ahmed

Quantum Technology Inc

In this fast-paced, discover how Microsoft Fabric streamlines the entire AI workflow—from data exploration to model deployment. You’ll learn how to use it for data science, train models, and generate predictions all within Fabric’s unified analytics platform. Perfect for data professionals and AI enthusiasts looking to get started with Fabric in just one hour.

Thursday 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM · TMB 4

Building and Deploying Smarter Data Agents in Microsoft Fabric

Amir Jafari

Amir Jafari

Senior Product Manager

Misha Desai

Misha Desai

Principal Product Manager

Learn how to build and deploy smarter data agents in Fabric. We’ll show how to add richer context, connect new data sources, and use the latest intelligent capabilities. You’ll also see how to enable your agent in MCP, Teams, M365, Foundry, and more—making insights available to users wherever they work.

Thursday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C105-C106

Microsoft Fabric AI: Copilots, Data Agents & Real‑World Extensions

Bradley Ball

Bradley Ball

Microsoft - Sr. Technical Program Manager

Build RAG patterns in minutes. We’ll show data agents, prompts, complex queries, and connecting to Microsoft Fabric data. Explore Copilots across services—what they are, how they differ—extend data agents from Fabric to Copilot Studio, to Microsoft Teams, M365 Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, and the Python SDK. After we build this out, let's test Row Level and Column level security in our agents!

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C105-C106

Powering Data with AI Functions in Fabric

Rana Singh

Rana Singh

Virginia Roman

Virginia Roman

Senior Product Manager, Microsoft

Explore how AI functions in Microsoft Fabric can enhance the way you work with data. In this session, we’ll share the latest updates, highlight new capabilities, and walk through practical examples that demonstrate how AI functions can enrich datasets, surface insights, and streamline workflows.

Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM · C102

Pairing Fabric AI Functions & Translytical Task Flows to Improve Jira Data Quality

Bob Nonnenkamp

Bob Nonnenkamp

Data Alchemist - Microsoft Innovation Hub DC

Brendon Colburn

Brendon Colburn

Microsoft Technical Architect

Learn how a Fortune 500 enterprise built a solution that paired Fabric AI Functions, Power BI Translytical Task Flows, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft Teams to improve Jira data quality for over a thousand project owners and drive better project visibility for the C-suite.

Friday 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM · C105-C106

Autonomous Fabric: Agentic Data Quality Using Fabric Data Agents

David Mills

David Mills

Dufrain - Senior Azure Data Architect

Data Quality issues drain engineering time and weaken business confidence in data platforms.

What if Fabric Data Agents could detect DQ issues autonomously, analyse their root cause, and guide engineers directly to a fix?

This session demonstrates the full architecture with a live demo - capturing DQ signals, triggering agent-led investigations, and integrating agent outputs into ETL pipelines.

Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM · C105-C106

Build Smarter Analytics Assistants with Fabric Data Agents and Copilot Studio

Piotr Prussak

Piotr Prussak

Sr Delivery Director & Architect

Learn how to connect Microsoft Fabric data agents with Copilot Studio to deliver intelligent, conversational analytics. This session covers modeling best practices, schema design, grounded responses, testing patterns, and decision guides for choosing when and how to expose semantic models and data agents to copilots.

Friday 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM · C202-C204

Building MLOps for Traditional ML in Microsoft Fabric

Nicholas Leonhard

Nicholas Leonhard

Machine Learning Engineer at Missouri University of Science and Technology

Discover how Microsoft Fabric enables a modern Machine Learning Operation for Traditional ML. Attendees will observe a practical approach to building ML pipelines using Notebooks, Lakehouses, Pipelines, Environments, and Experiments. We'll also explore custom spark pools, data manipulation tools, and machine learning libraries.