Speaker: Faraz Shaikh
Start Date: Mon, Apr 27th, 2026 · 7:00 PM EEST (5:00 PM UTC)
Language: English
Location: Online (link visible for attendees)

Description:

Everyday chaos of supply chain spreadsheets with simple yet powerful Excel tricks!

In this fast-paced, practical session, Faraz Shaikh (Microsoft MVP – Excel, CISCP) will share real-world tips used by planners and logistics pros to clean messy data, track stock smartly, and visualize key insights all without complex formulas or add-ins.

Whether you manage inventory, track dispatches, or forecast demand, you’ll walk away with time-saving Excel skills that turn confusion into clarity.

Speaker:

Faraz Shaikh
Microsoft MVP x 5 | MCT | MIE | MOS Master 2016 | Certified Supply Chain Professional

Faraz Shaikh is Microsoft MVP (Excel & Microsoft 365), Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE). He is also a Certified International Supply Chain Professional (CISCP), bringing together a rare blend of technology mastery and operational expertise. Recognized as one of the few Excel MVPs specializing in supply chain and logistics, Faraz has extensive experience in SAP and Oracle ERP systems.
With over 17 years of experience, Faraz has worked across the petrochemical, steel, and FMCG industries, gaining deep expertise in logistics, inventory control, and data analytics. He uniquely combines supply chain knowledge and Excel mastery to solve complex, real-world business problems.

He is the founder of Excel Exciting and leads the Saudi Arabia Microsoft Excel & Power Platform Meetup, empowering professionals to simplify data, automate workflows, and make smarter decisions every day.

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Speaker: Tom Martens
Start Date: Thu, Jun 25th, 2026 · 7:00 PM EEST (5:00 PM UTC)
Language: English
Location: Online (link visible for attendees)

Description:

6,000+ articles from curated sources.
An automated content pipeline that never sleeps.
A vector store that understands entire articles, not fragments. And an honest-first architecture designed to catch errors before they compound.

This session walks through building a personal RAG system for Microsoft Fabric — from content gathering to retrieval to synthesis — and the architectural decisions that matter more than the technology: source hierarchy, bias avoidance, and why error laundering is real.

Speaker:

Tom Martens
MVP

Thomas "Tom" Martens is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Solution Architect at Munich Re.

With over 25 years of experience delivering Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Analytics solutions, Tom specializes in helping organizations tackle analytical challenges using Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

Alongside his full-time role, he offers freelance consulting for data platform and analytics projects.

Tom is a regular speaker at international conferences and user group meetings, and co-author of the book Pro DAX with Power BI.

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We’re excited to announce Global Fabric Day 2026, our second edition of this annual, free, in-person Global Fabric Community conference!

This global conference is coordinated globally and hosted locally across multiple cities around the world during the weekend of Jun 27–28, 2026.

In Romania, Timisoara is the city we're meeting in, with sessions both in person and also online, gathering the local Fabric Community for the first in-person event.