Speaking
These are all my upcoming and past speaking engagements, with links to resources such as video recordings, slide decks, and demo files 🤓
Outside of speaking, I also love volunteering and helping out where possible!
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
September 24-27, 2024: European Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2024 (Stockholm, Sweden)
One Year in Fabric: Lessons Learned from Implementing Real-World Projects _(with Anders Krohn
October 7th, 2024: dataMinds Connect 2024 (Mechelen, Belgium)
$ Build a Microsoft Fabric Proof of Concept in a Day (with Marthe Moengen and Emilie Rønning)
November 5th, 2024: PASS Data Community Summit 2024 Precon (Seattle, Washington, USA)
$ Build a Microsoft Fabric Proof of Concept in a Day (with Marthe Moengen and Emilie Rønning)
November 4-8, 2024: PASS Data Community Summit 2024 (Seattle, Washington, USA)
One Year in Fabric: Lessons Learned from Implementing Real-World Projects
Past Speaking Engagements
2024
April 30th, 2024: ODA Nettverkstreff med Evidi (Oslo, Norway)
En bærekraftig fremtid: klima, IT og sikkerhet
April 23rd, 2024: Tekna (Oslo, Norway)
Fra Utvikler til Arkitekt
April 15th, 2024: Microsoft BI Professionals Denmark #82 (Vejle, Denmark)
Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Slide Deck
March 26-28, 2024: Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2024 (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
Getting Started: Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Slide Deck
March 20-23, 2024: SQLBits 2024 (Hampshire, UK)
Mental Health Monologues (with Els van Vessem)
Website Analytics in My Pocket Using Microsoft Fabric
Slide Deck
Choosing between Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Factory
Slide Deck
March 19th, 2024: SQLBits 2024 Training Day (Hampshire, UK)
$ Build a Microsoft Fabric Proof of Concept in a Day (with Marthe Moengen and Emilie Rønning)
Promo Video
February 19th, 2024: ESPC - Microsoft Fabric Week (Virtual)
Data Integration Using Data Factory in Microsoft Fabric
Video | Slide Deck
February 8th, 2024: Fabric February 2024 (Oslo, Norway)
Welcome & Keynote 🥳
January 31st, 2024: Microsoft Fabric Learn Together (Virtual)
Ingest Data with Dataflows Gen2 in Microsoft Fabric
Video
2023
December 7th, 2023: Data Left Unattended - Nuernberg (Nuernberg, Germany)
Choosing between Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Databricks (with Marthe Moengen and Emilie Rønning)
Video | Slide Deck
December 6th, 2023: Microsoft Fabric Day (Oslo, Norway)
Data Integration in Microsoft Fabric
Recap Video | Slide Deck
November 24th, 2023: Finding (Data) Friends (Virtual)
Episode 039 Cathrine Wilhelmsen
Video
November 14-17, 2023: Microsoft Ignite 2023 (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Website Analytics in My Pocket Using Microsoft Fabric
November 15-17, 2023: PASS Data Community Summit 2023 (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Visually Transform Data using Data Flows in Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Analytics
Slide Deck
The Battle of the Data Transformation Tools (with Marthe Moengen and Emilie Rønning)
Slide Deck
November 14th, 2023: PASS Data Community Summit Precon (Seattle, Washington, USA)
$ Beginner’s Guide to Data Integration using Data Factory, Synapse or Fabric Pipelines
November 11th, 2023: SQLSaturday Oregon & SW Washington 2023 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)
Building an End-to-End Solution in Microsoft Fabric: From Dataverse to Power BI (with Marthe Moengen and Emilie Rønning)
Slide Deck
October 26th, 2023: Power BI Guy Live Stream (Virtual)
Connect Live with Cathrine Wilhelmsen
Video
October 10th, 2023: AdaCon Norway 2023 (Oslo, Norway)
Website Analytics in My Pocket Using Microsoft Fabric
Video | Slide Deck
September 2nd, 2023: Data Saturday Oslo 2023 (Oslo, Norway)
Choosing Between Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Factory
Slide Deck
Stressed, Depressed, or Burned Out? The Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore
Slide Deck
July 11th, 2023: Azure Analytics User Group Bulgaria (Virtual)
Microsoft Fabric: Is the hype real?
June 21st, 2023: Microsoft Data Platform User Group Norway (Oslo, Norway)
Microsoft Fabric: Is the hype real?
June 20th, 2023: WITs Who Lunch (Oslo, Norway)
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome Workshop
May 5th, 2023: Data Platform WIT - Mental Health and Wellness Day 2023 (Virtual)
Stressed, Depressed, or Burned Out? The Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore
Video | Slide Deck
April 26th, 2023: Microsoft Spotlight Podcast (Virtual)
Episode 57 - Cathrine Wilhelmsen
Podcast | Video
April 18th, 2023: Raw Data by P3 Adaptive Podcast (Virtual)
There Are No CSV Files in Norway w/ MS MVP Cathrine Wilhelmsen
Podcast
March 16-18, 2023: SQLBits 2023 (Newport, Wales)
“I can’t keep up!” - Turning Discomfort into Personal Growth in a Fast-Paced World
Video | Slide Deck
Stressed, Depressed, or Burned Out? The Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore
Video | Slide Deck
2022
March 10-12, 2022: SQLBits 2022 (London, UK)
6 Tips for Building Confidence as a Public Speaker
Video | Slide Deck
Lessons Learned: Implementing Azure Synapse Analytics in a Rapidly-Changing Startup
Video | Slide Deck
Women in Tech: Keys to a Successful Career Panel Discussion
March 8th, 2022: SQLBits 2022 Training Day (London, UK)
$ Beginner’s Guide to Data Integration using Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Analytics
January 21st, 2022: DataMinutes #2 (Virtual)
Lessons Learned: Understanding Pipeline Pricing in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics
Video | Slide Deck
2021
November 17th, 2021: MVP Dagen 2021 (Oslo, Norway)
Bli en PowerPoint (Slide Master)-mester på 1-2-3!
October 2nd, 2021: Rockin’ The Code World with dotNetDave (Virtual)
Video
September 14th, 2021: Data Bristol (Virtual)
Microsoft Data Engineering - Panel Q&A
Video
September 4th, 2021: Data Saturday Oslo 2021 (Virtual)
Keynote: “I can’t keep up!” - Turning Discomfort into Personal Growth in a Fast-Paced World
Video
June 12th, 2021: Data Toboggan: Cool Runnings (Virtual)
Ask the Experts: Data Integration in Azure Synapse Analytics
Video
April 15th, 2021: Global Azure Norway (Virtual)
Pipelines and Data Flows: Introduction to Data Integration in Azure Synapse Analytics
Video | Slide Deck
January 30th, 2021: Data Toboggan (Virtual)
Pipelines and Data Flows: Introduction to Data Integration in Azure Synapse Analytics
Slide Deck
2020
December 15th, 2020: Geeks on Screens with Coffee Season 3 (YouTube)
Video
December 8th, 2020: Microsoft Reactor: Beyond Modern Data Warehouse (Teams Live)
Video
February 6-7, 2020: Nordic Infrastructure Conference – NIC 20/20 Vision (Oslo, Norway)
Understanding Azure Data Factory: The What, When, and Why
Slide Deck
January 15th, 2020: Webinar with SentryOne (Virtual)
Azure Data Factory for the SSIS Developer
Video | Slide Deck
2019
December 11th, 2019: Microsoft TechX (Oslo, Norway)
The Rise of the Citizen Developers - Azure Synapse Analytics
Slide Deck
November 4-8, 2019: Microsoft Ignite 2019 (Orlando, Florida, USA)
Empower Yourself through Personal Branding: How a Shy Introvert turned Awkwardness into Confidence
Video
Building Dynamic Data Pipelines in Azure Data Factory
Video | Slide Deck
Lessons Learned: Understanding Azure Data Factory Pricing
Video | Slide Deck
October 7-8, 2019: DataMinds Connect 2019 (Mechelen, Belgium)
$ A Day Full of Azure Data Factory
Creating Visual Data Transformations in Azure Data Factory
Slide Deck
October 4-5, 2019: Data Saturday Holland 2019 (Utrecht, Holland)
$ A Day Full of Azure Data Factory
Building Dynamic Data Pipelines in Azure Data Factory
Slide Deck
October 1-2, 2019: Techorama NL 2019 (Ede, Netherlands)
Pipelines and Packages: Introduction to Azure Data Factory
Slide Deck
September 13th, 2019: DATA:Scotland 2019 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Pipelines and Packages: Introduction to Azure Data Factory
Slide Deck
Improving Your Presentation Skills - Practical Examples by Two Very Different Speakers - with Alexander Arvidsson (@arcticdba)
August 29-31, 2019: SQLSaturday #854 Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
$ A Day Full of Azure Data Factory
Building Dynamic Data Pipelines in Azure Data Factory
Slide Deck
August 14th, 2019: Data Soup Virtual Summit (Virtual)
$ Understanding Azure Data Factory: The What, When, and Why
Video
June 20-21, 2019: DataGrillen 2019 (Lingen, Germany)
Uhms and Bunny Hands: Tips for Improving Your Presentation Skills
Video | Slide Deck
April 3-4, 2019: 20 Years of PASS: Past Learnings and Future Visions
Pipelines and Packages: Introduction to Azure Data Factory
Video (Main Presentation) Video (Schema Drift Demo)
March 12th, 2019: PASS Women in Technology Virtual Group (Virtual)
Women Talk Tech
Video
February 28th - March 2nd, 2019: SQLBits 2019 (Manchester, UK)
Biml Tips and Tricks: Not just for SSIS packages!
Video_ | Slide Deck
February 27th, 2019: SQLBits 2019 Training Day (Manchester, UK)
$ Azure Data Factory Deep Dive
Biml Tips and Tricks: Not just for SSIS packages!
Video_ | Slide Deck
February 19-21, 2019: SQL Server Konferenz 2019 (Darmstadt, Germany)
Data Integration through Data Virtualization
Slide Deck
January 7th, 2019: Video: Azure Data Factory Data Flows Introduction (Virtual)
Azure Data Factory Data Flows Introduction
Video
2018
December 6th, 2018: Microsoft Tech Summit Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
Deliver your Modern Data Warehouse
Slide Deck
November 6-9th, 2018: PASS Summit 2018 (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Level Up Your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
Video | Slide Deck
Lightning Talk: New Data Transformation Capabilities in Azure Data Factory v2
Video
November 3rd, 2018: SQLSaturday #808 Oregon (Portland, Oregon, USA)
Uhms and Bunny Hands: Tips for Improving Your Presentation Skills
Slide Deck
October 17th, 2018: Microsoft Data Platform User Group Norway (Oslo, Norway)
Level Up Your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
September 24-28th, 2018: Microsoft Ignite (Orlando, Florida, USA)
Breakout Session: Real-World Data Movement and Orchestration Patterns Using Azure Data Factory V2
Video | Slide Deck
Theater Session: Azure Data Integration: Choosing Between SSIS, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Databricks
Video | Slide Deck
Idea Swap & Mentoring: Your Turn! Getting Started as a Technical Speaker
Idea Swap & Mentoring: Metadata-Driven Data Warehouse Automation with Biml
September 14th, 2018: SQLGLA 2018 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Tools and Tips for Data Warehouse Developers
Slide Deck
September 5th, 2018: SQL Data Partners Podcast Episode 145 (Virtual)
Episode 145: Is SSIS still relevant? Part 2
Podcast
September 1st, 2018: SQLSaturday #746 Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
Biml for Beginners: Script and Automate SSIS Development
Slide Deck
August 29th, 2018: SQL Data Partners Podcast Episode 144 (Virtual)
Episode 144: Is SSIS still relevant? Part 1
Podcast
July 30th, 2018: PASS Hybrid Virtual Group (Virtual)
Biml for Beginners: Script and Automate SSIS Development
Video | Slide Deck
June 22nd, 2018: SQLGrillen 2018 (Lingen, Germany)
Biml Tips and Tricks: Not just for SSIS packages!
Slide Deck
June 13th, 2018: 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview (Virtual)
Biml for Beginners: Script and Automate SSIS Development
Video | Slide Deck
May 16th, 2018: SQLDay (Wrocław, Poland)
Level Up Your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
Slide Deck
May 12th, 2018: SQLSaturday #735 Finland (Helsinki, Finland)
Biml for Beginners: Script and Automate SSIS Development
Slide Deck
April 18th, 2018: Malibu SQL Server User Group (Virtual)
Biml for Beginners: Script and Automate SSIS Development
Slide Deck
April 9th, 2018: Capital Area SQL Server User Group (Virtual)
Biml for Beginners: Script and Automate SSIS Development
Slide Deck
March 17th, 2018: DataDriven: *DataPoint* Andy Chats with the Cathrine Wilhelmsen (Virtual)
Podcast with Andy Leonard (@AndyLeonard)
Podcast
March 17th, 2018: SQLSaturday #719 Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Biml for Beginners: Script and Automate SSIS Development
Slide Deck
March 16th, 2018: SQLSaturday #719 Chicago Precon (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
$ Level Up! From Basic Biml to Data Warehouse Automation
February 24th, 2018: SQLBits 2018 (London, UK)
Level Up Your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
Video | Slide Deck
February 14th, 2018: SQLPlayer: Ask SQLFamily Episode 007 (Virtual)
Podcast with Kamil Nowinski (@NowinskiK)
Podcast
January 13th, 2018: SQLSaturday #698 Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
Biml for Beginners: Speed Up Your SSIS Development
Slide Deck
January 12th, 2018: SQLSaturday #698 Nashville Precon (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
$ Real-World ETL Design Patterns using SSIS and Biml
2017
December 9th, 2017: SQLSaturday #687 Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Tools and Tips For Data Warehouse Developers
Slide Deck
November 18th, 2017: SQLSaturday #668 Tallinn (Tallinn, Estonia)
Biml for Beginners: Speed Up Your SSIS Development
Slide Deck
November 2nd, 2017: PASS Summit 2017 (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Advance Your Career by Becoming a Volunteer
Slide Deck
October 19th, 2017: Denver SQL Server User Group (Denver, Colorado, USA)
There’s a shortcut for that! - SSMS Tips and Tricks
Slide Deck
October 17th, 2017: Edmonton PASS (Virtual)
Biml for Beginners: Speed Up Your SSIS Development
Slide Deck
September 25th-29th, 2017: Microsoft Ignite (Orlando, Florida, US)
Community Reporter
Videos
September 16th, 2017: SQLSaturday #673 Denver (Denver, Colorado, USA)
Level Up Your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
Slide Deck
August 26th, 2017: SQLSaturday #635 Vancouver (Vancouver, Canada)
Biml for Beginners: Speed Up Your SSIS Development
Slide Deck
July 20th, 2017: 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview (Virtual)
Tools and Tips: From Accidental to Efficient Data Warehouse Developer
Slide Deck
July 19th, 2017: Webinar with Varigence (Virtual)
What’s new in BimlExpress 2017?
Video
March 28th, 2017: Malta Microsoft Data Platform User Group (Virtual)
Biml for Beginners: Speed Up Your SSIS Development
Slide Deck
2016
October 25th-28th, 2016: PASS Summit 2016 (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Biml for Beginners: Speed Up Your SSIS Development
Video | Slide Deck
Advance Your Career by Becoming a Volunteer
Video | Slide Deck
Lightning Talk: 5 Ways to Advance Your Career by Becoming a Volunteer
Video | Slide Deck
October 1st, 2016: SQLSaturday #557 Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
Level up your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
Slide Deck
September 26th-30th, 2016: Microsoft Ignite (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
General Session: Avoid repeating yourself - an Introduction to Agile SSIS Development
Hubtalk: Automate Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Development
September 3rd, 2016: SQLSaturday #532 Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
Level up your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
Slide Deck
August 27th, 2016: SQLSaturday #536 Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Tools and Tips: From Accidental to Efficient Data Warehouse Developer
Slide Deck
August 15th, 2016: Biml Academy 2 (Virtual)
Lesson 5: Importing source metadata into Biml
Slide Deck
July 23rd, 2016: SQLSaturday #540 Sacramento (Sacramento, California, USA)
Level Up Your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
Slide Deck
Tools and Tips: From Accidental to Efficient Data Warehouse Developer
Slide Deck
June 29th, 2016: Presentation Design in the World of IT (Virtual)
Chat (with Boris Hristov)
Video
June 18th, 2016: SQLSaturday #516 Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Biml for Beginners: Speed up your SSIS development
Slide Deck
June 9th, 2016: BIG PASS Community User Group (Virtual)
Biml for Beginners: Speed up your SSIS development
May 21st, 2016: TUGA IT (Lisbon, Portugal)
Level up your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
Slide Deck
May 18th, 2016: Microsoft NT Conference (Portorož, Slovenia)
Level up your Biml: Best Practices and Coding Techniques
Slide Deck
May 7th, 2016: SQLBits XV (Liverpool, UK)
Biml for Beginners: Speed up your SSIS development
Slide Deck
May 4th, 2016: SQLBits XV Training Day (Liverpool, UK)
$ Learn Biml Today: Start Using It Tomorrow (with Scott Currie)
Promo Video
April 12th, 2016: PASS Women in Technology Virtual Chapter (Virtual)
Tools and Tips: From Accidental to Efficient Data Warehouse Developer
Video | Slide Deck
April 1st, 2016: SQLSaturday #494 Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
Biml for Beginners: Speed up your SSIS development
Slide Deck
March 30th, 2016: Norwegian MVP News on Channel9: Episode 1 (Virtual)
Interview about SQL Server 2016, Microsoft Data Platform User Group Norway and SQLSaturday Oslo
Video
March 5th, 2016: SQLSaturday #484 Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Biml for Beginners: Speed up your SSIS development
Slide Deck
January 12th, 2016: GALs show on Channel9: Episode 12 (Virtual)
Interview (with fellow MVPs Laura Rogers and Nathalie Belval)
Video
2015
November 18th, 2015: SQL Data Partners Podcast Episode 18 (Virtual)
Podcast about Biml (with Bill Fellows)
Podcast
October 28th, 2015: PASS Summit 2015 (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Lightning Talk: Help! I’m Supposed to Present Now but My Computer Is Dead!
Video | Slide Deck
October 24th, 2015: SQLSaturday #446 Oregon (Portland, Oregon, USA)
S.M.A.R.T. Biml: Standardize, Model, Automate, Reuse and Transform
Slide Deck
September 29th, 2015: SQL Server Days 2015 (Schelle, Belgium)
Don’t Repeat Yourself - Agile SSIS Development with Biml and BimlScript
Slide Deck
September 19th, 2015: SQLSaturday #413 Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Upgrading from SSIS Package Deployment to Project Deployment
Slide Deck
September 5th, 2015: SQLSaturday #433 Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Biml for Beginners: Generating SSIS packages with BimlScript
Slide Deck
June 25th, 2015: 24 Hours of PASS: Growing Our Community (Virtual)
Don’t Repeat Yourself - An Introduction to Agile SSIS Development
Video | Slide Deck
May 16th, 2015: SQLSaturday #369 Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal)
Tools and Tips: From accidental to efficient Data Warehouse developer
Slide Deck
April 25th, 2015: SQLSaturday #372 Exeter (Exeter, UK)
Biml for Beginners: Generating SSIS packages with BimlScript
Slide Deck
March 26th, 2015: Pragmatic Works Training on the T’s (Virtual)
Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Magic Solution for Better Performance?
Video | Slide Deck
March 3rd, 2015: SQLBits XIV (London, UK)
Tools and Tips: From Accidental to Efficient Data Warehouse Developer
Video | Slide Deck
February 2nd, 2015: Deutsche SQL Server Konferenz 2015 (Darmstadt, Germany)
Generate SSIS packages automatically with Biml and BimlScript
Slide Deck
2014
December 18th, 2014: SQLHangout #26 (Virtual)
Biml in the Real World, v2!
Video
November 25th, 2014: The Code Pub Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing and Community
November 1st, 2014: SQLSaturday #337 Oregon (Portland, Oregon, USA)
Biml Lightning Talk
October 18th, 2014: SQLSaturday #341 Portugal (Porto, Portugal)
Generate SSIS packages automatically with Biml and BimlScript
August 30th, 2014: SQLSaturday #317 Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
Generate SSIS packages automatically with Biml and BimlScript
June 25th, 2014: SQLHangout #22 (Virtual)
Biml. An Intoduction.
Video