SQLBits is Europe’s largest data platform conference, dedicated to the Microsoft data ecosystem. Founded in 2007 by Simon Sabin and a group of SQL Server community volunteers, it has grown from a small gathering at Microsoft UK’s offices in Reading into a major annual event attracting over 2,000 attendees. It is entirely community-led and volunteer-run, and has won the UK Conference of the Year award. All recorded sessions are made freely available online after the event, creating a permanent educational resource for the global data community.