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*NOTE: We are starting the event quite a bit later than usual to accommodate the time difference with Slovenia. Things will get underway at 10:00pm Pacific Time.

SESSION TRACK:
Excel & Power BI

SESSION OUTLINE:
Joseph Yeates will start off the evening by showing us some of the latest updates and new features in Power BI.

Next, Gašper Kamenšek will lead us through a different approach to thinking about Power Query steps. M language often has you in the dark, wondering if you should approach it by looking for parallels to other programming languages like C#, VB, C++, etc. Luckily, Power BI and Excel people are well-versed in improvisation. For instance, even though For and While loops are absent in M, there are ways to simulate them.

However, there are far more simple things that need to be defined in programming, and the simplest of them all are variables. In this session, we will look at variables (or a simulation of variables) in Power Query, and it should be a lot of fun!

SPEAKER PROFILE:
Gašper Kamenšek, MCSA: BI Reporting, Microsoft Office Master, is a BI Professional from Slovenia and has been a Microsoft MVP for Excel since 2016. He's the Lead Author at ExcelUnplugged.com, one of the top 40 blogs for Excel worldwide with over 250,000 visitors annually. Gašper has been spreading the Excel and Power BI love around the world, having spoken at more than 60 conferences, lead over 1000 courses, and trained 7000+ attendees.

Connect with and follow Gašper at:
Website - https://excelolympics.com/
Blog - https://excelunplugged.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gasperkamensek/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ExcelUnplugged

TENTATIVE AGENDA (subject to change):
• 9:45pm Teams Meeting opens to attendees to begin joining
• 10:00pm-10:05pm Welcome and meeting overview
• 10:05pm-10:20pm What's New in Power BI
• 10:20pm-11:20pm Feature Presentation
• 11:20pm-11:25pm Meeting Wrap-up

REGISTRATION:
This meet-up will be hosted on Microsoft Teams, and will be recorded to share with others who were not able to attend live. You must RSVP for the event in order to access the Teams Meeting link.

JOINING THE EVENT:
Attendees can join the Teams Meeting starting at 9:45pm on the night of the event. The link will be visible only if you RSVP beforehand.

Once the event gets underway at 10:00pm, we ask that attendees make sure they are on MUTE, so background noise and distractions are minimized.

During the presentation, attendees can type questions and comments into the chat area, which will be monitored by the event hosts. There will be time for Q&A at the end, where attendees can un-mute their mic and even share their video to ask questions.

**NOTE: As mentioned above, this event will be recorded and shared online, so attendee information may be visible in the recording.

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