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Final PBIMCR of 2025

When: Thursday 27th of November 2025 Time: arrive for 530pm with talks starting from 6pm start prompt Location: Robert Walters, Number 1 Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB Session will not be streamed over MS Teams Complimentary drinks & pizza provided by our hosts & sponsors Robert Walters

November's PBIMCR will feature ..... Speaker Details -

Talk 1: Juliana Smith Title: Uncovering the Secrets of Dashboard Design

Description: Great dashboards don’t just show data, they guide users to insights effortlessly. In this fast-paced session, we’ll unlock the power of alignment, white space, and page scanning patterns to create visually stunning, easy-to-navigate and accessible Power BI dashboards. Learn how to hack human perception with smart design choices, so your audience finds what they need before they even realise they’re looking for it! Expect real-world examples, and plenty of “aha!” moments. Ready to level up your dashboard game? Let’s go!

Talk 2: Matt Bromilow Talk Title: No More Defaults: AI Workflows for Unique Power BI Visuals

Description: This session is about using AI to build and implement custom visuals that serve real business needs. We’ll walk through a proven developer workflow coding and deploying a Power BI custom visual step by step with AI support. Along the way you’ll see how AI can speed up development, standardise the process, and make building visuals more accessible. Attendees will get a boilerplate to kickstart their own projects, and there will be live interaction as we bring a custom visual to life together.

Join us for Christmas Drinks at the Markets in Albert Square afterwards

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In-Person only event. Not being recorded.

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17:45 – 18:00 Intro and updates 18:00 – 19:00 Juliana Smith: Uncovering the Secrets of Dashboard Design.

Great dashboards don’t just show data—they guide users to insights effortlessly. In this fast-paced session, we’ll unlock the power of alignment, white space, and page scanning patterns to create visually stunning, easy-to-navigate and accessible Power BI dashboards. Learn how to hack human perception with smart design choices, so your audience finds what they need before they even realise they’re looking for it! Expect real-world examples, and plenty of “aha!” moments. Ready to level up your dashboard game? Let’s go!

19:00 – 19:15 Break & Pizza 19:15 – 20:15 Ian Pike : Fabric Conference Community Conference 2025 - Summary of what was the updates from Vienna A look at all the new announcements from FabCon Vienna. What things to look into further and some deep dives into an updates I can demo

Join our Microsoft Fabric - UK User Group for our latest webinar.

This session we are excited to announce our host Microsoft MVP Leon Gordon and co-host Microsoft MVP Pragati Jain will be introducing Juliana Smith.

Join the Microsoft Fabric UK - User Group on -

Microsoft Community - https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-BI-UK-User-Group/gh-p/pbi_UK_usergroup LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8909321/ MeetUp - https://www.meetup.com/microsoft-power-bi-uk/

Session Abstract -

Great dashboards don’t just show data, they guide users to insights effortlessly. In this fast-paced session, we’ll unlock the power of alignment, white space, and page scanning patterns to create visually stunning, easy-to-navigate and accessible Power BI dashboards. Learn how to hack human perception with smart design choices, so your audience finds what they need before they even realise they’re looking for it! Expect real-world examples, and plenty of “aha!” moments. Ready to level up your dashboard game? Let’s go!

Biography

Juliana Smith is a multi-award-winning Chartered IT Professional with over 17 years’ experience spanning technology and data across diverse sectors. A recognised Power BI and User Interface design expert, she excels in crafting visually engaging, inclusive dashboards that enable stakeholders to make confident, data-driven decisions.

Social Media / Website Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-smith-citp https://smart-frames.co.uk/ https://youtube.com/@accessiblebi