Bengaluru : Amazon Web Services (AWS) will return as a Diamond Sponsor of Qlik Connect 2026, taking place April 13-15, 2026, at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida. The Diamond designation is Qlik’s highest sponsorship tier.
Chris McNabney, Director Solution Architecture, US ISV, will headline a mainstage fireside chat on accelerating data-driven transformation with Qlik. Breakout sessions will feature agentic AI powered by Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker, and scalable Apache Iceberg lakehouses on AWS.
On the show floor, attendees can step into an immersive experience, showcasing Qlik analytics and AI solutions powered by AWS, complete with live demos, expert guidance, and hands-on insights to turn modern data strategies into real business impact. Breakout sessions include:
· Qlik Answers®: Agentic AI for Intelligent Analytics and Automation on AWS: Led by Sanhita Sarkar, Global Partner Solutions Leader – AI/ML and Generative AI at AWS. Organizations across industries face growing challenges combining structured data and unstructured content into actionable insights. Learn how Amazon Bedrock, Amazon OpenSearch Service, and Amazon SageMaker AI power the agentic AI capabilities of Qlik Answers to address these challenges and deliver trusted, explainable insights with enterprise-grade security and governance
· Building Scalable Lakehouses with Qlik Open Lakehouse on AWS: Led by Sathisan Vannadil, Sr. Data & Analytics Partner Solutions Architect at AWS. Build production-ready data lakehouses with real-time streaming, CDC, and automated transformations. Learn how Qlik simplifies Apache Iceberg on AWS using S3, Glue, and Athena for scalable, cost-effective analytics—with architectural patterns you can implement immediately.
“Our longstanding collaboration highlights the critical role AWS plays in how customers scale analytics and AI with confidence,” shared Michael Gray, Senior Vice President of Global Channels & Alliances at Qlik. “AWS provides the global infrastructure, performance, and security customers rely on, while Qlik helps them turn that foundation into insight they can trust and act on.”
