🚀 Session Spotlight | Sangam AI Yatra 2026
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Think AI means you no longer need to learn SQL?
Connor McDonald would strongly disagree.
💡 Why This Session Matters
With modern AI tools capable of generating SQL from plain English, it's tempting to think that SQL expertise is becoming less important.
The reality is exactly the opposite.
AI can generate SQL. But it can't always tell you whether the SQL is efficient, scalable, correct, or potentially dangerous.
As AI becomes a daily tool for developers, analysts, and DBAs, the value of strong SQL skills increases. The better your understanding of SQL, the better you can validate, optimize, troubleshoot, and improve what AI produces.
In this session, Connor McDonald explores why SQL remains one of the most valuable skills in technology and shares practical SQL techniques that many professionals may not know, regardless of how many years they've worked with databases.
🎯 What You'll Learn
✅ Why SQL expertise is becoming more valuable in the age of AI
✅ How to evaluate and improve AI-generated SQL
✅ SQL techniques and capabilities that many developers overlook
✅ Practical ways to write better, faster, and more maintainable SQL
✅ How AI and SQL expertise complement each other rather than compete
👤 About the Speaker
Connor McDonald
@connor_mc_d is a Database Architect at Oracle and one of the most respected educators in the Oracle community. A regular contributor to Ask TOM, Stack Overflow, blogs, YouTube, and conferences worldwide, Connor is known for making complex database topics approachable, practical, and entertaining.
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⏳ AI may generate SQL. Great developers still need to understand it.
📍 Sangam AI Yatra 2026
Bengaluru: 18 Jul 2026
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