Quantrix Europe Seminar and Training
16 – 17 September 2026. Vienna, Austria.
Why Attend QUEST?
Expert Access
Learn directly from Quantrix specialists. In‑person, hands‑on experience to advance your skills faster.
Community
Connect with Quantrix users in person. Meet Quantrix Leadership. Share your ideas.
Quantrix Training
Interactive modeling sessions. Practical techniques you can apply immediately.
Real Business Use
Learn from real‑life applications. Hear success stories from Quantrix customers.
Trainers and Speakers
Lucinda McEntee is a Strategy Partner Manager at IDBS, with extensive experience working across software delivery, agile project management, and partner collaboration. With a background spanning strategy, product development, and quality leadership, Lucinda brings a strong focus on enabling effective partnerships and delivering high‑quality, scalable solutions. At QUEST, she outlines the IDBS and Quantrix leadership vision for the platform’s future direction.
Brian Cabana is Head of the Quantrix Engineering Team, brings more than 20 years’ experience in the development and delivery of the Quantrix platform. With deep product knowledge and many years working closely with Quantrix users, Brian provides practical insight into the inner workings of the Quantrix applications. At QUEST, he shares perspectives from within the Quantrix organization, with a focus on future platform capabilities.
Tahir Tahirov is an Authorized Quantrix Trainer and Consultant with over 17 years of international experience in petroleum and energy economics, financial modeling, software implementation, planning and analytics. At QUEST, he covers a range of practical topics, including advanced techniques, key functions, and Quantrix features – such as AI‑powered solutions used in real models. His sessions enable participants to learn from concrete, real‑world examples and apply proven approaches directly in their own modeling work.
Alex Zapalac, CPA is a Lead Solutions Consultant at Quantrix/IDBS with a Big 4 background & hands‑on experience in business and financial modeling. Alex works extensively with Quantrix to design practical, scalable models that support planning, forecasting, and informed decision‑making. At QUEST, Alex shares applied insights, lessons learned from real implementations, and highlights new features from recent Quantrix releases.
With an initial education in telecommunications and business, Frédéric Caussarieu has spent 30 years in management roles across the telecommunications and professional electronics industries before launching his own ventures. Today, he helps organizations turn performance management into actionable insights by making Quantrix practical and accessible. At QUEST, he will present some real customers use cases, highlighting the key Quantrix features used, and his best practices and approach when modeling with Quantrix.
Thomas Ahern is a Sales Manager at Quantrix with many years of experience working closely with customers across a wide range of industries. At QUEST, Thomas is present to connect with users and partners, engage in open dialogue, and listen to feedback and ideas that help shape the future of Quantrix.
The speaker lineup is preliminary and subject to change. It will be updated closer to the event date.
Agenda Day 1
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Time |
Session |
Location |
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10:00 – 11:00 |
Registration & Greeting. Welcome reception. |
Conference Foyer |
|
11:00 – 12:30 |
Tips and Tricks from a Quantrix Expert. Practical techniques and key lessons learned from real‑world experience. |
Seminar Room |
|
12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
Hotel Restaurant |
|
13:30 – 14:30 |
SELECT/USING AS: The most powerful functions of Quantrix: practical use cases |
Seminar Room |
|
14:30 – 15:30 |
Iconographic Chart. Creating Timeline Charts. |
Seminar Room |
|
15:30 – 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
Conference Foyer |
|
15:45 – 16:45 |
Dynamic Filtering with Multiple Keys. Applying Solver for Forecasting. |
Seminar Room |
|
16:45 – 17:00 |
Summary and Closing |
Seminar Room |
|
18:30 – 19:30 |
Social Event |
TBA |
|
19:30 – 21:30 |
Group Dinner |
Viennese Restaurant |
Agenda Day 2
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Time |
Session |
Location |
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09:00 – 10:30 |
AI Powered Script Helper. AI Powered Model Builder |
Conference Foyer |
|
10:30 – 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
Conference Foyer |
|
10:45 – 12:30 |
Techniques and Best Practices: 3 Real‑World Examples of Solving Large Quantrix Model‑Building Challenges |
Seminar Room |
|
12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
Seminar Room |
|
13:30 – 14:30 |
Customer Use Case 2 |
Seminar Room |
|
14:30 – 15:30 |
Customer Use Case 3 |
Seminar Room |
|
15:30 – 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
Conference Foyer |
|
15:45 – 16:45 |
Upcoming features in Quantrix and Product road-map |
Seminar Room |
|
16:45 – 17:00 |
Summary and Closing |
Seminar Room |
|
17:30 – 20:00 |
Casual Pub Evening |
TBA |
The agenda is preliminary and subject to change. It will be updated closer to the event date.
Venue
QUEST takes place at Hotel Savoyen Vienna, a modern conference hotel in a central and easily accessible location. The hotel offers professional seminar rooms equipped for focused, in‑person training, as well as a spacious conference foyer used for coffee breaks and informal networking between sessions.
Participants can stay directly at the venue in comfortable, spacious guest rooms.
QUEST participants will receive special discounted room rates for the duration of the seminar. A dedicated booking link with the preferential rate will be shared after registration.
Highlights from QUEST 2019
Organizers & Hosts
QUEST is organized by Smart Modeling Solutions, the official Quantrix partner for Europe, specializing in Quantrix training, consulting and model-building.
Quantrix is the developer of Quantrix Modeler and co‑hosts QUEST to engage directly with the global Quantrix community through in‑person learning and exchange.
Register now and be part of QUEST – the only in‑person Quantrix event in the world this year.
QUEST is open to Quantrix users from Europe and beyond, whether you are new to Quantrix or an experienced modeler.
QUEST is a fully in‑person event with limited capacity, designed for focused learning and meaningful face‑to‑face interaction. Early registrations benefit from a special early‑bird participation fee.
The participation fee includes full 2‑day participation, daily lunch, coffee breaks, social events, and the group dinner.
👉 Join us in Vienna to learn, connect, and grow!
