2026 Agenda at a Glance
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- AI Data Readiness
- Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry
- Data Modernization with AI
- Responsible AI & Cybersecurity
- Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Business Central
- Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Finance & Operations/SCM
- Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work
- Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform
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- AI Data Readiness
- Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry
- Data Modernization with AI
- Responsible AI & Cybersecurity
- Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Business Central
- Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Finance & Operations/SCM
- Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work
- Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform
March 17
- 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Keynote Fireside Chat: How to Have a Legendary Career in a Post-AI World
- Bob Evans
Founder, Cloud Wars - Christopher Lochhead
Best-Selling Author, Category Pirates - John Siefert
CEO, DCI & Cloud Wars
March 18
- 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Keynote: How AI Agents are Defining the Future, With Microsoft VP of AI Agents Ray Smith
- Ray Smith
VP, AI Agents, Microsoft
- 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Keynote Fireside Chat with Microsoft Partner Alithya
- Jason Wickman
CE & Digital Microsoft Practice, Alithya
- 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
From Board Members to Staff, How to Set Organizational Priorities for AI Success
- Kirstie Tiernan
Board of Directors, BDO
- 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Building AI Literacy
- Brent Wodicka
CTO, AIS - Prashant G. Bhoyar
AI Architect-Office of CTO, AIS
- 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
How Agents & Copilots are Redefining the Value of Dynamics 365
- Cecilia Flombaum
Office of the CTO - Business & Industry Copilots, Microsoft
- 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Industry AI Panel: How Industry-Centric AI Use Cases are Accelerating Innovation and Streamlining Supply Chains
- S. David Brown
CIO, National Power - Tom Gerdes
CIO, The Heico Companies LLC - Kenny Mullican
CIO, Paragon Films, Inc - Tony Uphoff
CEO, Pipeline360
- 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
How PriceSmart Executive Leadership Aligns Business and Tech Strategy Around AI
- David Price
EVP & Chief Transformation Officer - Wayne Sadin
EVP & CIO at PriceSmart - Francisco Velasco
EVP & Chief Legal Officer
- 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
6 Keys to Empowering Digital Innovation Using Microsoft's Power Platform
- Victor Dantas
Director, Eyedeas
Masterclass: Fairway III: Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform - 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Enterprise Ready Multi Agent Framework for Gen AI. -Transparency, Explainability, Agnostic AGACP
- Arpit Gupta
CTO, Actionable Analytics Group
Masterclass: Scripps II: Responsible AI & Cybersecurity - 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Ludia Consulting – Revolutionizing Dynamics 365 with Copilot: Faster, Smarter, More Cost-Effective Implementations
- Rachel Profitt
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft - Lucas Diaz
CEO, Ludia Consulting
- 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
MCA Connect - Prepare for an AI with a Modern Data Platform
- Dag Calafell
Director, Technology Innovation, MCA Connect
- 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Leapwork - Automating Copilot Testing
- Scott D. Gilgallon
Global Microsoft Director, Leapwork - Asaf Shaked
Senior Solutions Engineer - Partners & Alliance, Leapwork
- 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
sa. global - From Hours to Minutes: Real-World AI Wins with Copilot
- Stephen James
CEO, sa.global
- 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
C5 Insight - Getting AI Ready: Creating a Copilot Roadmap
- Traci Winter
Senior Director, Business Consulting, C5 Insight - Tricia Desso-Cox
Managing Director – EOS Integrator, C5 Insight
- 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Data Courage - AI Financial Insights in Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Kamil Karbowiak
Managing Director, Data Courage - Tristan Threlkeld
Director of Sales and Partnerships, Data Courage
- 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Creating a Data Strategy and Framework for AI Readiness
- Yogi Naik
Principal Group Product Manager, Dataverse & Power Platform, Microsoft - Michael Simms
VP Data & AI, Columbus
Masterclass: Fairway I: AI Data Readiness - 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Copilot Studio: Build Your Own Copilot Connected to Business Central (No PhD Needed!)
- AJ Ansari
COO, DSWi
Masterclass: Fairway II: Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Business Central - 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Getting Started With Copilot in Power Platform
- Eric Flamm
Consultant, Flamm Consulting
Masterclass: Fairway III: Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform - 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Copilot and Your Data - Boost Productivity with SharePoint Agents
- Eric Overfield
CIO, Creospark
Masterclass: Fairway IV: Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work - 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Copilot Case Studies: Profiles in Transformation
- Joel Oleson
Senior Enterprise Solution Architect, Sony Interactive Entertainment - Geoff Ables
Managing Partner, C5 Insight - Kenny Mullican
CIO, Paragon Films, Inc
Masterclass: Scripps I: Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry - 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Integrating Copilot in Your Business the Right Way: A Responsible AI Playbook
- Marie Wiese
CEO, Marketing Copilot
Masterclass: Scripps II: Responsible AI & Cybersecurity - 2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
Leveraging Copilot in Microsoft Teams for Real World Impact
- Maddy Dahl
Training & Adoption Specialist, RSM
Masterclass: Fairway IV: Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work - 2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
AI in Power Platform
- Matt Meyer
Director-Technology Evangelist, Sparkhound
Masterclass: Fairway III: Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform - 2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
Master Class on Building AI Agents and Copilots with Copilot Studio
- Dewain Robinson
Principal Program Mgr, Microsoft
Masterclass: Scripps I: Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry - 3:00 PM - 3:25 PM
Microsoft Copilot: From Experimentation to Habits for Daily Use
- Molly Rupert-Sullivan
Global Adoption Lead - Microsoft Copilot & Gen AI, Accenture
Masterclass: Fairway IV: Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work - 3:05 PM - 3:50 PM
Transforming Your Data Estate into a Goldmine with MS Fabric
- Nancie Calder
Global D365 CE Practice Lead Exec, Avanade - Will Hawkins
Lead AI Engineer & Founder, RitewAI
Masterclass: Fairway I: AI Data Readiness - 3:05 PM - 3:50 PM
Why Copilot is enough (yet)
- Kamil Karbowiak
Managing Director, Data Courage - Tristan Threlkeld
Director of Sales and Partnerships, Data Courage
Masterclass: Fairway II: Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Business Central - 3:05 PM - 3:50 PM
What Does Copilot Know about Me and My Data
- Cole Haddock
Solutions Architect , Vanguard - Sebastian Sieber
Director of Product Development, proMX
Masterclass: Scripps II: Responsible AI & Cybersecurity - 3:40 PM - 4:05 PM
Harnessing AI-Powered Assistance in Enterprise Solutions: The Future of Work with Microsoft Copilot
- Scott LeFante
Director, Ludia Consulting
Masterclass: Fairway III: Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform - 3:40 PM - 4:05 PM
Creating a Copilot Center of Excellence
- Geoff Ables
Managing Partner, C5 Insight
Masterclass: Fairway IV: Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work - 3:40 PM - 4:05 PM
Empowering Businesses with AI Agents: Harnessing Microsoft Copilot & Azure AI Foundry
- Samiullah Khan
Senior Practice Manager AI & IoT, AlphaBOLD - Brian Ashbrook
Director of Business Applications, AlphaBOLD
Masterclass: Scripps I: Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry - 4:10 PM - 4:55 PM
Quantifying the Value of AI: Metrics that Matter for Business Impact
- Kanwal Khipple
CEO, 2toLead
Masterclass: Fairway I: AI Data Readiness - 4:10 PM - 4:55 PM
Leverage AI and Copilot in Dynamics 365!
- S. David Brown
CIO, National Power - Shawn Dorward
VP at sa.global, Microsoft MVP
Masterclass: Fairway II: Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Business Central - 4:10 PM - 4:55 PM
Empowering Business Transformation with Copilot Studio and Power Platform
- Senthamil Selvan
Power Platform Consultant, Acumant
Masterclass: Fairway III: Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform - 4:10 PM - 4:35 PM
Extending M365 Copilot with Copilot Studio
- Dag Calafell
Director, Technology Innovation, MCA Connect - Drew Clark
Presales Solution Architect, MCA Connect
Masterclass: Fairway IV: Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work - 4:10 PM - 4:55 PM
Empower Your Enterprise: Building an AI Copilot for Operations
- Chris Savage
CTO, The Henson Group
Masterclass: Scripps I: Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry - 4:10 PM - 4:55 PM
AI and Security, Legal Challenges & Policy Considerations
- Nathan Bensch
VP, Microsoft Enterprise Services, envista - Corey Hlavacek
Information Security Officer, envista
Masterclass: Scripps II: Responsible AI & Cybersecurity - 4:35 PM - 5:00 PM
10 Things I Wished I Knew Before Rolling Out Microsoft Copilot
- Sebastian Sieber
Director of Product Development, proMX
Masterclass: Fairway IV: Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work - 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Fireside Chat with Marshall Toplansky & Bob Evans
- Marshall Toplansky
The Innovation Professor, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University - Bob Evans
Founder, Cloud Wars
March 19
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Keynote: How Agents & Copilots are the Business & Industry Reimagination Machine
- Bob Evans
Founder, Cloud Wars - Bryan Goode
CVP, Business Applications, Microsoft
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Keynote Fireside Chat with sa.global CEO Stephen James
- Stephen James
CEO, sa.global - John Siefert
CEO, DCI & Cloud Wars
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Presenting the AI Use Case: How to Speak the Language of the C-Suite and Board of Directors
- Diane Gardner
Independent Advisor, Two Pillars Advising LLC
- 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Better Together: When and How to Build Agents Leveraging the Best of Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry
- Prashant G. Bhoyar
AI Architect-Office of CTO, AIS - Dewain Robinson
Principal Program Mgr, Microsoft
- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Artificial Intelligence for Authentic Inclusion
- Shayna Robinson
CEO, Circle of Friends
- 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Co-Creating Agents and Copilots with Vixxo and Microsoft Partner
- Jim McCarthy
COO, Vixxo - Lucas Diaz
CEO, Ludia Consulting - Bobby Hunnicutt
VP IT, Vixxo
- 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Fireside Chat: Data Innovation Profile
- Miyoshi Tokuno
Director of Data Control, Mad Engine - Michael Simms
VP Data & AI, Columbus
- 1:00 PM - 1:25 PM
Image Tagging AI Case Study: A Customer Story
- Miyoshi Tokuno
Director of Data Control, Mad Engine - Michael Simms
VP Data & AI, Columbus
Masterclass: Fairway I: Data Modernization with AI - 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Copilot and D365 Finance and Supply Chain
- Jason Greene
Digital Principal, BDO
Masterclass: Fairway II: Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Finance & Operations/SCM - 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
5 Game-Changing Use Cases: Leveraging AI Models in Power Platform Solutions
- Mary Myers
Chief Maximizer, WorldMax
Masterclass: Fairway III: Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform - 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Let's Talk M365 Copilot Adoption, Armanino's M365 Cosmic Copilot Adventure
- Gina Montgomery
Director of AI, Analytics & Automation, Armanino
Masterclass: Fairway IV: Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work - 1:00 PM - 1:25 PM
Step Into the Future: Copilot Agents
- Geoff Ables
Managing Partner, C5 Insight
Masterclass: Scripps I: Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry - 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Using Copilot Agents to Chat with Your Structured and Unstructured Data
- Jack Fallon
AI Transformation Consultant, Crowe LLP - Mitchell Mathews
AI Functional Lead, Crowe LLP
Masterclass: Fairway I: Data Modernization with AI - 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Copilot Studio Best Practices and Use Cases
- Dewain Robinson
Principal Program Mgr, Microsoft
Masterclass: Scripps I: Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry - 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Conversational AI for Order Tracking Using Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management
- Corey Bakhtiary
Sr Director Strategy & Innovation, Argano LLC
Masterclass: Fairway II: Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Finance & Operations/SCM - 2:05 PM - 2:50 PM
RAG Models How to Design and Build Usable Generative AI Bots
- Matt Meyer
Director-Technology Evangelist, Sparkhound
Masterclass: Fairway III: Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform - 2:05 PM - 2:50 PM
Prompt Engineering Across Domains with Copilot for M365
- Anupama Natarajan
Data and AI Consultant, Pearl Innovations Limited
Masterclass: Fairway IV: Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work - 2:40 PM - 3:05 PM
Maximizing Retention and ROI with Fabric AI for Churn Prediction
- Zain Baquar
Lead Technical Consultant, HSO - Asad Mahmood
Vice President, Data Analytics, HSO
Masterclass: Fairway I: Data Modernization with AI - 2:40 PM - 3:05 PM
Building a Chatbot? Should You Go with Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI Service, or Custom GPT?
- AJ Ansari
COO, DSWi
Masterclass: Scripps I: Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry - 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Accelerating Data Migration with AI Agents
- Jim Bretschneider
Executive Vice President, HSO - Asad Mahmood
Vice President, Data Analytics, HSO
Masterclass: Fairway II: Using Agents & Copilots in D365 Finance & Operations/SCM - 3:10 PM - 3:55 PM
Grounding Copilot with Your Data: Harnessing the Power of Graph Connectors and Plugins
- Kanwal Khipple
CEO, 2toLead
Masterclass: Fairway I: Data Modernization with AI - 3:10 PM - 3:55 PM
AI Builder in Action: Smart Contract Automation with AI and Power Platform
- Jack Fallon
AI Transformation Consultant, Crowe LLP - Mitchell Mathews
AI Functional Lead, Crowe LLP
Masterclass: Fairway III: Using Agents & Copilots in Power Platform - 3:10 PM - 3:55 PM
How AI Revolutionizes the Sales & Marketing Function
- Marie Wiese
CEO, Marketing Copilot
Masterclass: Fairway IV: Using Agents & Copilots in M365 Modern Work - 3:10 PM - 3:55 PM
The Fusion of Azure AI and Microsoft’s Technological Ecosystem
- Senthamil Selvan
Power Platform Consultant, Acumant
Masterclass: Scripps I: Building Agents & Copilots in Copilot Studio & Azure AI Foundry - 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Closing Keynote: United Nations’ Lambert Hogenhout: How to Survive AI as Companies and Humans
- Lambert Hogenhout
Chief Data & AI