WorkIQ-powered Copilot Cowork orchestrates complex tasks to the point that agents could take over one-fifth of any team’s work in the near term, while hastening the end of app-driven workflows.

At AI Agent & Copilot Summit 2026 in Torrey Pines, Christopher Lochhead argues that as AI makes knowledge and execution free, the future belongs to creators who differentiate and build entirely new categories of work.

Microsoft is redefining enterprise productivity by positioning Copilot, agents, and unified AI platforms as the operational backbone of next-generation “frontier firms.”

Walk through five practical prompting frameworks to enhance your collaborative dynamic with AI for business-ready outputs.

Gain a deeper understanding of the difference between child agents, connected agents, and component collections and when to use each.

Learn how readiness gaps, strong governance, and organizational trust determine successful Copilot and AI adoption in this session on responsible AI.

This session explains how multi‑agent AI systems are becoming the new apps, showing what agents are, how to evaluate ROI, and how to build scalable, enterprise‑ready solutions using Microsoft’s AI platform.

This session focuses on how to operationalize Copilot Studio agents at scale, covering the controls, governance, lifecycle management, and telemetry needed to run secure, production‑ready, multi‑agent programs.

This session shows how Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents stay secure and compliant while enabling fast, responsible AI adoption.

This session covers the five pillars of Agent 365 — Registry, Access Control, Visualization, Interoperability, and Security — with real-world Fortune 500 deployment examples.

This session outlines emerging best practices for securely governing unstructured data in AI systems, showing how identity, permissions, metadata, and retention work together to enable compliant, controlled retrieval.

This session explores Work IQ, focusing on its architecture, security and privacy design, and built‑in governance capabilities.

This session explores how AI connects to ERP and enterprise systems, focusing on security, safer integrations, and minimizing data exposure across connected apps and copilots.

Learn how to engage executive with AI and Copilot as well as how to execute a successful rollout deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents.

This session covers how to build custom declarative agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot with specialized knowledge.

Through real-world use cases, learn how to use Dataverse as a shared context layer to build connected agents that automate selling and field operations with measurable, end‑to‑end impact.

This session explores the implications of agentic AI transformation and outlines how leaders can prepare for a future of human and AI agents collaboration.

This session shows how Microsoft is enabling true agentic ERP execution by grounding AI agents directly in business data, workflows, and guardrails through MCP.

Apply this concrete plan to move from idea to production in 90 days when integrating Copilot for production for optimal ROI.

This session shows how the Model Context Protocol streamlines AI adoption while strengthening data‑driven decisions, security, and compliance.

Gain insights from this demonstration on enterprise integration patterns, architectural design principles, and production strategies for data agent systems.

Discover how the MCP transforms AI interactions with Dynamics 365 Business Central by replacing multiple API connectors with a single intelligent tool.

Through a customer-partner discussion, this session provides an honest look at an early-stage modernization and implementation journey.

Will Copilot replace accountants or empower them to do more? Unpack how accountants can embrace Copilot not as competition, but as a partner in finance.

Through real-world scenarios, this session demonstrates how MCP works and why it’s important for your business.

Want to understand how to use Microsoft Fabric as the foundation for AI, analytics, and automation? Dive into the practical, hands-on guide in this session.

Explore what MCP servers are, why they matter for the Business Central ecosystem, and how they create new possibilities for AI-driven automation and integration.