Event Moment: Altman Plants Turns AI Experimentation into Continuous Improvement
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Microsoft Embraces AI Consumption Pricing as Developer Demand Accelerates
Microsoft, Salesforce, and UiPath are taking different approaches to free developer AI capacity as consumption emerges as an increasingly important…>
Google Cloud Taps Customers, Partners to Fine-Tune Financial Services AI Suite
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Microsoft, GitHub, and Anthropic Reshape AI Developer Economics
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Agentic AI Is Transforming the Economics of Token Consumption
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Learn from Paragon Films’ experience deploying AI in manufacturing, transforming speed, quality, and value within the industry.
Gain insights from Altman Plants on how aligning processes, data, and AI at massive scale can reduce waste, increase sell‑through, and turn operational complexity into a competitive advantage.
AI, automation, and agents are highlighted in this session through the example of Mater Hospital, as it transforms patient experience and healthcare operations at scale.
Learning Objectives Technology: Burn the Boats – We made a hard pivot: agents write all of our code now. No…
Dive into the why and how of decision-making for Copilot and AI adoption to modernize daily work in the manufacturing industry.
Learn from this panel about how to apply frameworks to make smarter, intentional decisions pertaining to AI adoption.
This panel explores practical strategies and real‑world examples for reskilling people with AI to build a future‑ready, human‑centered workforce.
Learn about a breakthrough AI agent designed specifically to work with executives to strategically achieve annual goals and initiatives.
This Innovation Burst session breaks down core Copilot Studio components for building custom agents, designing conversation flows, and data integration strategies.
Explore recent AI updates to machine learning software to enhance core business functions managed by the Microsoft stack.
Learn how an agent can leverage quality insights and end-to-end traceability to move from reactive to productive recall management in this Innovation burst.
Apply the framework from this session to help identify, priority, and launch AI wins with minimal investment.
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.
Christopher Lochhead Opens AI Agent & Copilot Summit 2026 with Vision for ‘Creator Capitalism’ in the AI Era
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’s Frontier Transformation Strategy: How Copilot and AI Agents Will Redefine Enterprise 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.
Multi-Agent AI Systems with Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Fabric, Microsoft Agent Framework
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.
From “Secure by Default” to “Secure by Design”: Governing Unstructured Data for Copilots & AI
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.
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AI Agent and Copilot Podcast
AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: John Siefert and Cedric Wells Discuss AI Leadership, Vibe Coding, and Governance
AI is dramatically accelerating software development, but Cedric Wells argues that organizations must balance rapid innovation with architecture, security, governance, and quality assurance to safely


























