ESPC25 Programme Launch
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100+ Speakers
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Microsoft 365, AI, Security, IT Admin, Business Solutions, Modern Work
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Monday 01 December

09:00 - 17:00

Full Day Tutorials

A

Developer

Building Custom Agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot: Copilot Studio vs. Teams Toolkit

200 - Feature Orientated

Copilot

 

Andrew Connell - MVP, Voitanos, USA Mark Rackley - MVP, Protiviti, USA  

 

B

Business & Strategy

Building effective intranets: The Information Architecture (IA) Blueprint for AI Integration

100 - Business Level

Intranet

 

Susan Hanley - MVP, Susan Hanley LLC, USA  

 

C

IT Professional

Build Your Own Agent: Copilot Studio in a Day

100 - Business Level

Copilot Studio

 

Joe Griffin - MVP, proMX UK Limited, United Kingdom  

 

D

IT Professional

Mastering SharePoint Premium from Content AI to Advanced Administration

Level 200: Intermediate

SharePoint

 

Vlad Catrinescu - MVP, MCT, Syskit, Canada Gokan Ozcifci - Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, MCT, Neoxy, Belgium  

 

E

Business & Strategy / IT Professional

Agentageddon and How to Prevent it

Level 200: Intermediate

Agents

 

Kevin McDonnell - MVP, Avanade, United Kingdom Chris Huntingford - MVP, ANS Group, United Kingdom Zoe Wilson - MVP, Accenture and Avanade, United Kingdom  

 

F

IT Professional

Everything You Wanted to Know About Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, But Were Afraid to Ask

100 - Business Level

Microsoft Fabric

 

John White - MVP, AvePoint, Canada Jason Himmelstein, BIFocal LLC, USA  

 

G

IT Professional

Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Bootcamp

Level 300: Advanced

Security

 

Mike Maadarani - MVP, Taiga AI, Canada Habib Mankal - MVP, WaveCore IT Inc., Canada  

 

H

End User

Getting Started with Power Platform & AI on SharePoint

Level 200: Intermediate

SharePoint

 

Luise Freese - MVP, M365Princess, Germany Robin Rosengrün, Microsoft, Germany  

 

I

IT Professional

Hacking and Securing Windows Infrastructure

Security

 

Paula Januszkiewicz - Microsoft RD, MVP, CQURE, Poland  

 



Tuesday 02 December

08:45 - 09:00

Opening Entertainment

09:00 - 10:00

KEYNOTE: 2025 Opening Keynote

 

Jeff Teper, President - Collaborative Apps & Platforms, Microsoft, USA  

 

10:00 - 10:15

Change Rooms

10:15 - 11:15

Sessions

T1

Developer

Building smart agents with Azure AI Foundry

Level 300- Advanced

AI

 

Luise Freese - MVP, M365Princess, Germany Fabian Moritz - MVP, Experts Inside, Germany  

 

T2

Business & Strategy / Maker

Introducing the SharePoint Agreements Solution & Real-World Implementations

Level 200 - Intermediate

Microsoft SharePoint

 

Leon Armston - MVP, Intelogy, United Kingdom  

 

T3

IT Professional / Maker

Generative AI: Shaping the future of Low-Code and Pro Code Developement

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Donald Hessing, Capgemini, Netherlands Jussi Roine - MVP, Not Bad Security, Finland  

 

T4

IT Professional

The Oversharing Solution Blueprint

Level 300- Advanced

Copilot

 

Sara Fennah - MVP, Znrgy Ltd, United Kingdom  

 

T5

Developer / Maker

The Anatomy of an Agent

Level 300- Advanced

AI

 

Kevin McDonnell - MVP, Avanade, United Kingdom  

 

T6

Business & Strategy

Cracking the Code of Microsoft 365 Copilot’s ROI

Level 200 - Intermediate

Adoption

 

Pieter Op De Beéck - MVP, The Flow, Belgium  

 

T7

Business & Strategy / Maker

Saving $15M in a year. Supercharge your Enterprise Automation strategy with Power Platform

Level 100: Beginner

Microsoft Power Platform

 

Kimberley Morrison, Aurecon, Australia  

 

T8-T10

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

11:15 - 11:45

Networking Break

11:45 - 12:45

Sessions

T11

IT Professional

Scaling new heights: Mastering AI with Enterprise Scale AI Factory

Level 300- Advanced

Adoption

 

Kim Berg - MVP, Sogeti, Sweden  

 

T12

Business & Strategy

Case Study: 2 years with M365 Copilot - how did we succeed

Level 100: Beginner

Adoption

 

Karoliina Kettukari - MVP, OP Financial Group, Finland  

 

T13

IT Professional / Maker

Irresponsible AI in Action and WHY Responsible AI is so important!

Level 200 - Intermediate

Adoption

 

Chris Huntingford - MVP, ANS Group, United Kingdom  

 

T14

IT Professional

Securing Generative AI: A Zero Trust Approach to Deploying Copilot in your Company

Level 300- Advanced

AI

 

Seyfallah Tagrerout - Microsoft RD, MVP, STC Consulting, Switzerland  

 

T15

Maker

Unleashing the Power of RAG in Copilot Studio: Applications and Best Practices

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Rick Van Rousselt - MVP, Advantive, Belgium  

 

T16

Developer / Maker

Canvas Apps Mastery: Create Reusable Code

Level 100: Beginner

Microsoft Power Platform

 

Krzysztof Kania - MVP, empower365.cloud, Poland  

 

T17

Developer

Extending SharePoint / Full title to follow

Level 300- Advanced

Copilot

 

Bert Jansen, Microsoft, Belgium  

 

T18-T20

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

12:45 - 14:00

🍽️ Networking Lunch / 💡Visit the Expo

14:00 - 15:00

Sessions

T21

Developer / Maker

Copilot Customization: Choosing Between Copilot Studio & Teams Toolkit

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Andrew Connell - MVP, Voitanos, USA  

 

T22

IT Professional

Intune 2025: The Latest Features in Action

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Florian Salzmann - MVP, UMB AG, Switzerland Jannik Reinhard - MVP, BASF, Germany  

 

T23

IT Professional

Managing data governance for Microsoft 365 Copilot in a large finance company

Level 200 - Intermediate

Copilot

 

Manfred Koch, Raiffeisen Informatik, Austria  

 

T24

Developer

Scaling Azure Applications: From Small Projects to Global Infrastructure

Level 300- Advanced

Microsoft Azure

 

Tiago Costa - MVP, MCT, Independent Contractor, Portugal  

 

T25

Business & Strategy / Maker

You're Holding it Wrong - Best practices in Power BI Reporting

Level 100: Beginner

Microsoft Power Platform

 

Jason Himmelstein, BIFocal LLC, USA John White - MVP, AvePoint, Canada  

 

T26

Session Coming Soon

 

 

 

T27

IT Professional / Maker

Power Platform Governance: Taming the Wild West!

Level 300- Advanced

Governance

 

Agnius Bartninkas - MVP, Definra, Lithuania  

 

T28-T30

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15

Sessions

T31

IT Professional / Maker

Microsoft AI Agents: What, When, How

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Foyin Olajide-Bello - Microsoft RD, MVP, Deloitte, Ireland  

 

T32

IT Professional

From Assessment to Action: Strengthening Microsoft 365 Governance

Level 200 - Intermediate

Governance

 

Christian Buckley - MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, CollabTalk LLC, United States  

 

T33

IT Professional

Mastering the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK

Level 300: Advanced

Architecture

 

Tony Redmond - MVP, Redmond & Associates, Ireland  

 

T34

Business & Strategy

Navigating Communication Channels in Microsoft 365 for Meaningful Engagement

Level 100: Beginner

Adoption

 

Emily Mancini - MVP, Left Uncharted Inc, USA  

 

T35

Developer / Maker

Don’t ship it till you test it: End-to-End testing for Microsoft 365

Level 300- Advanced

Microsoft 365

 

Elio Struyf - MVP, Struyf Consulting, Belgium  

 

T36-T40

Session Coming Soon

 

 

 

16:15 - 16:30

Change Rooms

16:30 - 17:30

KEYNOTE: Hacker’s Perspective on New Risks: Revising the Cybersecurity Priorities for 2025

 

Paula Januszkiewicz - Microsoft RD, MVP, CQURE, Poland  

 

17:45 - 18:45

🍻Expo Drinks 🍻



Wednesday 03 December

08:45 - 09:00

Morning Welcome

09:00 - 10:00

KEYNOTE: 2025 Wednesday Keynote

 

Rafal Lukawiecki, Project Botticelli Ltd, Ireland  

 

10:00 - 10:15

Change Rooms

10:15 - 11:15

Sessions

W1

Developer

Voice AI Agents with OpenAI and Microsoft Teams

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Renato Romão - MVP, Storm Technology, Ireland  

 

W2

IT Professional

Developing Hybrid Cloud with Azure Local: A Synergy of Bridging On-Premises and Cloud

Level 200 - Intermediate

Microsoft Azure

 

Jonah Andersson - MVP, Solidify, Sweden  

 

W3

IT Professional

Beyond the Black Box: Creating Transparent and Ethical Reporting for Microsoft Copilot

Level 200 - Intermediate

Adoption

 

Thomas Gölles - MVP, Solvion Information Management, Austria Stephan Bisser - MVP, Solvion, Austria  

 

W4

Developer

From Code Villain to SPFx Hero: SPFx Best Practices for Sustainable Solutions

Level 300- Advanced

Microsoft 365

 

Dan Toft - MVP, Evobis, Denmark  

 

W5

IT Professional

Deep dive into Microsoft Security Exposure Management

Level 300- Advanced

Governance

 

Jussi Roine - MVP, Not Bad Security, Finland  

 

W6

IT Professional

Implementing SCIM for Multi-Tenant Identity Management in M365 and Azure

Level 200 - Intermediate

Microsoft 365

 

Rodrigo Pinto - MVP, Perspective Dragon, Portugal  

 

W7

IT Professional / Maker

Error-Free Solutions – Error Handling in Power Apps and Power Automate

Level 200 - Intermediate

Governance

 

Tomasz Poszytek - MVP, Konsultanci Digital Workplace, Poland Krzysztof Kania - MVP, empower365.cloud, Poland  

 

W8-W10

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

11:15 - 11:45

Networking Break

11:45 - 12:45

Sessions

W11

Business & Strategy / IT Professional

Elevate Your Intranet: Practical Present-Day Tips for a Future-Ready Platform

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Susan Hanley - MVP, Susan Hanley LLC, USA  

 

W12

Developer

Use Teams Toolkit to Build Solutions on Microsoft 365

Level 300- Advanced

Copilot

 

Bill Ayers - MVP, MCM, MCT, Flow Simulation Ltd., United Kingdom  

 

W13

Developer / Maker

Accelerate Agent Building with Copilot Studio

Level 200 - Intermediate

Copilot Studio

 

Albert-Jan Schot - MVP, Blis Digital, Netherlands  

 

W14

IT Professional

Microsoft 365 tenant setup & configuration. Been there, done that?

Level 200 - Intermediate

Microsoft 365

 

Thomas Vochten - MVP, MCT, De Cronos Group, Belgium  

 

W15

IT Professional / Maker

Assess Power Platform Governance, from Results to Action

Level 200 - Intermediate

Adoption

 

Edit Kapcari - MVP, ORBIS SE, Deutschland  

 

W16

IT Professional

Defence Against the Dark Arts – Building Rock Solid Entra ID Security Solutions

Level 300- Advanced

Security

 

Andy Malone - MVP, MCT, Quality Training (Scotland) Ltd, United Kingdom  

 

W17

Developer / Maker

Step-by-Step Guide: Building ETL Workflows in Microsoft Fabric

Level 200 - Intermediate

Microsoft Azure

 

Sally Dabbah, Microsoft  

 

W18-W20

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

12:45 - 14:00

🍽️ Networking Lunch / 💡Visit the Expo

14:00 - 15:00

Sessions

W21

Business & Strategy / Developer

Automating 2500 RFPs per year with Azure AI Foundry and Azure AI Search

Level 300- Advanced

AI

 

Chris O’Brien - MVP, Advania, United Kingdom  

 

W22

Developer

Developer challenges in GenAI projects

Level 300- Advanced

AI

 

Stas Lebedenko - MVP, Solidify AB, Ukraine  

 

W23

Developer / IT Professional

Automating Microsoft 365 Governance – Best Practices to Ensure Compliance

Level 300- Advanced

Governance

 

Tobias Maestrini - MVP, isolutions, Switzerland Daniel Kordes - MVP, Cyberfy Consulting AG, Switzerland  

 

W24

IT Professional

The adventures of a Microsoft 365 Platform Owner

Level 200 - Intermediate

Adoption

 

Jasper Oosterveld - MVP, Rubicon, Netherlands  

 

W25

Developer / Maker

Top hidden features of Custom Connectors to level up agent experiences!

Level 300- Advanced

Microsoft Power Platform

 

Mats Necker - MVP, dhino, Germany Daniel Laskewitz, Microsoft, Netherlands  

 

W26

IT Professional

Intune-Driven Approaches to Minimize Local Admin Risks

Level 300- Advanced

Microsoft 365

 

Simon Skotheimsvik - MVP, CloudWay, Norway  

 

W27-W30

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15

Sessions

W31

Developer / IT Professional

Case Study: How Azure AI Services helped a Product Company with Brand Protection

Level 400 - Expert

AI

 

Negar Shahbaz, Capgemini Sweden AB, Sweden  

 

W32

IT Professional

Taming the Wild West of Generative AI with Purview and Defender

Level 300- Advanced

AI

 

Tatu Seppälä - MVP, Sulava, Finland  

 

W33

Developer

Demystifying Agent Types within the Semantic Kernel Framework

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Arin Roy - MVP, Capgemini, Netherlands  

 

W34

IT Professional

How to deal with 2.8 million files?

Level 200 - Intermediate

Copilot

 

Sari Soinoja - MVP, Sitra, Finland  

 

W35

IT Professional / Maker

Deep Dive on Power BI, Teams and SharePoint

Level 100: Beginner

Microsoft Power Platform

 

Jason Himmelstein, BIFocal LLC, USA John White - MVP, AvePoint, Canada  

 

W36

Session Coming Soon

 

 

 

W37

IT Professional

Prepare for GenAI and Copilot: Step up your Data Security and Information Governance game!

Level 300- Advanced

Copilot

 

Bram de Jager - MVP, MCM, Advice Matters, Netherlands  

 

W38

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

W39

Session Coming Soon

 

 

 

W40

IT Professional

Entra ID App registrations – The good, bad and the ugly

Level 300- Advanced

Microsoft 365

 

John Craddock - MVP, XTSeminars, United Kingdom  

 

16:15 - 16:45

Networking Break

16:45 - 17:45

Sessions

W41

Developer / IT Professional

When good services go bad: An Azure murder mystery

Level 200 - Intermediate

Microsoft Azure

 

Rik Hepworth - MVP, Microsoft RD, Zure UK, United Kingdom  

 

W42

IT Professional

Zero Trust - Dope or Nope?

Level 200 - Intermediate

Security

 

Sami Laiho - MVP, Adminize Oy, Finland  

 

W43-W45

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

W46

Developer / Maker

Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility: Navigating the Possibilities and Pitfalls

Level 200 - Intermediate

Copilot

 

Thomas Gölles - MVP, Solvion Information Management, Austria Stephan Bisser - MVP, Solvion, Austria  

 

W47

Developer

Utilize a Local LLM to Chat with Your M365 and on-premises Data

Level 300- Advanced

AI

 

Peter Paul Kirschner - MVP, ACP CUBIDO Digital Solutions GmbH, Austria Guido Zambarda - MVP, PiaSys.com, Italy  

 

W48

IT Professional / Maker

Automated testing in the Power Platform: matching governance and upholding quality

Level 200 - Intermediate

Microsoft Power Platform

 

Arjan Rijsdijk, dtnext, Netherlands Elianne Burgers, Blis Digital, Netherlands  

 

W49

Business & Strategy / Maker

AI-Powered Content Management Transformation with SharePoint Premium

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Eric Overfield - Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, MCT, Creospark Inc, USA  

 

W50

IT Professional / Maker

Securing Your Copilot Agents: Implementing Robust Security Controls

Level 200 - Intermediate

Copilot

 

Reshmee Auckloo - MVP, Avanade, United Kingdom Jayshree Ostwal, Avanade, United Kingdom  

 



Thursday 04 December

08:45 - 09:00

Morning Welcome

09:00 - 10:00

KEYNOTE:

 

 

 

10:00 - 10:15

Change Rooms

10:15 - 11:15

Sessions

TH1

Developer

Automating Audiobooks: Lessons from the Trenches of AI Speech Synthesis

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Laura Kokkarinen - MVP, Sulava, Finland  

 

TH2

IT Professional

Insider Threat: First aid for a Misunderstood Risk Vector

Level 300- Advanced

Governance

 

Tatu Seppälä - MVP, Sulava, Finland  

 

TH3

IT Professional

Solved: The Challenge of Onboarding and Involving Mobile First Users

Level 300- Advanced

Adoption

 

Ståle Hansen - Microsoft RD, MVP, CloudWay, Norway Simon Skotheimsvik - MVP, CloudWay, Norway  

 

TH4

Developer

Advanced Azure Architecture

Level 300- Advanced

Governance

 

Magnus Mårtensson - Microsoft RD, MVP, Loftysoft, Sweden  

 

TH5

Maker

Crafting Responsive Canvas Power Apps

Level 200 - Intermediate

Microsoft Power Platform

 

Keith Atherton - MVP, Capgemini, United Kingdom  

 

TH6

Maker

Real-World Success Stories with Copilot Studio

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Jake Harvey, Advania UK, United Kingdom Kaan Uyduran, Advania, United Kingdom  

 

TH7

IT Professional

Say Goodbye to VPNs: Microsoft’s Global Secure Access for the Future

Level 300- Advanced

Security

 

Florian Salzmann - MVP, UMB AG, Switzerland Jannik Reinhard - MVP, BASF, Germany  

 

TH8-TH10

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

11:15 - 11:45

Networking Break

11:45 - 12:45

Sessions

TH11

Developer

Developing, Testing, and Deploying SharePoint Framework Solutions with Success

Level 200 - Intermediate

Microsoft 365

 

Peter Paul Kirschner - MVP, ACP CUBIDO Digital Solutions GmbH, Austria Guido Zambarda - MVP, PiaSys.com, Italy  

 

TH12

IT Professional

Best Practices: Microsoft 365 Tenant-To-Tenant Migration

Level 300- Advanced

Copilot

 

Chirag Patel - MVP, MCT, Patel Consulting, United Kingdom  

 

TH13-TH18

Session Coming Soon

 

 

 

TH19

Developer

License to Assist - Bringing AI Agents to Entra ID

Level 400 - Expert

AI

 

Jan Vidar Elven - MVP, Evidi AS, Norway  

 

TH20

Developer

Building Copilot Declarative Agents: Everything I’ve learned Building ClothesPilot

Level 200 - Intermediate

Copilot

 

Tom Morgan - MVP, CloudInteract, United Kingdom  

 

12:45 - 14:00

🍽️ Networking Lunch / 💡Visit the Expo

14:00 - 15:00

Sessions

TH21

Developer

Building Real-Time Chatbots with Azure Communication Services, Escalation in Microsoft Teams and AI

Level 300- Advanced

AI

 

Ejaz Hussain - MVP, Advania UK, United Kingdom  

 

TH22

IT Professional

Let’s Flip the Script! Design and Build a Gamified Power App in Real Time

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Sandra Kiel - MVP, Event Punks GmbH, Deutschland  

 

TH23

Business & Strategy

Driving Success with Microsoft 365 Copilot: A Case Study from Swiss Post

Level 200 - Intermediate

Adoption

 

Daniel Bammert Marty, Swiss Post, Switzerland Pascal Brunner - MVP, Campana & Schott, Switzerland  

 

TH24

IT Professional / Maker

Hardening Azure Backup Security

Level 300- Advanced

Governance

 

Christian Forjahn - MVP, Provectus Technologies GmbH, Germany  

 

TH25

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

TH26

IT Professional

Optimizing Search and Content Management in Microsoft 365

Level 200 - Intermediate

Governance

 

Emily Mancini - MVP, Left Uncharted Inc, USA  

 

TH27

IT Professional

Empowering Holiday Planning with Agentic AI with Security in Power Platform Governance

Level 200 - Intermediate

AI

 

Reshmee Auckloo - MVP, Avanade, United Kingdom Jayshree Ostwal, Avanade, United Kingdom  

 

TH28-TH30

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA  

 

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15

Sessions

TH31

Developer

Advanced AI Agents with Semantic Kernel

Level 300- Advanced

AI

 

Bill Ayers - MVP, MCM, MCT, Flow Simulation Ltd., United Kingdom  

 

TH32

IT Professional

Automating retention and archival with Purview and Microsoft 365 Archive

Level 300: Advanced

Governance

 

Martin Lingstuyl - MVP, I4-YOU Business Solutions b.v., The Netherlands  

 

TH33

IT Professional

When AI Goes Rogue: Real-World Security Lessons from the Trenches

Level 300- Advanced

Adoption

 

Mika Vilpo, Elisa Oyj, Finland  

 

TH34

Developer

Power Automate at Lightspeed: Supercharge Your Flows with Performance Hacks!

Level 300- Advanced

Microsoft Power Platform

 

Agnius Bartninkas - MVP, Definra, Lithuania  

 

TH35

IT Professional

Automate IAM and IGA with Microsoft Entra ID Governance - While I enjoy my Guinness!

Level 400 - Expert

Security

 

Jan Vidar Elven - MVP, Evidi AS, Norway  

 

TH36

Business & Strategy

This is how you measure Copilot for M365 and Generative AI success

Adoption

 

Nikki Chapple - MVP, CloudWay, United Kingdom Ståle Hansen - Microsoft RD, MVP, CloudWay, Norway  

 

TH37-TH40

Microsoft Session Coming Soon

 

Microsoft, USA