# CognitionX Emirates 2026

CognitionX Emirates 2026 is a premier technology event focused on AI, cloud, security, and modern software engineering, bringing together Microsoft MVPs, architects, developers, AI engineers, cloud professionals, students, and technology leaders to share real-world knowledge and practical expertise. Built around deep technical sessions, hands-on learning, and expert-led discussions, CognitionX creates a high-impact space for the community to explore Microsoft technologies, production-ready AI systems, secure cloud architectures, and the future of intelligent applications. As part of the global CognitionX event series, it supports knowledge sharing, professional growth, and community collaboration across regions, helping attendees gain practical skills, connect with experts, and move from technical awareness to real implementation.

## Event
- URL: https://cognitionx.org/en/event/cognitionx-emirates-2026
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- Start: Oct 14, 2026, 10:00 AM
- End: Oct 15, 2026, 5:00 PM
- Timezone: Asia/Dubai
- Location: Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus - Dtec
- Banner image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/event-images/1766853061373-hpf39kjfj4c.jpg

## Registration
- Registration URL: https://cognitionx.org/en/event/cognitionx-emirates-2026/reserve
- Create account: https://cognitionx.org/en/register
- Log in: https://cognitionx.org/en/login
- Update profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/dashboard/profile
- Registration opens: Aug 1, 2026, 7:04 AM
- Registration closes: Oct 10, 2026, 7:04 AM
- Registration deadline: TBD
- Profile requirements: Valid date of birth; Company; Role

### How to register
1. Create a CognitionX account or log in with an existing account.
2. Update your profile and complete the required fields before reserving.
3. Open the registration URL and reserve your spot: https://cognitionx.org/en/event/cognitionx-emirates-2026/reserve
4. Confirm the reservation. No payment is required.

### Tickets and pricing
- Price: Free
- Payment: No payment required

## Venue
- Name: Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus - Dtec
- Description: Dtec is the largest technology entrepreneur hub and coworking ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Wholly owned by the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the 10,000 square meter facility hosts over 1,000 startups and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) from over 70 countries.
- Address: DTEC Auditorium, A5 Building, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis
- City: Dubai
- Country: United Arab Emirates
- Capacity: 500

## Organizers
- Hazem Ali
- JAMEL ABED

## Speakers
### Hazem Ali
- Summary: Hazem Ali - Founder & CEO at Skytells, Inc
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/hazemali
- Job title: Founder & CEO
- Company: Skytells, Inc
- Bio: Microsoft MVP | Distinguished AI & ML Engineer / Architect
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drhazemali/
- GitHub: https://www.github.com/drhazemali
- Portfolio: https://www.facebook.com/drhazemx
- Image: https://sb.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1765135910493-v6em9nfp9c.png
- Qualifications: Microsoft AI MVP - Microsoft - 2025

### H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Nuaimi
- Summary: H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Nuaimi - Former Minister of Infrastructure at UAE
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/h-e-abudllah
- Job title: Former Minister of Infrastructure
- Company: UAE
- Bio: Former Minister of Infrastructure Development & Minister of Climate Change & Environment, UAE.
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1784306603061-dn1cmkdhyc4.jpeg

### Filipa Lobao
- Summary: Filipa Lobao - Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/filipalobao
- Job title: Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect
- Company: Microsoft
- Bio: Distinguished Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipalobao/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1790102604471-uj2fdg8h8xn.png

### Lee Stott
- Summary: Lee Stott - Principal Cloud Advocate Manager at Microsoft
- Job title: Principal Cloud Advocate Manager
- Company: Microsoft
- Bio: Principal Cloud Advocate Manager at Microsoft and Honorary Associate Professor at University College London
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1785194726965-2ybucmhoklb.jpeg

### Tanya Gupta
- Summary: Tanya Gupta - Practitioner | Director at Harvard Business School | WIT North Region
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/tanyaagupta
- Job title: Practitioner | Director
- Company: Harvard Business School | WIT North Region
- Bio: AI & Cybersecurity | Author of Discovering The Silver Bullet | GHC Scholar | Director @WIT North Region | Harvard Business School
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyaagupta/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1781612912657-b6ltrm5txgu.jpeg
- Qualifications: Harvard Business School

### Dr. Nermin Negied
- Summary: Dr. Nermin Negied - Head of Software Engineering Tracks at Digital Egypt - Ministry of Telecommunication
- Job title: Head of Software Engineering Tracks
- Company: Digital Egypt - Ministry of Telecommunication
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nermin-negied-2a712b92
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1787172371221-v9u10zhhew8.jpeg

### Supriya Medapati
- Summary: Supriya Medapati - Vice President of Product @ Qure, MBA at MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/supmedapati
- Job title: Vice President of Product @ Qure, MBA
- Company: MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Bio: MIT Fellow, Lead Amazon AI Research
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/supriya-medapati/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1787178952810-itv848q3ey9.png

### Ben Leane
- Summary: Ben Leane - Enterprise AI Architect at Microsoft
- Job title: Enterprise AI Architect
- Company: Microsoft
- Bio: With 20+ years of experience, Ben previously led Avanade’s Application Development and GitHub business across Asia-Pacific and was awarded GitHub’s first AI Partner Of The Year award.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-leane/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1784473793784-dzb91h7igc.jpeg

### B. Onur Okutucu
- Summary: B. Onur Okutucu - Microsoft MVP, Principal Architect at Collabix AI
- Job title: Microsoft MVP, Principal Architect
- Company: Collabix AI
- Bio: Microsoft MVP, Principal Architect
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bakionur/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1782855317293-hw1oqsapx76.png
- Qualifications: Microsoft  MVP - Microsoft

### Sonman Roul
- Summary: Sonman Roul - Senior Product Manager at American Express
- Job title: Senior Product Manager
- Company: American Express
- Bio: Senior Product Manager at American Express, He leads a team of 9 managers and 5 analysts supporting all business operational functions.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonman-roul/
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/1351-400o400o1-D9wBsmfMgjdePaNqDPbC5e.png

### Anastasiia Zvenigorodskaia
- Summary: Anastasiia Zvenigorodskaia - Product Lead at AI BLOX
- Job title: Product Lead
- Company: AI BLOX
- Bio: 14+ years in tech - as a software developer, co-founder and COO, and now Product Lead at AI BLOX.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zvenigorodskaia/
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/55c5-400o400o1-J13QAoVVe6SY36C6GCB7J8.jpg

### Dr. Sara Daher
- Summary: Dr. Sara Daher - Sr. Corporate Executive at Public Sector
- Job title: Sr. Corporate Executive
- Company: Public Sector
- Bio: UAE-based senior corporate and executive & PhD
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsarahdaher/
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/6178-400o400o1-9YJazC8CDsyWESN4MeZqUk.png

### Dr. Gaurav Gupta
- Summary: Dr. Gaurav Gupta - PhD, Principal Solution Architect at Allianz
- Job title: PhD, Principal Solution Architect
- Company: Allianz
- Bio: PhD in Data Science, PhD, Principal Solution Architect at Allianz Technology
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gaurav-kumar-gupta/
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/a186-400o400o1-aHZz134wCDJQcfMhQn6VSq.jpg

### Devika Toprani
- Summary: Devika Toprani - Pioneer, Contributor at Oxford University Research
- Job title: Pioneer, Contributor
- Company: Oxford University Research
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/171c-400o400o1-pW22dctxaBxR4c4jTU1kDk.png

### Marco Antonio Silva
- Summary: Marco Antonio Silva - Sr Global Solution Engineer - EMEA at Microsoft
- Job title: Sr Global Solution Engineer - EMEA
- Company: Microsoft
- Bio: Sr Global Solution Engineer - EMEA at Microsoft, Former National Innovation Officer for Microsoft Portugal
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marconsilva/
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/a36d-400o400o1-D5wCXXyx3razPn3KChf7rY.jpg

### Seyfallah Tagrerout
- Summary: Seyfallah Tagrerout - Microsoft RD / MVP - CEO at STC
- Job title: Microsoft RD / MVP - CEO
- Company: STC
- Bio: Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, CEO of STC
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyfallahtagrerout/overlay/contact-info/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1788181675429-plh9kecsv2b.png
- Qualifications: Microsoft RD

### Asmaa Eltaher
- Summary: Asmaa Eltaher - Strategic Data and Transformation Manager at Vodafone
- Job title: Strategic Data and Transformation Manager
- Company: Vodafone
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/c142-400o400o1-PUVKLNtVgCXid5XX7rw9PW.jpg

### Tim Cadenbach
- Summary: Tim Cadenbach - Founder, Director at DevRel Index
- Job title: Founder, Director
- Company: DevRel Index
- Bio: Microsoft MVP | Director of DevRel Index | Head of Community @ DeepL
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcadenbach/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1781728645468-fn79ihis6oi.jpg
- Qualifications: Microsoft  MVP

### Steve Abdullah Chan
- Summary: Steve Abdullah Chan - Lead @ UK Government at UK Government's cross-government AI
- Job title: Lead @ UK Government
- Company: UK Government's cross-government AI
- Bio: Co-founder and CTO of a UK-based AI company, Lead @ UK Government's cross-government AI
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveabdchan
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/0739-400o400o1-TfRJteKq2pNQRahUoMKfQD.jpg

### Kasam Shaikh
- Summary: Kasam Shaikh - Enterprise Cloud & AI Apps Solution Engineer at Microsoft
- Job title: Enterprise Cloud & AI Apps Solution Engineer
- Company: Microsoft
- Bio: 5X Microsoft MVP | Founder of Dear Azure
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasamshaikh/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1781613890494-wbqdwarmrm.jpg
- Qualifications: Microsoft MVP

### Dr. S. Gomathi
- Summary: Dr. S. Gomathi - Microsoft MVP | MCT Community Lead at Microsoft
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/gomathisri
- Job title: Microsoft MVP | MCT Community Lead
- Company: Microsoft
- Bio: Distinguished Solution Architect | Author & Award-Winning Scientist
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gomathisri/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1781613444373-pv99p51bxy7.png
- Qualifications: Microsoft Data MVP - Microsoft

### Vishal Mishra
- Summary: Vishal Mishra - Chief AI Officer at NED
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/vishalkmishra
- Job title: Chief AI Officer
- Company: NED
- Bio: Expert in Orchestration and Configuration Management of test infra environments in an Automated way.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalkmishra/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1781613226043-hxxzxwxgiyf.png

### Kedar Mohile
- Summary: Kedar Mohile - Cybersecurity Executive at Amazon
- Job title: Cybersecurity Executive
- Company: Amazon
- Bio: Cybersecurity executive with over 22 years of experience in AI-driven threat intelligence, zero-trust security, and blockchain security solutions.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmohile/
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/dbf3-400o400o1-dmkNih6LbcMTKwt8zF8sa.jpg

### Nilesh Shinde
- Summary: Nilesh Shinde - C. Leader / AI & Data Consultant at AWS
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/nilexshinde
- Job title: C. Leader / AI & Data Consultant
- Company: AWS
- Bio: Data and AI Consultant | Specialist | C. Leader, AWS
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nilexshinde
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1781623718179-osfswagtvp.jpeg

### Azam Marzook
- Summary: Azam Marzook - CTO at Kanj Technologies, UK
- Job title: CTO
- Company: Kanj Technologies, UK
- Bio: Microsoft MVP | CTO of Kanj Technologies, UK
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/azamnet
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1781723859068-jsejhqh98va.jpg
- Qualifications: Microsoft  MVP

### Pragati Jain
- Summary: Pragati Jain - Microsoft Data Platform MVP | Principal Consultant at Datavibe Solutions Ltd
- Job title: Microsoft Data Platform MVP | Principal Consultant
- Company: Datavibe Solutions Ltd
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragatijain1187/
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/a06f-400o400o1-a83oKqSSVaThHVqnTcvP7g.jpg
- Qualifications: Microsoft Data MVP

### Suresh Tambe
- Summary: Suresh Tambe - Principal Engineer at T-Mobile
- Job title: Principal Engineer
- Company: T-Mobile
- Bio: Principal Engineer with 14+ years of experience in software engineering, leading a team of 18 engineers.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suresh-t-34135713/
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/a552-400o400o1-YbLv4AVoRRbTJHuFcv653j.png

### Ahmed Abdelrazek
- Summary: Ahmed Abdelrazek - AI Strategist, Cloud Specialist at Microsoft
- Job title: AI Strategist, Cloud Specialist
- Company: Microsoft
- Bio: AI Strategist, Cloud Specialist, Founder of Sahaba Club
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/izoka/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1782855576158-p2dacfgmaj.jpeg

### Hanan Ali
- Summary: Hanan Ali - Head / Director of Technology at Navix
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/hanan-ali
- Job title: Head / Director of Technology
- Company: Navix
- Bio: Technology executive with extensive experience in deep learning and enterprise AI.
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1783602330778-okc7joh0nmb.jpeg

### Jamel Abed
- Summary: Jamel Abed - Senior Developer Advocate
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/jamel-abed
- Job title: Senior Developer Advocate
- Bio: Microsoft MVP, Product Evangelist
- Image: https://sb.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1765545195477-f4cd1w94kyn.png
- Qualifications: Microsoft MVP - Microsoft

### MAHMOUD A. ATALLAH
- Summary: MAHMOUD A. ATALLAH - AZURE SD LEAD AT BESPIN at BESPIN
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/mahmoud-atallah
- Job title: AZURE SD LEAD AT BESPIN
- Company: BESPIN
- Bio: MICROSOFT MVP, AZURE SD LEAD AT BESPIN
- Image: https://sb.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1765131655018-obts5rchle.png
- Qualifications: Microsoft Azure MVP - Microsoft - 2025

### Hans Christensen
- Summary: Hans Christensen - VP at DTEC
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/hans-christensen
- Job title: VP
- Company: DTEC
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1790266120992-4qwe9tam7c.jpg

### Wiem Baazouzi
- Summary: Wiem Baazouzi - Doctor of Computer Science at ESPRIT
- Job title: Doctor of Computer Science
- Company: ESPRIT
- Bio: Doctor of Computer Science, ESPRIT - ML & Business Intelligence Specialist
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wiem-baazouzi-056271179/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1783035103168-pkrj0jh8w7n.png

### Shabnam Sarjami
- Summary: Shabnam Sarjami - Microsoft MCT, Founder, Ambassador at HeyGen, Adaptiva AI
- Job title: Microsoft MCT, Founder, Ambassador
- Company: HeyGen, Adaptiva AI
- Bio: Award-winning AI specialist, Founder of Adaptiva AI, Microsoft MCT, HeyGen Ambassador
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shabnam-sarjami/
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1784303369246-4s7cex727h5.png

### Boudour Ben Mekki
- Summary: Boudour Ben Mekki - Head of Training Services & Cloud Solutions Expert at INSOMEA
- Job title: Head of Training Services & Cloud Solutions Expert
- Company: INSOMEA
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1784212811849-tvpspebsn9.jpg

### Jessica De Paiva
- Summary: Jessica De Paiva - Chief Informatics Operations Technologist at JAR Management Services UAE
- Job title: Chief Informatics Operations Technologist
- Company: JAR Management Services UAE
- Bio: Systems strategist, computer science researcher, inventor, and founder associated with Known Systems in the UAE.
- Image: https://sbx.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1784213181495-r602rykp7pl.jpg

### Abhilekh Verma
- Summary: Abhilekh Verma - Master at ICFAI
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/abhilekhverma
- Job title: Master
- Company: ICFAI
- Bio: Microsoft MVP, Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhilekhverma/
- Image: https://sb.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1765545026245-9e5kbk5qr85.jpeg
- Qualifications: Microsoft MVP - Microsoft

### Ahmed Hussien
- Summary: Ahmed Hussien - Head of Security at SAK Holding
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/ahmed-hussien
- Job title: Head of Security
- Company: SAK Holding
- Bio: Ahmed Hussien is a cybersecurity-focused Mission Critical Engineer who transforms complex cloud and security challenges into clear, actionable strategies. With deep expertise in Azure security, cloud governance, and identity protection, Ahmed is known for bringing order to technical chaos — turning abstract threats into practical architectures that teams can actually implement.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athussien/
- Image: https://sb.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1765135265424-x3yyv5d31q.png

###  Luis Beltran
- Summary: Luis Beltran - PhD in Engineering Informatics at Tomas Bata University
- Speaker profile: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/luis
- Job title: PhD in Engineering Informatics
- Company: Tomas Bata University
- Bio: Microsoft Azure MVP
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-antonio-beltran-prieto
- Image: https://sb.cognitionx.org/storage/v1/object/public/documents/speaker-images/1765544456831-tzrzdbyihx.png
- Qualifications: Microsoft Azure MVP - Microsoft

### Alejandro A. Rajzner
- Summary: Alejandro A. Rajzner - Architect, Founder, MCT at GDO Health GmbH
- Job title: Architect, Founder, MCT
- Company: GDO Health GmbH
- Bio: AI Architect, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Founder of GDO Health GmbH
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/a2araujo
- Image: https://cdn.sessionize.com/image/4f70-400o400o1-Dw6AQ1pBtXJa4B6d6tq9pX.png

## Schedule
### CognitionX Emirates 2026 Keynote: Initializing the Future
- Event topic ID: dfad2fbe-e842-40bc-891a-802a4b882c7e
- Topic ID: 2ad8571a-fd43-4789-a899-c3209713b06d
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 10:00 AM to Oct 14, 2026, 10:15 AM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Hazem Ali, MAHMOUD A. ATALLAH, Hans Christensen
- Speaker profiles: Hazem Ali: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/hazemali; MAHMOUD A. ATALLAH: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/mahmoud-atallah; Hans Christensen: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/hans-christensen
- Track: Keynote
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: A warm opening keynote that welcomes attendees to CognitionX Emirates 2026 and sets the tone for a forward-looking gathering around AI, cloud, data, and intelligent systems. The session introduces the vision behind CognitionX Emirates, highlights the importance of community, knowledge sharing, and responsible innovation, and frames the event as a space where engineers, leaders, researchers, and builders come together to explore what comes next in enterprise AI.

### Designing Tomorrow: Infrastructure, Sustainability, and National Transformation
- Event topic ID: 8da1db22-ebd6-4699-8af2-4b3f7aa9dc41
- Topic ID: a291f7fc-0bc6-4045-8dab-265ccf7b76c2
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 10:15 AM to Oct 14, 2026, 10:45 AM
- Type: keynote
- Speakers: H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Nuaimi
- Speaker profiles: H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Nuaimi: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/h-e-abudllah
- Track: Sustainability
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: Explore how visionary infrastructure, sustainability, and forward-looking policies are shaping resilient nations. This keynote examines the strategic role of innovation, environmental stewardship, and smart development in driving long-term economic growth, climate resilience, and national transformation.

### Beyond the Boundaries: Building a Sovereign Enterprise AI Stack
- Event topic ID: ffbb3f1c-017a-4702-820a-2c246e15226b
- Topic ID: 22faab9a-95a4-4349-9bd5-69efa6ea7170
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 10:45 AM to Oct 14, 2026, 11:15 AM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Hazem Ali
- Speaker profiles: Hazem Ali: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/hazemali
- Track: AI, Security, Engineering
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: Building sovereign enterprise AI is not about putting a model behind a wall. It is about designing the full boundary around intelligence: where it runs, what data it can reach, which tools it can use, how developers integrate with it, and how every critical action can be governed and traced. It is far more architectural than most people think. Agents, deployed models, SDKs, private networks, identity, governance, and observability all have to work together as one controlled enterprise AI stack built for real production environments.

### The AI Agent Arena: Designing the Future Workforce with AI
- Event topic ID: 9107abfa-6f28-431b-8ac6-73a50f7fa397
- Topic ID: 30bafce2-cb61-48b5-ae3e-913fc522b2c3
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 11:15 AM to Oct 14, 2026, 11:40 AM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Tanya Gupta
- Speaker profiles: Tanya Gupta: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/tanyaagupta
- Track: AI, Automation
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: You'll learn How organizations are moving from AI assistants to AI-powered workflows, Identifying high-value opportunities for AI agents, AI governance, security, and responsible adoption, Human-AI collaboration strategies, Enterprise AI transformation patterns and lessons learned, Measuring business value and organizational impact

### Coffee Break & Networking
- Event topic ID: 06a74cef-39fa-4661-960e-20c70f920915
- Topic ID: a4eb4ff6-964f-43b5-a15b-d079516af204
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 11:40 AM to Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 PM
- Type: break
- Track: Break
- Room: Break Area
- Location: Lobby
- Description: A dedicated coffee, lunch, and networking break where attendees can relax, recharge, and connect with speakers, partners, and fellow participants.

### Azure Security: Building the Castle That's Never Finished
- Event topic ID: 9edbfcc8-6755-45c2-a73b-117a4e703e5b
- Topic ID: 493c3dfb-f091-4e6f-b29c-95271917ba41
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 PM to Oct 14, 2026, 12:30 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Ahmed Hussien
- Speaker profiles: Ahmed Hussien: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/ahmed-hussien
- Track: Security
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: This is the current build. We treat your Azure estate as a castle that is never finished. Identity as the gate. Zero Trust as the rule that nobody walks the halls unchecked. Terraform as the blueprint, so the walls go up the same way every time. Then the hard part. The doors you never drew. How AI adoption quietly punches new openings, why managed identities and diagnostic settings are load-bearing walls people treat as decoration, and what a blast radius really looks like when one corner falls. You leave with a practitioner's checklist, not a vendor pitch. A castle you keep building in daylight, with the gate open and the guards awake.

### In Action: Hacking the Silicon Behind AI
- Event topic ID: 7fc778ed-3acb-47b4-bb7c-fe32d209334c
- Topic ID: af42a636-5c9c-4ba3-a16c-8b7e7f89811e
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 12:30 PM to Oct 14, 2026, 1:00 PM
- Type: live-demo
- Level: Expert level
- Speakers: Hazem Ali, Ahmed Hussien, Abhilekh Verma
- Speaker profiles: Hazem Ali: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/hazemali; Ahmed Hussien: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/ahmed-hussien; Abhilekh Verma: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/abhilekhverma
- Track: Cybersecurity
- Room: Board Room (3rd Floor)
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: Expert-level Cybersecurity session, Attendees will understand how modern AI security extends beyond models, frameworks, and application boundaries into the execution substrate itself. We will examine how GPU architectures, memory hierarchies, kernel scheduling, interconnect fabrics, inference runtimes, and multi-tenant accelerator environments introduce security assumptions that are often overlooked in traditional threat models. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how adversaries can target AI systems at the compute layer, how trust boundaries erode within high-performance AI infrastructure, and how to architect defensible, verifiable, and resilient AI platforms from silicon to inference.

### Empowering Developers with Next-Gen AI
- Event topic ID: 1f2afa33-18cd-4462-8ae7-528974eb549f
- Topic ID: 8c8e9fc8-3f7e-490e-847c-32aabd1e6640
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 1:00 PM to Oct 14, 2026, 2:00 PM
- Type: session
- Level: Advanced level
- Speakers: Lee Stott
- Track: AI
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: This session introduces the paradigm shift toward AI app and agent factories, outlining the essential building blocks required to succeed: flexible model choice, agent frameworks, connected data and tools via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and enterprise‑grade governance with end‑to‑end observability. Using real‑world examples, we’ll show how platforms like Microsoft Foundry and GitHub Copilot enable teams to build, deploy, and govern intelligent, action‑oriented agents at scale, accelerating innovation while maintaining trust, safety, and control.

### Ask the Experts: AI, Infrastructure & Security
- Event topic ID: fc91ef42-3fa1-4df0-8e7a-5a8eb9f3577a
- Topic ID: cf5affaf-a689-469c-8b8e-f7dd9131fa24
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 2:00 PM to Oct 14, 2026, 3:00 PM
- Type: panel
- Speakers: Tanya Gupta, Hazem Ali, Kasam Shaikh, Jamel Abed, Dr. S. Gomathi, Vishal Mishra, Abhilekh Verma, Ahmed Hussien, MAHMOUD A. ATALLAH, Supriya Medapati, Dr. Sara Daher, Seyfallah Tagrerout, Filipa Lobao
- Speaker profiles: Tanya Gupta: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/tanyaagupta; Hazem Ali: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/hazemali; Jamel Abed: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/jamel-abed; Dr. S. Gomathi: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/gomathisri; Vishal Mishra: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/vishalkmishra; Abhilekh Verma: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/abhilekhverma; Ahmed Hussien: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/ahmed-hussien; MAHMOUD A. ATALLAH: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/mahmoud-atallah; Supriya Medapati: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/supmedapati; Filipa Lobao: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/filipalobao
- Track: AI, Infrastructure, Security
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: An interactive panel discussion bringing together experts in artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and cybersecurity to answer audience questions and share practical insights from real-world implementations. The session explores how organizations can design scalable AI systems, build reliable infrastructure, secure modern workloads, and balance innovation with governance, resilience, and operational readiness.

### Coffee Break & Networking
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- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 3:00 PM to Oct 14, 2026, 3:30 PM
- Type: break
- Room: Break Area
- Location: Lobby
- Description: A dedicated coffee, lunch, and networking break where attendees can relax, recharge, and connect with speakers, partners, and fellow participants.

### Your AI Is Leaking Data - Here’s How to Fix It with PII Shield
- Event topic ID: 9fb0d969-e37f-464d-97f8-b108f9dbd5be
- Topic ID: c43f2c6d-aa00-46bb-93d5-a69235991678
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 3:30 PM to Oct 14, 2026, 4:15 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Kasam Shaikh, Nilesh Shinde
- Speaker profiles: Nilesh Shinde: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/nilexshinde
- Track: Governance
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: We’ll explore how PII Shield enables developers to adopt LLMs responsibly without slowing down innovation. The talk will walk through its architecture, including real-time PII detection, redaction strategies, reversible tokenization, and seamless reintegration of responses. You’ll also see how it fits into existing cloud-native and API-driven environments, making it easy to enforce compliance and privacy policies across all AI interactions. Through practical scenarios and design patterns, this session will demonstrate how to: Prevent data leakage in prompts and responses Maintain context and usability while protecting sensitive information Implement a scalable, centralized privacy layer for LLM workloads Align AI solutions with enterprise security and regulatory requirements

### From AI Agents to AI Impact: Building Human-Centric Intelligent Systems
- Event topic ID: 9f0e95c4-233d-4508-9769-7cc0e71602b7
- Topic ID: 4ae0a661-3427-4cf0-9df4-4503a49d9372
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-14
- Time: Oct 14, 2026, 4:15 PM to Oct 14, 2026, 4:45 PM
- Type: talk
- Level: Advanced level
- Speakers: Dr. Nermin Negied
- Track: AI, HITL
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: We have spent the last few years obsessed with capability—building AI agents that can reason, plan, and execute tasks autonomously. But as we move from pilot programs to live deployments, the goalpost has shifted to impact. Getting an agent to perform a task is a technical challenge. Getting an agent to seamlessly integrate into human workflows, drive measurable value, and earn user trust is a human-centric challenge. To bridge this gap, we must fundamentally shift our design philosophy from pure automation to human-AI symbiosis.

### Automating Security Posture with Multi-Agent Systems on Azure AI
- Event topic ID: ba661096-3bc6-424f-970c-4627f732c8d9
- Topic ID: d988ea84-b6d4-4cde-a813-09cf76580034
- Day number: 2
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 10:30 AM to Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 AM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Azam Marzook
- Track: AI, Security
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: Security teams are drowning in alerts, policy lookups, and compliance checks while attackers increasingly use AI to move faster than ever. Manual processes can no longer keep pace. This session shows how multi-agent AI systems on Azure AI can automate the reasoning layer of security operations, not just the data layer. We'll walk through a working multi-agent architecture: a coordinator agent that classifies incoming security queries and routes them to specialist agents for policy lookup, incident response, and compliance mapping all grounded on a shared enterprise knowledge base, with live web grounding for real-time framework and threat intelligence.

### RAG but for tools: Meet Foundry Toolbox
- Event topic ID: bb5867d0-896f-4684-b8cb-e30d4370162c
- Topic ID: 760945df-0fa9-4c36-bb72-0636f847c3c4
- Day number: 2
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 AM to Oct 15, 2026, 11:30 AM
- Type: session
- Speakers:  Luis Beltran, Alejandro A. Rajzner
- Speaker profiles:  Luis Beltran: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/luis
- Track: AI
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: Through practical demos and architecture walkthroughs, we'll show how to reduce integration complexity, improve governance, and accelerate agent development by connecting agents to a single endpoint instead of dozens of individual services. Whether you're building enterprise copilots, multi-agent systems, or AI-powered applications, you'll leave with a new mental model for tool orchestration and a blueprint for scaling agent ecosystems without creating tool chaos

### Neural Network Architectures Beyond Transformers
- Event topic ID: aa49ca3c-760b-4c14-947d-27f48074019a
- Topic ID: fbfa0919-a4e1-4dbd-b326-b870756c60f1
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 AM to Oct 15, 2026, 11:30 AM
- Type: session
- Level: Expert level
- Speakers: Hanan Ali
- Speaker profiles: Hanan Ali: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/hanan-ali
- Room: Board Room (3rd Floor)
- Description: This session explores the next generation of neural network architectures—including State Space Models (Mamba), Mixture-of-Experts (MoE), and hybrid architectures—and examines how they address the scalability, efficiency, and reasoning challenges of today's foundation models. Discover where deep learning is heading and what comes next beyond the Transformer era.

### Community & DevRel in 2026: Are developers still talking to us?
- Event topic ID: a1857c7c-566d-4a2b-8cd2-46a1b750b22c
- Topic ID: cd879761-d155-419f-9aaf-424a554ff8f2
- Day number: 2
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 11:30 AM to Oct 15, 2026, 11:45 AM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Tim Cadenbach
- Track: Dev, Engineering, DevRel
- Room: Board Room (3rd Floor)
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: Something interesting is happening in the developer world. For years, DevRel and community teams focused on documentation, forums, Discord servers, meetups, and events. If developers had a question, they would search, read docs, or ask in the community. In this talk we’ll explore what has changed in the developer ecosystem and what that means for community building and DevRel work. We’ll look at how AI assistants are changing discovery, documentation, learning, and even advocacy. More importantly, we’ll discuss how DevRel teams can adapt and use these tools themselves instead of competing with them.

### Coffee Break & Networking
- Event topic ID: 3375e3b4-f573-488a-930f-02929b1d29e2
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- Day number: 2
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 11:30 AM to Oct 15, 2026, 11:45 AM
- Type: break
- Room: Break Area
- Location: Lobby
- Description: A dedicated coffee, lunch, and networking break where attendees can relax, recharge, and connect with speakers, partners, and fellow participants.

### Agents Gone Wild: The Best (and Worst) AI Agents You Can Build with Microsoft Today
- Event topic ID: 7a231a34-d168-4124-9867-2963b2654abe
- Topic ID: 046499f5-3db0-45f1-b68a-5578d14b62db
- Day number: 2
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 11:45 AM to Oct 15, 2026, 12:15 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: B. Onur Okutucu
- Track: AI, Cloud
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: AI agents are everywhere—but not all of them should exist. In this session, we’ll explore how to build powerful, practical AI agents using Microsoft’s modern AI stack, including Azure AI services, Azure AI Foundry, and Copilot-ready integrations. Through real-world examples, we’ll look at useful agents such as a support assistant that summarizes customer tickets, a knowledge agent that answers questions from internal documentation, and an automation agent that triages alerts from cloud infrastructure. But we’ll also explore the “gone wild” side—agents that hallucinate policies, automate the wrong tasks, or create chaos when guardrails are missing. By the end of the session, participants will understand how to build practical AI agents, integrate them with enterprise systems, implement safety and governance controls, and decide when an AI agent is the right solution—and when it absolutely isn’t.

### Beyond the AI Hype: A Practical Framework for Deciding When AI Truly Adds Value
- Event topic ID: f215bf5a-1843-45ab-8b05-8243996a5d80
- Topic ID: 1f312523-9e66-4836-bb31-64515fd2018d
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 12:30 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Supriya Medapati
- Speaker profiles: Supriya Medapati: https://cognitionx.org/en/speakers/supmedapati
- Room: Board Room (3rd Floor)
- Description: Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming central to digital transformation strategies across industries. As AI capabilities continue to expand, many organizations are eager to integrate intelligent technologies into their products, services, and internal operations. However, this surge in enthusiasm has also created a technology-driven adoption pattern in which AI is applied to problems without carefully evaluating whether it is the most appropriate solution. The challenge for modern engineering and product teams is not simply implementing AI, but determining when its use is truly justified. This session explores the growing gap between technological possibility and practical application in the adoption of artificial intelligence. While machine learning and advanced data-driven systems can unlock powerful capabilities, many challenges that organizations attempt to solve with AI can be addressed more effectively through well-designed software architectures, structured workflows, or conventional analytics. Recognizing the difference between problems that genuinely require AI and those that do not is essential for building sustainable, production-grade systems that scale with confidence. The session introduces a practical framework for evaluating whether AI is the right approach for a given problem. Key considerations include the nature of available data, the complexity of patterns that must be detected, the need for interpretability, and the operational environment in which the system will function. AI tends to deliver the strongest outcomes in domains involving large-scale pattern recognition, predictive analysis, personalization, and the interpretation of unstructured information. At the same time, engineering teams must account for the operational responsibilities that accompany AI systems, including data pipelines, model training, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance. A disciplined approach to AI adoption balances innovation with practicality, ensuring that intelligent technologies are deployed where they meaningfully improve outcomes while avoiding unnecessary complexity. By focusing on clear problem definitions and rigorous evaluation, teams can move beyond the hype cycle and build AI-powered systems that deliver lasting, measurable value at enterprise scale.

### Agentic Engineering for Everyone
- Event topic ID: 5853c1be-db48-4ccc-bb08-bf62973a2c4e
- Topic ID: 7d6ecc43-cb57-4a05-bbb7-14e38251df36
- Day number: 2
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 12:15 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 12:45 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Ahmed Abdelrazek
- Track: AI Tools
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: Attendees will learn how to design, deploy, and manage AI agents responsibly using Microsoft tools, understand where agents add real value, and recognize common design mistakes before they cause problems.

### Power BI: From Data to Decision
- Event topic ID: 8e9092c9-82d6-459a-829c-6756f1832f31
- Topic ID: e043b6ce-dfca-4d4c-b473-1503390bb4b9
- Day number: 2
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 12:45 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 1:15 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Wiem Baazouzi
- Track: Business
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: This session introduces participants to Microsoft Power BI and demonstrates how raw data can be transformed into meaningful insights and strategic decisions. Participants will explore data preparation, interactive dashboard creation, data visualization techniques, and real-time reporting through practical examples and hands-on demonstrations. The session also highlights how organizations use Business Intelligence to monitor performance, identify trends, and support data-driven decision-making.

### When AI Coding Hits Production
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- Topic ID: 5b0327dd-d9ea-463b-9198-01f29b9a5ea8
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 12:45 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 1:15 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Anastasiia Zvenigorodskaia
- Room: Board Room (3rd Floor)
- Description: AI coding can make development much faster, but once it reaches production, new bottlenecks appear. In this talk, I will cover the business side of AI-assisted development: unclear specifications, inconsistent UI, conflicts between different AI agents, and overengineering. I will explain why writing code is no longer the main problem, and what teams need to control to turn fast AI-generated development into a reliable product.

### Building the Future of Personal Health with Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot
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- Topic ID: ce85f3af-ab83-44d6-a498-75b26f935b84
- Day number: 1
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 1:15 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 1:45 PM
- Type: session
- Level: Advanced level
- Speakers: Shabnam Sarjami, Ben Leane
- Track: AI, Health
- Room: Board Room (3rd Floor)
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: Using the app as a real-world case study, they will demonstrate an AI-first approach to product creation. Shabnam will show how Microsoft 365 Copilot supported ideation, user research, scenario development, feature definition, project planning, and documentation. Ben will then demonstrate how GitHub Copilot helped move the concept toward execution through architecture, prototyping, coding, testing, debugging, and iteration. The session will follow the journey from identifying a health-related challenge to shaping a product concept and building a working experience, while highlighting the essential roles of human judgment, privacy, security, and responsible AI. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for combining Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot to move from idea to plan to execution—and confidently bring their own ideas to life.

### Edge AI Safety: Real‑Time Containment
- Event topic ID: a6e81051-b2e5-4803-be77-849264ada027
- Topic ID: 84628974-4c71-49bd-8688-32ac670623de
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 1:45 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 2:15 PM
- Type: session
- Level: Advanced level
- Speakers: Jessica De Paiva
- Track: Edge AI
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: Learn to intercept telemetry at the API edge, sanitise payloads in‑flight, and trigger automatic credential revocation the instant behavioural anomalies breach safety thresholds. By leveraging edge sandboxing, network architects can prevent localised agent failures from cascading into critical utility networks, ensuring data residency and regulatory compliance without added network overhead.

### Ethical AI agents with M365 Copilot Studio & Microsoft Foundry
- Event topic ID: 90fe599a-e96e-4332-a12f-b970b893fbfa
- Topic ID: d2baa9dc-0422-4205-9f7c-c8e7992638c2
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 2:15 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 2:45 PM
- Type: session
- Level: Intermediate level
- Speakers: Boudour Ben Mekki
- Track: Responsible AI
- Room: Auditorium
- Location: Main Stage
- Description: We will explore the main features of agebtic AI from copilit studio to semantic Ai foundary search.

### Engineering AI-Augmented Threat Detection for Regulated Healthcare at Scale
- Event topic ID: be320190-44b8-4b9f-8640-4ae9fcb22a39
- Topic ID: 54654b63-16ef-4b53-895c-41e7f336e645
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 2:15 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 2:45 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Kedar Mohile
- Room: Board Room (3rd Floor)
- Description: Healthcare organizations must protect sensitive patient data while keeping pace with an increasingly complex threat landscape — a challenge that demands more than theoretical models. This session walks through the engineering behind a production AI-driven security system deployed at HealthSec, showing how machine learning was integrated into a HIPAA-compliant environment to materially improve threat detection while reducing false positives compared to legacy signature-based tooling. Drawing on real-world deployment across multiple healthcare facilities, the talk breaks down three implementation phases builders can apply directly: (1) data preprocessing and feature engineering under PHI anonymization constraints, (2) model training using federated learning to preserve data locality across distributed healthcare networks, and (3) production deployment with real-time monitoring for high-volume security event processing. Beyond the architecture, we'll cover the engineering trade-offs of operating AI in regulated environments: proven approaches to model explainability that satisfy both engineering and compliance stakeholders, automated compliance reporting that cut audit preparation overhead, and measurable gains in mean time to detection (MTTD). We'll also share how AI-augmented detection improved SOC team efficiency, freeing analysts to focus on high-priority threats while preserving the audit trails healthcare regulations require. This session is built for AI/ML engineers, security architects, and infrastructure leaders looking for a real-world, engineering-first blueprint for deploying AI security solutions in heavily regulated, enterprise-scale environments.

### Strap In: A High-Speed Ride Through Microsoft Fabric
- Event topic ID: 352058e0-3587-42ba-b186-f8fd47c6a946
- Topic ID: 33f4a42a-3e43-47e3-b4da-28334ceea1f9
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 2:45 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 3:15 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Pragati Jain
- Room: Auditorium
- Description: Microsoft Fabric has been there for sometime and many have already explored or started exploring it’s capabilities. Pragati is a Data Platform MVP and has been working with Microsoft Fabric since starting including designing Fabric based client solutions. Whether you come from Data Modelling or Reporting or Data Engineering or Data Science background, Microsoft Fabric has something for all. In this session Pragati will dive into multiple persona based Microsoft Fabric capabilities. If you are interested in understanding what Microsoft Fabric has got for you, then join this session to learn more.

### AI Reference Architecture for Modern Enterprises
- Event topic ID: 66c34edf-6696-429e-9dd1-5db64c3a6e9f
- Topic ID: de5981a9-4a0e-4426-8c69-4dcadae969ae
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 2:45 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 3:15 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Dr. Gaurav Gupta
- Room: Board Room (3rd Floor)
- Description: This session presents a practical AI Reference Architecture that enables organizations to design, deploy, and operate enterprise-grade AI solutions securely and at scale. Attendees will explore the essential building blocks of a modern AI ecosystem, including data platforms, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, AI gateways, agent frameworks, APIs, observability, security, governance, and MLOps/LLMOps. Drawing on real-world enterprise architecture principles, the session demonstrates how to integrate AI capabilities into existing business and technology landscapes while maintaining compliance, resilience, and operational excellence. Participants will gain actionable guidance for building AI platforms that support multiple business units, accelerate innovation, and reduce technical complexity. Whether your organization is starting its AI journey or scaling AI across the enterprise, this session provides a blueprint for creating a secure, governed, and future-ready AI architecture.

### Coffee Break & Networking
- Event topic ID: db1def16-19a3-4147-be94-b4bd8b8adcbc
- Topic ID: a4eb4ff6-964f-43b5-a15b-d079516af204
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 3:15 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 3:30 PM
- Type: break
- Room: Break Area
- Description: A dedicated coffee, lunch, and networking break where attendees can relax, recharge, and connect with speakers, partners, and fellow participants.

### Rolling Out GitHub Copilot Across an Entire Government: What Worked, What Didn't
- Event topic ID: 42d05156-0f9c-44dc-aba6-0d9a22bfd7c6
- Topic ID: b78c4047-6d6e-4485-8b71-583ef9e6f55f
- Day: 2026-10-15
- Time: Oct 15, 2026, 3:30 PM to Oct 15, 2026, 4:00 PM
- Type: session
- Speakers: Steve Abdullah Chan
- Room: Auditorium
- Description: I led the UK Government's cross-government AI coding assistant programme: 2,500 licences across more than 50 public-sector organisations, including 1,600 GitHub Copilot seats. At the time it was the largest cross-government deployment of AI coding assistants anywhere. The results were published: 56 minutes saved per developer per day, and 58% of users saying they would not go back to working without one. This session is the practitioner's cut, covering what the published findings don't tell you. We'll cover the adoption curve (and why it follows the org chart, not the licence count); what moved in delivery metrics and what didn't; where the saved time went; the security, licensing and IP objections and how each was resolved; why mandating usage backfires; what happened to code review and CI when generated-code volume doubled; and the measurement traps that let a rollout look successful while changing nothing. The result is a deployment playbook tested at national scale, one that applies whether you're rolling out Copilot to two hundred engineers or twenty thousand.

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