<p spellcheck="false" data-ms-editor="true">Microsoft AI Day is the first of it's kind AI-focused conference that will bring together members of our community who are interested in learning more about Microsoft's offerings in the artificial intelligence space.&nbsp; This is a must-attend event that will be led by many industry experts who will share information on the latest AI apps and services offered by Microsoft.</p>
<p spellcheck="false" data-ms-editor="true">Attending Microsoft AI Day is a fantastic way to stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in the Microsoft AI space. Whether you're an IT professional, a business owner, or a technology enthusiast, this conference is an excellent opportunity to learn from the experts and engage in hands-on labs. By attending, you'll be able to enhance your skills and knowledge, which can have a positive impact on your career or business.<br></p>
<p spellcheck="false" data-ms-editor="true">Don't miss the chance to learn, grow, and have fun at Toronto's first Microsoft AI-focused conference.</p>
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                <b>Creospark</b><br><br>Creospark is a team of passionate technologists in pursuit of the ideal digital employee experience. Committed to helping businesses understand, adopt, and love their technology, they specialize in building digital employee experiences powered by Microsoft 365, Microsoft Viva, the Power Platform, Dynamics 365, SharePoint, Teams, and Azure. Their solutions inspire teamwork, promote data-driven problem-solving, and empower teams to accomplish more. ​
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                <b>Protiviti</b><br><br>Whether you are looking to automate, modernize, or embark on an end-to-end transformation journey, our technology consulting solutions can help. Our services range from strategy, design, and development through implementation, risk management, and managed services. Every business is becoming a technology business. Let us help you transform.<br><br>Our professionals become your trusted advisors, providing insight and strategic vision through innovative actions. Innovation is embedded in everything we do. And it all starts with design thinking. From the C-suite to the newest consultant, our professionals are trained in design thinking to deliver unique solutions that solve today’s business problems. Our experts leverage agile processes and are certified in the latest technologies and platforms, keeping you at the forefront of technology transformation.<br>
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                <b>2toLead</b><br><br>2toLead is one of a kind consulting services company with a unique blend of left and right brain thinking. We focus on Business Strategy, User Experience and Technology expertise to help transform organizations all across the world.
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                <b>Extranet User Manager</b><br><br>Extranet User Manager (EUM) makes Microsoft simple. This suite of solutions optimizes how organizations onboard, collaborate, and share with their external users - clients, partners, vendors, volunteers, etc. - all while leveraging tools they already have within Microsoft 365. As an established Microsoft Gold Competency Partner, our experienced and dedicated team is driven towards creating advanced products that demonstrate best-in-class capabilities with Microsoft technologies. EUM is developed by Envision IT, which has been working in the Microsoft space since the early 2000s and continues to be a leader in consulting and custom development within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.<br>
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Keynote: Our opportunity in the Era of AI

If you've heard about AI and its power to transform the way we get work done, but you're not sure how to get started, this is the session for you. We'll demonstrate practical examples of how to leverage Copilot and AI Builder in Microsoft 365, focusing on quick wins you can implement today. This session is geared towards power users but will be helpful for anyone who is looking to bridge the gap between buzzwords and business cases.

AI in Microsoft 365: A Practical Introduction

I have been using GitHub co-pilot for about 1.5 years now. It is an incredible tool and it keeps surprising me almost every single day! The most well known tool is code completion, which increases the code writing speed. But what does it actually mean? And what else can be achieved with the extension?
Join me in this session to get a deeper understanding of GitHub Copilot, which will help you code faster and learn new techniques. We will talk about the benefits of using GitHub copilot, the additional tools that the extension provides that are less commonly used, see all of the above in action and finish up with some real life examples and experiences.

Are You REALLY Using GitHub Copilot to the Full Potential?

A case study of a large medical therapy company using MSFT Cognitive Service, and Azure Function to automate clinical information retrieval from large volumes of documents of different types and in different languages.  The case study is going to walk through how we identify the opportunities for improvement in the information retrieval process, how we configure Cognitive Service API to optimize the performance of solutions, scalability of Cognitive Service, enhancements of Cognitive Service product outputs and how we use Azure Function to optimize the cost of the solution via the serverless Azure tools.  

Case study of using ML/AI to expedite the oncology patient records processing

The volume of data being created in organizations continues to grow exponentially. SharePoint alone has crossed over 200 petabytes per month and in every workday, customers add over two billion new documents to Microsoft 365. Mining that data for actionable insight is a perfect opportunity for unlocking transformative value through AI. Here’s some of the points Peter will cover in his talk

* The transition from simple keyword search (matching the words you type in) to semantic search (what are you trying to accomplish) and vector search (matching items similar in meaning or context)
* Understanding critical investments Microsoft has made and is making into Microsoft Search
Bing Chat Enterprise and Visual Search
* ChatGPT versus Azure Open AI
* Azure Cognitive Search
* Combining Azure Open AI and Cognitive Search for private chat targeted to your own data sets

Leveraging AI for More Effective Enterprise Search With the Evolving Microsoft Suite

Inclusive AI Language Models: Empowering Diversity, Embracing Change
1. Understanding Diversity in Language:
   - Linguistic diversity: Recognizing and celebrating the richness and diversity of languages worldwide, including endangered and indigenous languages.
   - Multilingual considerations: Understanding the challenges and opportunities of creating AI models that can effectively process and generate content in multiple languages.
  - Embracing LGBTI+ inclusive language: Incorporating gender-neutral language, diverse pronouns, and terminology that affirms and respects the identities of the LGBTI+ community within AI language models, promoting a more inclusive and welcoming digital experience for all users.
- Language evolution and emerging trends: Acknowledging that language is constantly evolving, with new words, phrases, and trends emerging over time. Discussing strategies to keep large language models like GPT up-to-date and adaptable to the ever-changing linguistic landscape, while also ensuring inclusivity and avoiding potential biases associated with emerging language trends.

2. Addressing Bias and Fairness:
   - Intersectional bias: Recognizing the intersectionality of identity factors (e.g., race, gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, and age) and how biases may compound in AI systems, leading to potential discrimination.
   - Fairness-aware training: Exploring techniques to improve fairness during the model's training phase, ensuring equitable representation and treatment of different demographic groups.
   - User-specific customization: Discussing the balance between personalized user experiences and avoiding reinforcement of individual biases.

3. Inclusive Language Modeling:
   - Gender-inclusive language: Understanding the importance of gender-neutral language and how to ensure AI models avoid perpetuating gender stereotypes.
- Promoting LGBTI+ representation: Ensuring AI language models accurately reflect and represent the diverse experiences, perspectives, and identities within the LGBTI+ community, fostering a sense of inclusion and visibility for users from all backgrounds.
   - Accessibility considerations: Addressing the needs of individuals with disabilities and how language models can be designed to cater to diverse accessibility requirements.
   - Regional and cultural nuances: Incorporating regional variations and cultural preferences to generate content that resonates with specific audiences.

4. Real-world Applications:
   - Bias in applications: Investigating potential biases that may arise in specific applications, such as chatbots or language translation, and exploring techniques to mitigate them.
   - Inclusive chat interactions: Ensuring that AI chatbots respond sensitively to users' emotions and mental health concerns, promoting empathy and support.
   - Health-related content: Understanding the significance of accurate and inclusive health information generation to address diverse healthcare needs.

5. Responsible AI Development:
   - Diverse research teams: Highlighting the importance of diverse teams working on AI development to incorporate different perspectives and ensure comprehensive evaluation of AI models.
   - External auditing: Discussing the role of independent audits to assess AI models for bias, fairness, and inclusivity.
   - Ethical guidelines: Following clear ethical guidelines and standards to guide AI development and deployment, prioritizing the welfare and dignity of users.

6. The Way Forward:
   - Collaborative partnerships: Encouraging collaborations between AI researchers, policymakers, and community representatives to collectively shape the future of inclusive AI.
   - Public awareness and education: Promoting awareness about D&I issues in AI and fostering public education to empower users with a better understanding of AI technology and its impact.
   - Social responsibility: Encouraging organizations and developers to take responsibility for the consequences of AI models and actively seek feedback from users to improve inclusivity and responsiveness.



Inclusive AI Language Models: Empowering Diversity, Embracing Change

This session would discuss how the integration of Microsoft Open AI with Teams Premium is making meetings more intelligent, personalized, and productive. It would cover topics such as intelligent recap, personalized timeline markers, and AI-generated chapters in Microsoft Teams. 

We would provide tips and best practices for using Microsoft Open AI Integration in Teams Premium. These tips would cover topics such as setting up Teams Premium, using the AI-powered features, and managing meeting security.

How Microsoft Open AI Integration in Teams Premium is revolutionizing the way we meet

Come and learn some of the Best practice considerations when it comes to using the Microsoft Syntex AI Teaching model for Content Extraction

Real World Microsoft Syntex Tips & Tricks

Enterprise leaders should be thinking about how advances in generative AI today could relate to their business models and processes tomorrow. The next impressive development in generative AI is quickly approaching. How can your organization find an edge while maintaining trust?  Join us to explore and understand Microsoft's multiple approaches to AI, including out of box solutions like Microsoft Copilot, hybrid solutions which leverage Azure OpenAI Service and custom solutions built on Azure Machine Learning capabilities.  We will provide an overview of Generative AI and discuss the business impacts, discuss how Microsoft is reinventing productivity with AI, provide an overview of Microsoft Copilot and discuss case studies of hybrid and custom solutions.

Exploring and Understanding Microsoft's AI Approaches

In this session we will explore various features of data that affects model performance. We will use some of the models exposed through Azure Open AI and understand it’s performance.

How important is your data - Azure Open AI use case

Microsoft Syntex brings advanced content services and AI together to automate processes, classification, and more, transforming information into working knowledge for your organization in a way we've never seen before.  In this session, you'll learn how Microsoft Syntex has come to the forefront of Content AI and automated knowledge management, the services and solutions it can provide, how they work together, and some proven ways to implement Syntex in your organization.  We'll start by looking at the AI models that Microsoft Syntex provides for unstructured, structured, and freeform document processing, covering its fundamental capabilities.  Then you'll learn about Microsoft's Syntex's capabilities for content assembly and content processing.  Finally, we'll share what Syntex is bringing in upcoming releases, including eSignature, data archiving and managing SharePoint data at scale.  We'll share real-world conversations about Syntex implementation, deployment, and adoption scenarios to spark the conversation at your organization.  Join us to discover how to improve content management and business efficiency with Content AI and Microsoft Syntex.

Next-Generation Content Management and Business Efficiency with Content AI and Microsoft Syntex

This session is tailored for beginners who are eager to explore the world of AI models and their transformative impact on business workflows. The goal is to demystify AI concepts and demonstrate how non-developers and beginners can easily leverage these powerful tools. 

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to innovate, streamline operations, and make data-driven decisions. Microsoft Power Platform offers a robust tool suite that empowers users to achieve these goals through low-code or no-code solutions. AI models are at the heart of this platform, bringing unparalleled automation, intelligence, and efficiency to various business processes.

During this beginner-level session, we will embark on an exciting journey to understand the fundamental concepts of AI models, different types, and some use cases within Power Platform. 

Power Platform AI Models: Revolutionizing Business Processes (Level - Beginner)

Learn how to harness the potential of Copilot to enhance your productivity and create robust, feature-rich PowerApps in a fraction of the time. Furthermore, we will delve into the seamless integration of PowerApps with Microsoft Fabric, a comprehensive end-to-end data solution. Uncover the benefits of leveraging Microsoft Fabric to connect your PowerApps with a wide array of data sources.

Unleashing the Full Potential of PowerApps: Amplify Productivity with Copilot and Seamlessly Connect

Learn how prompt engineering can unlock the full potential of AI models. Discover the art of designing effective prompts that guide AI models to generate high-quality and relevant responses. Join us to explore the emerging field of prompt engineering and how it can enhance your AI applications.

Unlocking AI Potential with Prompt Engineering

In todays world marked by unprecedented challenges and evolving threats, the transformation of security is essential to build a resilient future. Traditional approaches alone are no longer sufficient to address the complexities and dynamic nature of security risks. Through the power of innovation and technology, we have an opportunity to revolutionize security practices. By leveraging emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and automation, we can enhance threat detection, response, and prevention. AI-driven systems can rapidly analyze vast amounts of data, identify patterns, and detect anomalies, enabling security professionals to stay one step ahead of potential risks. In this session, I will discuss how with AI technology, we can pave the way for a resilient future where security evolves alongside emerging challenges, ensuring safety, stability, and peace of mind for all.

AI: Transforming Security towards a Resilient Future

Let Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge guide you through the exciting world of AI, analytics, and automation in Microsoft 365. 
 
Uncover the innovative ways organizations are optimizing collaboration, communication, and management for employees, leaders, and managers. 
 
In this session, you will learn to: 
•	Enhance your organization's potential by learning how to pinpoint areas of focus, tackle risks, and automate tasks for a more productive and efficient workflow.
•	Delve into the practical applications and benefits of these technologies, from streamlining repetitive tasks to uncovering valuable insights for informed decision-making. 
•	Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to successfully integrate AI, analytics, and automation into your Microsoft 365 environment, empowering your organization to thrive in an ever-evolving digital landscape.

Elevate Your Microsoft 365 Experience: The Winning Trio of AI, Analytics, and Automation

Join this session where we explore the transformative power of Microsoft Copilot. You will discover what Copilot is and how it revolutionizes the way we work. Learn about the underlying mechanisms that make Copilot an invaluable assistant. Learn how Microsoft 365 Copilot inherits your  organization’s existing security and compliance policies for MS 365.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Technical overview

This session will demo how to use AI Insights to gain access to a collection of pre-trained machine learning models that enhance your data preparation efforts. Also the functions for Text Analytics and Vision functions, both from Azure Cognitive Services in addition to the custom functions available in Power BI from Azure Machine Learning.

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