Azure

CloudBrew 2026

Name: CloudBrew 2026
Start: 2026-12-10
End: 2026-12-11
Location: Mechelen

CloudBrew 2026 is a two-day community conference focused on Microsoft Azure, organized by AZUG, the Belgium Microsoft Azure User Group. Attendees can expect several tracks covering cloud technologies, with local and international speakers sharing their expertise. The event aims for a small-scale, intimate setting to promote networking and deep learning. Host…

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47Speakers

6Sponsors

97Sessions

25Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at CloudBrew, in alphabetical order.

Alan Smith

AI Developer · Active Solution

Alexandra Zakharova

Senior Partner Solution Architect AI and Apps · Microsoft

Alex Mang

Microsoft Regional Director and Most Valuable Professional

Anders Lybecker

Principal Architect · Microsoft

Bart Wullems

Lead Architect · Vlaamse Landmaatschappij

Casper Dijkstra

.NET Developer & Azure Architect

Chafik Bensaber

Senior Solution Manager

Chris Klug

Chief Over‑Engineering Officer

Christian Gläser

Senior Azure Cloud Architect · Nordcloud

Danny Kruge

Data Platform MVP | Mission Critical Engineer · Schuberg Philis

Emil Wasilewski

Microsoft Azure MVP

Erwin Staal

Independent Solution Architect, Author of 'Azure Infrastructure as Code'

Geert van der Cruijsen

CEO · Zure Netherlands

Johnny Hooyberghs

Passionate Developer · Involved

Joonas Westlin

Azure Architect/Developer and Azure MVP · Zure Ltd

Karim Vaes

Technical Lead for Strategic Accounts · Microsoft Belux

Karl-Henrik Nilsson

Senior Technical Architect · GAC

Kellyn Gorman

Technical Swiss Army Knife, Advocate and Engineer · Redgate

Kristof Rennen

Principal Product Manager, Azure Storage · Microsoft

Kris van der Mast

CEO at VaHa - Microsoft MVP - Solution architect · SD Worx

Laila Bougria

Solutions Architect · Particular Software

Laura Verghote

AI Apps Solutions Engineer · Microsoft

Agenda

Selected from 97 sessions.

Friday 09:00
Azure Private Endpoints and DNS Resolution Architecture
Friday 09:00
Cloud sovereignty demystified – from requirements to architecture
Friday 09:00
From Single Agents to Systems: Designing Multi-Agent Architecture
Friday 09:00
Mastering Azure Data Migrations: Essential Standards and Protocols for Any Scale
Friday 10:20
AI Agents In-Depth – Function Calling, MCP and Tool Use Under the Hood
Friday 10:20
Good Enough Azure Security: Where to spend your first 10 security hours
Friday 10:20
MicroVMs: The New Compute Substrate Behind Modern PaaS and Serverless
Friday 10:20
Model and AI Agent evaluations
Friday 11:40
7 Learnings from running customer service AI agents at scale

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 25 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

25 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room

4All threespeak · spons · exh

2Sponsoringsponsor only

19Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Zure·AE·Codit·Delaware

Speakers by seniority

30% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite817%
Founder / Owner36%
VP-level12%
Director / Head of24%
Manager / Lead715%
Product12%
Engineer · IC1940%
Advisor / Investor12%
Other roles511%

Of 47 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Roles	Speakers
1	Microsoft		8
2	Zure	Sponsor · Platinum	2
3	AE	Sponsor · Platinum	1
4	Codit	Sponsor · Platinum	1
5	Delaware	Sponsor · Platinum	1
6	Axxes	Sponsor · Platinum	-
7	Inetum	Sponsor · Platinum	-
8	Active Solution		1
9	Duende Software		1
10	Elder Swamp Club		1
11	GAC		1
12	Involved		1
13	IronByte		1
14	Microsoft Belux		1

Sponsors by tier

platinum6

100% of 6

At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Bmatix×2 peers
Cloubis×2 peers
Datashift×2 peers
element61×2 peers
Laco×2 peers
Plainsight×2 peers
U2U×2 peers

Related events · by shared sponsors

Conference	Date	City	Shared sponsors
VISUGXL 2026	November 17, 2026	Sint-Katelijne-Waver	4
FABRIC WINTERFEST 2026	December 4, 2026	Wilrijk	3
dataMinds Connect 2026	October 12, 2026	Mechelen	2

CloudBrew 2026

Azure Private Endpoints and DNS Resolution Architecture

Cloud sovereignty demystified – from requirements to architecture

From Single Agents to Systems: Designing Multi-Agent Architecture

Mastering Azure Data Migrations: Essential Standards and Protocols for Any Scale

AI Agents In-Depth – Function Calling, MCP and Tool Use Under the Hood

Good Enough Azure Security: Where to spend your first 10 security hours

MicroVMs: The New Compute Substrate Behind Modern PaaS and Serverless

Model and AI Agent evaluations

7 Learnings from running customer service AI agents at scale

25 companies. four are betting more than once.