Technology
The Cloud & AI Summit 2026
A premier community conference focused on Microsoft Azure, AI, and the Microsoft technology stack. Three days of deep technical sessions for developers, IT pros, and technology leaders.
60Speakers
12Sponsors
54Sessions
46Companies · in total
Speakers
Programmed at The, in alphabetical order.
Aditya Rokade
Cloud,AI & DevOps | Public Speaker · Wolters Kluwer
Andrew Siebert
Software Engineer @ Patch My PC · Patch My PC
Annemarie Merchant
MCT | Azure Enthusiast | MBA · Microsoft
Avindra Fernando
Principal Architect | Fractional CTO | AI-Driven Development & Modernization | Conference Speaker
Barret Blake
#MicrosoftMVP, architect@NimblePros · NimblePros
Becky Bertram
Owner · Savvy Technical Solutions
Benjamin Michaelis
Software Engineer at IntelliTect, Co-Author of Essential C#, Spokane .Net User Group Leader · IntelliTect
Bodhisattva Das
Security Engineer · RUDRA Cybersecurity
Brendan Daly
Senior Solution Architect · NRI North America
Brian Gorman
Microsoft Azure MVP, Speaker, Author, Trainer, and .Net Developer
Brian Haydin
Microsoft Cloud & AI Architect | Azure • GitHub • Power Platform · Concurrency
Chad Green
Sr. Systems Architect · Jasper Engines & Transmissions
Chad Lich
Director Azure Cloud & AI Specialist
Charles Lakes II
Microsoft MVP BizApps | Creative Solution Architect · The II Lakes Group
Chris Ayers
Principal Software Engineer · Microsoft
Chris Cusumano
Senior Data Engineer · Microsoft
Cory House
Author / Consultant
Craig Brandt
Director of Growth & AI Innovation · ArchitectNow
David Dean
Principal Architect & Data Intelligence Technical Lead · MicroAge
Donnie Taylor
MVP - Azure and Cloud/Datacenter Mgmt · GM
Eldert Grootenboer
Principal Product Manager · Microsoft
Eric Boyd
Founder & CEO · responsiveX
Sponsors
The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Agenda
Selected from 54 sessions.
- Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:15 AM - 11:45 AMAI
AI on the Edge
Edge AI is not a new phenomenon. This session will show how models for video, audio, and sensor data run on devices close to where data is created. Th...
- Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:15 AM - 11:45 AMAI
AI Powered Observability: Master Your App Performance with Azure Application Insights
Modern apps move fast, and your visibility needs to move even faster. In this session, you will learn how Azure Application Insights, now backed by AI...
- Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:15 AM - 11:45 AMCloud Operations
Azure Feels Slow Because Your Dev Loop Is Broken
Azure isn’t slow. Your development loop is.
- Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:15 AM - 11:45 AMLow Code
A-Z With AI Builder
This session will take a deep dive in how to use AI Builder in the Power Platform. You will learn how to use pretrained models and prompts as well as...
- Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:15 AM - 11:45 AMAISecurity
Curtailing The Chaos: Setting Your Org Up for AI Success
When you have 50 people all using AI in different ways, things get chaotic quick. How do you combat that?
- Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:15 AM - 11:45 AMPro Code
Designing & Developing Modern Web APIs with .NET 10, OpenAPI, and Azure
Modern applications rely on well-designed, secure, and scalable web APIs. However, being successful across the lifecycle of web API design to operatio...
- Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:15 AM - 11:45 AMCloud OperationsPro Code
Engineering for Performance and Scalability on Azure Service Bus
As cloud-native architectures continue to evolve, messaging systems like Azure Service Bus are playing an increasingly critical role in enabling scala...
- Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:15 AM - 11:45 AMData & Analytics
Getting Started with Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
This introductory session is designed for anyone new to Microsoft Fabric or modern data tools. We will explore how Copilot helps beginners work with d...
- Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:15 AM - 11:45 AMPro Code
Modern .NET Configuration
Remember the good ol' days when configuration meant hardcoding a few constants and commenting out everything but PRODUCTION before a commit? Life was ...
Company intelligence
What does it mean when 46 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?
46 companies. four are betting more than once.
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