ESPC18-Programme-Schedule


Monday 26 November

09:00 - 17:00

Pre-Conference Tutorials (Full Day Classes)

A

 

 

 

B

Dev

Mastering the SharePoint Framework

Level 200

SharePoint & Office 365 Development

 

Andrew Connell, MVP, Voitanos, USA  

 

C
SOLD OUT

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

E
SOLD OUT

IT Pro

Everything You Wanted to Know About Power BI (But Were Afraid to Ask)(SOLD OUT)

Level 300

Data Insight

 

John P. White, MVP, tyGraph, Canada  

 

F
SOLD OUT

 

 

 

G

 

 

 

H
SOLD OUT

Dev

What Every Developer Needs to Know to Work with Microsoft Azure (SOLD OUT)

Level 200

Azure Development

 

Tiago Costa, MVP, MCT, Independent Contractor, Portugal  

 

I
SOLD OUT

 

 

 



Tuesday 27 November

08:45 - 09:00

Conference Introduction by Programme Team

09:00 - 10:10

KEYNOTE: Content Collaboration in the Modern Workplace

 

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

 

09:00 - 10:10

Sessions

T1

 

 

 

T2

 

 

 

10:10 - 11:20

KEYNOTE: Building Engaging Solutions for Office 365

 

Vesa Juvonen, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft, Finland And Friends  

 

10:10 - 11:20

Sessions

T3

 

 

 

T4

 

 

 

11:20 - 11:45

Morning Break - Visit the Expo

11:45 - 12:45

Sessions

T5

 

 

 

T6

 

 

 

T7

IT Pro

Surfing Office 365 Waves: an Office 365 Roadmap Analysis with Power BI

Level 200

Office 365 & Power BI

 

Patrick Guimonet, MVP, Abalon, France  

 

T8

IT Pro

Migration Tools and Strategies for OneDrive and SharePoint Online

Level 200

Migration

 

Shoshanna Budzianowski, Microsoft, China  

 

T9

 

 

 

T10

 

 

 

T11

 

 

 

T12

 

 

 

T13

 

 

 

T14

 

 

 

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch Break - Visit the Expo

14:00 - 15:00

Sessions

T15

 

 

 

T16

 

 

 

T17

IT Pro

The Future of Yammer: Vision and Roadmap

Level 200

Yammer

 

Dan Holme, Microsoft, USA Angus Florance, Microsoft, Australia Carolina Georgatou, Shell, Netherlands  

 

T18

 

 

 

T19

 

 

 

T20

 

 

 

T21

Business

Building Apps for Microsoft Teams Like A Champ

Level 100

SharePoint & Office 365 Development

 

Wictor Wilén, MVP, MCM, Avanade, Sweden  

 

T22

Dev

Deep Learning in Microsoft Azure: CNTK, CaffeOnSpark and Tensorflow

Level 300

Machine Learning & AI

 

Jennifer Stirrup, MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, Data Relish Ltd, United Kingdom  

 

T23

 

 

 

T24

 

 

 

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15

Sessions

T25

 

 

 

T26

 

 

 

T27

IT Pro

Accelerate Productivity with Microsoft Search

Level 200

Search

 

Naomi Moneypenny, Microsoft, USA  

 

T28

 

 

 

T29

 

 

 

T30

 

 

 

T31

Dev

Code your Azure Deployments using Terraform

Level 300

Azure Development

 

Thorsten Hans, MVP, Thinktecture AG, Germany  

 

T32

 

 

 

T33

Dev

Azure API Management – Get Serious with your API Publishing

Level 200

Azure Development

 

Jouni Heikniemi, Microsoft Regional Director, Devisioona Oy, Finland  

 

T34

 

 

 

16:15 - 16:45

Afternoon Break - Visit the Expo

16:45 - 17:45

Sessions

KEYNOTE

Microsoft Azure for Every Workload

 

Arpan Shah, General Manager for Azure Product Marketing, Microsoft, USA  

 

T35

 

 

 

T36

 

 

 

T37

IT Pro

Everything You Need to Know About External Sharing in Office 365

Level 300

Productivity

 

Maarten Eekels, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, Rapid Circle, Netherlands Rafael Lopez-Uricoechea, Microsoft, USA  

 

17:45 - 18:45

Expo Drinks - Networking



Wednesday 28 November

08:50 - 09:00

Daily Conference Updates

09:00 - 10:00

KEYNOTE: Attacks of the Industry: A View to the Future of Cybersecurity

 

Paula Januszkiewicz, Microsoft RD, MVP, CQURE, Poland  

 

09:00 - 10:00

Sessions

W1

 

 

 

W2

Dev

Get the Most Out of your Web App with a Progressive Web App (PWA)

Level 200

WebApps

 

Jeremiah Marble, Microsoft, USA  

 

W3

 

 

 

W3a

 

 

 

10:00 - 10:15

Change Rooms

10:15 - 11:15

Sessions

W4

 

 

 

W5

 

 

 

W6

 

 

 

W7

 

 

 

W8

 

 

 

W9

 

 

 

W10

 

 

 

W11

 

 

 

W12

 

 

 

W13

 

 

 

11:15 - 11:45

Morning Break - Visit the Expo

11:45 - 12:45

Sessions

W14

 

 

 

W15

IT Pro

Using Communication, Team and Hub sites in a Multilingual Organisation

Level 200

Usage & Adoption

 

Martin Laplante, PointFire, Canada  

 

W16

 

 

 

W17

 

 

 

W18

IT Pro

Office 365 Data Governance Explained

Level 300

Compliance and Privacy

 

Tony Redmond, MVP, Office 365 for IT Pros, Ireland  

 

W19

 

 

 

W20

 

 

 

W21

 

 

 

W22

 

 

 

W23

 

 

 

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch Break - Visit the Expo/ Women in Technology Lunch - Spin Your Tale: The Fiction Writers’ Guide to Telling YOUR Story with Dona Sarkar, Microsoft, USA

14:00 - 15:00

Sessions

W24

Dev

Modern SharePoint and SPFx Branding with Office UI Fabric and Site Designs

Level 200

Branding

 

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

 

W25

 

 

 

W26

 

 

 

W27

 

 

 

W28

 

 

 

W29

 

 

 

W30

Dev

Kubernetes: The Next Step After Embracing Docker Containers to Host Microservices

Level 300

Azure Development

 

Pascal Naber, MVP, Tech Driven, Netherlands  

 

W31

 

 

 

W32

 

 

 

W33

 

 

 

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15

Sessions

W34

 

 

 

W35

 

 

 

W36

 

 

 

W37

 

 

 

W38

 

 

 

W39

 

 

 

W40

 

 

 

W41

 

 

 

W42

 

 

 

W43

 

 

 

16:15 - 16:45

Afternoon Break - Visit the Expo

16:45 - 17:45

KEYNOTE: Artificial Intelligence: Winning the Red Queen's Race

 

Jennifer Stirrup, MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, Data Relish Ltd, United Kingdom  

 

16:45 - 17:45

Sessions

W44

 

 

 

W45

 

 

 

W46

 

 

 

W47

 

 

 

W48

 

 

 

W49

 

 

 

19:00 -

ESPC18 Party: A Night at the Circus - Pre-registration Required



Thursday 29 November

08:50 - 09:00

Daily Conference Updates

09:00 - 10:00

KEYNOTE: Be the Lord of Your OWN Rings

 

Dona Sarkar, Microsoft, USA  

 

09:00 - 10:00

Sessions

Th1

 

 

 

Th2

 

 

 

Th3

 

 

 

Th4

Business

Personalised Search and Collaboration in Office 365

Level 200

Productivity

 

Agnes Molnar, Microsoft RD, MVP, Search Explained, Netherlands  

 

Th4a

 

 

 

10:00 - 10:15

Change Rooms

10:15 - 11:15

Sessions

Th5

 

 

 

Th6

 

 

 

Th7

IT Pro

Get Started with Multi-Geo Scenarios with SharePoint & OneDrive

Level 200

OneDrive

 

Andrew Hobden, Microsoft, China Jan Herkelrath, Microsoft, China  

 

Th8

Business

Microsoft Teams Deep Dive – from Architecture to Best Practices

Level 300

Productivity

 

Maarten Eekels, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, Rapid Circle, Netherlands  

 

Th9

Business

Change is the New Black. See How to Design Future-proof, Process-centric Business Applications Backed with Instant Change Management

Level 200

WORKFLOW AND BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

 

Lukasz Wrobel, WEBCON, Poland  

 

Th10

 

 

 

Th11

 

 

 

Th12

 

 

 

Th13

 

 

 

11:15 - 11:45

Morning Break - Visit the Expo

11:45 - 12:45

Sessions

Th14

 

 

 

Th15

 

 

 

Th16

 

 

 

Th17

 

 

 

Th18

 

 

 

Th19

 

 

 

Th20

 

 

 

Th21

 

 

 

Th22

 

 

 

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch Break - Visit the Expo

14:00 - 15:00

Sessions

Th23

Dev

Consuming the Microsoft Graph and 3rd Party APIs with SPFx

Level 400

SharePoint & Office 365 Development

 

Paolo Pialorsi, MVP, PiaSys.com, Italy  

 

Th24

 

 

 

Th25

 

 

 

Th26

 

 

 

Th27

Dev

The Future of Xamarin.Forms

Level 100

Real World Examples

 

Fabian Williams, Microsoft, USA  

 

Th28

 

 

 

Th29

 

 

 

Th30

 

 

 

Th31

 

 

 

15:00 - 15:15

Change Rooms

15:15 - 16:15

Sessions

Th32

 

 

 

Th33

 

 

 

Th34

Dev

Microsoft Graph with Microsoft Teams

Level 300

 

Laura Kokkarinen, MVP, Sulava, Finland  

 

Th35

 

 

 

Th36

 

 

 

Th37

 

 

 

Th38

 

 

 

Th39

Dev / IT Pro

Customizing Modern SharePoint Sites: Branding, Site Scripts and Site Designs

Level 300

Customisations

 

Sean Squires, Microsoft, USA  

 

Th40