2015 Conference at a glance

ESPC15 Stockholm, was attended by 1,500+ Office 365 and SharePoint professionals from 50+ countries. 4 days of 100+ sessions and tutorials from the world’s leading experts- including 42 MVP’s and 7 MCM’s.


Tuesday 10 November

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Programme Team Welcome

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KEYNOTE: The Modern Workplace: Evolution of SharePoint and Office 365

 

Jeff Teper, President - Collaborative Apps & Platforms, Microsoft, USA Seth Patton, Microsoft, USA Bill Baer, Microsoft, USA  

 

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KEYNOTE: The Future is About Looking Back

 

Geoff Evelyn, MVP, Dentsu Aegis Network Limited, UK  

 

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Morning Break - Visit the Expo

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Tuesday 10th Nov: Conference Programme

T1

 

 

 

T2

Business

Office Graph and Delve: The "Big Bang" of Findability and Discoverability

Office 365

 

Dan Holme, MVP, itunity.com, USA  

 

T3

IT Pro

SP2016 - What You Need to Know

Level 200

SharePoint

 

Adeel Ahmed, Microsoft, Norway Yusuf Moraby, Microsoft, UK  

 

T4

IT Pro

Hybrid Search Bonanza - Cloud SSA vs Custom Claims Provider and Security Trimmer

SharePoint

 

Petter Skodvin-Hvammen, Puzzlepart, Norway  

 

T5

Dev

Office 365 Patterns and Practices - the Future of the SharePoint Developer

Level 300

Office 365

 

Radi Atanassov, MCM, MVP, OneBit Software, Bulgaria  

 

T6

 

 

 

T7

IT Pro

Re-engineering the SharePoint Migration

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Corey Burke, Rackspace Hosting, UK  

 

T8

Dev

Microsoft SharePoint Online Performance: Designing Your Pages to Be Fast

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Serge Luca, MVP, Power Platform Associates, Belgium Patrick Guimonet, MVP, Abalon, France  

 

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Lunch Break - Visit the Expo

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Tuesday 10th Nov: Conference Programme

T9

 

 

 

T10

 

 

 

T11

 

 

 

T12

 

 

 

T13

 

 

 

T14

Business / IT Pro

Transitioning WSP Solutions to Office 365

Level 300

Office 365

 

Randy Williams, AvePoint, USA  

 

T15

 

 

 

T16

 

 

 

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Change Rooms

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Tuesday 10th Nov: Conference Programme

T17

 

 

 

T18

Business

Myths and Facts about Corporate Social Networks

Level 100

 

Javier Menendez Pallo, ENCAMINA, Spain  

 

T19

IT Pro

The Four Pillars of Enterprise Search Strategy

Level 200

SharePoint

 

Joel Oleson, Konica Minolta, USA  

 

T20

Pioneering Award for Startup Excellence – Finalist Pitches

 

 

 

T21

Dev

Real-World Lessons for Provider-Hosted Office 365 Apps Built on Azure (Level 300)

Level 300

Office 365

 

Mike Fitzmaurice, WEBCON, USA  

 

T22

 

 

 

T23

 

 

 

T24

 

 

 

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Break - Visit the Expo

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Tuesday 10th Nov: Conference Programme

T25

 

 

 

T26

 

 

 

T27

 

 

 

T28

End User

SharePoint Governance: Stories, Myths, Legends and Real lLife

Level 200

 

Toni Frankola, MVP, SysKit Ltd., Croatia  

 

T29

 

 

 

T30

IT Pro

Custom Code - The Missing Piece of the SharePoint Governance Puzzle

Level 300

 

Matthias Einig, MVP, Rencore, Germany  

 

T31

 

 

 

T32

Dev

Practical Strategies for SharePoint and Responsive Web Design

SharePoint

 

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

 

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LIVE Hackathon at ESPC15 with Jeremy Thake



Wednesday 11 November

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KEYNOTE:

 

 

 

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Wednesday 11th Nov: Conference Programme

W1

Business

Web Analytics - Steps to Help You Choose the Right Tool

Level 100

SharePoint

 

Geoff Evelyn, MVP, Dentsu Aegis Network Limited, UK  

 

W2

End User

Workflow & Forms Special - K2, Nintex, WEBCON and Office 365 Power User Shootout

Level 200

Office 365

 

Andrej Doms, ConVista Consulting AG, Germany  

 

W3

 

 

 

W4

IT Pro

What’s new in OneDrive for Business

Level 200

OneDrive

 

Douglas Pearce, Microsoft, USA  

 

W5

Dev

Test-driven Development with SharePoint, Office 365 and Visual Studio

Level 300

Office 365

 

Bill Ayers, MVP, MCM, MCT, Flow Simulation Ltd., United Kingdom  

 

W6

 

 

 

W7

 

 

 

W8

 

 

 

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Morning Break - Visit the Expo

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Wednesday 11th Nov: Conference Programme

W9

End User

Why Office 2016 - The Desktop Advantage

Level 200

Office 2016

 

Malin Dandenell, MVP, Learningpoint, Sweden  

 

W10

 

 

 

W11

IT Pro

PowerShell DSC, A New Approach in Deploying SharePoint Environments

Level 300

 

Rodrigo Pinto, MVP, Storm, Portugal  

 

W12

IT Pro

Mobile Device Management in Office 365

Level 300

Office 365

 

Senthamil Selvan, MVP, Xchanging Pte Ltd, Singapore  

 

W13

 

 

 

W14

 

 

 

W15

IT Pro

Office 365 SharePoint Hybrid – What’s New & Roadmap

Level 200

Office 365

 

Bill Baer, Microsoft, USA  

 

W16

Business

Tieto and AvePoint - Governance Automation and Private Clouds from a Service Provider's Perspective

Level 100

SharePoint

 

Timo Wuoma, Tieto, Finland John Peluso, AvePoint, USA  

 

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Lunch Break - Visit the Expo

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Women in Technology Lunch: The Marriage of Theatre and Technology – Building a Big Beautiful Brand (Women Only)

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Wednesday 11th Nov: Conference Programme

W17

 

 

 

W18

Business

SharePoint Success is Serious Business - Putting an Internal SharePoint Practice Together

Level 200

SharePoint

 

Hilton Giesenow, MVP, Experts Inside, South Africa  

 

W19

IT Pro

System Center & SharePoint On-Prem

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Matija Blagus, Acceleratio Ltd., Croatia  

 

W20

 

 

 

W21

Dev

JavaScript for C# Developers, Making the Move

Level 400

 

Hugh Wood, Rencore, UK  

 

W22

 

 

 

W23

 

 

 

W24

IT Pro

The Slippery Slope of Migrating to SharePoint Online or On-Premise

Level 200

SharePoint

 

Jill Hannemann, WithumSmith+Brown, USA Adam Levithan, Metalogix, USA  

 

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Change Rooms

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Wednesday 11th Nov: Conference Programme

W25

 

 

 

W26

End User

Office for Mac 2016 - What's New, What's Cool, What's Missing

Level 100

Office 2016

 

Andreas Wennborg, Learningpoint AB, Sweden  

 

W27

Business

When Deadlines Rule - What to do When You Must Deliver in 2 Weeks

Level 100

SharePoint

 

Lukasz Wrobel, WEBCON, Poland Michal Rykiert, WEBCON, Poland  

 

W28

Business

IKON – Using SharePoint 2013 as a complete EDRMS, Intranet and Knowledge Management Solution for a Large (9,500+) Organisation.

Level 200

SharePoint

 

Barry Byrne, Irish Defence Forces, Ireland  

 

W29

Dev

Responsive Design in SharePoint 2013

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Christian Ståhl, MVP, eVolution Interactive Sthlm, Sweden  

 

W30

 

 

 

W31

Dev

Migrate Full Trust Code Solution to Cloud App Model: Step by Step

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Rodrigo Pinto, MVP, Storm, Portugal  

 

W32

 

 

 

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Afternoon Break - Visit the Expo

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Wednesday 11th Nov: Conference Programme

W33

 

 

 

W34

End User

Real World Information Management with OneNote and the Cloud

Level 200

OneNote

 

Michael Greth, MVP, SharePointCommunity.de, Germany  

 

W35

IT Pro

Personal Productivity Insights, Coaching and Self-Awareness with Delve Analytics

Level 200

 

Warren Johnson, Microsoft, USA  

 

W36

IT Pro

PowerShell: SharePoint Admins' Best Friend

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Markus Bütterhoff, amexus Informationstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Germany  

 

W37

Dev

Introduction to AngularJS in an Office 365 context

Level 300

Office 365

 

Sébastien Levert, MVP, Valo Intranet, Canada  

 

W38

 

 

 

W39

 

 

 

W40

IT Pro

Migrate 3000 Users and 1100 Apps from Lotus Notes into Office 365-Learn How

Level 300

Office 365

 

Arno Flapper, Axians Communications Solutions, Netherlands  

 



Thursday 12 November

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KEYNOTE: It's Not Only About SharePoint Anymore

 

Mike Fitzmaurice, WEBCON, USA  

 

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Thursday 12th Nov: Conference Programme

Th1

Business

OneDrive for Business - Much More than a File Share

OneDrive

 

Erica Toelle, MVP, Erica Toelle, LLC, USA  

 

Th2

Dev

Make SharePoint SASSy

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Stefan Bauer, MVP, N8D, Austria  

 

Th3

IT Pro

Power BI - The New Way to Quickly Build Powerful Dashboards

Level 300

 

Knut Relbe-Moe, MVP, Knowledge Factory, Norway  

 

Th4

IT Pro

Inside SharePoint Apps Security

Level 400

SharePoint

 

Paolo Pialorsi, MVP, PiaSys.com, Italy  

 

Th5

 

 

 

Th6

IT Pro

SharePoint Performance Monitoring and Trouble Shooting

Level 400

SharePoint

 

Donald Hessing, Capgemini, Netherlands  

 

Th7

End User

Making Everyone an Innovator: How Business Apps Will Change Your Company Culture

Office 365

 

Moises Tavira, K2, United Kingdom  

 

Th8

End User

Branding Office 365

Office 365

 

Sonja Madsen, MVP, SONJASAPPS, Denmark  

 

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Morning Break - Visit the Expo

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Thursday 12th Nov: Conference Programme

Th9

Business

Microsoft Office 365 or Windows Azure – Have it Your Way

Level 200

Azure

 

Abi Onifade, AvePoint UK Ltd, UK  

 

Th10

 

 

 

Th11

MVP/MCM Panel Session – The Future of SharePoint in an Office 365 World

Office 365

 

Paolo Pialorsi, MVP, PiaSys.com, Italy Bill Ayers, MVP, MCM, MCT, Flow Simulation Ltd., United Kingdom Dan Holme, MVP, itunity.com, USA Christian Buckley, MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, Rencore, USA Michelle Caldwell, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP, Avanade, USA Donald Hessing, Capgemini, Netherlands Chris McNulty, Microsoft, USA  

 

Th12

End User

How to Run Effective Project Management with the Help of Office 365 and Project Online

Office 365

 

Magnus Holmlid, Sweden  

 

Th13

 

 

 

Th14

 

 

 

Th15

 

 

 

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Lunch Break - Visit the Expo

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Thursday 12th Nov: Conference Programme

Th17

Business

Office 365 Video – Why and How?

Level 200

Office 365

 

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

 

Th18

 

 

 

Th19

IT Pro

SharePoint Patching & Automation: Happily Ever After

Azure

 

Haitham Chatta, Microsoft, Ireland  

 

Th20

IT Pro

What is New for IT Professionals in SharePoint Server vNext

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Samuel Zuercher, MVP, Experts Inside GmbH, Switzerland  

 

Th21

 

 

 

Th22

IT Pro

OneDrive - Next Gen Sync Client

Level 200

OneDrive

 

Hans Brender, MVP, HBsoft, Germany  

 

Th23

Dev

Provider-Hosted Apps.... The Real Stuff

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Bjoern H Rapp, MVP, Sopra Steria, Norway  

 

Th24

Dev

Patterns in Apps for SharePoint

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Sonja Madsen, MVP, SONJASAPPS, Denmark  

 

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Change Rooms

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Thursday 12th Nov: Conference Programme

Th25

Business

Tales From The Trenches: The ASTONISHING Story Of Enterprise Social At One Of The World’s Leading Organisations

 

Symon Garfield, Microsoft, UK  

 

Th26

Dev

SharePoint Intranet of Things

Level 300

SharePoint

 

Melanie Culver, International Organisation, Austria  

 

Th27

 

 

 

Th28

IT Pro

Integrating SharePoint with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Level 200

SharePoint

 

Fabrice Di Giulio, MVP, AvePoint, France  

 

Th29

Dev

Real-World Cloud-Hosted Apps with Microsoft Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Level 300

Azure

 

Falak Mahmood, TechNspire AB, Sweden  

 

Th30

IT Pro

Microsoft Office 365 Groups Deep Dive

Office 365

 

Knut Relbe-Moe, MVP, Knowledge Factory, Norway  

 

Th31

 

 

 

Th32

Dev

Universal Windows App Development With Office 365 API

Level 300

Office 365

 

Senthamil Selvan, MVP, Xchanging Pte Ltd, Singapore