2025 PROGRAMME TEAM

Please meet the incredible programme team who are responsible for creating the conference programme for ESPC. The Team are currently working hard to create and curate an exceptional programme of content for ESPC covering Microsoft 365 and Azure, giving you the tools to learn, compete and excel.

Programme Chairs

Luise Freese | MVP | Luise Freese | Germany

Luise has been awarded MVP in 2 categories: Microsoft 365 Development and Business Applications.

Luise helps customers around the globe to improve their business processes and to get rid of everything that only keeps them busy without adding value in a meaningful way. She is a member of the Microsoft 365 platform community team (PnP) and supports developers in extending Microsoft 365. She loves all things community, open-source, stickers, and the number 42.

Maarten Eekels | Microsoft RD & MVP | Rapid Circle | Netherlands

Maarten Eekels (@maarteneekels) is Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, and CTO of Rapid Circle, one of the larger Microsoft Cloud implementation partners in the Netherlands. Maarten is an experienced Microsoft Cloud and Security advocate and already since 2003 he is involved in implementing Microsoft technologies. Besides that, Maarten is mentoring start-ups and helping founders and leaders break through glass ceilings for growing their business and helping avoid certain pitfalls. Also, Maarten is a regular speaker on both national and international events, like conferences, community events and user group meetings. In his personal life, Maarten is a passionate cyclist and certified wine sommelier.

Programme Team

Tom Morgan | MVP | Thoughtstuff | United Kingdom

Tom is a Microsoft 365 Platform developer and Microsoft MVP who has been blogging at https://thoughtstuff.co.uk for over a decade. He works in the UK for Cloud Interact creating multi-cloud solutions using the best available technology including the Microsoft 365 & Copilot Development Platform and Azure Communication Services. He lives in Norfolk in the UK, travelling internationally to speak about Microsoft 365 platform development, Azure, UCaaS, Contact Centre Transformation, Bot Framework, AI, and the future of the communications industry.

Chris O’Brien | MVP | Advania | United Kingdom

Chris has over 25 years’ experience with Microsoft technologies, with the last decade in leadership roles and the last 5 years as Products & Services Director for Advania UK, where he leads a big part of the group’s AI work. With a background as a deep hands-on technologist – managing development teams, leading Microsoft 365 implementations, and writing code – Chris has been awarded Microsoft ‘Most Valuable Professional’ (MVP) status for the last 17 consecutive years and is enjoying the Copilot and AI era more than ever.

In his spare time, Chris mainly focuses on winning the battle at home with his 15 year old twins and their attempts to subvert his controls on their tech use.