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The New Future of Work Summit - Seattle
About
The New Future of Work Summit comes to Seattle on 14th September for a day of hands-on learning about how AI is reshaping work.
Join researchers, builders, and practitioners for practical workshops, demonstrations, and evidence-based discussions grounded in what organizations are actually seeing, not what headlines predict. Learn how teams are working alongside AI and agents, experiment with emerging tools and techniques, and get a front-row seat to the latest science on AI's impact on work.
Whether you're building AI, deploying it across your organization, or figuring out what it means for your own role, you'll leave with new skills, fresh ideas, and a better understanding of what's changing and what's not.
No hype. No vendor pitches. Just practical experience and research-backed insight into the future of work.
Who's on stage
Alex leads the Americas Learning program for The EY Organization
Professional facilitator from The EY Organization's Facilitator Excellence Team
Alexia is the program lead for the New Future of Work Summit
Henk leads Global AI and is a leader in the Microsoft Foundry Advocacy Program
Leader in AI x Edu at Microsoft
April leads and Copilot Studio and Power Platform Advocacy Program at Microsoft
Ayca leads the Microsoft IQ Advocacy Program
Chris is the Chief AI Officer for Cloud Lighthouse, a Microsoft Partner
Enterprise Architect, The EY Organization
Sessions & tracks
Registration
Learners Track ·Keynote: The New Future of Work: When Knowledge Is Abundant and Attention Is Scarce
AI is not simply making work faster. It is changing the very nature of how organizations operate. As information becomes abundant, the ability to find, synthesize, and act on the right knowledge becomes the new competitive advantage.
In this provocative keynote, Microsoft Future of Work research lead Alexia Cambon explores emerging signals from Microsoft's latest research and millions of real-world AI interactions. She reveals how reading is becoming asking, meetings are becoming searchable knowledge assets, audiences are becoming participants, and organizations are becoming more visible to themselves than ever before.
Attendees will discover seven predictions shaping the next decade of work and learn what leaders, employees, and organizations must do now to thrive in a world where AI doesn't just support work, but fundamentally reshapes how we learn, collaborate, and create value together.
Alexia is the program lead for the New Future of Work Summit
Fireside Chat
Research, Skilling and EDU experts from EY and Microsoft talk about signals of what they are seeing across organizations, schools and the future. Questions from the audience welcome!
Leader in AI x Edu at Microsoft
Alexia is the program lead for the New Future of Work Summit
Alex leads the Americas Learning program for The EY Organization
Dona leads the Enterprise AI Advocacy Program at Microsoft and gives you all kinds of homework.
Lunch!
Learners Track ·Use AI In Your Daily Workflow
Theme: What AI can actually help with in a normal workday
AI is changing how work gets done across every role and industry. This session explores how AI can support common workplace activities such as writing, research, meetings, analysis, and coordination.
Through practical examples, demonstrations, and guided activities, attendees will see how AI can help augment—not replace—the work they do every day. Participants will begin developing the mindset needed to identify opportunities to use AI more intentionally and confidently in their own workflows.
Attendee takeaway: Attendees will understand where AI can create value in their work, identify opportunities to begin using AI more intentionally, and recognize the importance of maintaining an experimental mindset as AI capabilities continue to evolve
Alex leads the Americas Learning program for The EY Organization
Enterprise Architect, The EY Organization
Professional facilitator from The EY Organization's Facilitator Excellence Team
Deliver High Impact AI Habits
Theme: Habits, workflows, and prompts that save real time
This highly practical session demonstrates how various AI tools can help individuals work more efficiently across email, meetings, documents, and information management. Through live demonstrations, real-world examples, and interactive exercises, attendees will explore prompt patterns, productivity workflows, and practical habits that can be applied immediately.
The session emphasizes how developing the right mindset, skill set, and tool set can help individuals get greater value from AI while adapting as technology continues to change.
Attendee takeaway: Attendees will discover practical ways to save time, improve productivity, get more value from AI tools, and build habits that support ongoing experimentation and learning.
Alex leads the Americas Learning program for The EY Organization
Dona leads the Enterprise AI Advocacy Program at Microsoft and gives you all kinds of homework.
Break
Learners Track ·Adopt AI Safely and Confidently
Theme: How to use AI responsibly without getting overwhelmed
Adopting AI successfully requires more than learning new tools. This session explores how to use AI responsibly, evaluate outputs effectively, and avoid common pitfalls. Attendees will learn practical approaches for balancing AI assistance with human judgment while building confidence to experiment safely. Through discussion and activities, participants will explore how the right mindset, skill set, and tool set work together to support responsible AI adoption.
Attendee takeaway: Attendees will understand how to use AI responsibly and confidently while maintaining appropriate oversight and critical thinking. They will leave with practical strategies for experimenting safely and applying sound judgment when working with AI
Enterprise Architect, The EY Organization
Alex leads the Americas Learning program for The EY Organization
Professional facilitator from The EY Organization's Facilitator Excellence Team
Build Your Personal AI Skills Plan
Theme: What should I learn next?
AI skills are becoming essential workplace capabilities. In this interactive workshop, attendees will assess their current level of AI fluency, identify priority development areas, and build a personalized learning plan using the AI Skills Navigator. The focus is on translating insights into action, establishing meaningful next steps, and creating a sustainable approach to continued growth as AI tools and capabilities evolve. Participants will reflect on the mindset, skill set, and tool set they want to strengthen over the next stage of their AI journey.
Attendee takeaway: Attendees will leave with a personalized 30-day action plan, a clear path for continued AI skill development, and greater confidence in their ability to continue learning as AI technologies evolve
Professional facilitator from The EY Organization's Facilitator Excellence Team
Dona leads the Enterprise AI Advocacy Program at Microsoft and gives you all kinds of homework.
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Registration
Builders Track ·Lunch!
Builders Track ·Intro to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Friends
Discover how Microsoft 365 Copilot can help you get more done, spend less time on repetitive work, and focus on higher-value tasks.
This practical, demo-driven session explores how people are already using Copilot in their everyday work. You'll see how Copilot can turn rough ideas into polished first drafts, summarize meetings and lengthy documents, help you find information faster, create presentations, and draft emails or messages in minutes instead of hours. You'll also learn simple prompting techniques that get better results and see how Copilot uses information from across your work environment to deliver more relevant assistance.
Attendee takeaway: "I know how Copilot can help me every day, and I have practical examples I can start using immediately."
April leads and Copilot Studio and Power Platform Advocacy Program at Microsoft
AI and Copilot in the Real World
Format: Fireside Chat
Theme: Real examples of AI being built into work.
This session is a fireside chat between a Microsoft facilitator and someone who is actually using AI in their life and work. They will go deep into what tools they are using, what ROI they are seeing and what they are thinking about next.
Attendee takeaway: “People like me are already using AI and Copilot to change how work gets done, and I can see practical patterns to borrow.”
Henk leads Global AI and is a leader in the Microsoft Foundry Advocacy Program
Chris is the Chief AI Officer for Cloud Lighthouse, a Microsoft Partner
Break
Builders Track ·Operationalize Workflows with Microsoft 365, WorkIQ, Agent Builder, and SharePoint Agents
See how AI can help simplify complex work, reduce manual effort, and keep projects moving.
Most people don't struggle with individual tasks. They struggle with everything between the tasks: tracking information, coordinating with others, finding context, and keeping work moving across teams.
In this session, we'll follow a real business scenario from start to finish and show how AI can help along the way. You'll see how Copilot helps gather information, prepare responses, surface key knowledge, and provide the context needed to make better decisions. Along the journey, we'll demonstrate how AI can connect people, content, and organizational knowledge to create a smoother, more efficient work experience.
The focus isn't on the technology behind the scenes. It's on what happens when work becomes easier, information becomes easier to find, and people can spend more time on meaningful work.
Attendee takeaway: "I understand how AI can help simplify complex work and make teams more productive, informed, and connected."
Ayca leads the Microsoft IQ Advocacy Program
Build Your Own Agent in Copilot Studio
Learn how anyone can create an AI assistant that helps solve real workplace challenges.
What if you could create a specialized assistant that understands your team's knowledge, answers common questions, and helps automate repetitive work?
In this session, you'll see how easy it is to create an AI assistant tailored to a specific business need. Using the same scenario from the previous session, we'll demonstrate how to define what the assistant should do, connect it to the right information, teach it how to respond, and make it useful for a team.
Designed for business users, not developers, this session shows how anyone can begin shaping the future of work by creating solutions that save time, improve consistency, and help teams move faster.
Attendee takeaway: "I can imagine opportunities for AI assistants in my own organization, and I know how to get started creating one."
April leads and Copilot Studio and Power Platform Advocacy Program at Microsoft
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