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May 12, 2026 | 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM PT Virtual, Free

Agent Academy Live is a one-day virtual conference designed to help developers, builders, and architects move from their first agent to production-ready solutions. Join Microsoft engineers, product leaders, MVPs, and community members for practical sessions on real agent patterns, governance, and architecture.

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📺 Watch Live

The stream will kick off at 8:30am PT, Tuesday, May 12th, 2026.

Who Should Attend

This event is built for:

  • Builders and developers working with Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Solution architects designing AI-powered systems
  • IT professionals evaluating agent platforms and governance
  • Anyone who wants practical, real-world guidance for building agents that can actually ship to production

📅 Schedule

All times Pacific Time (PT).

8:30 AM
Event Kickoff & Welcome
April Dunnam, Dona Sarkar
8:35 AM
Keynote: How Work Gets Done in the Age of AI: Copilot, Apps and Agents
Ryan Cunningham, Derah Onuorah, Shilpi Sinha
9:25 AM
Agent Flows: Build Agentic Automations You Can Trust
Joe Fernandez
9:58 AM
Building Employee Experience Agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio and MCP Integration
Yang Liu
10:35 AM
Agentic User Interfaces in Copilot and Power Platform
Andreas Adner
11:06 AM
From Build to Operate: ALM Patterns for Production-Ready Copilot Studio Agents
Marcel Ferreira
11:39 AM
Trust but Verify: Testing Agents in Copilot Studio
Vivian Voss
12:14 PM
M365 Copilot and Work IQ: Powering Agent Business Workflows
Julie Koesmarno
12:45 PM
Your Platform, Now Agentic: How Power Platform Turns Existing Apps Into Frontier Firm Solutions
Leon Welicki
1:40 PM
Inside Cowork — Vision, Roadmap & What's Next
Bas Brekelmans
2:08 PM
Agent Hackathon Challenge Kickoff
April Dunnam, David Abu

Get Ready

New to Copilot Studio agents? Get up to speed with the Agent Academy curriculum before the event so you can hit the ground running.

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Space is free and open to everyone. Register on Microsoft Reactor to get the stream link, event reminders, and links to watch on demand.

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Hack

Keep learning after the event and win prizes by participating in our Agent Academy Hackathon May 12th - June 2nd!

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