Microsoft Future Decoded 2019

Creating a culture of tech intensity

Derrick McCourt and Mark Smith on embedding Tech Intensity in a company’s culture and sharing Microsoft’s journey and learnings along the way.

LinkedIn Learning

Overview of the new platform and benefits for businesses and individuals.

Morning Keynote - Day 1

Microsoft and Adobe Partnership

Cindy Rose, Microsoft and Gavin Mee, Adobe discuss our partnership.

AI report deeper dive

Report author Dr Chris Brauer discusses the implications of the research and the opportunities with Microsoft UK COO Clare Barclay.

AI for Good and our UK Cohort

Learn about the AI for Good programme from last year’s UK cohort, and how to get involved this year.

Creativity in AI

Perry Nightingale, head of Creative AI for WPP discusses the role of AI in advertising – its journey beyond automation and into the construction of personalised creative content.

Dynamics 365 Commerce

Balaji Balasubramanian, GM of Dynamics 365 Commerce discusses the latest platform announcements, and how it’s helping customers.

Specsavers and BJSS

Specsavers discuss how they executed a successful cultural change programme whilst making major operational changes during their move to the cloud with partner BJSS.

Transforming operations with mixed reality

Hear from Microsoft’s Matt Woodford on the enterprise opportunities Dynamics 365 + HoloLens are unlocking; and from leading partner DXC on how their customers are approaching this innovation.

How AI and satellites combat illegal fishing

Hear how not-for-profit OceanMind uses Microsoft AI to empower enforcement and compliance to protect the world’s fisheries.

Adobe research: The evolving CIO-CMO relationship

Microsoft UK’s CMO in conversation with Adobe about their research into what CIOs and CMOs are striving for in 2019 and beyond.

App innovation and modernization with Microsoft Azure

Jon Fancey, Microsoft’s product manager for Azure Integration Services, discusses the evolution of serverless compute and how it can help build modern apps that are intelligent and connected.

Responsible AI

Microsoft’s Kate Rosenshine talks about the societal impact of AI and what the future relationship between humans and AI will look like.

Morning Keynote - Day 2

Improving patient outcomes with AI

Join Prof. Chris Bishop, Laboratory Director, Microsoft Research Cambridge discuss the role technology can play in mental health with SilverCloud CEO, Ken Cahill.

Faster access to heart defibrillators

Simon Gillespie OBE, Chief Executive, British Heart Foundation talks to Clare Barclay, COO, Microsoft UK about how Microsoft Azure is being used to map a national network of defibrillators.

Accessibility in Tech with Channel 4

Microsoft's Jenny Lay-Flurrie talks to Corie Brown at Channel 4 on disability representation at the workplace; and the technology which can help create an inclusive workplace culture.

Partner of the year: New Signature

Joe Macri, VP Commercial Partner, Microsoft UK talks to Dan Scarfe, EVP Global Solutions, New Signature on how they exemplify the transformation of offerings and approach to win partner of the year.

Leonard Cheshire helps people live, learn, and work independently with Dynamics 365

Using Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform, UK non-profit Leonard Cheshire has streamlined its processes and created smarter apps for customers and staff to make great care services easier to access and deliver.

How Heathrow built a citizen developer culture with PowerApps

Heathrow was developed over 400 PowerApps to empower its frontline workforce – not from a central team but a supported community of developers from all job roles across the business.

Bernard Marr

Author and futurist Bernard Marr in conversation about his Future Decoded takeaways.

Innovation and ethics

Mitra Azizirad, Corporate Vice President - Microsoft AI discusses the need to both compete and be disruptive at the same time to innovate; and the addition of a critical third axis – responsibility – when introducing AI.

HSBC Enlarge the 'Digital Exhaust' of Frontline Staff with Microsoft AI

Partner Volume.ai and HSBC discuss HSBC Memo - a newly developed app that leverages state of the art AI and customised voice recognition to empower frontline staff.