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Speak at AICD Virtual #07 — Building Agents on Microsoft Foundry

Online · 19 January 2027 · Microsoft Teams

  • Call for speakers open
  • Closes in 51 days

The organizers of Online are looking for talks from people who build and use AI. Share what you have built or learned with your community.

Deadline
13 December 2026
Formats
2 formats, 30 min
Languages
English, French
Event poster for AICD Virtual #07 — Building Agents on Microsoft Foundry

Submit your talk by

13 December 2026

at 23:59, Paris time (GMT+1)

Closes in 51 days
Submit a talk

Save a draft and come back to it any time before the deadline.

Formats

Choose the one that fits your talk when you submit.

  • Live talk

    30 min

    About 25 minutes of talk and 5 of questions, live on Microsoft Teams.

  • Pre-recorded talk with live Q&A

    30 min

    When no live slot suits your time zone: send your recording 2 days before, then answer questions live.

Tracks

The themes this event is building its programme around.

  • From prototype to production

    Architecture, deployment and operations of agents.

  • Evaluations and observability

    Measuring quality, tracing and monitoring agents.

  • Migrations and integration

    Moving to current APIs and connecting enterprise systems.

Levels and languages

Levels

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

Languages

  • English
  • French

What to send

Have these ready. You can save a draft and come back to it before you submit.

  • A title

    5 to 120 characters.

  • An abstract

    50 to 5,000 characters: what you will talk about and what people will take home.

  • The format

    One of the formats above.

  • A track

    The one your talk fits best.

  • The level

    Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced.

  • The language

    English, French.

  • 4 questions from the organizers

    • Which live slot suits you? (Paris time)
    • Your city and time zone
    • I agree that my session is recorded and published as a replay.
    • I will send my slides and a backup recording of my talk 2 days before the event.

  • Your speaker profile

    With your name, a short bio and a photo. You can create it as you submit, or import it from Sessionize.

Guidelines from the organizers

AICD Virtual #07 — Building Agents on Microsoft Foundry is one online night: Tuesday 19 January 2027, from 20:00 to 02:00 Paris time, live on Microsoft Teams.

What we are looking for: Take an agent from prototype to production on Microsoft Foundry. Talks we would love to see: “Evaluations and observability for agents” and “Moving from the Assistants API (retired 26 Aug 2026) to the Responses API”. Practical talks, demos and lessons learned win over product pitches.

Audience: Azure developers, AI engineers, architects.

Slots. Speakers are placed by region, so everyone speaks in their own daytime or evening:
• 20:00–22:00 Paris: Europe, Africa, Middle East
• 22:00–00:00 Paris: US East Coast, Brazil
• 00:00–02:00 Paris: US West Coast, Asia-Pacific
If no live slot suits you (India, for example), choose the pre-recorded format: you send your recording and answer questions live during the night.

Format. 30 minutes per talk, questions included. Talks are in English; French is welcome in the 20:00–22:00 block.

Dates. The call closes on Sunday 13 December 2026 at 23:59 Paris time. We inform speakers within 10 days of the close; accepted speakers then confirm within 5 days. Accepted speakers join a 30-minute briefing on Teams in the week before the night and send their slides and a backup recording 2 days before it.

Product names are welcome in your title and abstract when your talk is about that product. This is a community event: no sales pitches.

What speakers get

A global online audience, the replay of your session, and promotion on the AI Community Days channels before the night.

Good to know

  • You can edit or withdraw a proposal until the call closes. Each speaker can send up to 2 proposals.

  • Speaking with someone? Invite up to 2 co-speakers to your talk once it is saved.

How review works

From your proposal to the stage

  1. Step 1: Send your proposal

    A title, an abstract and the format you have in mind. You get a receipt by email, and you can edit it until the call closes.

  2. Step 2: The local team reviews

    The event’s organizers read and score every proposal against the same criteria.

  3. Step 3: You hear back

    Decisions go out by email to every speaker, accepted or not. Your space on the site shows where each proposal stands.

  4. Step 4: Take the stage

    Accepted? Confirm within 5 days and your talk goes on the event page, with your speaker profile.

Submit a talk

Before 13 December 2026 at 23:59, Paris time (GMT+1).

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