Laurent Bugnion

I work as Principal Cloud Advocate for Microsoft Azure after almost 10 years spent working for IdentityMine and Valorem, two leading firms in Microsoft technologies. I code in Azure, .NET, Blazor, Windows, WPF, ASP.NET, JavaScript. On my free time, I write for technical publications, publish technical videos on YouTube, and my blog is on blog.galasoft.ch. I am a frequent speaker at conferences such as Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Build, VS Live, Techorama, DevSum and many other international events. Prior to joining Microsoft, I was a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Windows development from 2007 to 2017, a Microsoft Regional Director from 2013 and a Xamarin Most Valuable Professional from 2015. I am also the author of the (former) well-known open source framework MVVM Light for Windows, WPF and Xamarin.

Making the best out of AI in your daily working life

There is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and especially Generative AI (GenAI) are causing a lot of changes in our every day work. Coders, Marketing specialists, Product Managers, even CEOs and CTOs, everyone is affected. While this can speed up our work, it can also cause anxiety. Are our jobs going to change for the better or for the worse? In this thought provoking session, Laurent Bugnion, who saw his job at Microsoft change 2 years ago, and every day since, will show you how Large Language Models work, help you understand the good, but also the bad sides of GenAI, and will show you how AI can improve our day life by freeing us from boring assignments and allowing us to concentrate on the tasks that make us happy