Microsoft Ignite 2024 is almost here!  This year the in-person conference will be held in Chicago Illinois USA November 19th – 22nd and the Semantic Kernel team will be on site answering questions and sharing best practices and if you can’t attend in-person you can also sign up for free and watch it online or On Demand.

I’m thrilled to announce our Semantic Kernel session – Productive AI with Semantic Kernel.

During our session you will learn how Semantic Kernel can be used to enhance your current business processes with AI.  You will learn about the latest AI innovations to ensure AI enables your employees and customers to complete tasks efficiently and with high accuracy.  The Semantic Kernel product team will show demos of the new Process Framework in action and how you can use the technology today in your business applications and you will hear from customers that are using AI today to get leverage in their business.

On stage with us will be our AI vector store partner Elastic to share how easy it is to leverage Elastic in SK, Fujitsu showing off how they are using AI Agents to help employees in meetings and Suntory on how AI can help provide insights to team members.  We have a few special announcements that we are excited to share for the first time also.

Here are a few other sessions we recommend checking out online or in-person:

1. Multi Agentic framework with Semantic Kernel and AutoGen – This work introduces an innovative application of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with Semantic Kernel and AutoGen in the FMCG sector, aimed at significantly enhancing sales agent target setting and performance to achieve substantial sales increases.
2. Azure Cosmos DB and SK Labs (offered 3 times as they are usually full – Lab 1 | Lab 2 | Lab 3) – In this hands-on lab, participants will build serverless AI agent-based, RAG applications using Azure Cosmos DB with new vector search and full-text search capabilities!
3. Improve patient care with greater efficiency and better response times – Experience how TriZetto Assistant on Facets is leveraging Azure OpenAI Service and Semantic Kernel to provide access to generative AI within the TriZetto user interface. It is designed to increase productivity and efficiency for healthcare payers and providers, while ensuring timely responses and improved care for patients.
4. Serverless GenAI: building scalable RAG apps with Azure Cosmos DB – we’ll explore advanced strategies for scalable serverless RAG applications using Azure Cosmos DB and DiskANN. Topics include architecture simplification, data synchronization, scalability challenges, and multi-tenancy.
5. Building intelligent multi-agent systems with Azure AI – Explore how Azure AI seamlessly integrates with agents to create intelligent, responsive systems.
6. Trustworthy AI: Future trends and best practices – Join us for an enlightening session on building and using trustworthy AI applications that prioritize safety, security, and privacy.
7. Community Roundtable: Autonomous Agents – AI doesn’t have to start with a textbox! With Azure AI Agent Service, you can now trigger business processes automation with LLMs from any of your existing apps and services.
8. Better together: Copilot Studio and Azure AI – Learn how custom copilots can empower your business processes with AI.
9. Productive AI with Semantic Kernel – During our session you will learn how Semantic Kernel can be used to enhance your current business processes with AI.

See you there!