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FSU-Microsoft AI Symposium 2026

Thank you for attending the FSU-Microsoft AI Symposium!

The FSU-Microsoft AI Symposium 2026 was two days of inspiration and imagination as Microsoft walked faculty, staff and researchers through  Azure, Copilot, AI agents and the ways enhance productivity and innovation. 

Thank you to those from FSU and Microsoft who helped bring the event together.

FSU-Microsoft AI Symposium 2026 Main Presentation

FSU-Microsoft AI Symposium 2026 M365-Copilot Session

FSU-Microsoft AI Symposium 2026 Innovation Overview

FSU-Microsoft AI Symposium 2026 Academic Research Communities Presentation

Day 1 | Azure for Research | Register  FULL

Bring your laptop and join the Microsoft team for hands-on experience!

8:30AM - 9:00AM

Check in and breakfast

9:00AM - 10:00AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Speakers: Stacey Patterson, Ph.D. • MJ Jabbour

10:00AM - 10:15AM

Break

 

10:15AM - 11:00AM

 Azure 101 AI Concepts & Applications

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Overview of Azure for Research & Success Stories

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Lunch & Networking

Sponsored by Cloudforce

1:00PM - 5:00PM

Hands-On Lab Exercises

Option A: Build your Own Models using Azure Machine Learning.                                                         

Option B: From Concept to Creation in nebulaONE.

 

Day 2 | Microsoft AI Skills | Register  FULL

Bring your laptop and join the Microsoft team for a day of AI skilling!

8:30AM - 9:00AM

Registration & Breakfast

9:00AM - 9:15AM

Welcome to the AI Spectrum – Meet the new Microsoft AI tools

9:15AM - 9:45AM

Mastering Your Inbox with AI in Outlook

Learn how the new Copilot Chat button in Outlook helps you draft, revise, or summarize emails and reason over your inbox!

 Learn more here -Getting Started with Copilot Chat in Outlook

Presenter: Amy Bandy-Taylor, Senior Workforce AI Solutions Engineer, Microsoft
9:45AM - 10:00AM

Break

10:00AM - 10:30AM

New Ways to Build Word Documents

Learn about the edit with Copilot button and how Copilot chat helps you customize your message for your audience.

 Learn more here- Getting Started with Copilot Chat in Word

Presenter: Amy Bandy-Taylor, Senior Workforce AI Solutions Engineer, Microsoft
10:30AM - 10:45AM

Break

10:45AM - 11:30AM

Agents for Learning and Student Support

A showcase of our out of the box agents for learning such as Prompt Coach.

Presenters: Erdina Francillon, Senior Workforce AI Specialist, Microsoft; Craig Hogan, Senior Business Applications Specialist, Microsoft
11:30AM - 11:35AM

Short Break

11:35AM - 12:30PM

Superpower your Excel skills with Copilot Chat

Learn how the Edit with Excel in Copilot Chat helps you analyze files and bring insights from the web.

Learn more here- Getting  started with Copilot in Excel

Presenter: Amy Bandy-Taylor, Senior Workforce AI Solutions Engineer, Microsoft
12:30PM - 1:30PM

Lunch & Networking

Sponsored by CDW

1:30PM - 3:00PM

Transform a Process with AI agents – Be a Marketer for a Day

No matter your role at FSU, market research, and process management are core to what you do! Learn how M365 Copilot and Copilot Studio licenses can superpower your work in this guided hands-on lab!

Workshop Leader: Microsoft Partner Opsgility 
3:00PM - 3:15PM

Break

3:15PM - 4:00PM

Copilot Studio Agents for Universities Showcase

Interested in how other universities are using agents to transform business and student processes? This showcase provides lighthouse examples from across the higher education industry.

Presenter: Craig Hogan, Senior Business Applications Specialist, Microsoft
4:00PM - 5:00PM

Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks

Map showing Innovation Park and where to park near Technology Services Building for the AWS Day event

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