Microsoft Inspire Sessions and Speakers

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Modern Workplace

Today’s customers need to maintain a responsive, modern workplace designed to deal with evolving business needs, distributed teams, and an increasingly complex threat environment.

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Data and AI

In today’s landscape, organizations need to reimagine business processes, make decisions faster, and personalize customer experiences.

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Applications and Infrastructure

As more businesses realize the value the cloud provides, they’re clamoring for solutions that will help them harness its full power—and partners who can help them manage the change.

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Business Applications

Business Applications can help organizations connect people, products, and ideas to deliver exceptional customer experiences, unify and optimize operations, and empower employees.

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Industry

For digital transformation customers must capitalize on industry opportunity while positioning themselves to outpace the competition as they effectively empower employees, engage with customers, optimize their operations, and transform their products and services in new and unexpected ways.

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Business Leadership

Effective business leadership requires an awareness and understanding of the challenges that affect our customers, partners and employees, as well as the foresight and ability to take decisive action to improve the environments in which we operate.

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Partnering with Microsoft

Partners with companies of all sizes and across all industries are working with Microsoft to drive transformation, build pivotal relationships, and scale their businesses.

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Microsoft Inspire featured speakers

Coco Brown

Coco Brown is the founder & CEO of Athena Alliance, leading gender parity in the boardroom and building the modern board.

Verne Harnish

Verne Harnish is the author of Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0), founder of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), and CEO of Gazelles.

Dr. Caprice Hollins

Dr. Caprice Hollins is the co-founder of Cultures Connecting with 20+ years providing workshops and keynotes on race relations.

Amy Lynch

Author, researcher and CEO of Generational Edge, Amy Lynch has spoken to hundreds of groups from MTV to the staff of the US Senate.

Matthew Pollard

Matthew Pollard, “The Rapid Growth Guy,” is a bestselling author, 5-time multimillion-dollar business builder, and proud introvert.

Robert Rose

Chief Strategy Officer for The Content Advisory, author & troublemaker, Robert Rose helps marketers create remarkable experiences.

David Meerman Scott

David Meerman Scott is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, corporate advisor, and author of "The New Rules of Marketing & PR".

Amy Slater

Amy Slater is VP of Inside Sales for cyber-security company Palo Alto Networks and a published author, speaker, and panelist.

James Whitaker

Currently working at Microsoft, James Whitaker is a creative, passionate leader and sought-after speaker and author.

Kendrick K. Wong, Ph.D.

Dr. Kendrick K. Wong is TalentSmart’s Director of Training and a Ph.D. in Psychology with 12+ years’ experience.

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Watch the 2017 Vision Keynotes

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Microsoft Inspire 2017 Sessions

Find sessions and resources from last year’s Microsoft Inspire in Washington, D.C.

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See the highlights

Watch highlights from 2017 Vision Keynotes and sessions.

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Using technology to provide global solutions

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer, and Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of Eurasia Group, discuss recent geopolitical events and the role the technology sector can play in advancing solutions to some of the world’s biggest issues.

2017-08-04 Microsoft Inspire

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Microsoft’s commitment to security and sustainability

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer, discusses digital leadership and the opportunities, responsibilities and challenges that Microsoft and partners can address together to ensure that technology is trusted and serves the broader good.

2017-08-02 Microsoft Inspire

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Partners Bringing Our Mission to Life

Judson Althoff, Microsoft Executive Vice President, Worldwide Commercial Business, shares stories of Microsoft partners and customers who are bringing digital transformation to life.

2017-07-28 Microsoft Inspire

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Industry focused. Partner powered.

Toni Townes-Whitley, CVP, Industry, discusses how Microsoft’s industry focus empowers partners to deliver transformational outcomes to our customers.

2017-07-28 Microsoft Inspire

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