The Future of Work with Microsoft AI Roadshow

Event Overview

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing how organizations operate, compete, and innovate.

The Microsoft AI Executive Roadshow is a one-day experience designed for business leaders, technology decision-makers, and transformation teams who want to understand how Microsoft AI technologies are being successfully adopted across the enterprise.

Through real-world examples, practical demonstrations, and strategic discussions, attendees will explore:

Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent-driven productivity
AI governance, security, and adoption strategies
Organizational readiness and change management
Building measurable business value with AI investments
The emerging role of AI agents in modern business operations

This event combines executive insight with practical guidance to help organizations move from AI experimentation to sustainable business outcomes.

Why Attend?

Learn proven AI adoption strategies from real-world implementations
Understand where Microsoft Copilot and AI agents can create measurable business value
Connect with peers and industry leaders facing similar transformation challenges
Explore governance, security, and organizational readiness considerations
Leave with actionable ideas you can apply immediately in your organization

Agenda

9:00 AM Welcome, BDO & DC AI Training Kickoff

Opening remarks from BDO and DC AI Training — who we are, how the day is structured, and what each attendee leaves with.
9:30 AM How to Identify what agent to use for what

What an agent actually is and how it differs from a chatbot or a workflow — the vocabulary to describe each accurately, and the honest boundaries of what they can and cannot do.
10:00 AM What Microsoft 365 Copilot Can Do Today

The newest agent capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent Builder — what ships out of the box, what you can compose on top, and the problems each is suited to.
10:30 AM Coffee / Q&A
10:40 AM Copilot Cowork your administrative assistant

What Cowork is, what it connects to, and how skills and plugins extend it — and how it relates to the rest of the Microsoft AI stack.
11:10 AM How Microsoft AI Solutions Fit Together

Orchestration and harnesses without the jargon — how the pieces relate, and a shared component-model vocabulary for the deep dives that follow.
11:40 AM Lunch
12:25 PM Building AI Assistants with Microsoft 365 Copilot

Building on the Copilot Chat harness — declarative agents with Agent Builder in Microsoft 365 Copilot, and the component model behind them.
12:55 PM Making Copilot Studio Agents that follow consistent patterns

The Standard harness and its component model — how agents, flows, connectors, and knowledge come together on this surface.
1:25 PM Making Copilot Studio Agents that can do long running tasks

The GitHub Copilot harness and its component model — the pro-code path for teams building on the Microsoft stack.
1:55 PM Coffee / Q&A
2:05 PM Optimizing Your Agents to get more value

Two paths to creating on the GitHub harness — from the UX and from Chat — and when to reach for each.
2:35 PM Automating Business Processes with AI

What a workflow is and where it belongs relative to an agent — the shape of problems workflows solve well, and how to recognize one in your own process.
3:05 PM BDO Close-Out

BDO closes out the day — its offer, its next engagement, the recommended next step for going hands-on, and how attendees work with BDO from here.
4:00 PM Happy Hour / Social Networking

The day wraps with a Happy Hour and open networking with the BDO team and DC AI Training instructors.