We are proud to announce that the next edition of Azure Lowlands will take place on January 29th, 2021! Due to the current situation, we are going completely virtual, so make sure to tune in and join us for a day full of exciting sessions by the community’s best speakers. And because we want everyone to be able to gain more knowledge in these trying times, we will provide all this for free!
Azure Lowlands will once again be a single day event, this time with three tracks around Microsoft Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings, ranging from containers, data, integration to DevOps, IoT, and AI, and also provides several soft-skills and community sessions.
As one of the big public cloud providers, Microsoft is still investing heavily in PaaS services – and we see significant growth in the demand for content and events. As organizers, we felt compelled to organize a PaaS focused event with local and European speakers. We wanted to bring such an event to the Netherlands, similar to small-sized events like CloudBrew (Belgium), Cloudburst (Sweden), and IglooConf (Finland). These events bring an intimate vibe and the opportunity to network with peers and speakers.
As an attendee, you will be able to listen to several great sessions around Microsoft PaaS from our hand-picked selection of top-speakers. These sessions will provide you with the latest developments, insights, and roadmaps of Microsoft’s PaaS services portfolio and are focused on developers, IT-pros, and architects.
Not all sessions will be made available online afterwards, as this will be up to the speakers discretion. As such, we advice you to be there in person, to ensure you get all the information!
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Agenda
Sessions start at 8:00 Amsterdam timezone (CET)
Friday, 29/01/2021
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Speakers
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Ana Demeny
Microsoft
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Freek Berson
Remoting Windows Enthusiast & Microsoft MVP
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Stacy Cashmore
Tech Explorer DevOps, Omniplan, Netherlands
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Isidora Katanic
Microsoft MVP
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Esther Barthel
Solutions Architect at cognition IT
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Mike Martin
Dad, Husband, Geek, NumberGirl, msft technical evangelist, #Azure Lover and ex MVP, wall crawler, #Batman fan, Caring Community Member
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Vladimir Stefanovic
Cloud Solution Architect | Microsoft MVP | Azure Trainer @SuperAdmins
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Henk Boelman
Cloud Advocate at Microsoft
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Barbara Forbes
IT Consultant | SCCT
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Tom Kerkhove
Azure Architect at Codit, Microsoft Azure MVP & Advisor
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Wim Matthyssen
Microsoft Azure MVP | MCT | Cloud Architect
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Annie Talvasto
Tech community builder & Marketing for Microsoft
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Karel De Winter
Cloud Solution Architect | MCT
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Holly Lehman
It’s all about our customers, ask me about the Azure Management Insiders program.
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Erik Lieben
Software Developer at Effectory
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Will Velida
Software Engineer at ASB Bank | Microsoft Data Platform MVP
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Stefano Mostarda
Software Architect
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Heini Ilmarinen
Solution Architect, Atea
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Erwin Staal
Software Engineer & ALM Consultant @ 4DotNet
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Maik van der Gaag
Senior Consultant | Solution Architect | Trainer | MCT
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Amy Boyd
Senior Cloud Developer Advocate in AI/ML at Microsoft
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Geert van der Cruijsen
Cloud Native Architect
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Sandro Pereira
Head of integration @ DevScope | Azure MVP
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Dennes Torres
Senior Software Developer, Ascent Software
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Alan Smith
Azure Developer, Active Solution
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Mark Hayes
Data & Power Platform Consultant
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Karl Ots
Microsoft Regional Director & Azure MVP | Cloud Security at Swiss Re
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Tiago Costa
Cloud Architect and Advisor | Trainer | International Speaker | Author @Independent Contractor
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Eve Pardi
Microsoft AI MVP
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