Schedule

 

March 20, 2025

Vivek Kumar Singh, Ph.D. Assistanc Professor

10:00 am – 10: 15 am

Welcome Vivek Kumar Singh, PhD
Assistant Professor, IST, UMSL

Chad Lich Director Azure Infrastructure Specialist
10:15 am – 12:00 noon

Introduction to Azure
Chad Lich Director Azure Infrastructure Specialist -
US Retail & Consumer Goods Microsoft
Scott Corio Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Architect, Microsoft MVP
Scott Corio
Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Architect,
Microsoft MVP

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm – Lunch and Networking

Kenichi Segawa Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Microsoft
1:00 pm – 3:00pm

Azure for AI Research and Teaching (AutoML)
Kenichi Segawa Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Microsoft

March 21, 2025

Alex Powers Sr Program Manager

10:00 am – 12:00 noon

Software as a Service, Power BI, and Microsoft Fabric
Alex Powers Sr Program Manager 
Fabric Customer Advisor Team Microsoft

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm – Lunch and Networking

brian garcia

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Keynote
Cloud-Enabled AI Deployment in FinTech
Bryan Garcia, CTO, FinLocker

Varun Mohta
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Azure for AI
Research and Teaching (Generative AI)
Varun Mohta FinLocker/UMSL
Dinesh Mirchandani, Ph.D. Professor and Department Chair
3:00pm - 3:15pm

Closing Remarks Dinesh Mirchandani, PhD
Professor and Department Chair, IST, UMSL