AJI IT Summit - Microsoft Community Day
IT Strategy - AI - Business Process Transformation - Data / Analytics / Business Intelligence - ERP / CRM / PLM / CLM
The "2025 AJI IT Summit - Microsoft Community Day" is a full day event organized by HighRes Biosolutions, an Axel Johnson International (AJI) company and Microsoft partner. IT leaders, AI enthusiasts, data professionals, and ERP/CRM power users are invited to join HighRes Biosolutions, Axel Johnson, Microsoft, BluestarPLM, Contracts365, Dynatech, and OmniData for a variety of sessions including strategy and governance, real world case study lessons learned, knowledge sharing, panel discussions, and networking. The technologies featured during the day include AI (Microsoft Azure AI, M365 Copilot), Data (Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL), and Business Systems (Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O, Microsoft Dynamics CE, BluestarPLM, Contracts365 CLM).
ATTENDEE SURVEY
Attendee Survey for Topic Interests and Food/Beverage https://forms.office.com/r/33CJeSSf7e
AGENDA
0830AM - 08:45AM
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center - Registration
0845AM - 09:15AM
Horace Mann Room - Welcome Presentation by HighRes Biosolutions, Microsoft, and Dynamics User Group (Nicholas Bisciotti, Edwin Guarin, Brianna Sierra)
09:15AM - 1000AM
Horace Mann Room - Keynote Presentation: Becoming a Frontier Firm in the Era of AI (Chris Bortlik)
10:00AM - 10:15AM Coffee and Networking
10:15AM - 11:00AM Presentations
Abigail Adams Room - Practical AI applications applied to contract lifecycle (Russ Edelman)
Deborah Sampson Room - Agentic AI featuring Azure Foundry, Copilot, and Data Agent (Tobias Eld)
Thomas Paul Room - Case Study of Dynamics 365 F&O at HighRes Bio (Jinesh Shah, Nicholas Bisciotti)
11:10AM - 12:15PM Moderated Panel Discussions
Abigail Adams Room - Exploring Real World AI (Russ Edelman, Chris Bortlik moderated by Edwin Guarin)
Thomas Paul Room - Preparing, Implementing, Governing, and Scaling Responsible AI to Drive Life Sciences Innovation (Kat Kozyrytska, Michael Andrews moderated by TBD)
12:15PM - 01:00PM
Lunch
Announcements - Open Jobs (Mya Marshall)
Announcements - Other Community Events (Brianna Sierra)
Thomas Paul Room - Biotech/Pharma Lunch Meetup (Kat Kozyrytska, Michael Andrews, Tom Rawlins, Life Sciences Attendees)
01:10PM - 01:55PM Presentations
Horace Mann Room - Exploring Microsoft Agentic AI Experiences (Chris Bortlik)
02:00PM - 02:45PM Presentations
Horace Mann Room - AI with a Moral Compass: Productivity and Collaboration to Accelerate Innovation (Kat Kozyrytska)
Deborah Sampson Room - Microsoft Fabric data integration featuring Dynamics 365 F&O (Tobias Eld)
Thomas Paul Room - Case Study of BluestarPLM at HighRes Bio (Niels Markussen)
02:45PM - 03:00PM Coffee and Networking
03:00PM - 03:45PM Presentations and Panels
Presentations
Abigail Adams Room - Digital Transformation Benefit Realization through Operational Excellence (Vinay Govande, Don Ortner)
Moderated Panel Discussions
Thomas Paul Room - Future roadmap and AI trends for ERP and PLM (Jinesh Shah, JT Gorrell, Niels Markussen)
Moderated Panel Discussions
Deborah Sampson Room - How Data, Models, and AI are transforming industries (Tobias Eld, Aaron Straughan)
03:50PM - 04:40PM Presentations
Abigail Adams Room - Case Study of Private AI Chat featuring Librechat on Azure (Jesse Newgard, Ankit Kalsara, Nicholas Bisciotti)
Deborah Sampson Room - Forecasting in Dynamics 365 F&O featuring Machine Learning (Tobias Eld)
Thomas Paul Room - Transforming Microsoft Dynamics ERP with AI (Jinesh Shah, JT Gorrell)
04:45PM - 05:00PM
Closing Remarks and Wrap-Up