Build your own flight tracker
I had a chance to speak at one of my favorite developer conferences this year in Sydney and that’s NDC Sydney. I talked about how you can build your own Copilots and that’s around Flight Tracking. I gave a step by step walkthrough of how you can build a Copilot.
Mar
Dive into the realm of AI First Apps with Semantic Kernel
I was invited to speak at the Microsoft AI Tour in Sydney which hosted around 5000 Microsoft customers, users and partners. In this session, I showcased two quick demos of what I have built using Semantic Kernel and Azure OpenAI. One of them was around GuessWhat app and the other one was ParkingGPT.
Feb
Start creating your AI First Apps now!
My last talk of December was all around building your AI First apps. I talked about a little bit of history and how they are now a part of our lives. I also discussed in-depth about Semantic Kernel, one of the opensource frameworks by Microsoft to build your own AI First apps or Copilots.
Dec
Industry adoption of AI and Copilots
During my visit to my home city, Karachi, I had a privilege to be a part of an expert panel at the Pakistan User Group Summit where I talked about the industry adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Copilots. The main points I discussed is how organisations can build a culture of innovation. In addition to […]
Dec
Infuse your solutions with Generative AI
During my recent trip to Dubai, I had a chance to talk about the Generative AI and its ever growing applications with the developer community. I also spoke about how they can start their journey today with Microsoft AI.
Nov
Supercharging your business operations through the power of generative AI
I had a privilege to moderate a panel at the first ever Generative AI Summit of Australia. In this panel, I discussed all about potential of generative AI to increase the business outcomes. I also brought up the topic of Responsible AI which is a need for our enterprises.
Aug
Maximise your business outcomes with Computer Vision
Last week I was invited by the Web Directions AI to represent my organisation, EY. I talked about the latest Microsoft Foundation model for multimodality, Florence.
Jul
Generative AI for Developers
In this session, I talked about all things Azure OpenAI Service and how you as a developer can get started with it. I have also showcased some of the demos which is now a part of my new repo for Generative AI. The slides are residing in the community repo. Below is the recording of […]
Jul
Generative AI for No-Code Makers
In this session, I talked about how you as a No-Code Maker can solve many business problems using Microsoft’s Generative AI capabilities. This involved the usage of AI Builder backed by the Azure OpenAI Service, Power Automate and Microsoft Teams. Check out the recording for this. The assets can be found at my community repo.
Jul
Discussing AI and Power Platform with DynamiczSmart
At the end of 2022, I was invited for an interview with one of the Microsoft Partners, DynamiczSmart to talk about the Power Platform and AI. I discussed some of the trends and advice for the partners. Check it out here.
Dec
AI Hack Day at SSW Sydney
Our friends at SSW had organised the AI Hack Day for Sydney where I was invited to speak with the beginners. I wanted to give them a different flavor of services to think about, more than just usual Sentiment Analysis or the plain Computer Vision. In this talk, I introduced them to the Opinion Mining, […]
Sep
First in-person conference in after 2 years, NDC Melbourne
NDC Melbourne was held from 20th to 24th June this year. It was really exciting to see so many people coming from different parts of the world. I also went from Sydney for the first time to attend the conference. There was a total different experience altogether. I gave a talk on how effectively you […]
Jul
Maximise your bot with OpenAI and Bot Framework Components
In the short session at the Global AI Bootcamp, Australia Edition, I gave a quick walkthrough on building a bot using OpenAI’s authenticated API and Bot Framework Components.
Mar
Real-time object detection with your custom models
Once again, this year, I got a chance to speak at my favorite developer conference, NDC Sydney, 2021. In this conference, I talked about the latest capabilities of ML.NET framework and how you can easily build an object detector without having to learn in-depth deep learning techniques.
Nov
Build Covid Safe solutions with AI Builder
Pakistan User Group organized a fantastic D365 Urdu Hindi Bootcamp which had speakers from Microsoft, MVPs and other industry experts along with the Dynamics 365 Corporate Vice President, Muhammad Alam. I talked about the AI Builder capabilities and how business can easily infuse AI into their solutions.
Jul
New Breakpoint Show – Meet the team behind Global.AI – The Podcast
Our friends in Microsoft Australia invited us to their show to talk about the challenges, learning and process of our Global AI – The Podcast. In this episode, me, Akanksha and Somy joined the stream (missed JK as he wasn’t doing well) and talked about different the aspects of the podcast. You can always watch […]
Jun
Cut through the hype with ML.NET
This June was all about Global AI – The Tour. It was very well executed by multiple teams across the globe. I took a part as a speaker and a panelist for our Australia’s stream and talked about all things AI, esp. around ML.NET and spoke about how you as a .NET developer can get […]
Jun
Infuse machine learning into your .NET apps
In this session I talked about the ML.NET from start to the point of implementation. In this session, I also covered the Object Detection modeling in detail with the tagging tool. If you’re the one interested in solving Computer Vision problems using ML.NET then this session is for you.
Jun
Conversational AI at NDC Sydney 2020
Years before I called Australia my home, I used to hear some really good stuff about NDC Sydney which always amazed me about the experiences of this conference. Fast forward 2020, I got a chance to speak to one of my favorite developer conferences, NDC Sydney, 2020. This wouldn’t be wrong or exaggeration if I […]
Oct
Data & AI Table Talk on Microsoft Ignite 2020
Despite the odds we all had to experience in 2020, it was one of the unique years of all time. Things have drastically digital. From offices to post-work meetups to conferences to citizenship ceremonies, everything has gone digital. A lot of big companies have even taken some great steps of remaining permanently remote with at […]
Oct
Interactive session with Brisbane AI User Group
Last month, friends from Brisbane AI User Group invited me to speak on the Power Virtual Agent’s extensibility with AI Builder and Bot Framework Skills. It was a great catch up with such a wonderful audience.
Aug
Bot Framework Skills at ANZ AI Happy Hour
In October, 2019, our friend and an awesome MVP Has organized AI Happy Hour in Sydney, Australia. Luckily, I was one of the three speakers there and it my first public speaking event after becoming Microsoft MVP. This year, given the circumstances and situations of the world, Has and the team decided to go virtual […]
Aug
Bot Framework Skills with Power Virtual Agents – Webinar
On 16th of july (15th for US folks) – I along with Mr. Charles Sterling conducted a Webinar on how can you easily create Bot Framework Skills and integrate them with the Power Virtual Agents. In addition to this, my demo had a end to end run for AI Builder’s Prediction model.
Jul
From 101 to the Intermediate: June is dedicated for the latest bots announcements from Build 2020
Before I wrap up delivering the 101 content to the meetups and conferences, I decided to go dedicate one month in delivering sessions around the latest capabilities of the Bot Framework which were announced at the Microsoft Build 2020. I am planning to deliver almost 4 sessions (every week!) around building the next-generation conversational AI […]
Jun
Representing the Azure Community from Australia 🇦🇺 at Microsoft Build 2020!
This Build 2020 was entirely a different experience for everyone. Microsoft did a tremendous job in delivering the fantastic content with so much of learning capabilities. From Pro developer sessions to the school zones to cloud challenges, everyone had something to stick at. From 600 (almost 300 unique) sessions, it was super difficult for me […]
May
Speaking to the final year students on Cognitive Services & AI Bots
Situations like these (Covid-19 Pandemic) have enabled almost all the educational institutions go virtual which helped them connect their students globally. With one of the similar groups of students at @lifeatdsu, I have shared some insights on the Azure Cognitive Services & AI Bots. I have explained them that AI is not just for those who […]
Apr
My experience from Global AI On Virtual Tour 🌏 amid COVID-19 trial
A little background… It was a Sunday (5th April, 2020) when me and my daughter suddenly fell severely sick and we had no idea as what was happening. All negative thoughts and potential reasons (of getting this sickness) started coming to our mind that it could be because I went out for grocery shopping (as […]
Apr
Speaking & Mentoring at AI Hack Day 🤖 Warm Up
AI Hack Day is a community event that is organized by the some awesome community leaders. Experienced AI developers and industry experts share ideas with other experienced developers.
Mar
Empowering all 💪 at Power Platform Bootcamp 2020 ⚡
Right after Microsoft Ignite 2020, we had a Global Power Platform Bootcamp in Sydney where I talked about infusing point-and-click AI capabilities with No-Code Power Virtual Agents.
Feb
Unconference session 🎙 at the Microsoft Ignite The Tour 🌏
Microsoft had kindly setup a dedicated space for the Community Popups where some local user groups can talk about anything ranging from what do they do to empower community to unconference tech-talks.
Feb
👨🏫 Mentoring at Global Diversity CFP Day
The first public event I kicked off my 2020 was the Global Diversity CFP Day where I mentored a few enthusiastic folks who really wanted to bring a positive change to our societies. I considered myself blessed to be a part of this initiative as it was one of the inclusive events where everybody got […]
Jan