Session Abstract

This session is not to glaze over or speak in favor of any technology provider, instead, it's to address a social crisis we are all contributing to, whether knowingly or not. This session highlights how fragile the line has always been between opportunity and risk in technology. From the early ideals of ethical coding, to the culture of hacking, and now the promises of responsible AI, we’ve lost sight of something critical along the way. In this session, Ahmad will reflect on what went wrong, to uncover lessons questioning our collective responsibility, and call for a renewed ethical approach to building and using technology. Because the future of AI isn’t just technical; it’s deeply values.We'll explore what’s at stake, and what we must do to steer technology back toward responsibility.

Ahmad Najjar

Ahmad Najjar is a Managing Solution Architect at Capgemini. During his 20 years of experience, Ahmad has mainly worked with Microsoft based technologies, ranging from core development tools like ASP.NET and C#, databases like Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL and CosmosDB, collaboration platforms like SharePoint Server, Office 365, and Teams, to business apps like Power Automate and Power Apps. Power Platform is what Ahmad does everyday! He researches, programs, plans, designs, and administers building Power Platform projects, applying deep technical knowledge of project designs and detailing. He is a subject matter expert in the Power Platform generally, and in Power Automate, Power Apps and AI Builder specifically! Though, he is an experienced architect at mind but he is still an enthusiastic developer at heart! Ahmad is also an expert in Azure Logic Apps, whereas he delivered enterprise scale projects using Logic Apps, worked on designing integrations with line of business applications and core systems, and delivered many sessions and workshops on the subject! Ahmad is a frequent presenter and courses instructor at world-wide industry conferences, events and hackathons; for his expertise and contributions he is an active awarded Microsoft MVP and Microsoft MCT.