Technical Director
United Kingdom
MCM, MCT, MVP AI Services and M365 Development
Dr Bill Ayers is a consultant developer and solution architect who has been working with computers for over 30 years. He originally earned his PhD in applications of computers in engineering before specialising in collaboration with SharePoint and more recently Microsoft 365 and Azure. He also specialises in mobile development and agile software development practices, and has been doing AI since the 1990s. He is a Microsoft Certified Master and Charter MCSM for SharePoint, and a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft MVP for M365 and AI Platform. He has also taken over forty Microsoft certifications and is a CompTIA CTT+ certified classroom trainer. He speaks regularly at international conferences and user groups and is based in Sheffield, UK.
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Adriatics Tech Summit
30/03/2026
Current Sessions Delivered by Bill
With the popularity of Chat-GPT and Copilots comes the inevitable speculation of where we are on the AI hype cycle. Are we dealing with "glorified statistics", or is there more to this? In this talk we'll look at the wiring under the board, and what really lies behind Large Language Models like GPT-4. After taking a broad look at Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, we'll look at principles like transfer learning, and transformer architectures. As well as the theory, we'll see how it's been applied to solving real problems. And we'll also try to get a feel for where the current AI models sit in relation to human intelligence. Finally, we'll look at the broader AI hype cycle, consider the ethical and existential risks in this rapidly moving field, and see how close we are to artificial general intelligence.
Read moreExtending Microsoft 365 Copilot is a great way of getting your custom applications in the hands of business users, because you're making it available right where they're working. But there's quite a bit of setup involved in getting up and running - or rather there was. By using the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit we can quickly get a Copilot Declarative or Custom Engine Agent built and delivering awesomeness, because the tooling does all the configuration grunt work, leaving us to focus on what we do best - code!
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Adriatics Tech Summit
Build Advanced AI Solutions in C# with Microsoft Agent Framework
30/03/2026
Congress Center Hotel Hills
Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adriatics Tech Summit
Developing Advanced AI Solutions that Actually Do Stuff
30/03/2026
Congress Center Hotel Hills
Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina
European AI and Cloud Summit 2026
Fact Checked: How to Deal with Hallucination in LLMs
05/05/2026
Confex - Koelncongress
Cologne, Germany
Thrive Conference 2026
Building Advanced Azure AI Solutions
08/06/2026
Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thrive Conference 2026
Artificial Intelligence and the Peak of Inflated Expectations
08/06/2026
Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thrive Conference 2026
Supercharge your Development Flow with GitHub Copilot
08/06/2026
Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A Look Back at Past Speaking Engagements
CollabDays Portugal 2025 - Lisbon Edition
Build Your Own Copilot with Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit
25/10/2025
Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
CollabDays Bletchley Park 2025
Fact Checked: How to Deal with Hallucination in LLMs
24/09/2025
National Museum Of Computing
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
CollabDays Netherlands 2025
Building AI Agents with Semantic Kernel
21/06/2025
Van der Valk Hotel, Vianen
Vianen, Netherlands
CollabDays Netherlands 2025
Everyday AI: How We Actually Use It
21/06/2025
Van der Valk Hotel, Vianen
Vianen, Netherlands
Thrive Conference 2025
Build Advanced AI Solutions in C# with Semantic Kernel
02/06/2025
Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thrive Conference 2025
Fact Checked: How to Deal with Hallucination in LLMs
02/06/2025
Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thrive Conference 2025
Build a Copilot Custom Engine Agent with Teams Toolkit
02/06/2025
Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia
ECS 2025
Using European Tech in the Enterprise: possibilities, benefits, drawbacks, and risks
26/05/2025
Congress Center Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
European AI and Cloud Summit 2025
Artificial Intelligence and the Peak of Inflated Expectations
26/05/2025
Congress Center Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
European Collaboration Summit 2025
Six Ways to be a Microsoft 365 Developer Hero
26/05/2025
Congress Center Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
European MCT Summit 2025
MCTs Make Great MVPs – Take 2
09/01/2025
UA 92, Manchester
MANCHESTER , United Kingdom
European MCT Summit 2025
Teach Microsoft Azure AI: Empowering the Next Generation of AI Experts
09/01/2025
UA 92, Manchester
MANCHESTER , United Kingdom
CollabDays Bletchley Park 2024
Grow your own Company Portal with Viva Connections
25/09/2024
The National Museum of Computing
Bletchley, United Kingdom
CollabDays Netherlands 2024
ChatGPT and Copilot: Communications in the Age of AI
01/06/2024
Van der Valk Hotel, Vianen
Vianen, Netherlands
Thrive Conference 2024
Build your own Copilot
20/05/2024
Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thrive Conference 2024
Building High-performance Client-side Web Applications with ReactJS
20/05/2024
Kompas Xnet
Ljubljana, Slovenia
ECS 2024
The Future of AI: What comes next and what to expect?
14/05/2024
Rheinmain Congresscenter
Wiesbaden, Germany
European Cloud Summit 2024
Get the Full Gossip on ChatGPT and Copilot: Communications in the Age of AI
14/05/2024
Rheinmain Congresscenter
Wiesbaden, Germany
European Collaboration Summit 2024
Build your Viva Connections with Adaptive Card Extensions
14/05/2024
Rheinmain Congresscenter
Wiesbaden, Germany
North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit
Organisational to Personal AI assistance - Copilot to Doppelganger
09/04/2024
Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas
Irving, United States of America
North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit
Get the Full Gossip on ChatGPT: Communications in the Age of AI
09/04/2024
Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas
Irving, United States of America
CollabDays Bletchley Park 2023 September Edition
Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense
27/09/2023
National Museum Of Computing
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
KulenDayz 2023
Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense
01/09/2023
Didin Konak Kopačevo
Kopačevo, Croatia
CollabDays Netherlands 2023
Get Up and Running with the Teams Toolkit!
10/06/2023
Van der Valk Hotel, Vianen
Vianen, Netherlands
European Collaboration Summit 2023
Get Up and Running with the Teams Toolkit!
22/05/2023
Congress Center Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
CollabDays Italy 2023
Microsoft Teams: from Low-code to Pro-code in 60 minutes!
20/05/2023
Novotel Milano Nord Ca Granda
Milan, Italy
CollabDays Bletchley Park 2022 October Edition
Azure Cognitive Services at the Edge
05/10/2022
National Museum Of Computing
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
European Cloud Summit 2022
Azure Cognitive Services at the Edge
26/09/2022
Rheingoldhalle Congress Centrum Mainz
Mainz, Germany