Session Abstract

Microsoft has announced many Copilots across their entire range of products, which provide generative AI capabilities embedded in our every day tools and systems. Copilot is already starting to revolutionise how people work - how they write code, manage security, build apps and even how they work day-to-day in their office apps. Early research is showing that Copilot has unintended benefits that level the playing field, closing the digital skills gaps and making it easier for those who are neurodiverse to work more effectively. In this session, I will share: - why levelling the playing field is so important from a diversity and inclusion perspective - an overview of the benefits of Copilot - real life examples of how M365 Copilot is levelling the playing field for those who are neurodiverse - practical demos of these use-cases in action - my views on what the future may hold for Copilot from an inclusion and accessibility perspective

Note to event organizers

I’ve been using M365 copilot since June, I am leading the Avanade global go to market for M365 Copilot and part of the steerco overseeing all our copilot activity. This includes our internal deployment, our research strategy, findings and lessons learnt, and I’m also working with many of our clients, particularly around research, value and the benefits of Copilot.

Zoe Wilson

Zoe leads the Digital Workplace Services Consult practice globally for Kyndryl, covering all Microsoft AI Business Solutions technology, ServiceNow, and other ecosystem partners, driving technology-based innovation and owning the future of work vision for clients. In this role, Zoe works with colleagues from across the Kyndryl organisation to drive innovation, centered around business problems, leveraging the full range of modern work technologies including agentic capabilities, to help organisations reinvent work. Driving individual productivity gains, deploying solutions that allow people to self-serve their employee needs, and then transforming work with process reinvention, to deliver value across all facets of the connected employee experience. Innovation and technology evangelism are both core to the success of this role, as well as a passion for delighting and exciting customers with the art of the possible. In this role, Zoe works closely with partners like Microsoft and ServiceNow on technology innovations, and alongside this contributes to many events across the Microsoft tech community through speaking, volunteering as part of various event teams, and is the co-organiser of the Scottish Summit conference. Zoe brings together a customer-focused solution background with several years of technology leadership experience and almost 20 years experience working with collaborative tools such as SharePoint and other Microsoft technologies. She is passionate about solving business problems in an innovative and exciting way, and although her primary tech focus has been SharePoint, Teams and Microsoft 365, she now has the pleasure of working across a much broader range of technologies. Zoe is the co-host of the popular Copilot Connection podcast and the monthly Copilot Fireside Chat series, and one of the founding members of the New Speaker Workshop, an initiative that focuses on developing the next generation of community leaders.

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