Henk Boelman
Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft
Driebergen-Rijsenburg, The Netherlands
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Henk is a Cloud Advocate specializing in Artificial intelligence and Azure with a background in application development. He is currently part of the AI cloud advocate team and based in the Netherlands. Before joining Microsoft, he was a Microsoft AI MVP and worked as a software developer and architect building lots of AI powered platforms on Azure.
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Bringing AI Agents to Life with Azure AI Foundry
AI agents are moving beyond text boxes into real-world interactions — combining models, tools, and avatars to deliver human-like experiences. In this session, we’ll explore how to build an end-to-end solution with Azure AI Foundry, weaving together model selection, instruction design, and tool integration into a single workflow. As a live scenario, we’ll create an AI agent that can order a pizza through a connected MCP server — and then bring it to life with a real avatar for natural, conversational interactions. You’ll leave with a clear view of how to turn prompts and models into full-fledged, real-world AI agents.
Agents of Tomorrow: Building the Next Generation of Intelligence
We stand at the edge of a profound shift in artificial intelligence. Over the last five years, generative AI has moved from novelty to necessity—transforming how we create, code, and collaborate. Now, a new frontier is emerging: AI agents. Unlike traditional tools that wait for instructions, agents can perceive, decide, and act toward goals—expanding the boundaries of what humans and machines can achieve together.
In this keynote, we’ll explore the evolution from copilots to fully agentic systems, highlight breakthroughs that are reshaping industries, and imagine the future horizons where autonomous agents redefine productivity, creativity, and discovery. Most importantly, we’ll discuss the role of humans in this new era—not as bystanders, but as leaders guiding how agents operate, align with our values, and amplify our potential.
The Agents of Tomorrow are here—and the future will be built by those bold enough to partner with them.
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.NET Conf 2022 Sessionize Event
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DF22 - The Dutch Umbraco Conference Sessionize Event
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Austrian Developer Community Day (ADCD 2022) Sessionize Event
Tech A11y Summit Sessionize Event
Azure Developer Community Day 2021 (hybrid Edition) Sessionize Event
DDD 2021 Sessionize Event
MCT West Africa Cloud Bootcamp 2021 Sessionize Event
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Comunidad AI Live 2021 Sessionize Event
Build Stuff 2021 Lithuania Sessionize Event
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Azure Community Conference 2021 Sessionize Event
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Cloud Lunch and Learn Marathon 2021 Sessionize Event
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DevDay 2020 Sessionize Event
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dataMinds Connect 2020 (Virtual Edition) Sessionize Event
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Code PaLOUsa 2020 Sessionize Event
Azure Virtual Conference Sessionize Event
Global AI On Tour - 2020 @Pune Sessionize Event
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EXPERTS LIVE NETHERLANDS 2019 Sessionize Event
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CodeMash 2019 Sessionize Event
Global AI Bootcamp Netherlands Sessionize Event
Experts Live Europe 2018 Sessionize Event
KCDC 2018 Sessionize Event
Experts Live Nederland 2018
Unleash some AI into the wild...
NDC Oslo 2018 Sessionize Event
IT.A.K.E. Unconference 2018
Unleash some AI into the wild...
Intelligent Cloud Conference 2018 Sessionize Event
Codegarden 2018
Infuse some AI into Umbraco
Umbraco Festival Germany
Infuse some AI into Umbraco
DevNetNoord
Unleash some AI into the wild...
Orlando codecamp
Unleash some AI into the wild...
MixUG
Beyond the usual suspects, emerging Cognitive Services
Umbracofestival UK
Infuse some Custom vision into Umbraco
NDC Lightning 2017 Sessionize Event
DUUGFest 2017
Infuse some AI - Making Umbraco smarter
DevCamp Noord
Infuse some AI - Making apps a bit smarter
SDN
Infuse some AI - Making apps a bit smarter
Umbraco Usergroup
Infuse some AI - Making Umbraco smarter
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Give Your Apps a Human Side
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