Vesa Nopanen
Microsoft MVP AI & M365 | AI-Native Future Work Principal Consultant, Sulava MEA
Turku, Finland
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Vesa “Vesku” Nopanen is Principal Consultant for AI-Native Future Work at Sulava MEA, the leading Microsoft Copilot and AI enablement partner in the Middle East and Africa. A Microsoft MVP (AI & Microsoft 365) since 2019, Vesku helps organizations become Frontier Firms where people and AI agents collaborate and co-create together.
With 30+ years in enterprise IT, Vesku specializes in transforming workplaces through Microsoft AI and cloud technologies: Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, and beyond. He pairs deep technical expertise with a passion for better worklife — enabling co-creation between humans and AI.
Vesku writes at futurework.blog, speaks at global conferences, and organizes community events that accelerate the shift toward an AI-Native future.
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Copilot Pages and Notebooks from Zero to Hero
Copilot Pages and Notebooks turn scattered information into living canvases where you and AI work side by side — drafting plans, exploring ideas, and shaping insights into shareable, contextual outcomes.
In this demo-heavy session, you'll go from zero to hero with Copilot Pages and Notebooks: when to use which, how to co-create with AI, and how to iterate and share results across Microsoft 365. You'll also see how Pages and Notebooks connect to Microsoft Loop — and what that means for your content, collaboration, and reuse across apps.
What You'll Learn:
- Pages vs. Notebooks: When to reach for each, and how they fit into your everyday Microsoft 365 flow
- Human + AI Co-Creation: How people and AI can co-edit, refine, and evolve content together in real time
- What's new — the latest features in Pages and Notebooks worth knowing about
- The Loop Connection: How Pages and Notebooks are connected to Microsoft Loop — and why that matters for portability, sharing, and collaboration
Walk away knowing practically how to bring AI into your day-to-day collaboration with Copilot Pages and Notebooks.
Copilot Chat Agents from Zero to Hero
Hat on, tokens flowing! Copilot Chat Agents are AI-driven assistants in Microsoft 365 you can build without writing a single line of code. With Agent Builder right inside Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, you simply describe what your agent needs to do, throw the switch, and — it's alive! These agents tap into your organization's existing knowledge from SharePoint, Teams, emails, and beyond, and combine it with Copilot's reasoning to answer questions, summarize across sources, and even generate new content.
In this demo-heavy session, you'll go from zero to hero building your own Copilot Chat Agents with Agent Builder. We'll walk through the fundamentals and we'll spotlight the latest Agent Builder features today. No code required.
What You'll Learn:
- Agent Builder from zero to hero — designing and building an agent inside Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
- Grounding your agent — connecting to SharePoint, Teams, emails, and other knowledge sources
- What's new in Agent Builder — the latest capabilities worth knowing about
- Sharing & deploying — making agents available for personal use or your whole team, securely
Walk away ready to build your first (or next) Agent — and confident that "no code" really does mean "no code." Hat optional. Curiosity required.
Copilot and Agents Spotlight: What's the latest and next
Join this session to learn about what's the newest and latest in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents. You will learn about new features and capabilities have just landed to everyone's Copilot or are in the Frontier ( preview), so you can have the edge of knowing what's coming soon.
This session is going to be heavily demo focused, where you will be able to see how these new capabilities, agents and skills are used throughout Microsoft 365.
During the session we will also take a look at what's on the roadmap: what we can expect next.
Administrating and Governing Microsoft Loop and Copilot Pages
Join in for an in-depth session on administrating and governing Microsoft Loop and Copilot Pages & Notebooks from an IT admin perspective.
This session will cover the essential aspects of Microsoft Loop, Pages and Notebooks, including the latest and upcoming governance features. You'll learn about the infrastructure and administration, including configuring, managing, and ensuring compliance.
You will learn how to management and governance of Loop, Pages and Notebooks, giving you understanding about available options.
By the end of this session, you'll be equipped with the skills and knowledge to effectively manage and govern Microsoft Loop and Copilot Pages & Notebooks, ensuring your organization stays ahead with the latest developments while maintaining administration and governance practices.
A Safari Through Microsoft Foundry Agent Service
Grab your hat — we're going on an expedition through Microsoft Foundry Agent Service! In this demo-centric session, we'll explore a specialist multi-agent scenario with Microsoft Foundry Agent Service — and tour the Foundry essentials.
You'll see specialist agents come together wired up through Connected Agents under an orchestrator and brought to life in the Foundry Agent Playground. Along the way, we'll cover Foundry Models, tools and actions (Azure AI Search, Code Interpreter, Logic Apps, MCP servers), and what it means to run hosted agents in Microsoft Foundry.
What You'll Learn:
- Agent Service essentials — building agents in the Microsoft Foundry portal
- Foundry IQ knowledge bases — grounding agents in your enterprise data
- Tools, actions & models — picking the right building blocks for the job
- Connected Agents — orchestrating a team of specialists, not a lone chatbot
You'll walk away knowing how to get started with Microsoft Foundry agents — from your first agent to a coordinated team. Hat optional. Curiosity required.
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Teams Nation 2024 Sessionize Event
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Global XR Conference 2023 Sessionize Event
Baltic Summit 2023 Sessionize Event
Metaverse One 2023 Sessionize Event
CollabDays Finland 2023 Sessionize Event
Scottish Summit 2023 Sessionize Event
Microsoft 365 Conference December 2022 Sessionize Event
ESPC 2022
Hybrid Workshops and Immersive Meetings Experience in the Microsoft Metaverse
Join this session to learn how to take advantage of the Microsoft Metaverse & Mesh For Teams in workshops, meetings and company events. This session will include recent experiences and best practices in planning and executing hybrid and immersive Metaverse workshops and meetings. You will also learn about technical requirements, what to especially keep in mind and also what to avoid to be able to create a successful shared experience using Microsoft Teams and Metaverse.
In the session you will also learn some tips and tricks on building your Avatar, the digital expression of yourself.
Benefits of Attending this Session:
Workshops and meetings in Microsoft Metaverse
Best practices for Mesh for Teams
What works in immersive meetings and what doesn’t
Global XR Conference 2022 Sessionize Event
South Coast Summit 2022 Sessionize Event
GITEX
How metaverse is shaping up the future of work
5th cloud8 virtual Summit 2022 Sessionize Event
Metaverse One Sessionize Event
Scottish Summit 2022 Sessionize Event
Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon 2022 Sessionize Event
Teams Nation 2022 Sessionize Event
Modern Workplace Conference Paris 2022 Sessionize Event
M365 Below in Chicago! Sessionize Event
aMS Germany - 16-11-2021 Sessionize Event
3rd cloud8 virtual Summit 2021 Sessionize Event
A Taste of M365 Chicago! Sessionize Event
SharePoint Saturday Cologne 2021 Sessionize Event
Teams Nation 2021 Sessionize Event
Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon Sessionize Event
MCT Summit 2021 Sessionize Event
Virtual Scottish Summit 2021 Sessionize Event
Global Power Platform Bootcamp 2021 - Italy Sessionize Event
Global Power Platform Bootcamp Paris Sessionize Event
CollabDays Birmingham Virtual 2021 Sessionize Event
TeamscommunityDay 2021 Sessionize Event
Modern Workplace Conference Paris 2021 Sessionize Event
aMS Germany - 1/12/2020 Sessionize Event
M365 Chicago - Virtual Event Sessionize Event
2nd cloud8 virtual Summit in 2020 Sessionize Event
TeamsFest | October 2020 Sessionize Event
365 Saturday Warsaw 2020 VIRTUAL Sessionize Event
TeamsCommunityDay - The Tour Sessionize Event
SharePoint Saturday Cologne 2020 Sessionize Event
Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon Sessionize Event
Microsoft 365 Virtual Summit Spain Sessionize Event
Modern WorkPlace Summit Sessionize Event
Microsoft Techdays 2020 Sessionize Event
Scottish Summit Sessionize Event
SharePoint and Microsoft 365: the good, the bad, the ugly
Microsoft Teams Best Practices & Tips: Demo filled session how to use Teams better and be more productive.Focus on latest features (private channels, channel pinning) & controlling on Teams noise.
Microsoft Ignite
My Sessions:
THR2004 - Best practices on training firstline workers to adopt Microsoft Teams
THR1016 - How to ensure Microsoft Teams drives corporate strategy
Oktoberfest: Teams Virtual Summit 16/10/2019
My session: Making Teams the Hub for Work: The Graph API in Practice
SharePoint Saturday Helsinki 2019 Sessionize Event
SharePoint Saturday Stockholm 2019 Sessionize Event
Microsoft 365 Insights e-Seminar - Innofactor event
Two sessions:
Session 1: Take teamwork to the next level with Microsoft Teams
Session 4: Successful adoption of Microsoft 365 in your organization
What's new & upcoming in Office 365 - especially in Microsoft Teams & SharePoint. Demos.
In Finnish. What's new, what's coming out soon.
SharePoint and Microsoft 365: the good, the bad, the ugly
Microsoft Teams Tips & Tricks: Demo filled session how to use Teams better and be more productive.
Office 365 New Features Webinar 10.4.2019
What's new & upcoming in Office 365 - especially in Microsoft Teams & SharePoint. Demos.
European Teams User Group
I was presenting "Teams Kungfu" at the first European Teams User Group meeting
Microsoft Techdays 2019 Sessionize Event
TechDays Fi
My Session: Making Microsoft Teams the User Interface of Work
Office 365 New Features Webinar 31.1.2019
Office 365 New Features webinar, including topics with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Flow and others.
Office 365 & SharePoint User Group Finland online 7.1.2019
Teams Kung-Fu in one hour: tips and tricks
SharePoint and Microsoft 365: the good, the bad, the ugly
A Finnish seminar about SharePoint & Microsoft 365. I have a Teams session in there.
Office 365 New Features Webinars
Online public webinar about Office 365 new features. Recording is in Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_N4o-Mku6E
Teams online training
Teams online webinar/training. Open for everyone.
Office 365 New Features Webinars
Online public webinar about Office 365 new features. Recording is in Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYQvC7MHbSU
Office 365 New Features Webinars
Online public webinar about Office 365 new features. Recording is in Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo-3vErwyqw
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