Our goal is to bring the crowd of workplace management and security ninjas together to share their knowledge, learn together. This covers topics around management of endpoints with configuration manager and Intune, as well virtual desktops and the complete security stack of Microsoft.

You can expect 70-100 sessions in total covering these areas and possibly more!

Workplace Ninjas US is a cloud-native community focusing on numerous tracks, which will continue to evolve as we announce speakers:

• Microsoft Intune
• Microsoft Entra
• Microsoft Security
• Microsoft Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS)
• Windows 11 (including Copilot)
• Communication and Collaboration
• Automation and Agentic AI

In addition, we will also have a dedicated Women-In-Tech (Sponsored by Recast) and Neurodiversity-In-Tech sessions (Sponsored by ControlUp).

Communication and Collaboration

This is a new track that we're introducing. C&C will be a track for everyone that is focused on communication, collaborating, and working with each other in exciting ways. We do have a few requirements in this new and exciting track:

• Each speaker within the track must be from a different track (e.g. Intune, Security, and DaaS working together!)
• A maximum of one panel will be in this track.
• Each session will include a diverse set of speakers to foster collaboration

Unique Sessions

Our primary goal for this conference is to provide you and our attendees with a distinctive experience, while also creating an inclusive learning environment that promotes knowledge expansion.

Please note that if your session is identical to one presented at another event, we will not be able to increase knowledge sharing, only duplicate it. Therefore, we kindly request that you ensure your session submissions are unique and up-to-date.

We understand that you may still want to practice your sessions at User Groups and submit similar sessions to other large conferences. However, we encourage you to modify your sessions in such a way that they are not an exact repeat.

Please note that session recordings will not be available.

Session Length

Sessions will be 60 minutes in length. Make sure to leave some time for questions and answers during or after the session.

Session Language

The primary conference language is English, all the sessions will be in English.

Session Types

We are accepting sessions in the following "types";

“Breakout session” (60 min incl. 5-10 min Q&A):

Our event will have 5-7 breakout rooms. We kindly request that you submit a deep technical session with ample live demos. Our attendees are eager to learn from your success and failure stories, as well as your real-life best practices.

"Keynote" (60 min)

If you are able to provide a visionary Workplace related keynote, make sure to submit it. Keynotes don't always come from big names, but from big experiences.

What your session submission should include

Describe the goals of your session, what makes your session unique for the attendee and why the attendee must attend your session.

Define the level of the session, is the content of your session Intermediate, Advanced or Expert. Please make sure to correctly define the session level, the attendees are really using the level as a reference to see if they want to attend your session or not.

Provide at least three key takeaways that help us to rate your session but also help the attendee to decide to join your session!

How we select speakers

We will have a community advisory board comprised of Microsoft and non-Microsoft experts that will review and discuss submissions. We suggest a minimum of 3 sessions should be submitted with a maximum of 5. The goal is that every speaker is part of at least 2 sessions and all sessions should have a speaker and co-speaker. One of our goals will be to see 10-15% new talent speaking at this event. We love all of you, but sometimes giving new people opportunities is awesome

We may approach you to combine forces with another speaker if the submitted subjects are alike. 

Speaker confirmation

The call for sessions will be closing on June 2nd, 2025.

We will inform the first speakers chosen by the end of June, which will begin our major promotion efforts for the event. So don't be worried if you did not hear anything by early July. 

What we expect from you as a speaker

As a speaker, you are an integral part of this conference. Therefore, we kindly request your presence during the summit to interact with the attendees and wear your speaker shirt. We encourage you to be social and engage with the attendees.

We are seeking speakers who are passionate about attending this conference and are eager to immerse themselves in the event, share their knowledge, and be an active participant.

We kindly request that you assist us in promoting the event by using the hashtag #WPNinjas and #WPNinjasUS in your tweets after being selected and during the event. Additionally, blog posts and LinkedIn posts by you can have a significant impact on the number of attendees and the success of the summit. If you inform us of your posts, we will be happy to promote them as well.

Each speaker agrees to:

• use the presentation templates we provide
• upload the presentation to cvent and other materials for the audience to GitHub
• attend the speaker reception.
• be available for the attendees during the summit
• wear the speaker shirt at all times
• join us during the whole summit 12/8 (for the speaker dinner) till 12/10.
• to meet the deadlines as described below

You also agree to the following deadlines:

Please take note that the summer holidays coincide with the set deadlines. If you are unable to meet the deadlines during this period, kindly ensure your preparations are completed well in advance.

Additionally, please bear in mind that the organizing committee for this summit is composed of volunteers. We greatly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

• 7 days after acceptance; complete your speaker profile (bio & picture) on cvent
• 14 days after acceptance: update your speaker profile information in Sessionize. (travel information, e.a.)

October 17, 2025:  First PPT draft due.

November 21, 2025:  Final presentation uploaded to Sched.org so that the attendees can review the slides and decide to join your session and make some notes in the presentation.

December 29, 2025: all reimbursement information is send to help@workplaceninjas.us

We can ask you for an online test session to take some actions, about the topic in your session and give you some tips and tricks for your presentation skills.

Speaker costs will be reimbursed after the event, you have to send your receipt. In case of a no show or not meeting the deadlines costs may not be reimbursed.

This is an in-person event in Dallas, TX. We will cover up to 3 nights hotel, and up to $750 flight reimbursement for domestic travel and $1000 for international travel