Microsoft Reactor

Microsoft is passionate about supporting the developer community in Perth, therefore what better way to do it than join the Microsoft Reactor team for three days of community facing events in our Perth Office. Over three days, you will hear from some of the very best technical talent in Western Australia with a focus on practical advice that inspires people to build on the Microsoft Cloud.

Agenda
5:00 PM > Join us and network.

5:25 PM > No Coding Machine Learning with Azure ML Studio.

Your presenter: Clariza Look - DevOps Data Engineer | Site Reliability & Infrastructure Automation | former Microsoft Student Ambassador.

In this session: Clariza will show off Azure Machine Learning Studio, demoing how easy it is to use with no code in your back pocket at all.

For additional learning on this topic, please complete this learning path: https://aka.ms/AzureMachineLearningStudio1

6:00 PM > HOW TO BUILD A QUOKKABOT

Your presenter: Amy Kapernick - Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies, International Conference Speaker and Principal Front End Web Developer.

Quokkas are the happiest animal in Australia that surprisingly isn't trying to kill you. But can you really be sure that what you're looking at is a Quokka and not something more dangerous?
Let's look at how we can build a quokka identifying chatbot, combining Twilio's WhatsApp, MMS and SendGrid APIs with machine learning based image detection powered by Microsoft's Custom Vision API.
Join Amy as she demos how to train and then link up an ML model across multiple communication channels to create an engaging, accessible chatbot. And of course, lots of photos of quokkas.

For additional learning on this topic, please complete this learning path: https://aka.ms/TrainingAzureStaticWebApps

6:40 PM > ML Capabilities with Azure Synapse

Your presenter: Sergio Zenatti Filho, Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft.

About this session: Azure Synapse is a limitless analytics service that brings together enterprise data warehousing and Big Data analytics. It gives you the freedom to query data on your terms, using either serverless or dedicated resources—at scale.
In this session, Sergio will show Azure Synapse Analytics machine learning capabilities and how you can apply Machine Learning in the context of Azure Synapse.

7:10 PM > Pizza/Drinks and Networking

7:40 PM > Time to head out or home!

About Microsoft Reactor: Whether you're building your career or the next great idea, Microsoft Reactor connects you with the developers and startups that share your goals. Learn new skills, meet new peers, and find career mentorship. Attend expert panels and dive into what inspires you with the latest technology.