Two-day conference on Digital Evolution: From Innovation to Practice

Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel

This session will provide information about the amazing features of Microsoft 365 Copilot in Excel. This innovative tool is designed to help you work more efficiently with your data by providing intelligent suggestions and useful information.With Copilot in Excel, you can do so much more with your data. It creates suggestions for formula columns, displays information via charts and PivotTables, and highlights interesting data, making it easier to discover valuable information.In the upcoming presentation, we will explore these capabilities in detail and show ways to increase productivity:

• Types: Creation, explanation and questions
• Additional use cases of formulas
• Text Editing
• Visualization: Graphs and Color
• Questions about Excel
• Demonstration

Artificial Intelligence in Health: Innovation and New Career Opportunities

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is redefining the healthcare sector, offering innovative solutions in diagnosis, treatment and personalised medical care. This presentation will highlight the current applications of AI in biomedical analysis, healthcare data management and drug development, and explore career prospects in this fast-growing field. Particular emphasis will be placed on the skills required and the opportunities available to students and IT professionals.

DevOps with GitHub

Discover how GitHub’s powerful DevOps capabilities can transform your development process from code to deployment. This session dives into practical strategies for leveraging GitHub to streamline application development, with a focus on CI/CD pipelines, automated security scans, and dependency management using tools like GitHub Actions and Dependabot.

Through a simple FastAPI example, learn to configure workflows that automate secure cloud deployments with reliability and efficiency. Attendees will gain actionable insights to implement GitHub-powered DevOps practices, reducing complexity and boosting productivity.

Join us to explore how GitHub enables developers to build, test, and deploy with confidence and speed at every step.

Introduction to Microsoft Copilot Studio

Microsoft Copilot is a sophisticated AI-driven tool designed to enhance productivity and collaboration across various tasks. It integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 applications, providing intelligent suggestions, automating repetitive tasks, and offering real-time insights to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.

In this presentation, I will give you an overview to help you understand Copilot. Then, we will proceed with a demonstration to illustrate how easy it is to work with this tool.

Microsoft Copilot: The AI Revolution in Productivity

The latest Microsoft Copilot developments, the roadmap for the future and new agents that boost productivity and automation. The innovations that can transform the way teams work and improve efficiency

The Future of Business in the Cloud: benefits, challenges and opportunities

Moving to the cloud is not just a technological development but a strategic decision that shapes the future of business. In this presentation we will discuss the key characteristics of cloud computing, its strategic benefits and growth opportunities. We will also look at the challenges businesses face in the transition and how they can prepare for the technologies of tomorrow.

Fortifying against current threats with Microsoft Security Solutions

In a world where cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, organizations constantly face threats such as Phishing (attacks aimed at stealing sensitive information through deceptive emails or websites) and Ransomware (malicious software that locks data and demands a ransom for its recovery).

In this presentation, we will discuss how Microsoft’s advanced products and tools, such as Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel, provide comprehensive protection solutions. Together, we will discover how they can enhance your organization’s security, detect and respond to threats, and ensure a safer digital environment.

Maximizing Productivity: Integrating SharePoint, Power Automate, and Copilot

In today’s fast-paced business environment, maximizing productivity is crucial for staying competitive. This presentation will explore how integrating SharePoint, Power Automate, and Copilot can revolutionize your workflows and enhance efficiency. We will delve into practical examples and real-world scenarios to demonstrate how these powerful tools can streamline processes, automate repetitive tasks, and foster collaboration across teams. Attendees will gain insights into best practices for leveraging these technologies to drive productivity and achieve business goals. Join us to discover how to harness the full potential of SharePoint, Power Automate, and Copilot to transform your organization’s operations.

Empowering the digital skills of the business workforce

This session will focus on the needs for new digital skills of the human resources of enterprises (upskilling, reskilling), the potential for innovation through digital applications and technologies in highly skilled sectors such as tourism, culture, environment, health and e-business, as well as the prospects for technological innovation to improve existing production processes. In addition, a presentation will be made of the Postgraduate Programme in Digital Applications and Innovation of the Department of Informatics of the Ionian University, which aims to strengthen digital skills for the exploitation of information and communication technologies as a key pillar for enhancing innovation.

Writing optimized queries in a SQL Database

The journey to mastering T-SQL for optimal performance is a nuanced path that both experienced and novice users must navigate.

This presentation is designed to equip data professionals with the skills necessary to write efficient T-SQL code, tailored for the latest SQL Server versions and Azure SQL Database.