SPFest Chicago Conference 2021 Agenda

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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Monday, 7/26/2021

	Room S102a	Room S102bc	Room S102d	Room S103bc	Room S103d	Room S104a	Room S105a	Room S106a	Room S106b
8:00am	South Lobby 8:00 AM — 60 min Registration
9:00am	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK101 - Discover SharePoint & Office 365 - The Ultimate Starter Kit Vlad Catrinescu	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK102 - Becoming a SharePoint Online Admin Expert Brian Alderman	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK103 - Accelerate Office 365 Success: How to Best Plan, Manage and Control Migration Projects Dux Raymond Sy	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK105 - How to Design a Best-in-Class Microsoft 365 Driven Digital Workspace Eric Overfield	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK106 - Office 365 Feature Explosion: What should you be using? Paul Stork	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK107 - We’ve Deployed Microsoft Teams… Now What? Stephanie Donahue Mark Rackley	9:00 AM – 12:30 pm WRK201 - A Beginner’s Guide to Power BI for SharePoint Users Treb Gatte	9:00 AM – 12:30 pm WRK202 - Building Applications for Teams - Part 1 (Concepts and Low-Code Solutions) Bob German
10:45am	South Lobby 10:45 AM — 15 min Morning Break
12:30pm	South Lobby 12:30 PM — 60 min Lunch Break
1:30pm							1:30 PM – 5:00 pm WRK301 - Power BI for SharePoint Users Deep Dive Treb Gatte	1:30 PM – 5:00 pm WRK303 - Building Applications for Teams - Part 2 (Deeper dive and developer solutions) Bob German	1:30 PM – 5:00 pm WRK304 - Intro to Power Apps for Teams, Microsoft Lists, and SharePoint Users Wes Preston
2:45pm	South Lobby 2:45 PM — 15 min Afternoon Break

Tuesday, 7/27/2021

	Room S102a	Room S102bc	Room S102d	Room S103a	Room S103bc	Room S103d	Room S104a	Room S104b	Room S105a	Room S106a	Room S106b
8:00am	South Lobby 8:00 AM — 60 min Registration
9:00am	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK401 - Becoming a master Power User in SharePoint and Office 365 Vlad Catrinescu	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK402 - Introduction to Information Architecture: How to Structure and Organize an Awesome Intranet Susan Hanley	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK403 - Drive Microsoft Teams Adoption: How to Make It Easy To Do The Right Thing Dux Raymond Sy	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK404 - Mastering Microsoft Teams Gokan Ozcifci Liz Sundet	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK405 - Master Client Side Development in Your On-Premises and Classic SharePoint Environments Mark Rackley	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK406 - Everything you wanted to know about Power BI (but were afraid to ask!) John White Jason Himmelstein	9:00 AM – 12:30 pm WRK501 - Plan your SharePoint home sites & hubs with mind-mapping Sarah Haase	9:00 AM – 12:30 pm WRK502 - Hands-On Power Automate Workshop - Fundamental Scott Shearer Paul Stork	9:00 AM – 12:30 pm WRK503 - Transform Your Intranet in Less than 4 hours! Daniel Glenn	9:00 AM – 5:00 pm WRK407 - Getting started with SharePoint Framework (SPFx) development Hugo Bernier	9:00 AM – 12:30 pm WRK506 - Microsoft 365 Admin Center: WOW That’s Different and New! Stacy Deere-Strole
10:45am	South Lobby 10:45 AM — 15 min Morning Break
12:30pm	South Lobby 12:30 PM — 60 min Lunch
1:30pm							1:30 PM – 5:00 pm WRK601 - SharePoint/Office 365 User Adoption Master Class Sarah Haase	1:30 PM – 5:00 pm WRK602 - Hands-On Power Automate Workshop - Intermediate Scott Shearer Paul Stork	1:30 PM – 5:00 pm WRK603 - OneDrive from Start to Finish Drew Madelung	1:30 PM – 5:00 pm WRK606 - Power Apps: App design patterns Daniel Christian
2:45pm	South Lobby 2:45 PM — 15 min Afternoon Break

Wednesday, 7/28/2021

	Room S102a	Room S102bc	Room S102d	Room S103a	Room S103bc	Room S103d	Room S104a	Room S104b	Room S105a	Room S106a	Room S106b
7:30am	South Lobby 7:30 AM — 90 min Registration
8:30am	Room S105bcd 8:30 AM — 70 min Opening Remarks and Keynote
9:50am	9:50 AM — 70 min CM101 - To Folder or Not to Folder. Struggle continues in Modern SharePoint. Owen Allen	9:50 AM — 70 min INT101 - Build an Intranet with modern SharePoint Mike Maadarani	9:50 AM — 70 min BI101 - Getting started learning Power BI Liz Sundet	9:50 AM — 70 min PWR101 - Intro to Power Apps for Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Wes Preston	9:50 AM — 70 min FLOW101 - Using Power Apps & MS Flow to build real-world SharePoint Apps Sameer Mohammed		9:50 AM — 70 min OFF101 - Getting the best use out of all Office 365 applications Asif Rehmani	9:50 AM — 70 min AZR101 - Introduction to AI and Cognitive Services for Microsoft 365 Devs and Information Workers Prashant G Bhoyar		9:50 AM — 70 min DEV101 - Design 101 for Developers Derek Cash-Peterson
11:10am		11:10 AM — 70 min INT102 - Getting started with SharePoint home sites and hubs Sarah Haase	11:10 AM — 70 min BI102 - Your guide to understanding Power BI John White Jason Himmelstein	11:10 AM — 70 min PWR102 - SharePoint List Formatting - More than Meets the Eye David Warner II	11:10 AM — 70 min FLO102 - Expressions in Power Automate and Flow Scott Shearer	11:10 AM — 70 min TMS102 - Zero to hero: Microsoft Teams tips and tricks that empower everyone Gokan Ozcifci	11:10 AM — 70 min OFF102 - Deep understanding in the Microsoft 365 Adoption Tools for your organization’s productivity Johnny Lopez	11:10 AM — 70 min SRC102 - There's a search for that: Understanding your options to improve your search strategy Virgil Carroll	11:10 AM — 70 min TMD102 - Teams Applications: The Art of the Possible Bob German	11:10 AM — 70 min DEV102 - Converting your CEWP Customizations to the SharePoint Framework Mark Rackley	11:10 AM — 70 min ADM102 - Governance is Not An Option Stacy Deere-Strole
12:20pm	South Lobby 12:20 PM — 60 min Lunch Break
1:20pm	1:20 PM — 70 min CM103 - Practical steps for migrating shares to Office 365 Daniel Glenn Vlad Catrinescu	1:20 PM — 70 min INT103 - Your Intranet Shopping List: Must Have Capabilities for Your Modern, Intelligent Intranet Susan Hanley	1:20 PM — 70 min BI103 - Deploying and governing Power BI in your organization Luc Labelle	1:20 PM — 70 min PWR103 - 10 ways modern libraries can make you more efficient Tom Resing	1:20 PM — 70 min FLO103 - Stage-Based Workflows: Principles and Practices Mike Fitzmaurice	1:20 PM — 70 min TMS103 - Teams AND Yammer? Yes Please! A case study. John Peluso	1:20 PM — 70 min OFF103 - Develop Your Office 365 Information Governance Strategy in 4 Steps Dux Raymond Sy			1:20 PM — 70 min DEV103 - Building SharePoint Framework solutions for C# developers Hugo Bernier
2:40pm	2:40 PM — 70 min CM104 - Securing SharePoint, OneDrive & Teams with Sensitivity Labels Drew Madelung		2:40 PM — 70 min BI104 - Data Mining Office 365 & SharePoint with Power BI Treb Gatte	2:40 PM — 70 min PWR104 - Embedding User Experience (UX) in Your Out of the Box Solutions Emily Mancini	2:40 PM — 70 min FLO104 - Using Power Apps and Microsoft Power Automate (Flow) Together: Made for each other Paul Stork	2:40 PM — 70 min TMS104 - 10 Ways Microsoft Teams Makes Your Organization Better Collaborators Eric Overfield	2:40 PM — 70 min OFF104 - Driving Adoption through Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways Matt Lavieri	2:40 PM — 70 min AZR104 - Create Your First Bot to Communicate with SharePoint Lists Alex Terentiev	2:40 PM — 70 min TMD104 - Introducing new Developer App Templates for Microsoft Teams Christina Wheeler	2:40 PM — 70 min DEV104 - React for the SharePoint Developer Ryan Schouten	2:40 PM — 70 min ADM104 - Configuring SQL Server for Optimal SharePoint Performance Brian Alderman
4:00pm	4:00 PM — 70 min CM105 - Transition from the SharePoint Records Center to Office 365 Advanced Data Governance Erica Toelle		4:00 PM — 70 min BI105 - Power BI Premium – When Do I Need It? John White Jason Himmelstein	4:00 PM — 70 min PWR105 - Make use of all the Power Apps Admin features and also some free tools! Daniel Christian	4:00 PM — 70 min FLO105 - SharePoint Workflow for Cross-Site data, web services, and Flow. Richard Toland	4:00 PM — 70 min TMS105 - Empower organizations with Teams App Governance Rajesh Rangarajan	4:00 PM — 70 min OFF105 - Use Your On-premises Data with Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Automate (Flow) Daniel Glenn	4:00 PM — 70 min TMS106 - How To use Microsoft Teams for Project Management Stephanie Donahue	4:00 PM — 70 min TMD105 - Packaging SharePoint apps as Teams apps Joey Glocke	4:00 PM — 70 min DEV105 - Applying AOP to SharePoint and .NET General Development Sean McDonough	4:00 PM — 70 min DEV106 - Strategies for Modernizing Your Development Skills Julie Turner

Thursday, 7/29/2021

	Room S102a	Room S102bc	Room S102d	Room S103a	Room S103bc	Room S103d	Room S104a	Room S104b	Room S105a	Room S106a	Room S106b
8:00am	South Lobby 8:00 AM — 60 min Registration
9:00am	9:00 AM — 70 min CM201 - More than a "Lift and Shift": Improving Findability and User Experience in Your Migration Emily Mancini	9:00 AM — 70 min BV201 - Project Cortex in Plain English Tom Resing	9:00 AM — 70 min BI201 - Standardizing Power BI Reports with Custom Themes & Templates Christina Wheeler	9:00 AM — 70 min PWR201 - Cool & Exciting Ways to Use Forms to Engage Users Stacy Deere-Strole	9:00 AM — 70 min FLO201 - Your mobile lifeline: Leveraging Power Automate buttons to drive productivity Sarah Haase	9:00 AM — 70 min TMS201 - SharePoint and Teams, Better Together Bob German	9:00 AM — 70 min OFF201 - How to fail a SharePoint migration to Office 365: an evil consultant's guide Hugo Bernier	9:00 AM — 70 min SRC201 - The evolution of Microsoft Search Experience Johnny Lopez	9:00 AM — 70 min TMD201 - It’s Time to Modernize Your Company FAQ with a No-Code Bot in Microsoft Teams Mark Rackley	9:00 AM — 70 min DEV201 - Understanding and Using SPFx Library Components. David Warner II	9:00 AM — 70 min ADM201 - Getting Started with PowerShell for Office 365 Vlad Catrinescu
10:30am	10:30 AM — 70 min CM202 - Manage the Content Lifecycle in Office 365 Erica Toelle	10:30 AM — 70 min INT202 - Read all about it! Using SharePoint News to Take Employee Engagement to the Next Level Susan Hanley	10:30 AM — 70 min BI202 - Best practices for using Power BI and Paginated Reports John White Jason Himmelstein	10:30 AM — 70 min PWR202 - Pro Tips to improve Power Apps performance Daniel Christian	10:30 AM — 70 min FLO202 - Building Modern Approvals: Using Microsoft Power Automate (Flow) Paul Stork	10:30 AM — 70 min TMS202 - Become a Microsoft Teams rockstar Gokan Ozcifci	10:30 AM — 70 min OFF202 - Deploy Microsoft Learning Pathways to get the best use out of Microsoft 365 Asif Rehmani	10:30 AM — 70 min SRC202 - Microsoft Search: Ready or not, here AI comes Virgil Carroll	10:30 AM — 70 min TMD202 - Creating Custom Applications in Teams Using the SharePoint Framework Derek Cash-Peterson	10:30 AM — 70 min DEV202 - Get Your Hands Dirty with React. Ryan Schouten
11:40am	South Lobby 11:40 AM — 90 min Lunch Break
12:40pm	Room S106b 12:40 PM — 30 min Solution Showcases
1:20pm	1:20 PM — 70 min CM203 - Retain, Remove, Record. Office 365 Retention for Digital Hoarders & Record Managers. Owen Allen	1:20 PM — 70 min INT203 - No User Adoption Without Representation: 10 Steps to Design a SP Portal Your Users Will Use Eric Overfield	1:20 PM — 70 min BI203 - Power BI sharing - your options for keeping everyone informed Daniel Glenn	1:20 PM — 70 min PWR203 - Augment your Power Platform solutions with cognitive services Luc Labelle	1:20 PM — 70 min FLO203 - Building Business Processes that Can & Will Evolve: Product-Neutral Principles Mike Fitzmaurice	1:20 PM — 70 min TMS203 - These Private Channels are OK! Re-thinking you Teams Information Architecture… John Peluso		1:20 PM — 70 min ONE203 - What’s New with OneDrive for Business Drew Madelung	1:20 PM — 70 min TMD203 - Develop Once, Use Twice - SharePoint Framework in Microsoft Teams Alex Terentiev	1:20 PM — 70 min DEV203 - Working with SharePoint Lists in SPFx - Strategies to make your code simple and elegant Julie Turner	1:20 PM — 70 min ADM203 - Five PowerShell reports every Office 365 admin needs to have Vlad Catrinescu
2:40pm			2:40 PM — 70 min BI204 - SharePoint, Teams and Power BI Integration Strategies Treb Gatte	2:40 PM — 70 min PWR204 - Cross-site Publishing, the most powerful underutilized SharePoint feature Brian Alderman	2:40 PM — 70 min FLO204 - Real World Power Automate Scott Shearer	2:40 PM — 70 min TMS204 - How to Ensure Operational Governance for Microsoft Teams Dux Raymond Sy		2:40 PM — 70 min SRC203 - Transition from SharePoint Search to Microsoft Search Mike Maadarani		2:40 PM — 70 min DEV204 - Solid Foundations: Building Solutions in an Earthquake-Prone SharePoint Area Sean McDonough	2:40 PM — 70 min ADM204 - Modernize your Migration Strategy Stephanie Donahue
3:50pm	South Lobby 3:50 PM — 30 min Afternoon Break
4:20pm		4:20 PM — 70 min INT205 - Tools and Techniques to create an accessible and inclusive intranet in Office 365 Liz Sundet	4:20 PM — 70 min BI205 - There's No Time Like the Present - Real Time Reporting with Power BI John White Jason Himmelstein	4:20 PM — 70 min PWR205 - PowerApps: A New Approach to the Traditional SharePoint List View Wes Preston	4:20 PM — 70 min FLO205 - Advanced Power Automate Prashant G Bhoyar			4:20 PM — 70 min AZR205 - Unlocking Office 365 with the Microsoft Graph Bob German		4:20 PM — 70 min DEV205 - It’s Alive!!! Animation techniques that bring to life SPFx & List Formatting SP solutions David Warner II Hugo Bernier	4:20 PM — 70 min ADM205 - Advanced PowerShell for remote SharePoint administration & inspection Richard Toland

Friday, 7/30/2021

	Room S102a	Room S102bc	Room S102d	Room S103a	Room S103bc	Room S103d	Room S104a	Room S104b	Room S105a	Room S106a	Room S106b
8:00am	South Lobby 8:00 AM — 60 min Registration
9:00am	9:00 AM — 70 min CM301 - Protection and Retention of Office 365 Content- The MIP Primer John Peluso	9:00 AM — 70 min BV301 - Microsoft Teams, Office 365 Groups, SharePoint, Yammer...What Should I Use, and When? Dux Raymond Sy	9:00 AM — 70 min BI301 - Self-service data preparation with Dataflow Luc Labelle	9:00 AM — 70 min PWR301 - Better looking list views using the column formatter Mark Rackley	9:00 AM — 70 min FLO301 - Which Tool is Right for Which Business Process and/or Automation Requirements Mike Fitzmaurice	9:00 AM — 70 min TMS301- Case Study: Using Microsoft Teams for Adult Learning Liz Sundet		9:00 AM — 70 min SRC301 - Customization your end user experience in Microsoft Search Virgil Carroll	9:00 AM — 70 min AZR301 - PnPJS and Async/Await: A Powerful Combination to Make your SharePoint Framework code Sing Julie Turner	9:00 AM — 70 min DEV301 - Global Navigation using SPFX Derek Cash-Peterson	9:00 AM — 70 min ADM301 - SharePoint Security: What Every Owner and Administrator Needs to Know Paul Stork
10:10am	South Lobby 10:10 AM — 30 min Morning Break
10:40am	10:40 AM — 70 min CM302 - Taming the Hoarders...Organizing Users who Keep Everything! Stephanie Donahue	10:40 AM — 70 min INT302 - How to Create a Governance and Training Delivery Experience for Microsoft 365 Susan Hanley	10:40 AM — 70 min BI302 -Power BI Data Modeling: Tips & Tricks from the Trenches Christina Wheeler	10:40 AM — 70 min PWR302 - PowerApps: New Approaches for SharePoint Data Solutions Wes Preston	10:40 AM — 70 min FLO302 - Battle Royal : Logic Apps Vs Power Automate (Microsoft Flow) Prashant G Bhoyar	10:40 AM — 70 min TMS302 - Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms Johnny Lopez	10:40 AM — 70 min OFF302 - Unpacking Office 365 File Sharing and Controls Owen Allen	10:40 AM — 70 min ONE302 - How to successfully manage OneDrive for Business Drew Madelung	10:40 AM — 70 min BV302 - Best practices to manage mergers and acquisitions in Office 365 Mike Maadarani	10:40 AM — 70 min DEV302 - Zero to Hero: SPFx development techniques to boost the performance of SharePoint Solutions David Warner II	10:40 AM — 70 min BV302 - 5 steps to driving sustainable SharePoint and Office 365 adoption Asif Rehmani
11:50am	South Lobby 11:50 AM — 70 min Lunch Break
1:00pm	1:00 PM — 70 min CM303 - Reclaiming SharePoint: How to reel in an overgrown implementation Sarah Haase	1:00 PM — 70 min INT303 - Modern is Now! Transform Your Intranet Daniel Glenn	1:00 PM — 70 min BI303 - Hybrid Business Intelligence – Yes, You can do that John White Jason Himmelstein	1:00 PM — 70 min PWR303 - Power Apps and SharePoint: Better together Gokan Ozcifci	1:00 PM — 70 min FLO303 - Take Your Power Automate Skills to the Next Level! Scott Shearer		1:00 PM — 70 min OFF303 - Prepare Your Organization for Self-Service & Scale with Office 365 Emily Mancini	1:00 PM — 70 min SRC303 - Searching non Office 365 content in Office 365 Ryan Schouten	1:00 PM — 70 min TMD303 - Developing Bots for Teams - Updated for Bot Framework 4.6+ Bob German	1:00 PM — 70 min DEV303 - Getting the Best Performance Out of Your SharePoint Online Site Sean McDonough	1:00 PM — 70 min ADM303 - Exploring Office 365 Migration Options and Tools Brian Alderman
2:20pm	2:20 PM — 70 min CM304 - A Deep Dive into SharePoint Content Types and Managed Metadata Erica Toelle		2:20 PM — 70 min BI304 - Unlocking SharePoint's Content Services and Project Cortex Data with Power BI Treb Gatte	2:20 PM — 70 min PWR304 - Power Apps with Large Data Sets Daniel Christian	2:20 PM — 70 min FLO304 - Building Modern Approvals using Microsoft Power Automate: Advanced Concepts Paul Stork	2:20 PM — 70 min TMS304 - How All Organizations Can Maximize Collaboration with Microsoft Teams Eric Overfield			2:20 PM — 70 min DEV304 - SPFx or Custom Action, what's the difference and how do I know when use each? Richard Toland	2:20 PM — 70 min DEV305 - Developing React Templates Using SharePoint Framework Library Components Alex Terentiev	2:20 PM — 70 min ADM304 - Advanced PowerShell for Office 365 Vlad Catrinescu

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