Presentation #1: Toronto | Architecture Recipes for AI-Powered Applications
Join us in person at the Toronto Reactor to build AI-powered applications! As AI becomes integral to app development, many struggle with building scalable, intelligent systems. This workshop simplifies key AI architecture concepts and offers proven strategies for top use cases. Through practical examples and best practices, you’ll learn how to integrate machine learning models, data pipelines, and cloud services to create robust architectures.

This in-person session will help you:

• Understand the fundamentals of AI-powered application architectures
• Learn to design scalable and efficient AI systems
• Discover architecture recipes for top AI use cases
• Access practical examples and best practices for building AI applications
• Unlock the full potential of AI in your projects and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Pre Requisites
There will be a hands-on portion to this event; to participate please bring your own laptop.

To follow this tutorial, ensure you have the following:

• A GitHub account
• An Azure Subscription that supports the GPU-enabled Standard_NC12s_v3 instance type in the selected region. You might need to request an increase in vCPU quota.
• Basic understanding of Azure Container Apps and AI

Presentation #2: Azure IoT Operations: The Ultimate Edge Device Whisperer
Recently, Microsoft introduced a new member to the Azure IoT family: Azure IoT Operations. It is designed with the latest IoT standards, like MQTT, OPC-UA, and better cloud integration.
In this session, attendees learn the currently available features of Azure IoT Operations and how these integrate both on the factory floor and in the cloud.
They also see a comparison with Azure IoT Edge and learn about the pros and cons of the new solution.
After this session, attendees know the value of the current Azure IoT Operations features and how to start if they want to test this edge solution themselves.