Microsoft Build: Student Developer Drop-in Day

Welcome, Guide, Connect!

To celebrate the close of Microsoft Build and Spring exams coming to an end, Reactor London is thrilled to invite students from London and across the UK to Microsoft Build: Student Developer Drop-in Day. Register now 

This Open House is a drop-in event - come along to the bits which are most relevant to you!

Meet with fellow students, Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors, Microsoft Interns, Microsoft MVPs, the Microsoft University Recruiting team but most importantly relax and have fun.

Find out more about what happened at Microsoft Build and discover Microsoft Learn. Meet local data scientists, web devs and cybersecurity engineers for hands-on talks about their recent experience and careers. We’ll introduce you to the Student Ambassador program and Imagine Cup by sharing moments of innovation from the past 20 years. And we’ll talk Microsoft internships.

You’ll also be able to take part in a special AI Gaming Challenge!

This is your chance to celebrate, grab a bite to eat, swag some swag, learn something new and meet someone fresh in the Microsoft community.

Agenda:

10.00 – 10.30: Welcome to the Student event
Speakers: Someleze Diko and Salman Chishti

Let’s connect! Icebreaker.

10.30 – 10.40: Getting Started with Azure for Student
Speaker: Bethany Jepchumba

This lightning session will introduce how to activate and get started on using Azure with Azure for Students and the different capabilities + solutions you can build with the services available on Azure for Students.
http://aka.ms/azure4student

10.40 – 10.50: Getting Started with Microsoft Learn and free student certifications
Speaker: Gemma Robson

A quick look at the Microsoft Learn landscape and how students can leverage the content to kickstart their learning journey.
http://aka.ms/studentcertifications

11.00 – 12.00: AI Gaming Challenge
Speaker: Stephen Graham AI Gaming

We are going to be using the A.I. power of Azure Cognitive Services to play a popular card game. AI will analyse the images on each tile and to determine what subject matter each image contains.

12.00 – 12.40: Lunch & Networking

12.40 – 13.10: Power Platform Low Code No Code Development
Speaker: Bethany Jepchumba

This lightning session will introduce and showcase how students can take advantage of the Microsoft Power Platform to build apps and automated solutions without writing any code

13.10 – 13.40: Career Festive – What roles are in Microsoft for interns and Grads
Speaker: Gianluca Sanfilippo, Ethan Jones, Rosen Georgiev and Host Aurele Mes Boaye

Microsoft internships are built for in-person and virtual experiences. As an intern, you’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and impact the world with us. Explore internships and careers at https://www.microsoft.com/university.

13.40 – 14.20: Introduction to programming hello world in 3 languages
Speaker: Bruno Capuano

Hello, World! Hola Mundo! Bonjour Monde! Are you new to coding? In this session you'll get a taste for a few popular languages. Compare and contrast C#, Python, and JavaScript in one quick session.

14.20 – 14.30: Rock your Profile and Resume Builder with LinkedIn
Speaker: Gianluca Sanfilippo

A lighting session that will provide tips on how to make your LinkedIn profile stand out amongst the crowd, in addition to a tutorial on how to use LinkedIn resume builder to generate your CV!

14.30 – 14.40: Microsoft Certifications and the road to a tech job
Speaker Rosen Georgiev

Overview of Microsoft culture and work life and information about the internship experience; Are certifications required and how to get into a tech job?

14.40 – 14.50: Ambassadors showcase - Standing out from the crowd what the ambassadors badge did for me.
Speaker Salman Chishti

You don’t have to wait for university to finish before getting involved with the industry. What are ways you, as a student can get out there to build your personal brand?

15.00 – 15.20: Ambassadors showcase - Ambassadors in the community – how to work with your dev community
Speaker Salman Chishti and Susie Yang

Do you want to get your hands on cutting edge technologies? Keep up to date with what is coming next with Microsoft. Hear from the people who have helped powered Microsoft Teams and Windows.

15.20 - 15.50: Gaming and Azure - Introduction to ID@Azure a new program to help you learn and make successful games using cloud services
Speaker Bruno Capuano

Learn how to develop amazing gaming experiences and learn from examples solution, architectures use cases and case studies.

15.50 – 16.20: MVP Showcase - Home Automation with the Azure Percept
Speaker Peter Gallagher

In this demo heavy talk, we run through using the Azure Percept Audio Module to control common appliances around our home.

16.30 – 17.00: Getting Started with Azure Static Web Apps to Host your Resume
Speaker Bruno Capuano

Want to make your application stand out to recruiters and learn a few new skills in the process? This workshop will walk you through how to code a resume website.

17.00 – 18.00: BUILD AI Gaming Challenge Final
Speakers: Stephen Graham/ Bruno Capuano /Someleze Diko)

The Grand final of the Microsoft Build Match Game – Match the tiles using the Microsoft Cognitive API to identify the subject of each image Use template code to get started with Computer Vision and OCR A.I. functions and become the world wide wider of the challenge.

18.00 - Close and Celebration.
Speakers: Someleze Diko Salman Chishti

Celebrating YOU! Congratulations on the past year of university. How you can learn about future events and get in contact with our speakers.

Register now