Lewis Prince

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Senior AI Engineer and international speaker, Lewis Prince specializes in building scalable AI solutions and predictive models that deliver real-world impact. He is known for his ability to simplify complex AI concepts and inspire organizations to innovate with confidence.

Sessions for 2026

AI Beyond the Hype; Practical Solutions for Real Businesses

AI can feel overhyped and inaccessible. This session cuts through the noise, showing how practical AI solutions can be built using Azure AI, Copilot Studio, and AutoML. Ideal for data and tech professionals wanting real, usable AI.

Responsible AI in Practice for the Microsoft Data Platform

As AI becomes embedded across Azure, Fabric, and Copilot, ethics is now a practical concern. This session shows how bias, governance, and Responsible AI principles affect real data projects, helping data professionals build trustworthy AI solutions.

Previous Sessions

Fast and Efficent Text Analysis using Azure's Language Cognitive Service

We will go on a whirlwind tour of Azure Cognitive Services Language Studio, to show the wealth of tools available there, and then talking in particular about Key Word Extraction, Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining. We will apply these concepts through Language Studio APIs via Python on Customer Reviews data to then feed into a Power BI report to show how we can really squeeze so much more useful data out of chunks of text!

Copilot Studio: Guiding Your Chatbot Takeoff with AI Aviation!

I will talk you through how I created the Copilot chatbot for the SQLBits website.

The SQLBits Website ChatBot with Copilot Studio: How I built the chatbot for this events website)

I will talk you through how I created the Copilot chatbot for the SQLBits website.

Model Creation in Azure AutoML and Ingestion Through Excel

We will go through a brief introduction to what Machine Learning is and some of its applications. we will then explore why AutoML should be used by all; as a great starting point for anyone new to Machine Learning, as well as a time saving tool for those more experienced. Finally, we will expose a model as an endpoint and understand how we can use it. Specifically in this case how to use it in excel via VBA. Technologies I will demonstrate are: - Azure Machine Learning Studio - VS code (with Azure Machine Learning Studio extension) - Python - VBA