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Join us at #PyConIndia2020

Hello everyone πŸ‘‹ We are excited to be at PyCon India 2020 virtually as a Platinum Sponsor. Microsoft has worked with Python communities to create tools and services which provide ease of development. This year at PyCon India 2020, Microsoft is super excited to introduce Microsoft Learning Hub to empower everyone attending the conference 🌎🌍🌏.

πŸ”– Don't forget to bookmark this page and check back for updates!

πŸŽ™οΈ Meet our Speakers πŸŽ™οΈ

Our focus has always been to empower and skill everyone. Tune into our talks at the main stage of PyCon India 2020.

[Serverless Machine Learning 101 | October 2, 2020 | 13:55 IST](https://in.pycon.org/2020/#schedule)
[Programming for Accessibility | October 2, 2020 | 15:20 IST](https://in.pycon.org/2020/#schedule)

⚑ What to expect at the Microsoft Learning Hub ⚑

Microsoft Learning Hub is the place to get started for anyone - could be a student, a professional developer, or someone who is looking for a career change. Our learning hub has two tracks, one focussing on Community and the other on Skilling. The Community room is the place to hear dialogues/discussions by the Community Leaders on both tech and non-tech. The Skilling room is where you can skill-up your Cloud, Python, AI, and Machine Learning knowledge. Check out our detailed agenda for both days below!

Day 1 - Community Hub #1 Day 1 - Skilling Hub #2
DJ Coding - Chris Nwamba🎧 13:30 IST 🍿
Welcome Address - Arkodyuti Saha 13:50 IST 🍿
Dialogue: Low Code/No Code - Priyansha Mishra, Deepesh Somani, Students from Mirim Girls' Information Science High School 14:00 IST 🍿
Community Spotlight Stories - Suzanne Chen, Rohit Guha, Jyotsna Gupta 14:30 IST Welcome Address - Tania Allard 14:50 IST
Diversity in Tech Community - Megan Mallin, Winston Damarillo, Aditee Rele, Olumide Ogundre 15:00 IST Using the functional approach of data preparation for deep learning tasks using mPyPl library - Dmitry Soshnikov 15:00 IST
Panel Discussion: Building a Dev Community anywhere on the 🌏 - Paras Pundir, Olivia Ha, Leanne Robers, Phantip Kokilanon 15:30 IST Improve Customer Engagement and Productivity with Conversational AI - Amy Boyd 15:30 IST
Visual Sketchnoting: Azure - Nitya Narasimha 17:30 IST Azure DevOps - Vivek Sridhar 17:30 IST
Careers in Tech 101 - Miri Rodriguez 18:15 IST ASAP with Azure - Ayush Chauhan 18:00 IST
Dialogue: Being a DEV without CS Degree - Chloe Condon & Cassie Breviu 20:05 IST Panel Discussion: Making a difference with students around the world - Pablo Veramendi, Khushboo Verma, Masaki Takeuchi 20:05 IST
Day 2 - Community Hub #1 Day 2 - Skilling Hub #2
Welcome Address - Arkodyuti Saha 13:50 IST Welcome Address - Tania Allard 13:50 IST
Dialogue: Productivity during COVID19 - Priyansha Mishra, Dr. Nitin Paranjape, Prashanth Subramanian 14:00 IST Using Data & AI to solve everyday problems - Pratik Mohapatra 14:00 IST
🍿 Workshop: Creating Cognitive Portrait using Cognitive Services - Dmitry Soshnikov 15:00 IST
Data Storytelling - Priyansha Mishra, Kritika Jalan, Brent Dykes 17:30 IST Add Intelligence to your applications ft. Azure Cognitive Services - N R S S L Tarun Nanduri 18:00 IST

That's a soft wrap up for now.
πŸ”– Bookmark this page and we will share more updates later this week about the Microsoft Learn challenge at #PyConIndia2020. Btw, did we say have a lot of swags to give away at PyCon India 2020?
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Anushka Raj

That's great!

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Vipul Gupta

Love the diverse schedule, Arko. More power to MS for being a force behind the community.

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Arkodyuti Saha

Thanks for all the support Vipul 😊

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Parth shukla

Do we have Microsoft Learn challenge at #PyConIndia2020 open ?