Wednesday 

Room 5 - Level 5 

16:20 - 17:20 

(UTC±00

Talk (60 min)

Those "Business People" - they just don't get me! - how to talk IT to non-IT leaders

Once upon a time, in a distant and faraway land, there were two kingdoms: The County of IT and The Principality of Business.

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These two sovereign realms were situated closely on the same island, yet they rarely engaged in communication due to their distinct languages.

"The inhabitants of The County of IT," lamented the Prince of The Principality of Business, "are excessively fixated on minute details. They fail to comprehend the grander picture - our responsibility lies in the well-being of our people! We must attract investments to foster economic growth and, ultimately, improve the lives of our citizens."

Frequent sighs of exasperation emanated from the Viscount of the Country of IT, who often remarked, "The residents of the Principality of Business are overly superficial. They do not grasp the significance of the city's infrastructure and laws, which are essential for our citizens' freedom of movement and their ability to establish businesses. Let's not even begin discussing matters of security!"

A palpable sense of mutual aversion persisted. Both nations existed in separate worlds, each shielded by substantial barriers, even though they shared the same island and a common goal - ensuring the safety and happiness of their citizens.

That is, until an adversary came knocking at their doorstep...

Hanna Engel

Indiana Jones of the cloud technologies. Hanna takes her customer on an amazing journey across the world of Azure and they live their best life riding on the back of the best practices, deciphering networking, fighting wild acronyms and discovering the wonders of Azure administration!

Azure Infra& AI specialist, Microsoft Certified Trainer and Quantum computing - evangelist, member of Belgian Quantum Circle - a community built around realizing the quantum potential and igniting the market adoption.
Frequent podcast guest and conference speaker Hanna's main focus is providing actionable content and an engaging experience to her audience.

Currently Hanna works for Azelis as Azure Architect where she manages Cloud migrations and AI projects. She also freelances as Azure trainer. Before that, she worked for Microsoft as Technical Trainer providing live trainings for European and South American customers and created pre-recorded studio content.

There is no business without technology. The goal is to bridge the gaps between the two worlds and democratize the knowledge by presenting tech topics in approachable way.

Hanna is based in Brussels, Belgium. Personally, fan of Dungeons&Dragons, couchsurfing and foreign languages.