We set a record at nearly 1700 submissions for the 2025 Community Summit North America Call for Speakers. Thank you to everyone who submitted your ideas to make this the best Summit ever! At this point we are no longer accepting proposals. As the largest Microsoft business applications user conference on the planet, you have played a critical role in making Summit the most important innovation, education, and training event for the community, and we cannot wait to see you October 19-23, 2025, in Orlando, FL!
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March 31, 2025
Call for Speakers Closes
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May 22, 2025
First Speaker/Sessions Confirmations Sent
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May 30, 2025
Final Speaker/Session Confirmations Sent
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July 11, 2025
2025 Education Session Agenda Published
Speaker Information
Profiles:
- End Users of Dynamics, Power Platform, Fabric, Agents, Copilot, and other Microsoft business applications products
- Microsoft MVPs who want to share their knowledge and expertise with the user community
- Experts at Microsoft Partner companies, like systems integrators, consultants, and ISVs based on their experience and understanding of the platforms
- Microsoft product, industry, and solution experts in engineering and product groups
Benefits:
- Complimentary All-Access Pass (value: $2,000) if speaking at one 60-minute or longer session, or 2 or more Fast Track Sessions or Panels
- Access to “Speaker Room” with food, drinks, rest area, prep stations
Session Detail Guidance & Requirements
Title, Description & Learning Objectives
Our Programming Committees and internal content team will work together to select the best fitting and most relevant topics for the agenda. When submitting, please make sure you are giving a clear overview of the topic by including all required fields in your proposal and writing a comprehensive description of the topic.
Including specific learning objectives will help the Programming Committees when selecting sessions. This is key for attendees building their schedules for the event—please include three. These will be used in marketing your session.
If you need some inspiration, here are a few topics that are always in high demand:
- New features
- Hot Tips and Tricks
- Introductory Topics
- Migration Tips
- Expert Panels on Innovation
- Process Improvements
- ‘60 Tips in 60 Minutes’
Training & Education Tracks
- Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Power Platform
- Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain
- Customer Experience & CRM
- Agents & Copilot
- Fabric
- Dynamics GP
Session Types inside a Track
- Breakout: 60-minute tips, tricks, demo, use case
- Deep Dive: 90-minute how-to, tutorial, hands on demo
- Panel: 90-minutes with moderator and up to 4 panelists
- Case Study: 60-minute user/customer story
- Fast Chats: 25-minute overview of a product, technology, or solution
Session Ability Levels
- Level 100, Beginner/New To: Limited or minimal familiarity with the subject, encompassing fundamental concepts, functions, features, and advantages.
- Level 200, Intermediate: Requires at least a 100-level understanding to delve into a more comprehensive exploration of the subject.
- Level 300, Advanced: Assumes a minimum 200-level knowledge in-depth understanding of the theme.
- Level 400, Specialized: Presumes an extensive background of knowledge and experience, offering an intricate and comprehensive understanding of the topic. Facilitates expert-to-expert interaction and delves into specialized subject matter.
Where a User is in their Journey
- Considering: “Considering” the move to Microsoft Business Applications from another solution, for example a new ERP system or automation.
- New To: “New To” to the Microsoft Business Applications, like Dynamics, D365, Power Platform or Copilot.
- Migrating: “Migrating” from an on-premises system to a cloud-based ERP, for example going from Nav to Business Central.
- Optimizing: “Optimizing” their existing Microsoft business applications, like an organization running GP, AX or other systems that want to get the most out of their investments.
Submission Tips
Getting your submission selected:
- Focus on Popular Sessions: Tips, tricks, how-to, and tutorial
- Optimize Title/Description: Clear is more important than clever, fill out all fields
- Define Session Objective: Align session with the user journey of considering, new to, migrating or optimizing
- Detailed Learning Objectives: 3-4 things that the attendee will take away from your session
Why sessions get rejected:
- Feels like a sales pitch
- Overly self-promoting
- Does not deliver on the for user, by user premise of Summit NA
- Contradicts market or technology/product truths
- Incomplete submissions that do not have all fields filled out
Rules of engagement:
All speakers must be listed at the time of session submission. If speakers are added after submission, there is no guarantee for their inclusion. A company can have no more than 12 accepted sessions, with no more than 4 accepted breakout (60-minute) sessions per speaker.
Speaker Announcements & Timeline
We are thrilled you are here, and we have tried to make this process seamless and easy for you by outlining the tips, context, and criteria that the programming committees will use to analyze the more than 1500 submissions we are expecting for Summit NA, the largest innovation, education, and training event for Microsoft business applications running October 19-23, 2025, in Orlando, FL.
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March 31, 2025
Call for Speakers Closes
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May 22, 2025
First Speaker/Sessions Confirmations Sent
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May 30, 2025
Final Speaker/Session Confirmations Sent
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July 11, 2025
2025 Education Session Agenda Published
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