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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 24/09/2026

Great keynote by professor @jordilinares.bsky.social at AI in the City Congress. Some remarks that really stuck for me: AI is the first technology that adapts to us. AI can do incredible things for us and help us enormously, but we have to do it in a responsible and sustainable way. #AIintheCity

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 24/09/2026

First keynote at AI in the City Congress 2026: @gemeente-breda.bsky.social alderman Carla Kranenborg-Van Eerd, about the application of AI in Breda. Some learnings I really liked: Don't just look at the technical side of AI. Also review on economical and societal impact. #AIintheCity

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 24/09/2026

Attending AI in the City Congress today. Organised in my own city: #Breda. Hosted by Zoe the pigeon ☺️ AI is the newest layer in the city. Today is about how. Topics include design and authority, quality and trust, democracy and sovereignty, market and financing, and transition and pace. #AIintheCity

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 04/09/2026

The #ESPC26 Inspire Awards celebrate the people who make our Microsoft 365 and AI community such a vibrant place. Nominations are now open, but submissions close on 9 September. Nominate your community hero here: espc.tech/espc-inspire... #Microsoft #Community #MVPBuzz

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 17/06/2026

Next session at Microsoft Build //localhost:utrecht is about the use of agents in Visual Studio (the real one ☺️), presented by @johansmarius.bsky.social

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 17/06/2026

Microsoft Build //localhost:utrecht today at i8c. First session by @autosysops.bsky.social, explaining API management for AI workloads and how that can help in AI becoming more sustainable.

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 02/06/2026

During my Ask The Experts booth duty today, you can ask me questions about Microsoft Sovereign Cloud and MSN, it seems 😅 #ExpertsLiveNL

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 02/06/2026

Great tips from @soniacuff.com on what you can build with the help of AI when you're working in IT operations (I see some good tips for other roles too ☺️). This will make your life easier and more efficient! #ExpertsLiveNL

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 02/06/2026

Now here's a blast from the past! @soniacuff.com starts her keynote at #ExpertsLiveNL with some good old memories ☺️

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 13/05/2026

In September 2016 I received my Tesla Model X P90D (yes, way before Elon went crazy) and last week I hit the 300.000 km milestone. Still very happy with this car and the falcon wing doors still impress ☺️ #tesla

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 14/01/2026

CollabDays Netherlands 2026 Call for Speakers is open! e.runevents.net/collabdays-n... You have until Feb 8 to submit your session proposals, but please don't wait till the last day :-) #CollabDaysNL #DIWUG

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 04/12/2025

Looks like I brought the right socks to wear today! My #ESPC23 socks can be reused for next year ☺️ #ESPC25 #ESPC26

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 03/12/2025

Look at this AWESOME group of speakers at @espccommunity.bsky.social. Thanks so much everyone for being part of this year's conference and thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and your passion! #ESPC25

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 03/12/2025

From POC to Production with AI Agents. Sounds trivial? It's not! Great insights from @spdoctor.bsky.social, @luisefreese.bsky.social and @chrisobrien.com. Thanks for moderating, Tom Morgan! #ESPC25

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 03/12/2025

"LLMs are good at manipulating people.""LLMs are not intelligent and probably never will be.""LLMs are great at interpolation and very bad at extrapolation." Some fantastic and provoking insights in Rafal Lukawiecki's keynote at #ESPC25

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 02/12/2025

Let's get nerdy about the future of AI with Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow at Microsoft @teevan.bsky.social at #ESPC25

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 02/12/2025

Donald Hessing and @jussiroine.com on the future of low code and pro code development in the context of Gen AI. Thanks guys, some nice insights! #ESPC25

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 02/12/2025

Backstage with @luisefreese.bsky.social, Adam Harmetz and Jeff Teper, just before the opening keynote of #ESPC25

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 01/12/2025

Arrived and picked up my badge. Venue looking great @espccommunity.bsky.social! Looking forward to three days of awesomeness!! #ESPC25

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 26/10/2025

Our view in Tokaj, Hungary the past few days #tokaj #winetrip

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 22/10/2025

I'm studying for a wine exam. Asked Copilot (GPT-5) to come up with an overview of wine regions in the world with an upper and a lower part. The overview was far from complete but not wrong. Copilot then suggested to make me a map. I said yes. I wish I hadn't... #wineregions #wset4 #microsoftcopilot

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 18/10/2025

MCP is the USB for AI, according to @thomygoelles.com. I like it! It provides spec and a plug-in system. It reduces dev time and complexity. By the way, Thomy brought his agents Stephan Bisser and @appie.schot.tech to #CollabDaysBE ☺️

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 10/10/2025

Hey @aircanada.bsky.social, hope you didn't throw our bags from the plane while still in the sky 😅 #AirCanada

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 23/09/2025

Our first #DIWUG Meetup after the holidays tonight! @svrooij.io explaining how to run @maester.dev automatically and scheduled from GitHub. Cool stuff!

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 19/09/2025

On our way to London for a weekend of quality time with my 14yo!

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 18/09/2025

Here we go! Congres: AI in de Stad (AI in the City). Organised by the city of Breda, where I proudly live ☺️ #AIindeStad #Breda

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 10/07/2025

Super proud and happy that I am rewarded the Microsoft MVP Award for another year! And in a new category too: Trustworthy AI. Nice! Congrats to all the other renewed MVPs too!! #MVPBuzz

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 26/06/2025

Attending the Cloud Architect Alliance Meetup tonight. Main topic of the evening: reshaping the role and competencies of the future cloud architect. #CloudArchitectAlliance

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 03/06/2025

Awesome day ahead at #ExpertsLiveNL today! Keynote first, with @sarahyo.com, about planes, trains and automobiles, oh, and security ☺️

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 28/05/2025

Today, I will present on a perhaps slightly boring, but also very essential topic: sustainability, the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, and how Microsoft has the tech to support your organisation in that journey. 11:20 am, room 15b. Will I see you there? #CloudSummit #CollabSummit

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 28/05/2025

When SharePoint is showing some morning grumpiness, there's always the narrative. Well done on your journey @emilymancini.bsky.social! And @vesajuvonen.bsky.social showing moral support ☺️ #CollabSummit

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 28/05/2025

Keynote day #2 of #CollabSummit - @paolopia.bsky.social showing us the Researcher agent and notebook capabilities of #M365Copilot

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 26/05/2025

My good friend @jussiroine.com rocking his workshop and challenging the room to secure an environment with 1000s of Windows10 machines, 100s of Linux servers and a custom identity solution ☺️ #CollabSummit #CloudSummit

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 26/05/2025

Badge pick up done ✅ Already hugged many friends and I look forward to hug many more! #CollabSummit #CloudSummit

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 25/05/2025

The coming week, you will find me at the European AI, Cloud and Collaboration Summit in Düsseldorf, Germany. I have the honour to be on stage for two panels and one breakout session. Will I see you there? #collabsummit #cloudsummit

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 23/05/2025

Chauffeuring my oldest to his high school gala tonight ☺️

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 23/05/2025

Ran my first 15k in 25 years today 💪🏻 strava.app.link/Qcmt7n4nBTb

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 13/05/2025

My workplace earlier today. Recording a vodcast with Carina de Vries about AI and Copilot adoption. More info soon ☺️

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 01/05/2025

Real-life Mario Karts with my two sons today. Cool how we can configure the track setup with the game master of the venue. Love this thing called AR ☺️ #mariokarts

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 22/04/2025

Pay attention folks, so we can laugh in exactly one year when this prediction didn't come true 😁 Thanks for sharing @donasarkar.bsky.social #AgentCon

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Maarten Eekels @maarten.eekels.net · 22/04/2025

Attending #AgentCon today. The AI Agents World Tour is in the Netherlands. This isn't just another AI event, it’s where developers meet to talk about real code. Looking forward to it!