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SUMMARY:The Copilot AI Builders Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Bring your laptop. Learn and implement workflow and agent design. \nWhat jobs should you build an AI agent for? In this workshop we’ll map the workflow\, design and build working agents inside your own Microsoft Copilot Studio. \n\n\n\nDate\nWednesday 21 October 2026\n\n\nLocation\nClub Macquarie\, Argenton\n\n\nHosted by\nLake Macquarie Business\n\n\n\n\nWhat we’ll cover\n\nDesigning a workflow for AI: the work worth handing over\, the steps that stay yours\, and why skipping this is where most AI attempts stall.\nThe four-part brief that gets an agent built right instead of being slightly off every time you use it.\nThe data layer of an agent – and how to keep data safe.\nThe line between what an agent runs and what stays your call – so you lead the tools instead of chasing them.\nWhere your business sits on the AI adoption curve\, what good looks like in 2026 – and the one stage almost everyone gets stuck at.\n\n\n\nWalk out with\n\nA working agent built in your own Copilot studio.\nWorkflow design skills you can apply to repetitive workflows in your daily work.\nSafe AI and connecting agents to data.\nA clear picture of where AI can assist you every day – and where you stay in control.\n\n\n\n\n\nTo take part: bring your own laptop and an active Microsoft Copilot licence that lets you build agents in the Copilot app (Microsoft 365 Copilot Premium). You’ll build in your own business environment on the day. \n\n\n \n\n\nYour presenter – Kim Fernandez\nKim is the CEO of AI Collab and host of the AI Your Business Podcast. She has helped more than 250 Australian businesses put AI to work safely\, spoken to over 1\,000 people from stages around the country\, run workshops and designed AI for small businesses and consulted eight-figure businesses on AI governance\, roadmaps and team capability. Before AI Collab she spent years inside ASX-listed companies\, alongside the C-suites and boards running them. An NBN Innovation Awards finalist\, Kim builds the same agents and automations she’ll have you building in the room. \n\n\nRegister your interest now.\nGet your tickets \nLimited places available. \n\n\nCost\n\nMembers – $150\nNon-members – $200\n\nThe Business to Business Expo\nIf you are coming to the event\, why not attend the Business Expo at the same time for no additional cost. \nThe day includes two sessions. \nSession 1 –  7 am for 7.30 am start to 10 am\nSession 2 – 4.30 pm to 7 pm\nWe will run a program of practical 20-minute talks and will forward the schedule shortly. \nClub Macquarie will have light refreshments and meal options to purchase on the day. \nAre you interested in becoming a Sponsor? See v2 Lake Macquarie Business to Business Sponsorship Proposal for more information.
URL:https://www.lakemacbusiness.com.au/event/how-to-build-an-ai-agent-copilot-ai-builders-workshop/
LOCATION:Club Macquarie\, 458 Lake Rd\, Argenton\, NSW\, 2284\, Australia
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