Keynotes that survive contact with reality.

I speak about Copilot, AI agents, and the road to the Frontier Firm — built on the project experience of 400+ Copilot and agent implementations at Campana & Schott, Swiss Microsoft Copilot + Agents Partner of the Year 2025. No feature tourism on stage either.

Pascal Brunner-Nikolla on the main stage at M365 Summit

Become a Frontier Firm

Why AI Transformation Is a Training Program, Not a Tool.

Buying a gym membership does not make you fit. It only gives you access. The same is true for AI.

Many organizations adopt Copilot and expect transformation to happen automatically. Frontier Firms think differently: they treat AI transformation as a structured training program for new ways of working, not as a tool deployment. This keynote shows how Copilot and Copilot Agents change work only when you build the right foundation, improve technique, increase autonomy, and integrate AI into daily routines. A clear fitness analogy reframes AI adoption from a technology initiative into a performance discipline: mindset, habits, and the leadership decisions that separate experimentation from real transformation.

  • The training-program model: foundation, technique, autonomy, routine, and why every stage has an organizational equivalent
  • Why access isn't fitness: what separates activated licenses from changed work, and how to measure the difference
  • The leadership decisions that turn experimentation into transformation, drawn from real enterprise programs

For executive audiences, CIO/CDO rounds, and leadership offsites. Delivered in English or German, adapted to your industry in a pre-briefing call.

The Agent Factory Blueprint: 7 Steps to Scale Your Agents

Many organizations build their first agents. Very few manage to scale them, and the difference is not technology, it's structure. A practical seven-step blueprint from use-case selection through operating model, enablement, and governance to continuous improvement. For organizations moving from pilot agents to a governed agent ecosystem.

Full session catalog, incl. agentic-work keynotes and the Swiss Post case study → Sessionize

Formats

The impulse

Keynote

20–30 minutes

Inspiring and forward-looking: where Copilot, agents, and the Frontier Firm are heading — and what that means for your operating model. For conference stages and kickoffs.

The depth

Insights Session

45–60 minutes

Learnings from 400+ Copilot and agent implementations: what worked, what didn't, and the honest numbers behind adoption — with room for Q&A. For leadership rounds, communities, and company events.

The training

Hands-On

90–120 minutes

Practical insights applied to your scenarios: Impact Chain, the skill-or-agent decision, Agent Factory — worked through on your own cases. Also as an executive working session with your numbers on the table.

Plus: panels & moderation — CxO formats, incl. Microsoft AI Tour experience.

The hands-on starts where your fitness check ends. Take the Frontier Fitness Check →

Where to meet Pascal live.

Upcoming keynotes and briefings — and where the boards were last on stage.

Rolevolution — The KI Roadshow (memox)

KI und die Rolle der Assistenz — im Gespräch mit Diana Brandl

August 19, 2026 · Basel, CH · in German

Swiss BC Insights

Let's Copilot Your Day: Working Smarter as a Partner with Copilot and Agents

August 25, 2026 · TRAFO, Baden · in English

Global AI Community

Von Copilot zum Kollege: Alles was du zu Copilot Cowork wissen musst

September 10, 2026 · Kriens, CH · in German

Die Copilot Show

September 25, 2026 · Online · in German

M365 Summit

Vom Pilot zu Plattform: Wie die Swiss Post mit der Agent Factory skaliert

October 12–14, 2026 · Rheingoldhalle, Mainz · in German

Rabattcode: SUMMITBRUNNER15

AI Productivity Unleashed

Von Copilot zum Kollege: Alles was du zu Copilot Cowork wissen musst

October 23, 2026 · Microsoft Schweiz, Zürich · in German

Last on stage

  • May 6, 2026 · European Collaboration Summit, Köln, DE · Case Study Swiss Post: How to Drive M365 Copilot + Agents · Slides →
  • Apr 14, 2026 · Swiss Cyber AI Conference, Lugano, CH · Scaling Agents: Creating Business Impact through an Agent Factory · Slides →
  • Dec 4, 2025 · European SharePoint Conference, Dublin, IE · Case Study Swiss Post: M365 Copilot Rollout · Slides →
  • Oct 29, 2025 · Copilot Community Conference, Online · Der Kollege, den niemand eingeführt hat · Slides →
  • Oct 24, 2025 · AI Productivity Unleashed, Microsoft Schweiz, Zürich · Agent 007 war gestern – jetzt kommen die Copilot Agents! · Slides →

And if you're there: come say hi. Meeting people is the best part of every event — and if you post about it, tag me. I read and answer everything.

LinkedIn: @pascal-brunner1

Stages

  • Microsoft AI Tour Zurich — 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 (incl. CxO panel)
  • Microsoft Ignite — 2025, 2026
  • European Collaboration Summit — 2026
  • European SharePoint Conference — 2025
  • M365 Summit — 2024 (keynote), 2025, 2026
  • Memox Assistenz Roadshow — 2026
  • Various online summits, incl. Innovate & Elevate Online Summit

CxO panel at Microsoft AI Tour · Innovate & Elevate Online Summit · Sessionize Most Active Speaker 2025 · Microsoft MVP · LinkedIn Learning instructor

Microsoft MVP: M365 Copilot & Copilot ExtensibilityLinkedIn Top VoiceSessionize Most Active Speaker 2025Swiss Microsoft Copilot + Agents Partner of the Year 2025 — Campana & Schott