Bojan Ivanovski
Microsoft MVP (Foundry) | MCT | Microsoft Hero Community | NextGen Heroes
📋 Biography
As a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Foundry and a Microsoft Certified Trainer, my work centers on Azure AI and Foundry, from designing agentic AI products to helping teams put these technologies into production. I organize and host online and in-person events across diverse Microsoft communities. I've delivered 30+ sessions across Europe, giving practitioners hands-on experience with Azure AI services and keeping them current with where the Microsoft AI ecosystem is heading. Alongside two fellow community leaders, I co-lead Microsoft NextGen Heroes, a community within Microsoft Hero that helps students explore Microsoft technology, sharpen their skills, and connect with industry professionals.
✨ High-Impact Contributions 4
A practical deep dive into Azure AI Speech and its four core capabilities, Speech to Text, Text to Speech, Real-Time Speech Translation, and Speaker Recognition. This session demonstrated each capability live using Azure Speech Studio and the Azure Cognitive Services SDK, showing how developers can add voice to their applications without complex infrastructure. Included real-world use cases and a live demonstration of real-time speech translation across multiple languages.
A technical article documenting the real story behind building Chat&Go a real-time multilingual messaging platform powered by Azure AI Speech. Covers the architecture decisions, the integration of Azure AI Speech for live speech translation across 60+ languages, honest observations about real-world performance across uncommon languages, and key lessons learned throughout the development process. Written from genuine hands-on experience rather than theory.
A live demo showcase of Chat&Go at Base 42 an instant messaging application built with Azure AI Cognitive Services that enables real-time text and voice translation across languages. The session demonstrated the first version of the app, showing how language barriers can be eliminated in live conversations through Azure AI powered translation.
Most AI bots forget everything the moment a conversation ends. This session explored how to change that using Azure AI and Semantic Kernel to build bots that retain context, remember past interactions, and deliver more intelligent and personalized responses over time. Covered the core concepts of memory in AI systems, how Semantic Kernel enables it, and a live demonstration of a memory-driven bot built on Azure.