A studio, not a hackathon
ADB Agentic Builders Studio is a focused 5-day onsite studio for ADB staff — a single immersive arc across 1.5 days of learning · 2 days of buildathon · 1 day demo finale. You build real fluency in Microsoft PowerApps, then turn it into a working prototype on a problem statement you bring yourself.
What you walk away with
Build genuine PowerApps fluency
1.5 days of live, instructor-led, hands-on learning - anchored by interactive quizzes, Q&A, and team activities that keep the room engaged.
Ship a working prototype
Turn that fluency into a real PowerApps prototype across two buildathon days, on a problem statement you bring from your own field experience.
Get recognised
Every team is recognised at the Day 5 demo finale with a category title and a curated gift hamper. No team leaves without recognition.
You bring the problem
The participants closest to the work see problems no one else can. The studio runs on an open-innovation model: you enter with rough problem ideas from your day-to-day, and the sharpest ones anchor the teams.
The point is to surface problems only insiders can see — and turn them into prototypes the same insiders can champion.
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Arrive with ideas
Rough problem ideas drawn from your own field experience. No pre-curated pool is enforced.
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Pitch on Day 3
A short slot each to pitch your problem. The cohort votes on the most compelling ones.
- 3
Teams form
The strongest problem statements anchor the teams. You self-select where you contribute most.
- 4
Mentors refine scope
Technical and design mentors help shape architecture before the build sprint begins.
What to know before Day 1
What to bring
A laptop and rough problem ideas from your day-to-day work. No pre-curated pool is enforced - the sharpest problems come from the field.
Your toolkit
You will use the free Microsoft Power Apps Developer Plan - sufficient for the full learning and prototyping arc. No paid licensing required.
On-floor support
Head mentors lead Days 1–2; technical and design mentors float across all teams through the buildathon for pairing, blockers, and architecture.
Welcome kit
A notebook, pen, agenda booklet, and event T-shirt - yours on arrival.
- Format
- 5-day onsite studio · in-person across all days
- Learning arc
- 1.5 days of live, instructor-led PowerApps
- Buildathon
- 2 days building on your own problem statements
- Finale
- Day 5 demos at Microsoft Office
- Core technology
- Microsoft PowerApps - canvas apps, Dataverse, Power Automate
- Innovation model
- Open innovation - you bring the problem
- Recognition
- Every team recognised with a category title & gift hamper
- Licensing
- Free Power Apps Developer Plan - no paid licence needed