Event organizer · International speaker · Mentor

Jamel ABED

Founder of AI Community Days and Microsoft 365 MVP. I organize AI events around the world and mentor professionals.

Planning an AI event, looking for sponsors, or for the right Microsoft expert? I help companies with all three.

#1 of 3,027 speakers on the CommunityDays.org Speakerboard (opens in a new tab), all time, ranked by sessions (as of October 7, 2026).

Based in: Paris · Brussels
Also works from: Singapore
Languages: EnglishFrançaisالعربية
Status: Microsoft 365 MVP

By the numbers

Counted, not estimated

The AI Community Days figures come straight from the series' event database. The figure I count myself is marked as such.

41
AI Community Days events
38 held, 3 upcoming
28
cities
held or scheduled, in 15 countries on 5 continents
15
countries
5
continents
345
verifiable attendance certificates issued
12
events at Microsoft offices
10 held, 2 upcoming
13
people in the global team
6 of them Microsoft MVPs
271
flights to events
My own figure

AI Community Days figures counted on October 6, 2026.

Work with me

Three ways to work with me

For companies that want an event, sponsors that want an audience, and professionals who want to grow.

For teams and professionals
Mentoring
One-to-one sessions on organizing tech and AI events, becoming an international speaker, and running several businesses while travelling, founder to founder.
From €225 excl. VAT
Sessions and prices
For companies and sponsors
Events and sponsorship
Host an AI Community Days event at your offices, partner with the series or sponsor it. I run the event end to end, from the call for speakers to verifiable attendance certificates.
Start with a free 20-minute call
Plan an event or a sponsorship
For IT and business teams
Consulting and experts
17+ years designing and delivering Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform and Azure solutions. Through the MCEXPERT jobs platform, I also recruit and place Microsoft and AI consultants.
Microsoft 365 MVP
Discuss a project

On the road

Next stops

Where the next events take place, and some of the rooms already filled.

UpcomingAt a Microsoft office

AI Community Days Mumbai

Mumbai, India

Date: Nov 21, 2026
Role: Organizer

Next stop

BOM

Mumbai

After that

JNB
.NET Africa Conference
Johannesburg, South AfricaNov 24 – 26, 2026
Partner eventAt a Microsoft office

Flagship rooms

Counted attendance at events I organized or co-organized.

DXB
AI Community Days Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
320attendees
MNL
Modern Work Conference Manila 2026
Manila, PhilippinesMicrosoft Philippines
Sold outCo-organized
295attendees
TUN
AI Community Days Carthage
Carthage, Tunisia
280attendees
TUN
AI Community Days Tunis
Tunis, Tunisia
230attendees
SEL
AI Community Days Seoul
Seoul, South KoreaMicrosoft Korea
185attendees
NBE
AI Community Days Hammamet
Hammamet, Tunisia
175attendees

Every city, on one map

Each mark is a city where I organized or partnered on an event, or spoke on stage. Select a city to see what happened there; the full list by continent is just below the map.

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Point at a mark or tap it to see what happened there. With a keyboard, tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

All cities as a list, by continent

The same cities as on the map, with what I did in each.

Europe

Bordeaux · France
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Bordeaux
Bremen · Germany
Speaker
CollabDays Bremen, CollabDays
Brussels · Belgium
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Brussels
Budapest · Hungary
Speaker
Shift+Enter Summit Budapest
Hamburg · Germany
Speaker
CollabDays Hamburg, CollabDays
Helsinki · Finland
Speaker
AgentCon Helsinki
Lille · France
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Lille
Luxembourg
Speaker
Lyon · France
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Lyon
Marseille · France
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Marseille
Monaco
Speaker
Montpellier · France
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Montpellier
Nice · France
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Nice
Oslo · Norway
Speaker
CollabDays Oslo, CollabDays
Paris · France
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Paris
Rennes · France
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Rennes
Sofia · Bulgaria
Speaker
AI Industrial Summit Sofia
Tours · France
Speaker
Warsaw · Poland
Speaker
CollabDays Warsaw, CollabDays
Zagreb · Croatia
Speaker
CollabDays Zagreb, CollabDays
Zurich · Switzerland
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Zurich

Africa

Brazzaville · Congo - Brazzaville
Speaker
Cape Town · South Africa
Speaker
CollabDays
Carthage · Tunisia
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Carthage
Hammamet · Tunisia
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Hammamet
Johannesburg · South Africa
Organizer or partner · Upcoming
.NET Africa Conference
Kairouan · Tunisia
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Kairouan
Mahdia · Tunisia
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Mahdia
Tunis · Tunisia
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Tunis
Yaoundé · Cameroon
Speaker

Asia

Bengaluru · India
Speaker
Cebu · Philippines
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Cebu 2026, Modern Work Conference Cebu
Colombo · Sri Lanka
Speaker
aMP Colombo, aMP / aMS community conferences
Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Dubai, CognitionX Emirates, Experts Live Dubai 2025, AI Community Conference (AICO), Experts Live, AI Maitri
Indore · India
Speaker
AI Maitri
Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia
Organizer or partner · Speaker
Modern Work Conference Kuala Lumpur, aMP Kuala Lumpur, aMP / aMS community conferences
Manila · Philippines
Organizer or partner · Speaker
Modern Work Conference Manila 2026, aMP Manila, aMP / aMS community conferences
Mumbai · India
Organizer or partner · Upcoming
AI Community Days Mumbai
Osaka · Japan
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Osaka
Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Riyadh
Seoul · South Korea
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Seoul, AI Community Conference (AICO)
Shanghai · China
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Shanghai
Singapore
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Singapore, AI Community Conference (AICO)

North America

Aguascalientes · Mexico
Speaker
Microsoft Community Days Mexico
Arlington · United States
Speaker
Atlanta · United States
Speaker · Upcoming
M365 Community Days Atlanta, M365 Community Days
Boston · United States
Speaker
AI Community Conference (AICO)
Branson · United States
Speaker
North American Cloud and Collaboration Summit
Burlington · United States
Speaker
CollabDays New England, CollabDays
Houston · United States
Speaker
AI Community Conference (AICO)
Knoxville · United States
Speaker
Knoxville Microsoft Community Days, M365 Community Days
Memphis · United States
Speaker
Memphis Microsoft Community Days, M365 Community Days
Monterrey · Mexico
Speaker
Microsoft Community Days Mexico
Montreal · Canada
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days Montreal, M365 Community Days
Nashville · United States
Speaker
M365 Community Days
New York · United States
Speaker
M365 Community Days, AI Community Conference (AICO)
Philadelphia · United States
Speaker
M365 Community Days
Quebec City · Canada
Organizer or partner
AI Community Days Quebec
Reston · United States
Speaker
Washington, D.C. · United States
Speaker
M365 Community Days DC, M365 Community Days, AI Community Conference (AICO)

South America

São Paulo · Brazil
Organizer or partner · Speaker
AI Community Days São Paulo

Oceania

Nouméa · New Caledonia
Speaker
Papeete · French Polynesia
Speaker

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