Co-chella
The greatest AI festival · No tech degree required
What is Co-chella?
Co-chella started as a question: what if a session about AI didn't feel like a lecture?
I'm Pauline — a Microsoft MVP and self-declared non-techie. I spend a lot of time in rooms full of people who are curious about AI but switch off the moment slides appear. So for a session at the Canadian Power Platform Summit in Vancouver in March 2026, I tried something different: a festival format. Coachella, but for AI and Microsoft buzzwords.
The idea was simple. Give every concept a stage. Give the audience a map. Let them explore at their own pace, with music playing in the background and no prerequisite knowledge required.
What you'll find here is the full session — rebuilt as a website so you can revisit it anytime. Seven zones, each covering a different part of the AI landscape: from the absolute basics at the Entrance Gate, through prompting, agents, and ethics, all the way to the Microsoft product ecosystem on the Main Stage. There's also a Spotify playlist, a couple of interactive experiments, and a backstage area for the curious.
No tech degree required. Just follow the map.